Coach Brad Friedel‘s 24-player squad training Oct. 3-10 in Chula Vista, California, consists of 10 MLS players, three collegians, two each from the NASL and USL, and seven DevelopmentAcademy players. The camp will include a friendly against Tijuana Xolos reserve team on Friday. Seven of the players called up, including goalscorers DjordjeMihailovic and Ethan Zubak, […]
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Coaching Education: Futsal online course
The NSCAA and U.S. Futsal have launched the first online futsal coaching course. The course, available at www.NSCAA.com/Futsal, consists of eight core and five elective modules including: • History of thegame • Basic techniques and tactics • Rules of the game • Benefits Futsal training can offer youth soccer coaches and players • Training activities […]
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U.S. U-20 women to face Venezuela twice
The U.S. U-20 women’s national team is in its final training camp, Oct. Oct. 1-12 in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, before Coach Michelle French will announce the U.S. rosterfor the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup (Nov. 13-Dec. 3) in Papua New Guinea. French picked a 20-player squad to face Venezuela in friendlies in Florida Oct. 7 […]
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Roster: 26 U.S. U-14 girls in California camp
Coach April Kater is running a 26-player U.S. U-14 girls national team camp in Carson, California, Oct. 1-8. The squad is comprised of 23 players born in 2002 and three2003s. U.S. U-14 girls national team GOALKEEPERS (3): Ryan Campbell (So Cal Blues; Dana Point, Calif.), Mia Justus (PDA; NorthBrunswick, N.J.), Alia Skinner (Jacksonville FC; Fleming […]
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Ayo Akinola scores five in three U.S. U-17 wins
Ayomide Akinola scored five goals and had three assists in three U.S. U-17 boys national team wins. The USA beat Guatemala (9-0 and 8-0) in Florida, before heading to Panama,where it defeated the host, 3-1. Coach John Hackworth’s team is preparing for the next year’s U-17 Concacaf Championship hosted by Panama April 21-May 7 to […]
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Roster: U.S. U-15 girls head to final camp
The U.S. U-15 girls national team, coached by Mark Carr, head to the final training camp of this cycle before moving to U-17s in 2017 in Carson, California, Oct. 1-8 at the U.S.Soccer National Training Center. Carr’s team won the 2016 Concacaf U-15 Girls Championship in August, winning seven games while outscoring its foes, 49-0. […]
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U.S. U-16 girls tie Netherlands, 3-3
The U.S. U-16 girls national team, amid its 12-day camp in the Netherlands, tied the Dutch U-16s, 3-3. The Michigan Hawks’ Emaly Vatne scored and assisted for coach JaimeFrias’U.S. team. Sept. 20 in Woerden,Netherlands Netherlands 3 USA 3. Goals: Vatne (Vergura) 36, Serepca (Vatne) 50, Yates (pen.) 56; Casparij 39, van der Westeringh 64, Smits […]
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U.S. U-16 girls head to Netherlands
Coach Jaime Frias has named a 20-player roster for the U.S. U-16 girls national team’s Sept. 16-27 training camp in the Netherlands, where it will play three games, includingone against the Dutch U-17 national team Sept. 20. The USA will also face two regional academy teams: CTO Amsterdam on Sept. 23 and CTO Eindhoven on […]
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NSCAA launches new youth coaching courses
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) is offering new coaching education programs that focus on small-sided games, from 4v4through 11v11. “Experts have long pointed to small-sided games as the right way for young players to develop their soccer skills,” said Lynn Berling-Manuel, NSCAAChief Executive Officer. “Recent changes in the youth soccer landscape has […]
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Roster: U.S. under-16 boys train in Northern California
The U.S. under-16 boys national team is in Davis, California, for a week-long camp that ends Saturday. Shaun Tsakiris called 36 players to the training camp that includes fourmatches against four area U-18 teams. All but one player was born in 2001. The exception: Giovanni Reyna, Claudio Reyna’s son who was born in 2002. U.S. […]