[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] The U.S. Soccer Development Academy Finals Week will return to Houston, where it will be held July 14-20 in Houston. Theformat of the event will differ from last season’s Finals Week as both the U-15/16 and U-17/18 levels will play their group and placement games on the same day. The tournament is cappedoff […]
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Field for Frisco playoffs grows
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] The fields for the 2013 Development Academy Playoffs are almost three-quarters filled in both age groups as 23 U-17/18 and 22 U-15/16teams are in the playoffs. The 22 teams that qualified this past weekend for the postseason June 24-28 at FC Dallas Park in Frisco, Texas, included both Albertson SC’s Academy teams. For […]
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Yaw Amankwa scores twice in three minutes
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY GOLEADORES] Yaw Amankwa scored twice in the last three minutes to secure 3-2 win for Baltimore Bays Chelsea over McLeanand move him among the top 8 scorers in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s U-17/18 age group. The Bays lead the East Conference’s Atlantic Division and are headed to theAcademy Playoffs June 24-27 at […]
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Vergara watches young Goats sweep SuperClasico
[CHIVAS USA] Do you think Chivas USA academy players had a little motivation for their regular-season finales against the LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center?Owner Jorge Vergara, whose plans for the club have been a matter of much speculation, flew into town and watched both the U-15/16s and U-17/18s earned hugewins. Romario Lomeli […]
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Huitema hat trick gives him lead with 25 goals
[VANCOUVER WHITECAPS] Brody Huitema‘s hat trick for the Northwest Division co-leader Vancouver Whitecaps in an 8-0 winover the Santa Cruz Breakers catapulted him into the national scoring lead in the Development Academy’s under-17/18 age group with 25 goals. YassinEssa has 16 goals for Vancouver, and Spencer DeBoice, who also had a hat trick against the […]
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Calvert takes over under-15/16 scoring lead
[CHIVAS USA] Caleb Calvert, who leads the Development Academy under-15/16 age group in scoring with 21 goals, scoredtwice for the Chivas USA’s U-17/18 team in a 3-1 win over Real So Cal that moved it into eighth place in the playoff wildcard pool. Chivas USA is fifth in the Southwest Division behindthe LA Galaxy, Real […]
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy Player of the Week
[AWARDS] McKinley Curran, who scored two goals to lead the PA Classics U-15/16 team to a 2-1 over NJSA 04, was named theU.S. Soccer Development Academy Player of the Week. Curran scored the game’s first two goals in the 7th and 53rd minutes in a battle between two teams still vying for a postseasonspot in […]
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Winn helps power Dallas derby sweep
[SOLAR CHELSEA SC] U.S. U-17 national team player Alan Winn was among the goal scorers as Solar Chelsea SC won itsU-15/16 Dallas derby against FC Dallas with a 3-1 win in a matchup of two teams that qualified for the 2012-13 Development Academy Playoffs. Winn has scored four goals in two games since returning toSolar […]
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'Patience is crucial for coaches' (Q&A with Red Bulls' Bob Montgomery, Part 2)
Interview by Mike Woitalla In Part 2 of our interview withthe Bob Montgomery we asked the New York Red Bulls’ Director of Youth Programs about the clubs’ coaching philosophy, its structure and the challenges of producing pros for the firstteam. The Red Bulls, which last year had more than 20 players called up to a […]
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy Player of the Week
[AWARDS] Salvadoran forward Gerson Umana, whose hat trick led D.C. United’s U-15/16 academy team to a 5-3 win over FCDelco, was named U.S. Soccer Development Academy Player of the Week. Umana found the net in the 15th, 55th, and 62nd minutes to give him 15 goals this season for 14-2-4 D.C. United. “Gerson has continued […]