[HIGH SCHOOL] Paramount and St. Augustine won boys titles at the CIF Southern California boys regional championships. California doesn’t organize a statechampionship for soccer but does organize a regional championship for soccer in Southern California. Paramount won its second regional title in three years with a 2-1 victory overpreviously unbeaten Crescenta Valley in the Division […]
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'Kids face tough choice' (Q&A Lorne Donaldson, Real Colorado, Part 1)
Interview by Mike Woitalla Lorne Donaldson is the Executive Director of Coaching of Real Colorado, which has nearly 5,000 players and competes in theU.S. Soccer Development Academy and ENCL. We spoke with Donaldson about the high school vs. club debate in Part 1 of our interview. SOCCER AMERICA: Real Colorado has been part ofthe U.S. […]
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High school coaches sound off on Academy's ban
By Mike Woitalla A youth soccer issue has never stirred as much public debate and gotten as much media coverage as the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s “ban” on highschool ball for the players of its 78 clubs. Sunday’s In the Times articles, Dan Woog,coach of Staples High School in Westport, Conn., recalled when his team […]
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Understanding teen 'weirdness'
By Dev K. Mishra, M.D. Any coach who works with teenage athletes knows they will have to deal with a lot of weirdness. Biologically and psychologically, children reachpuberty earlier and adulthood later. That leaves a lot of room in the middle for an extended period of awkwardness, which often leaves parents and coaches scratching their […]
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Cypress Bay caps unbeaten season with Florida title
[HIGH SCHOOL] Cypress Bay — No. 1 in the NSCAA Winter Poll — repeated as Florida’s Class 5A champion and completed an unbeaten season (23-0-2) with a 4-1 winover Jacksonville-Mandarin at the University of South Florida. Other boys champions: Fleming Island, American Heritage, West Shore and Tampa Prep. DanielJensen led Cypress Bay with two goals […]
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Is it OK to play in pain?
By Dev K. Mishra, M.D. “What’s the difference between discomfort and pain? And is it OK for me to keep playing if I just have a little bit?” Those are two ofthe most common questions I’m asked by injured young athletes, and I’m guessing the same is true for our sports medicine colleagues across the […]
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Weber breaks Arizona coaching record
[HIGH SCHOOL] Wolfgang Weber won his record fifth state championship in 30 years as the head coach of Tucson Salpointewith a 3-0 win over Scottsdale Notre Dame in the Arizona Division II final. Other state winners: Hamilton (Division I) and Cortez (Division III). Weber broke the record he shared withJulie Walters of Catalina Foothills. Hamilton […]
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Klinsmann and Co. make case for 10-month club season, no high school ball
By Mike Woitalla U.S. Soccer made it official last Friday that its 78-club Development Academy league will move to a 10-month schedule starting with the 2012-13season. More than 3,000 of the nation’s elite boys play for Academy teams in U-15/16 and U-17/18 leagues and the schedule change means no high school soccer for them. That’s […]
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Dribble on! … High school more fun?
By Mike Woitalla FEEDBACK …We need dribblers! In response to Wednesday’s YouthSoccerInsider on curricula for American youth soccer, BradPartridge of FC Florida pointed to a bit from the “U.S. Soccer Curriculum” he had issue with. In the second paragraph of the document, in the “Style of Play” section, a key element(Quick Transitions and Finishing) description […]
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NSCAA High School Winter Boys Poll
[RANKINGS] Cypress Bay (Fla.), Coppell (Texas) and El Rancho (Calif.) remain 1-2-3 in the NSCAA High School Winter Boys Poll. For the top 10 rankings .. NSCAA High School Winter Boys Poll 1 Cypress Bay (Weston, Fla.) 20-0-2 2 Coppell (Coppell, Texas) 13-0-0 3 El Rancho (Pico Rivera, Calif.)20-0-0 4 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 23-0-4 […]