[CHULA VISTA CAMP] U.S. Youth Soccer held a national ODP camp for girls born in 1996 April 20-27 at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. Playerswere selected by U.S. Soccer women’s technical director April Heinrichs based on their performance in the 2012 U.S. Youth Soccer ODP ThanksgivingInterregional. ODP player Megan McCashland was called […]
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NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Players of the Week
[AWARDS] Emily Cervantes, a freshman forward from Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha, Wis., and Thomas “Chip” Tremarelli, a senior forward from Hilton Head Island (S.C.) High School, have been named as the NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High SchoolPlayers of the Week.
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USA wins group with 2-0 win over Slovenia
[TROFEO DELLE NAZIONI] The U.S. under-15 boys national team advanced to the semifinals of the Trofeo Della Nazioni with a 2-0 win over Slovenia Friday inItaly thanks to goals by recent Fiorentina signing Joshua Perez and Christian Pulisic. The Americans will faceCroatia on Saturday across the border in the Austrian town of Kotschach. The USA needed […]
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Morales pleased about Indiana camp
[MEXICO UNDER-20 MEN] Forward Julio Morales returned to Chivas USA after a week with Mexico’s under-20 national team atits camp held in Indiana to prepare for this summer’s Under-20 World Cup in Turkey. “It was interesting, to say the least,” he said. “There was a lot of competition. But overall, itwas good experience and I […]
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USA and host Italy play to 0-0 tie
[TROFEO DELLE NAZIONI] The highly rated U.S. under-15 boys national team played host Italy to a scoreless draw Tuesday in their opening game at the Trofeo DellaNazioni in Gradisca, Italy. The USA controlled much of the match but was unable to capitalize on some close chances. It will play Chile on Thursday and Slovenia on […]
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Galaxy trialists picked for national finals
[SUENO MLS 2013] Six players from the LA Galaxy tryouts complete the final roster of 15 young field players and three keepers that will compete in the nationalfinals for Sueno MLS 2013 May 9-12 at the Home Depot Center. The finalists will take part in four days of competition under the direction of CarlosValderrama. The […]
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Timbers fulfill youngster's wish with awesome day
[MAKE A WISH] How big is soccer in Portland? More than 3,000 Timbers fans came out at Jeld-Wen Field Wednesday to watch 8-year-old Atticus Lane-Dupre‘s Green Machine team beat the Timbers, 10-9, as part of the Make-A-Wish Oregon’s effort to fulfill Lane-Dupre’s wish of having his team scrimmage the MLS club. Theyoung cancer survivor scored […]
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Tri splits with Notre Dame and Indiana
[MEXICO UNDER-20 MEN] Mexico’s under-20 men’s national team, which won the 2013 Concacaf championship, split weekend games on its annual college tour, beating2012 NCAA Division I champion Indiana, 1-0, after falling to Notre Dame, 3-2. Harrison Shipp and VinceCicciarelli scored less than 13 minutes apart midway through the second half to help Notre Dame to […]
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Japan beats USA in battle of U-17 women's powers
[TORNEO CUATRO NACIONES] Japan won the Torneo Cuatro Naciones for under-17 women’s national teams in San Jose, Costa Rica, with a 4-1 win over the USA in theirthird and final match of the four-team competition. Japanese, who have excelled on the youth levels of the women’s international game recently, took advantage of two bad mistakes […]
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Koroma comes up big off bench
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] The U.S. under-20 national team wrapped up its weeklong camp at the Home Depot Center with a 6-2 win over Eric Wynalda‘s Cal FC. Akron freshman Alfred Koroma, who did not take part in qualifying for the Under-20 World Cup, scored two goals and had anassist off the bench, and the Chicago Fire’s […]