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Home > Youth Soccer Reporter > Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014
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[AEGEAN CUP] Less than six months into its new cycle, the new U.S. under-17 national team is on quite a run. After crushing England and Brazil to win the Nike International Friendlies in December, Richie Williams' U-17s beat host Turkey, 2-1, on Saturday to win the Mercedes Benz Aegean Cup. Read the whole story
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[U.S. YOUTH SOCCER] The 2014 U.S. Youth Soccer ODP girls national training camp begins Monday at Reach 11 Sports Complex in Phoenix. More than 200 players in the 1998, 1999 and 2000 age groups have been invited. Read the whole story
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[USA UNDER-20 WOMEN: Reaction] Despite finishing the tournament without two of its biggest stars, U.S. international Lindsey Horan (recalled by French club Paris St. Germain) and Makenzy Doniak (out with a broken hand), the USA won its fourth Concacaf Under-20 Women's Championship, capturing all five games by a margin of ... Read the whole story
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[U.S. SOCCER] The U.S. Soccer Federation plans to spend $13.8 million on player development in the next fiscal year. Read the whole story
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[ENGLAND] Andries Jonker, the assistant coach of German club Wolfsburg, will take charge of Arsenal's youth development program next summer. The Dutchman had previously spent seven years developing and implementing youth coaching reforms with the Dutch federation (KNVB). Read the whole story
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[ENGLAND] Gedion Zelalem, a product of the Olney Boys & Girls Club program in Maryland, made his debut for Arsenal, two days before his 17th birthday, in the Gunners' 4-0 win over Coventry City in the English FA Cup match on Friday. Read the whole story

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The Kansas City area is experiencing a soccer boom. Developers have proposed a $230 million sports complex and entertainment village with a dozen soccer fields as well as restaurants, apartments and hotel in Lee's Summit. Read the whole story

What They're Saying by Soccer America

"He dribbles like [Andres] Iniesta and he passes like Xavi. I've thought like that for the past few years but I've been wary about saying it. I don't worry now." -- Matt Pilkington, the OBGC Rangers coach, who helped to develop phenom Gedion Zelalem, the Maryland youth product who debuted for Arsenal two days before his 17th birthday, in Friday's FA Cup win over Coventry City. (Guardian) ...More

What Teachers can Teach Coaches (Q&A with Doug Lemov, Part 1) by Mike Woitalla

Doug Lemov, the author of "Teach Like a Champion," one of the best-selling teaching books in the USA, as well as "Practice Perfect," also happens to be a soccer aficionado who has been researching soccer coaching techniques. ...More


Ref Watch: How Electronic Communication Helps by Randy Vogt

Refereeing has not changed nearly as much as other pursuits since I first took up the whistle in 1978. After all, the rules are very similar to what they were 36 years ago, I still have to run up and down a soccer field and I still have to manage players and coaches. Chances are, what you and I do for a living have changed much more dramatically in the past couple of decades. ...More



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