[U.S. WOMEN] U.S. women’s national team coach Pia Sundhage has named the 20 players who will represent the USA at the2012 Concacaf Olympic women’s qualifying tournament that begins Thursday at Vancouver’s BC Place. UCLA’s Sydney Leroux, recently selected by the Atlanta Beat asthe No. 1 pick in the 2012 WPS draft, is the lone player […]
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USA cruises against U-23s
[U.S. SCRIMMAGE] In their first action since hooking up together in training at the Home Depot Center, the U.S. national team beat the U.S. under-23 nationalteam, 4-0, in a scrimmage Friday afternoon. Chris Wondolowski, Teal Bunbury, Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi scored for the USA. Brek Shea had a pair of assists of his own. […]
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Porter calls in reinforcements
[U.S. UNDER-23 MEN] U.S. under-23 national team coach Caleb Porter has brought in three new players to the ongoingtraining camp at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Goalkeepers Matt Lampson, a recent homegrown signing by the Columbus Crew, and Brian Perk of the Los Angeles Galaxy, as well as Stuttgarter Kickers II defender Royal-Dominique […]
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Porter calls up four newcomers
[U.S. UNDER-23 MEN] Isaac Acuna, who has played for Mexico’s U-22 national team, and Josh Gatt, who helped Molde win its first Norwegian title, are among the players called up by Coach Caleb Porter for a two-part U.S. under-23national team training camp Jan. 8-25 in Carson, Calif., and San Jose, Costa Rica. The U-23s will […]
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Sundhage calls in 29 players for HDC camp
[U.S. WOMEN] U.S. women’s national team coach Pia Sundhage has called up 29 players for nine days of training, beginningSaturday, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., before the team leaves for the 2012 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament later in the month in Vancouver. After the camp, Sundhage willchoose a 20-player roster for […]
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Breaking down the U.S. U-23 lineup
Fox Soccer’s Ives Galarcep takes a look who’s been looking good and who hasn’t at the U.S. under-23 player camp in Florida, the first under Coach Caleb Porter. Some evaluations based on the early days of the camp:
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Sinclair heads Canada squad for qualifying
[OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN] Five players each from WPS — including Christine Sinclair of the champion Western New York Flash –the W-League and Scandinavian clubs were among the 20 players reigning Concacaf champion Canada called up for the 2012 Concacaf Olympic women’s soccer qualifying tournament at Vancouver’s BC Place inJanuary. Sinclair is Canada’s all-time leader in both […]
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Adu and four other capped players called up
[U.S. UNDER-23 MEN] Freddy Adu, who played on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team, was among the 28 players U.S. under-23national team head coach Caleb Porter called to an eight-day training camp Dec. 15-23 at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. “Atevery camp we expect to push the group forward by continuing to evaluate […]
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Five collegians training at HDC
[U.S. NATIONAL TEAM] The college women’s season is over, but there’s no rest for five collegians who were called into the U.S. national team camp being heldthrough Dec. 20 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. None of them played at the Women’s College Cup. Christine Nairn (Penn State) and Sydney Leroux (UCLA) have […]
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El Salvador's U-23s could pose test
[SCOUTING REPORT] The USA will face Canada, Cuba and El Salvador in Group A of the Concacaf Olympic qualifying tournament March 22-26 in Nashville, Tenn. Thetop two teams in the group will advance to the semifinals, which will decide the two Concacaf berths to the London Olympics men’s soccer competition. The four teams in Group […]