By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla Atlanta United begins MLS play in 2017, but it made a bit of history bybecoming the first MLS club to field U.S. Soccer Development Academy teams prior its first team taking the field in MLS. That was thanks to merging with the Georgia United Soccer Alliance — apartnership that has resulted […]
development academy
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Insider
U.S. Soccer names final 22 clubs to Girls Development Academy for total of 74
By Mike Woitalla & Paul Kennedy U.S. Soccer has accepted an additional 22 clubs to the Girls Development Academy, which will kick off in fall of 2017 with 74 clubsfielding teams in U-14/15, U-16/17 and U-18/19 competition. The final 22 clubs named on Wednesday are:Cedar Stars Academy-Monmouth (Tinton Falls,N.J.)Burlingame SC-MVLA (Burlingame, Calif.)Empire United (Rochester, N.Y.)FC […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
U.S. Abroad: Murphy debuts for Sheffield Wednesday
Teenager James Murphy made his debut for Sheffield Wednesday less than a month after he signed with the English Championship club in its 2-1 overtime loss to Cambridge United in the first roundof the English League Cup. Murphy, 18, entered the game in the 86th minute. Wednesday manager Carlos Carvalhal used the League Cup game […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Insider
Development Academy award winners in good company
By Mike Woitalla In the wake of the 2015-16 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season, which concluded last weekend with FC Dallas winning both the U-15/16 and U-17/18 national titles, U.S. Soccer has announcedthe DA year-end awards. Among the players honored: FC Dallas midfielder Weston McKennie, who left his team after the U-17/18 quarterfinals to go […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Insider
Most of 2015 U-17 alums already with pro clubs
By Mike Woitalla and Paul Kennedy The USA may have disappointed at the 2015 U-17 World Cup last October when Coach Richie Williams’ U.S. team was the first since2001 to exit in the first round, and a 5-1 loss host Chile marked its worst loss at the U-17 World Cup in group play since falling, […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
FC Dallas academy champions head U.S. U-19 team
Three players from the FC Dallas academy program that swept the Development Academy age-group playoffs — Hector Montalvo, Weston McKennie and Devin Vega — were named to the U.S.under-19 men’s national team that will play at the COTIF Tournament, beginning next Tuesday in Valencia, Spain. Coach Brad Friedel called in 22 players for the 33rd […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Insider
FC Dallas makes Development Academy history, but focus remains on long-term
By Mike Woitalla FC Dallas won 2016 U.S. Soccer Development Academy titles at the U-15/16 and U-17/18 divisions, becoming the first club to win both age groups in the sameyear. The Dallas U-15/16s, coached by Luchi Gonzalez, beat the Los Angeles Galaxy, 2-0, to repeat at that age group. The U-17/18s, coached by FranciscoMolina, came […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
FC Dallas sweeps Development Academy titles
FC Dallas won 2016 U.S. Soccer Development Academy titles at the U-15/16 and U-17/18 divisions, becoming the first club to win both age groups in the same year. The Dallas U-15/16s, coached byLuchi Gonzalez, beat the Los Angeles Galaxy, 2-0, to repeat at that age group. The U-17/18s, coached by Francisco Molina and with a […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Insider
FC Dallas reaches both Development Academy finals
By Mike Woitalla FC Dallas, which leads MLS clubs in Homegrown signings, continues to impress at the youth level. Both FC Dallas’ U-15/16 and U-17/18 teams have reached the2016 U.S. Soccer Development Academy finals, which take place on Saturday in Carson, California. In the U-15/16 semifinal, FC Dallas defeated the Chicago Fire, 1-0, and will […]
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Insider
So far, 53 clubs join Girls Development Academy
By Mike Woitalla U.S. Soccer, which on June 30 announced the first 25 clubs that will play in the inaugural Girls Development Academy season of 2017-18,last weekend named another 28 participants, and has indicated that more clubswill be announced in the near future. So far, California is the best represented state, with eight Southern California […]