By Mike Woitalla Seven Californians were named by Coach B.J. Snow to the USA’s 20-player roster for the 2016 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship in Grenada March3-13. The tournament will determine the region’s three qualifiers for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan Sept. 30-Oct. 21. The squad is comprised of 12 players born in […]
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U.S. girls draw Mexico in U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying
The U.S. U-17 girls national team will face Mexico, Jamaica and Costa Rica in Group B play of the 2016 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship that will determine the qualifiers for the 2016 U-17 Women’sWorld Cup. The qualifying tournament will be hosted by Grenada March 3-13. The U-17 World Cup takes place in Jordan Sept. 30-Oct. […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls head to camp
Five months ahead of the qualifying tournament for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup, Coach B.J. Snow has named a 24-player roster for a Oct. 11-18 at the U.S. Soccer NationalTraining Center in Carson, Calif. The squad includes 15 players born in 1999, the cut-off year for the 2016 World Cup. The other nine players […]
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Roster: Taliaferro trains U.S. U-16 girls in California
The U.S. U-16 girls national team, with 21 players born in 2000 and three 2001s, are training in Chula Vista, Calif., Aug. 1-9 under Coach Tricia Taliaferro, U.S. Soccer’s mainscout for the 2000 birth year. This marks the U-16s’ third camp of the year. All the playersare age-eligible for the U-17 Women’s World Cup in […]
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U.S. U-17 girls win NTC Invitational
A 3-1 win over Japan, the U.S. U-17s’ third straight victory, earned Coach B.J. Snow’s team the 2015 U-17 Women’s NTC Invitational title. So Cal Blues midfielder AshleySanchez scored in each game and finished with five goals. Sanchez, who scored a hat trick in the 3-1 opening game win over Mexico, opened the scoring against […]
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Mike Jacobs Q&A: The new pathways to the pros
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) After nine years as the men’s headcoach at Evansville, Mike Jacobs left after the 2014 season to become vice president, league development, at the USL. Jacobs, who previously wasthe top assistant at Duke and before that the head coach at Iona, is one of several coaches with backgrounds in the ACC […]
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Tony DiCicco: 'We should be excellent in every position'
By Mike Woitalla (@MikeWoitalla) Tony DiCicco coached the USA to crowns at the 1996Olympics, 1999 Women’s World Cup and 2008 U-20 World Cup. We spoke to DiCicco about the state of youth soccer in the USA. SOCCER AMERICA: What are your general thoughts on state of theyouth game? It seems to me that if one […]
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Women aim not to get run over
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) U.S. women’s national team coachJill Ellis has a warning: “If we sit where we are, we’ll get run over.” The USA has won two Women’s World Cup titles and fourOlympic gold medals — including the last three in a row — and it puts more money behind women’s soccer than any […]
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Longshot Ticas counter USA with hot keeper
[SCOUTING REPORT: Costa Rica] Costa Rica became the first Concacaf team outside of North America to qualify for the Women’s World Cup when it beat Trinidad &Tobago on penalty kicks in the semifinals of the Concacaf Women’s Championship. The Ticas, one of five teams to qualifying for the Women’s World Cup for the first time, […]
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Jill Ellis: Players like to problem-solve (Q&A Part 2)
Interview by Mike Woitalla Coach Jill Ellis, currently leading the USA in qualifying play for the 2015 World Cup, has coached at every level of the youthgame. She served as U.S. Soccer Women’s Development Director, overseeing U-14, U-15 and U-17 girls national teams, from January 2011 until taking the full national team’s helm in May. […]