Interview by Mike Woitalla Lorne Donaldson is the Executive Director of Coaching of RealColorado, which has nearly 5,000 players and competes in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and ENCL. In the second part of our interview we spoke about youth soccer’s high costs, how his clubevaluates coaches, and the field-size problem. (Read Part 1 HERE.) […]
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Orellana, Utah star on El Salvador's radar
[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] Salvadoran-born Maikon Orellana is one of the top players in the Development Academy.The Real Salt Lake AZ striker was a 2011 U-17/18 Development Academy Best XI selection and has already scored 10 goals this season. El Salvador reportedly has him on its radar as a candidate for itsU-23 team […]
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Rapids' teams unbeaten heading into spring play
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] Action is just starting to move into high gear in the East and Central conferences of the Development Academy. Five U-15/16 and fourU-17/18 teams, including both Colorado Rapids teams, are still unbeaten. For a division-by-division update … UNDER-17/18: Central Conference Frontier Division Former U.S. U-17 player DillonSerna scored four goals in five for […]
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Ramos, Reyna … next Hernandez?
[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] New Jersey’s St. Benedict’s Prep has produced two of the great names of American soccer inTab Ramos and Claudio Reyna and a host of other future pros, including U.S.World Cup player Gregg Berhalter. The next Gray Bee to make it big could be Mexican-born midfielder Cristhian Hernandez
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MLS clubs lead Development Academy
[LEADER BOARD] MLS clubs lead the U-17/18 and U/15-16 age groups in the 2011-12 Development Academy. FC Dallas, last year’s runner-up, and the Los AngelesGalaxy, the 2011 U-15/16 champion, are 1-2 in the U-17/18 overall standings, while the Seattle Sounders And Real Salt Lake AZ are tied for first in the U-15/16 standings. CASL Chelsea […]
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Alliance formed for academy launch
[PORTLAND TIMBERS] The Portland Timbers have formed an alliance with three prominent Oregon clubs — Eastside Timbers (formerly Eastside United FC), VancouverUnited Timbers (formerly Columbia Timbers) and Westside Timbers (formerly Westside Metros) — dubbed the “adidas Timbers Alliance.” The Timbers Academy will commence this fall, with teamscompeting in the U-16 and U-18 age brackets of […]
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Collin Martin, youngest U-20 callup
[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] Collin Martin is the lone high school junior training with the U.S. under-20 nationalteam in Clermont, Fla. He is one of the top prospects in D.C. United’s academy program. For four things to know about Martin … DA STAR. Martin isone of the top players on D.C. United’s U-17/18 […]
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Development Academy college recruits
[MAKING A LIST] Teams from the U.S. Soccer Development Academy will be sending players off to college in the fall. Here’s a list of the recruits … Albertson SC: Myles Bent (Stony Brook), Alex Butwin (Columbia), Ryan Cupolo (Fordham), Dakota Edwards (Maryland), Jake Freeman (Harvard), Edward Gibbons(Holy Cross), Hector Steven Lasso (Stony Brook), Jimmy Myers […]
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Allen shines at RSL academy
[FOUR THINGS TO NOW ABOUT …] Real Salt Lake’s Arizona-based academy team is perfect in the tough SoCal Division in the Development Academy’s U-15/16 agegroup, and one of the stars is Jordan Allen, who moved from Rochester, N.Y., to enter the residency program. For four things to know about Allen … GREAT OPPORTUNITY. Allen had […]
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Sounders and Crew send off big academy classes
[COLLEGE RECRUITS] The Seattle Sounders had 14 players from their under-18 team commit to college programs, while Columbus had a dozen Crew Juniors and CrewSoccer Academy products commit to Division I programs. Among the MLS academy players off to college are D.C. United’s 2011 All-Development Academy U-15/16 defender Jalen Robinson, who will play at Wake […]