[SWEDEN TRIP] Soccer America’s Women’s Freshman of the Year Cari Roccaro from Notre Dame heads the U.S. under-20 women’snational team that heads to Sweden Friday. Michelle French‘s women will be based in Gavle, situated on the east coast of Sweden about 125 miles north ofStockholm, and play games against Sweden’s U-20s and U-23s. Roccaro is […]
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U.S. U-18s open with 3-0 over Czech Republic
[LISBON INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT] The U.S. under-18 national team got two goals from French-based Romain Gall and onefrom U.S. U-17 star Rubio Rubin in a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic to open play at the Lisbon International Tournament. The USA will facePortugal Thursday and Hungary Saturday. U.S. Under-18 Starting Lineup: Goalkeeper: Zack Steffen(FC Delco) Defenders: […]
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Yaw Amankwa scores twice in three minutes
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY GOLEADORES] Yaw Amankwa scored twice in the last three minutes to secure 3-2 win for Baltimore Bays Chelsea over McLeanand move him among the top 8 scorers in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s U-17/18 age group. The Bays lead the East Conference’s Atlantic Division and are headed to theAcademy Playoffs June 24-27 at […]
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Caleb Calvert adds to U-15/16 scoring lead
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY GOLEADORES] Caleb Calvert upped his lead among U-15/16 U.S. Development Academy scorers to 22 with a goal in U-17/18Chivas USA’s 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy that was attended by Chivas owner Jorge Vergara at the Home Depot Center on Saturday. Chivas USA, which also got a goalfrom Romario Lomeli, qualified for […]
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Texan Cortinas scores for Tigres in semifinal win
[VIDEO PICK] American Alex Cortinas scored for Tigres in its 3-1 win over Toluca to move into the final of Mexico’sunder-20 league. Tigres will face Chivas de Guadalajara in the final of the Fuerzas Basicas sub-20 category. Cortinas, who scored the second goal, joined Tigres from Brownsville PorterHigh School last summer. The two legs of […]
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Roldan named Gatorade Boys Player of the Year
[AWARDS] Washington-bound Cristian Roldan of El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, Calif., was named the 2012-13Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Former U.S. national team and MLS standout Alexi Lalas surprise Roldan with the news in class. “When I received the state award for Michigan in 1988, it was such a special […]
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Vergara watches young Goats sweep SuperClasico
[CHIVAS USA] Do you think Chivas USA academy players had a little motivation for their regular-season finales against the LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center?Owner Jorge Vergara, whose plans for the club have been a matter of much speculation, flew into town and watched both the U-15/16s and U-17/18s earned hugewins. Romario Lomeli […]
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Brooks tug of war ends in draw
[USA UNDER-20 MEN] Eighteen months after he attended his first U.S. national youth team camp, American-German John AnthonyBrooks has grown to 6-foot-4 and become a hot property in Germany, a starter for runaway German second division champion Hertha Berlin. On Sunday, the final day of the league season, Brooksscored his first league goal for Hertha. […]
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New faces on U.S. under-20 national team roster
[FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL ESPOIRS] U.S. under-20 national team coach Tab Ramos named 22 players for the Festival International Espoirs May28-June 8 in France. The roster includes 13 holdovers from the Concacaf Under-20 Championship. It also includes Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders Academy) andMarlon Hairston (Louisville) whom Ramos saw for the first time at the recent U-20 camp, […]
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Huitema hat trick gives him lead with 25 goals
[VANCOUVER WHITECAPS] Brody Huitema‘s hat trick for the Northwest Division co-leader Vancouver Whitecaps in an 8-0 winover the Santa Cruz Breakers catapulted him into the national scoring lead in the Development Academy’s under-17/18 age group with 25 goals. YassinEssa has 16 goals for Vancouver, and Spencer DeBoice, who also had a hat trick against the […]