By Mike Woitalla and Charley Nordin At the last U-20 World Cup, in 2015, no collegians saw action for the USA. This time around, Coach Tab Ramos has been fieldingCal goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, New Mexico defender Aaron Herrera and Maryland midfielder Eryk Williamson. Williamson started in theUSA’s 3-3 tie with Ecuador and in its 1-0 […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls head to San Diego
The U.S. U-17 girls national team coach Mark Carr has called up 24 players for a June 2-11 training camp in Chula Vista, California that will serve as preparation for a July trip toChina. Included in the roster are three players taking part in their second U-17 cycle: forward Jordan Canniff and defenders Kennedy Wesley […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls train with 40-player squad
Coach Mark Carr named a 40-player roster for the U.S. U-17 girls national team camp May 14-21 in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. The squad includes 16 players who were part of theU-17s’ championship win of the Torneo Femminile Delle Nazioni last month in Italy and Slovenia at which they beat Italy, 6-0, in the final. Three players […]
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USA youth teams are on a roll
By Mike Woitalla In March, the Tab Ramos-coached USA won the Concacaf U-20 Championship for the first time while qualifying for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. En routeto the regional title, it celebrated a 1-0 win over three-time defending Concacaf champion Mexico that marked the USA’s first U-20 win over El Tri at the Concacaf […]
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U.S. U-17 girls rout Italy in tourney win
The U.S. U-17 girls national team won the Torneo Femminile Delle Nazioni with a 6-0 win the final over host Italy after beating England, 2-0, to finish first in its group. The USA, in its firsttournament since the appointment of Mark Carr as U-17 head coach, opened with a 1-1 tie with co-host Slovenia and […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls kick off new cycle
New U.S. U-17 girls national team coach Mark Carr has named a 20-player roster as the U-17s kick off a new cycle with a trip to Italy and Slovenia April 19-30 forthe second annual Torneo Femminile Delle Nazioni. In this year’s competition, for players born in 2001 or later, the USA is in Group B with […]
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New coaching slate for U.S. women's age-group program taking shape
By Mike Woitalla Jitka Klimkova is the new head coach of the U.S. U-20 women’s national team, replacing Michelle French, and Mark Carr hasbeen named head coach of the U.S. U-17 girls national team, replacing B.J. Snow. U.S. Soccer says it will announce its 2017 coaches for the U-14, U-15 and U-16 girls national teamsand […]
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U.S. Soccer names new U-20 and U-17 women's coaches
Jitka Klimkova is the new head coach of the U.S. U-20 women’s national team, replacing Michelle French, and Mark Carr has been named head coach ofthe U.S. U-17 girls national team, replacing B.J. Snow. Klimkova has been a U.S. Soccer Women’s Development Coach since January of 2015 and has served as the head coach of […]
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U.S. Soccer: U-17 and U-20 women's coaches to be replaced
B.J. Snow is no longer U.S. U-17 girls national team coach and Michelle French is out as U-20 women’s national team coach, but both will continue workingfor U.S. Soccer. Both Snow and French were full-time coaches at their age groups for two cycles. Snow’s first team failed to qualify for the 2014 U-17 World Cup […]