The USA beat Bermuda, 10-1, to reach the semifinals of the 2018 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship, which will determine the region’s three qualifiers for the 2018 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay. The tournament started in Nicaragua in April but was canceled because ofdeadly riots in demonstrations against changes in government pension plans. It restarted […]
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USA to host resumption of U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying
Bradenton, Florida, will in June host the rest of the Women’s Concacaf U-17 Championship, which was canceled in Nicaragua after three days of play because of deadly riots triggered by protests tochanges in Nicaragua’s social security payment systems. The USA had played one game, a 4-0 win over Costa Rica on April 20, before the […]
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What They're Saying: Bev Priestman
“We were sort of in a bubble. As you can imagine as a football team you’re just preparing for your game. You turn up for training, you go home.” — Canada coach Bev Priestman afterConcacaf cancelled the Women’s Under-17 Championship in Managua, Nicaragua, following three days of play because of protests that turned deadly in […]
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Concacaf U-17 Women's Championship cancelled following deadly clashes in Nicaragua
After three days of play in its Under-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament at the Nicaragua National Football Stadium in Managua, Concacaf halted the tournament following deadly clashestriggered by protests to changes in Nicaragua’s social security payment systems. In a statement issued on Sunday, Concacaf said it had determined that to guarantee the safety of […]
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Youth: USA opens with comfortable win at Concacaf U-17 Women's Championship
The USA opened Group B play at the 2018 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship in Nicaragua with a 4-0 win over Costa Rica. The Ticas gifted the USA an own goal in the fourth minute, and Peyton Linnehan, Kennedy Wesley and Sophie Jones all scored onheaders, the latter two off corner kicks, to complete the scoring […]
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Trivia: USA at Concacaf Women's U-17 Championship
YEAR: W-L-T (+/-) 2008: 5-0-0 (29-2) 2010: *4-0-1 (38-0) 2012: 5-0-0 (26-0) 2013: *4-0-1 (26-1)2016: 5-0-0 (18-2) *Failed to qualify when it lost on penalty kicks in semifinals.
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Concacaf U-17 Women's Championship: Five things to know about USA
The USA’s path to the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay goes through Nicaragua, where it takes part in the Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship in Managua. It kicks off with group play,beginning on Friday night with a match against Costa Rica followed by matches against Bermuda and Canada. The two semifinal winners and third-place winner […]
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High-scoring U.S. U-17 women selected for Concacaf Championship
Sunshine Fontes (13 goals in 19 games) and Isabella D’Aquila (eight goals in 11 games) will lead the high-scoring U.S. U-17 women’s national team with one defeat in 21 internationalmatches into the Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship to be held April 19-29 in Managua, Nicaragua. USA’s Group B Schedule: April 20 USA vs. Costa Rica, 10 […]
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Youth: U.S. U-17s girls on a roll heading into qualifiers
Sunshine Fontes scored three goals in two U.S. wins over 2016 U-17 World Cup runner-up Japan during the USA’s final camp before the U-17 World Cup qualifying tournament inNicaragua April 19-29. In a three-game series, the USA and Japan played to a scoreless tie in the first game before Coach Mark Carr‘s team pulled off […]
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Youth: U.S. U-17 girls to face Japan three times ahead of World Cup qualifying
Coach Mark Carr has called in 24 players for his final camp before 2018 U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying. The team trains March 16-26 in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, and willplay three games against 2016 U-17 World Cup runner-up Japan. The Concacaf U-17 Championship, from which three teams will qualify for the 2018 U-17 Women’s World […]