The Youth Soccer Insider asked the top picks in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft for memories of their early years — such as players they admired — for our latest edition of “When They WereChildren.” By Mike Woitalla Andre Blake, the first goalkeeper to go No. 1 in an MLS draft, became enchanted with the position […]
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Cal Bears in great demand
[2014 MLS SUPERDRAFT] For only the second time in MLS draft history, dating back to the league’s inaugural MLS season of 1996, two players from the same collegewere among the top three picks. Cal defenders Steve Birnbaum and Christian Dean went No. 2 and No. 3, while Ryan Neil was No. 18 and a fourth […]
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Philadelphia is the place to be
[THIS WEEK IN SOCCER: Jan. 13-19] One of the busiest weeks in U.S. soccer will have lots of folks scurrying to Philadelphia for the NSCAA Convention, site of theMLS and NWSL drafts. The week begins with the Ballon d’Or ceremonies on Monday and ends with Chelsea-Manchester United on Sunday. MONDAY, Jan. 13— Toronto FC is […]
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Beckerman celebrates wedding
[SEEN AROUND TOWN] How do you spend the last weekend before the start of the U.S. national team’s three-and-a-half week camp? KyleBeckerman got married to longtime girlfriend Kate Pappas Saturday at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Salt Lake City. They met at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2009 when Beckerman was doing a video shootfor […]
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Cobi joins in AYSO Rose Parade float
[SEEN AROUND TOWN: Holiday Season] Yes, that was Cobi Jones you saw in the 125th Rose Parade on New Year’s Day. AYSO had afloat in partnership with the city of Torrance, where the youth soccer organization was founded, to mark the kickoff of its 50th anniversary. Besides Jones, the all-time leader in capsfor the U.S. […]
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NBCSN's recent MLS coverage enjoys huge viewership bump
By Paul Kennedy Saturday’s LA Galaxy-Seattle Sounders game averaged 247,000 viewers, making it the most-watched MLS game of the year on thenetwork. It bumped the average for the last eight MLS games on NBCSN to 142,000 per game, up 60 percent from the average of 89,000 for the same eight games in 2012. Thoseeight games […]
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Hedgpeth is first African-American woman named chief executive of major national U.S. soccer body
[AYSO] Kim Roberts Hedgpeth, who spent seven years as the national executive director of the Los Angeles-based AmericanFederation of Television and Radio Artists, has been named the American Youth Soccer Organization’s new National Executive Director. She is the first African-American woman to be named chiefexecutive of a major national U.S. soccer organization and will begin […]
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Soccer will be big part of new FOX sports network
By Paul Kennedy FOX Sports Media Group made official Tuesday what many have known for a long time. It is launching a new all-sports network, FOXSports 1, on Aug. 17 in 90 million homes, making it the biggest sports cable network launch in history. Soccer will figure prominently on the network with midweek (Tuesday-Thursday)afternoon coverage […]
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Berriz named first woman president
[AYSO] Paula Berriz has been elected as AYSO’s new National President, making her the first woman president in the youthorganization’s 47-year history. Berriz was elected to AYSO’s board of directors six years ago and most recently served as its vice president. She beat out another currentmember of the board of directors, William Hummell, and succeeds […]