Tuesday’s Boys Development Academy action in Oceanside, California, set the U-16/17 final four and saw Toronto FC beat LAFC, 3-2, to lift the U-15 crown. U.S. Soccer launched the DA nationalchampionships for the two older age groups in 2007-08 and this year added a national championship for the U-15s. The Concorde Fire (Georgia), Solar SC […]
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Youth: Defending champ New York City FC reaches Boys DA U-18/19 final four
New York City FC beat Crossfire Premier 4-1 to join Sockers FC, FC Dallas and Saint Louis FC in the U-18/19 DA semifinals. NYCFC, which won the title last year with a team that included GioReyna and Justin Haak, aims to become the first back-to-back champion at the DA’s oldest age group. David Alino smashed […]
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1. Four MLS clubs qualified teams in all three age categories for the 2019 Boys Development Academy Playoffs: the Chicago Fire, MontrealImpact, Philadelphia Union and Toronto FC. FC Dallas and Shattuck-St. Mary’s enter as the U-18/19 and U-16/17 No. 1 seeds, respectively. A U-15 boys’ playoff will be held for the first time withthe qualified […]
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1. Michael Edwards started for Wolfsburg’s A-Jugend in its 3-0 win over Hannover 96 for its third consecutive German U-19 Cup title. The 18-year-olddefender moved from D.C. United’s academy in January. Fellow American Ulysses Llanez, who is in Poland with the U.S. under-20 national team, signed with Wolfsburg in April, too late to beeligible for […]
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Lorne Donaldson on how the ECNL vs. Development Academy turf war has created a 'toxic environment'
Lorne Donaldson is the Executive Director of Coaching of Real Colorado, one of the few clubs that compete in both the girls ECNL and the girls U.S. Soccer Development Academy. RealColorado’s rate of sending players into the U.S. national team program ranks it among the top clubs in the nation. Donaldson also serves as assistant […]
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Youth: Girls Development Academy adds cup competition
The U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy, for its third season of 2019-2020, will add a cup competition to run concurrent to regular-season play. All clubs in the U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-18/19 agegroups will take part. Both regular-season and cup results will lead to qualification to the Academy Playoffs. “This new competition creates an environment […]
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Pateadores' Ted Chronopoulos on the Development Academy, Latino talent, and soccer 'homework' for kids
Ted Chronopoulos, who played in MLS from its inception in 1996 to 2002, went straight into youth coaching after his playing career. He is the Boys Academy Director of Pateadores, oneof the largest clubs in the soccer hotbed of Southern California, whose alum include Frankie Amaya, the No. 1 pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. […]
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Youth: Four new boys clubs join U.S. Soccer Development Academy for 2019-20 season
Two Arizona clubs and one each from Texas and Florida are joining the U.S. Soccer Boys Development Academy, which increases the number of participating clubs to 137 for the 2019-20 season. The newcomers include Inter Miami and Austin FC, which are joiningMLS in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Both will be fully funded, i.e., cost-free for […]
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Youth: U.S. Soccer Girls DA adds six clubs for 2019-2020 season
Next season, 71 clubs will participate in U.S. Soccer’s Girls Development Academy, up from 65 in 2018-19 and 69 in its inaugural season of2017-18. The Girls DA is also adding a U-16 age group for the 2019-20 season. • Albion SC Las Vegas becomes the first DA club from Nevada for either gender.
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Youth Pro Watch: In the news …
1. FC Dallas made 18-year-old midfielder Edwin Cerrillo the MLS team’s league-leading 24th Homegrown Player. Cerrillo, whohails from Waco, Texas, has played well in preseason in the FC Dallas midfield. He joined the FC Dallas Academy in 2015 and scored the lone FC Dallas goal in the 2016-17 U-16 Development Academy finalwhen it dropped a […]