Last week, U.S. Soccer announced that Mikey Varas  would be the next head coach of the U-20 national team and it revived a team that has been dormant since January 2020 since the one and only camp of a cycle that was canceled because of COVID.

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Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla has written freelance articles about soccer for more than 30 media outlets in nine nations. The winner of eight United Soccer Coaches Writing Contest awards,...