[CONCACAF UNDER-17 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP] Finally, someone figured how to shut down Summer Green, but the U.S. star, whoscored 12 goals in her first four games, still delivered a team-high fourth assist with a nifty back-heel on Amber Munerlyn‘s goal that gave the USA a 1-0 winover Canada in the Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship final Saturday […]
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Summer Green smashes U.S. scoring record
[CONCACAF UNDER-17 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP] Summer Green made it 12 goals in four games with a hat trick to lead the USA toa 7-0 victory over Panama at the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship and a berth in the U-17 Women’s World Cup Sept. 22-Oct. 13 in Azerbaijan. With her third hat trick of thetournament, Green […]
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Montoya: 'We have a lot of weapons'
[CONCACAF UNDER-17 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP] Summer Green has gotten all the attention, scoring nine of the USA’s 18 goalsin its three wins in group play at the Concacaf Under-17 Women’s Championship, but U.S. coach Albertin Montoya says the U-17s have plenty of options. A berth inthe 2012 Under-17 Women’s World Cup will be on the line […]
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USA cruises into semifinals
[CONCACAF UNDER-17 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP] Summer Green scored her sixth goal in two games and added two assists as theUSA beat Trinidad & Tobago, 5-0, in its second game at the Concacaf Under-17 Women’s Championship in Guatemala City. The Americans broke open the game with a four-goal second half to clinch aberth in the semifinals. For […]
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Green snags five goals in 10-0 U.S. win
[CONCACAF UNDER-17 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP] With a whopping 52-1 edge in shots, the USA opened play at the Concacaf Under-17 Women’s Championship with a 10-0 inover the Bahamas on Thursday at Guatemala City’s Estadio Cementos Progreso. Midfielder Summer Green had five goals, including four in the first half, whileMargaret Purce added three goals and an assist. […]
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USA looks to get revenge
[CONCACAF UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP] Two years ago, the USA outscored its opponents, 38-0, but did not advance to the 2010 Under-17 Women’s World Cup after beingousted by Canada in a shootout in the semifinals of Concacaf qualifying. The Americans will get a chance for revenge when they play in the 2012 Concacaf Under-17 Championship that begins […]
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Montoya picks 20 players for Concacaf qualifying
[U.S. UNDER-17 WOMEN] U.S. under-17 women’s national team head coach Albertin Montoya named the 20-player roster fornext month’s Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship to be held in Guatemala City following the end of a 10-day training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. “We feel weare at a very good place right now […]
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Munerlyn is almost finished marathon
[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] Amber Munerlyn, who is battling for a starting job on the U.S. under-17 women’s nationalteam’s frontline, is part of an exciting group of young Southern Californians who are headed to college in 2013. Like for so many of her U-17 teammates, the long road on the national team has […]
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Montoya brings in 24 players for final look
[U.S. UNDER-17 WOMEN] Coach Albertin Montoya has called up 24 players to what is the final event for the U.S. under-17women’s national team before it enters Concacaf qualifying for the 2012 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan. Six players who did not travel to Spain for the Ten Nations Tournament will bebrought back in for […]
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U.S. U-17s beat and tie older opponents
[TEN NATIONS TOURNAMENT] The U.S. under-17 women’s national team beat France and the Netherlands 2-0 and tied England 1-1 in games against under-19 oppositionat the Ten Nations Tournament at the La Manga sports center in Spain. The Americans were gifted an own goal by the French keeper and then added a second goal by Andi […]