For the first time in 30 years, the NationalFederation of State High School Associations (NFHS) reported that participation in high school sports declined. NFHS: 2018-19 High School participation survey
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Rosters: Allstate All-America Cup
Four high school all-star teams (20 players on a team) will take to the field in boys and girls matches at the first Allstate All-America Cup at Orlando’s University of Central Florida Soccer Complexon Wednesday. The coaches will be Brandi Chastain, Julie Foudy, Brian McBride and Taylor Twellman. The players were selected from a list […]
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Steve Gans dissects the DA vs. ECNL turf war that is 'hurting kids and player development'
The battle between U.S. Soccer’s Girls Development Academy and the ECNL to be the top girls league in the USA has led to what Lorne Donaldson, Director of Real Colorado, describes asa “toxicenvironment.” Mark Krikorian, coach of the reigning women’s Division I champion Florida State, said, “What’s happenednow is you have competing interests. Both of […]
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Survey: Soccer leads all boys sports in increased high school participation
Amid reports of declining soccer participation at young ages, here’s a bright spot: Soccer led all sports in the highest number of new high school boys participants. Survey: High school athleticparticipation (2017-18) According to the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations, boys soccerregistered 6,128 additional […]
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Top 5: High school sports by participants (2017-18)
Boys: 1. 11-player football (1,035,942) 2. Outdoor track & field (600,097) 3. Basketball(551,373) 4. Baseball (487,097) 5. Soccer (456,362) Girls: 1. Outdoor track & field (488,592). 2. Volleyball (446,583) 3. Basketball (412,407) 4. Soccer (390,482) 5. Fast-pitch softball (367,861)Source: NFHS
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U.S. Soccer blundered badly on high school soccer
American soccer, so plagued by the pay-to-play problem. If only there was youth soccer that didn’t charge kids so much money. Hold on! It does exist, and it’s massive. Nationwide.It’s called high school soccer. Sometimes, hundreds of people show up for a high school game, the players are celebrated on campus, rivalries date back for […]
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United Soccer Coaches announces National Players of the Year
United Soccer Coaches announced its National Players of the Year at the youth, high school and college levels and its National Scholar Players of the Year for high school and collegestudent-athletes. The 2017 MAC Hermann Trophy recipients for NCAA Division I men’s and women’s soccer will be named Jan. 5. The National Players of the […]
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Protesting and the Anthem: An educational opportunity for you and your team
By Greg Winkler High school is a microcosm of society; the actions we see today by professional and college athletes always find a way onto our playing fields and our practices.The current protests by our professional athletes will and may already have found their way to your schools. At a recent Rotary meeting in the […]
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What They're Saying: Matt Link
“We have nice things for our students here but certainly not the level of professional jerseys.” — Matt Link, Montpelier High School athletic director, after the Vermontschool boys and girls soccer teams received jerseys from French Ligue 1 club Montpellier after the name on the jerseys was misspelled with one “l” instead of two. The […]
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Southern Californian Kennedy Wesley is national girls player of the year
Kennedy Wesley, who played for the USA at the 2016 U-17 World Cup and is eligible for the 2018 U-17 World Cup, is the 2017 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year. World champion Abby Wambach(right) presented Kennedy Wesley the 2017 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year trophy. Wesley, as a sophomore […]