[CHIVAS USA] Caleb Calvert, who leads the Development Academy under-15/16 age group in scoring with 21 goals, scoredtwice for the Chivas USA’s U-17/18 team in a 3-1 win over Real So Cal that moved it into eighth place in the playoff wildcard pool. Chivas USA is fifth in the Southwest Division behindthe LA Galaxy, Real […]
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy Player of the Week
[AWARDS] McKinley Curran, who scored two goals to lead the PA Classics U-15/16 team to a 2-1 over NJSA 04, was named theU.S. Soccer Development Academy Player of the Week. Curran scored the game’s first two goals in the 7th and 53rd minutes in a battle between two teams still vying for a postseasonspot in […]
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Gatorade Boys State Players of the Year
[AWARDS] Former U.S. under-17 resident Ade Taiwo of North Carolina’s Cardinal Gibbons High School is one of 10 juniorsto be named Gatorade Boys State Players of the Year. For the complete list of state winners … Taiwo, the first Gatorade North Carolina Boys Soccer Player of the Year to be chosen fromCardinal Gibbons High, has […]
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NSCAA High School Spring Girls Top 20
[RANKINGS] St. Dominic of O’Fallon, Mo., is No. 1 in the NSCAA High School Spring Girls Top 20. The Crusaders won their district title with a 5-1 win overSt. Charles, which had given up five goals combined all season, to move to 22-0-1 in their bid to defend their Missouri Class 2 title. For the Top […]
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NSCAA High School Spring Boys Top 20
[RANKINGS] McIntosh High School of Peachtree City, Ga., remained No. 1 in the NSCAA High School Spring Boys Top 20. The Chiefs have advanced to the GeorgiaAAAAA final against Houston County with a 22-0-0 record and 20 shutouts. McIntosh is led by Saloman Lorenzano, the Gatorade Georgia Soccer Player of the Yearwith 23 goals and […]
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U.S. Youth Soccer circuit redesigns structure
[FAR WEST REGIONAL LEAGUE] The U.S. Youth Soccer Far West Regional League has redesigned the league structure for the 2013-2014 season to consist of threegeographical divisions for its teams in under-13 through under-18 age groups. Under the new format, the Far West Regional League will consist of three divisions; California League, FourCorners League and Northern […]
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Goldberg got Long Island soccer boom going
[OBITUARY] When Joe Goldberg and Ian McDougall founded the Oceanside UnitedSoccer Club in 1962, orange and blue were chosen as the colors of the new club. Not because they are the colors of the New York Mets that started play that year but because orange and blue are thecolors of Nassau County and Oceanside United […]
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NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Player of the Week
[AWARDS] Jennifer Steadings, a senior goalkeeper from Dorman High School in Roebuck, S.C., has been named theNSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Player of the Week. Steadings made two crucial saves on penalty kicks against Byrnes High and preserving a 1-0 win. She also made 10 saves againstone of the top girls programs in the state in Nation […]
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Dayak leads West Coast to two state cup titles
[NORCAL STATE CUP] Troy Dayak, who played eight seasons with San Jose in MLS and earned nine U.S. caps, led West CoastSC girls teams to NorCal state cup titles in the under-15 and under-17 age groups. The U-17 West Coast Kryptonite was 2011 National Cup super group champ in its age group and 2012runner-up. The […]
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Teams earn National League qualification
[REGION I PREMIER LEAGUE] The winners of the under-13 age groups and both finalists of the under-14 through under-17 age groups have earned automaticqualification from the 2013 U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Premier League into the U.S. Youth Soccer National League for the 2013-2014 season. Automatic Regional League qualification wasadded to the National League format […]