Justin Ellis (age 19) and Julian Hall (18) scored in the USA’s 4-1 win over Peru on Saturday. The first pair of teenagers who scored in the same USMNT game were 19-year-olds Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley in a 2-1 Gold Cup win over South Korea in February. To read the February, 2002, article and the USA-South Korea Report Card …
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SA Archives (2007): U.S. Soccer’s previous move into the youth game
Last week, we reported on U.S. Soccer absorbing the 2.7 million-player USYS. Nineteen years ago, we reported on U.S. Soccer launching the Boys Development Academy Department after its Technical Committee, set up by then-Federation president Sunil Gulati, determined a “Need to eliminate clutter in the environment …” for players ages 13-17 and a “Need more free play, less structure … ” at ages 6-12. To read the 2007 article …
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SA Archives (2002): USA wins first U-20 Women’s World Cup
After the USA won the inaugural U-20 Women’s World Cup in 2002, Soccer America’s Scott French compared forwards Lindsay Tarpley, Heather O’Reilly, Kelly Wilson to the “Triple-Edged Sword,” heroes of the USA’s inaugural Women’s World Cup-winning team in 1991: Michelle Akers, April Heinrichs and Carin Jennings. Head coach Tracey (nee Bates) Leone, who also played on the 1991 team, became the first American to win a soccer world championship as both a player and head coach.
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SOCCER AMERICA ARCHIVES: Americans in Germany (1988)
The migration of American players to Germany began in the 1980s. In 1988, Paul Caligiuri, originally signed by Hamburg SV, was starting for Second Division SV Meppen. A group of young players joined lower division clubs, including Brad Smith, Shawn Blakeman, Mike Linenberger, Dario Brose and Chris Veselka. To read the 1988 Soccer America article …
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World Cup 1990: Paul Gardner Archives
Paul Gardner‘s SoccerTalk columns relating to the 1990 World Cup hosted by Italy.