FC Dallas has reached the semifinals in both U-15/16 and U-17/18 divisions of the U.S. Soccer Boys Development Academy 2015-16 national championships. U-15/16Quarterfinals FC Dallas 3 (Ferreira, Ferreira, Ferreira) Real Salt Lake AZ 1 (Zarris) Weston FC 0 Chicago Fire 3(Akindele, Cepeda, Takawira) (OT) LA Galaxy 1 (Estrada) Real So Cal 0 Real Colorado 1 […]
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Girls Development Academy adds 28 clubs
U.S. Soccer has named 28 more clubs that will be part of the Girls Development Academy for its inaugural season, which kicks off in fall of 2017. U.S. Soccer named the first 25 clubs June 30 and hasindicated that more clubs will named in the “near future.” 28 Girls DA Clubs (added July 9) Boca […]
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The cases for and against compensating youth clubs
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla When Manchester United paid a transfer fee of $10 million to Bayern Munich toacquire 30-year-old Bastian Schweinsteiger in 2015, a small German club named TSV 1860 Rosenheim received $42,000. Schweinsteiger joined Bayern Munich at age 14 from 1860Rosenheim. Because Rosenheim contributed to Schweinsteiger’s development after his 12th birthday, it was entitled to […]
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Girls Development Academy taking shape: First 25 clubs accepted
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla Twenty-five clubs have been accepted so far by U.S. Soccer to compete in theGirls U.S. Soccer Development Academy, whose inaugural season kicks off in fall of 2017. U.S. Soccer has not specified how many clubs will take part in the 2017-18 season, during which teams willcompete in U-14/15, U-16/17 and U-18/19 age […]
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First 25 clubs named to U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy
U.S. Soccer has named the first 25 clubs that will compete in the Girls U.S. Soccer Development Academy, whose inaugural season kicks off in fall of 2017. U.S. Soccer indicated upon the Girls DAlaunch that it expects 60 to 80 clubs to compete in the first season, fielding teams in U-14/15, U-16/17 and U-18/19 age […]
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California clubs shine at Development Academy playoffs
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake-Arizona were the only clubs to qualify for the U.S. Soccer Development Academy quarterfinals in both agegroups. Five of the clubs that reached the knockout stage hail from California — LA Galaxy, Real So Cal, FC Golden State, Sacramento Republic and Nomads SC. Thirty-two teams at both […]
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Gottschee and FC Dallas take No. 1 seeds into Development Academy playoffs
By Mike Woitalla FC Dallas and BW Gottschee of Queens, New York, are the No. 1 seeds in the U-15/16 and U-17/18 divisions, respectively, of the 2016 U.S. Soccer DevelopmentAcademy playoffs. FC Dallas, the defending U-15/16 national champs, coached by Luchi Gonzalez, finished regular-season play with a 23-2-0 win-loss-tie while outscoring foes77-16. From the club […]
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Development Academy Playoffs: 22 clubs qualify for both age groups
The 2015-16 U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs take place June 22-26 in Frisco, Texas. Twenty-two clubs are represented at both the U-15/16 and U-17/18 age groups. Thirty-two teams at each levelare vying for quarterfinal berths. Clubs will host quarterfinals July 6-7 and the semifinals and finals take place in Carson, California, July 14-16. DA U-13/14 […]
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Does American soccer really only work for white kids?
By Mike Woitalla Les Carpenter’s article for the London-based Guardian on American youth soccer is headlined: ‘It’s only working for the white kids’: American soccer’s diversityproblem — and it has gotten enough attention that it’s worth scrutinizing. A decade ago when I researched the high cost of American youth soccer I aimed to explain one […]
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Charleston Battery leaves Development Academy, cites high school ban
South Carolina’s only U.S. Soccer Development Academy club is leaving the program after nine years, because of its inability to “consistently provide practice and game fields and the recent defectionof players back to the high school or local academy ranks,” reports of The Post and Courier’s Andrew Miller. “We’re really hoping that we cancome back […]