Interview by Mike Woitalla U.S. Hall of Famer Tab Ramos’ run with the U.S. national team program dates back to playing at the 1983 U-20 World Cup as a16-year-old. Last year he coached at the U-20 World Cup, assisted with the full national team, and in November became U.S. Soccer’s new Youth Technical Director. In […]
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Gaines and Zubak shine in U/15-16 victory
[ACADEMY SELECT GAMES] Goals by McKenzie Gaines and Ethan Zubak gave the Blue Teama 2-0 win over the Red Team in the U-15/16 Academy Select Game at Premier Sports Campus. The U-17/18 Select Game ended in a 0-0 draw. Zubak (LA Galaxy) set up the first goal in the 15thminute when he broke away from […]
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Richie Williams Q&A: On beating England, Brazil — and Bradenton's Future
Interview by Mike Woitalla In an extraordinary week for the U.S. U-17 boys national team, Coach Richie Williams‘ team beat England, 5-1, and Brazil, 4-1,to lift the Nike International Friendlies title. We spoke with Williams, who has headed the U-17s andthe Bradenton Residency Program since January 2012, of the triumph, which comes in the wake […]
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Why no laps — and other fitness & health insight (Q&A: John Cone)
Interview by Mike Woitalla John Cone, who most recently served as the Portland Timbers Director of Sports Science and fitness coach, is a health andfitness consultant to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and the youth national team program, and a USSF coach educator. We asked Cone to address fitness training issues for youth players. SOCCER […]
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U.S. under-17 men's national team roster
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY WINTER SHOWCASE] A second U.S. under-17 men’s national team will be playing at Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. A 17-playerteam will play three matches against U-17/18 academy teams from the New England Revolution, Solar Chelsea SC and PA Classics as part of the Development Academy Winter Showcase. Threeplayers play for overseas […]
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U.S. under-17 men's national team roster
[NIKE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES] U.S. under-17 men’s national team head coach Richie Williams named a 20-player rosterto face Brazil, England and Portugal during the 2013 Nike International Friendlies that will take place at Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., beginning Monday. The USA opensagainst Portugal on Monday, and will then play games against England Wednesday […]
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Amaya takes U-17/18 Development Academy scoring lead
[LA GALAXY] Former U.S. U-17 national team forward Adonis Amaya scored two goals Sunday for the LA Galaxy in its 3-0 winover Nomads SC to give him the scoring lead in the Development Academy’s U-17/18 age group with 11 goals in nine games. Amaya was one of many players to join the Galaxy program fromChivas […]
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Kickers and Strikers merge academy programs
[RICHMOND UNITED] The Richmond Kickers and Richmond Strikers are merging their Development Academy programs, marking the first time two current Development Academyclubs have united their academy programs. Players at the three levels (U-18, U-16 and U-14) won’t be required to pay traditional player fees or league travel expenses. The Kickers(part of the USL PRO club’s […]
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U.S. under-15 boys national team roster
[WINTER SHOWCASE] U.S. under-15 boys national team coach Hugo Perez named an 18-player squad that will participate in theU.S. Soccer Development Academy Winter Showcase with matches against the U-15/16 New York Red Bulls, De Anza Force and Weston FC Dec. 12-15 at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. The team includes Ernesto Espinoza, […]
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RSL AZ U-17/18s remain perfect
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] Real Salt Lake AZ is the only undefeated and untied team left in the Development Academy under-17/18 age group. It improved to 5-0-0 with a4-1 win over Arsenal FC on goals by Corey Baird, Eric Carbajal, Jose Hernandezand Niki Jackson. Under-17/18 Leaderboard: PPG TEAM (W-L-T) 3.00 Real Salt Lake AZ (5-0-0) 2.78 PDA […]