Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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High School vs. Club: Three questions for Brandon Silva
By Mike Woitalla The bashing of high school soccer reached new heights with the U.S. Soccer Federation launching a Development Academy for girls (in 2017) and technical director AprilHeinrichs recently stating that high school ball is “not a playerdevelopment environment. In fact, it develops bad habits and complacency.” Brandon Silva coaches the girls varsity team […]
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Survey: Coaching Compensation in the USA
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and Soccer America have partnered on a research project on compensation for coaches across various levels of the U.S. game, beginning with a5-minute online surveyfor NSCAA members. The survey willgather information on coaching and coaching-related activities. The results will help better equip coaches to negotiate salaries and […]
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High school coaches: Rise Up!
By Greg Winkler Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” How many times, as a high school soccer coach, have you felt,unappreciated, underappreciated, or inferior? Well it is time for change, it is time to make the high school game relevant again. As the saying goes, “worry about […]
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Rankings: Girls Top 20 Spring High School Final
Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Union High School finished atop the USA TODAY & NSCAA Final Girls High School National Rankings for the 2016 Spring Season. Final USATODAY/NSCAA Super 25 Spring Girls National Rankings Rank School W-L-T 1 Union (Tulsa, Okla.) 19-0-0 2 Padua Academy(Wilmington, Del.) 18-0-0 3 Lexington (Lexington, S.C.) 25-0-2 4 Davis (Davis, Calif.) 21-0-2 5 Weddington […]
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John Hackworth: India experience provides valuable lessons for U.S. U-17 boys
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla In its third international tournament of the year, the U.S. U-17 boysnational team finished runner-up at the AIFF Youth Cup in India, which will host the 2017 U-17 World Cup for which Coach John Hackworth team’s aims to qualify. A free-kickgoal with six minutes left in overtime gave South Korea a 2-1 […]
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Ella Stevens named Girls Player of the Year
Ella Stevens of Grayson, Georgia, was named 2015-16 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year, becoming the second player from the Peach State to win the award since itsinception in 1998. Previous winners include 2015 Women’s World Cup winners Amy Rodriguez, Ashlyn Harris, Heather O’Reilly, Lauren (née Cheney) Holiday andMorgan Brian, the 2010-11 winner […]
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What They're Saying: Orthopaedic scientist Tim McGuine
“Through this research, I just want to know if I can look at a mom, a dad or their kid and say that this headgear reduces risk of having a concussion.” — Tim McGuine, seniorscientist in the orthopedics and rehabilitation department at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, on a $300,000 […]
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U.S. Soccer's high school ban — why the clubs and the girls should decide
By Mike Woitalla The club vs. high school battle plagued American youth soccer long before the U.S. Soccer Federation banned high school ball for its Boys Development Academyplayers in 2012. Club coaches argued that players aspiring to reach the top must compete at the highest level of youth soccer and get the best coaching — […]
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Report: Mallory Pugh decides not to turn pro
So much for the Portland Thorns using the new NWSL player signing mechanism to land 17-year-old Mallory Pugh, who would have been the first player signed out of high school to join the women’sleague. Horace Pugh, confirmed to The Denver Post that hisdaughter, a high school senior, will attend UCLA, as planned, and there were […]