Good morning! U.S. Club Soccer’s id2 program for 13- and 14-year-old boys and girls is one of the oldest national identification and development programs in youth soccer. It takes all-star teams on trips each year to foreign countries. Early participants included seven 2022 U.S. World Cup players. One of the most important aspects of the […]
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Wednesday AM: Emma Hayes’ first USWNT roster, Open Cup stunner.
Good morning! A day after USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter named his squad for training ahead of the Copa America, new USWNT coach Emma Hayes named her first roster. Berhalter has plenty of leeway as Copa America rosters have been expanded from 23 to 26 players. Hayes’ priority this summer will be the Paris Olympics, where […]
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Tuesday AM: USMNT will get plenty of camp time, Open Cup primed for upsets.
Good morning! The U.S. Open Cup returns tonight with the first five games in the round of 16. The other three games will be played tomorrow night. Once again, coverage is limited to streaming offered by U.S. Soccer, MLS and USL channels. Also today: Emma Hayes’ first USWNT roster picks. Soccer America Daily is edited by […]
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Special Edition: USMNT June roster named
Good afternoon! USMNT players are in for a very busy summer. They could be with the senior team for the Copa America for as long as almost seven weeks, depending on how far the team gets in the tournament, which ends with the final on July 14. In a media call this morning, Coach Gregg […]
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Monday AM: ‘Special moment’ for MLS team, Emma Hayes leaves England in style, Brenden Aaronson helps save Union Berlin
Good morning! Look in your in-box later today for a special edition of Soccer America Daily with USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter’s June training camp roster. It won’t be the official Copa America roster, but it should be close. Last week, Conmebol agreed to allow expanded squads of 26 players (with matchday squads still at 23). […]
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Friday AM: Brazil gets 2027 Women’s World Cup; MLS salaries; First MLS coaching casualty
Good morning! Early today, FIFA awarded Brazil the 2027 Women’s World Cup. It’s counting on the tournament to boost women’s soccer in Brazil and across South America. In yesterday’s SA Confidential, Mike Woitalla writes about his recent trip to Rio de Janeiro, where he saw how poorly women’s soccer is treated at a match between […]
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Thursday AM: Americans hoist European trophies again. Also: MLS conference races, FIFA Council decisions
Good morning! There are two men’s rosters being formed for the summer, one for the senior national team – USMNT – for the Copa America, and the other for the Olympics – a U-23 team with three overage players. Barring injuries, the USMNT roster is straightforward. The team headed to the Olympics – only 18 […]
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Wednesday AM: MLS hot seat. Also: LAFC coup, Man City pressure
Good morning! Soccer America published its first Soccer Summer Camps special edition 51 years ago. Longtime SA readers will remember the annual camp issue with Joe Garcia‘s camp cartoon drawing on the cover. SA’s camp issue helped set off the soccer camp boom in the 1970s and 1980s, connecting aspiring campers and their parents with […]
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Tuesday AM: Jesse Marsch takes Canada job. Also: Denial in NYCFC-TFC case.
Good morning! One month before the 2024 Copa America and 25 months before the 2026 World Cup, the troubled Canada Soccer Association has found its man to coach its men’s national team. Jesse Marsch is Canada’s 23rd MNT head coach and first American. He has had a long career as a player, first under Bob […]
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Monday AM: MLS goal fest, Sophia Smith breaks two NWSL records, Americans abroad, First Copa rosters
Good morning! U.S. Soccer announced on Friday that its three-time women’s world deaf championship national team will face Australia June 1 as the first game of a doubleheader with the USWNT, which will face South Korea in Emma Hayes’ debut game in Colorado. One of the most impressive moves the federation has made in the […]