Interview by Mike Woitalla U.S. Soccer Development Academy club De Anza Force’s alums who have played for U.S. youth national teams include Marc Pelosi, whocaptained the USA at the 2011 U-17 World Cup after attending the U.S. Soccer U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Fla., and moved to Liverpool as a teen before joining the San […]
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Report: Haji Wight will join Schalke 04 in March
One of the most hyped players of his generation but ultimately a flop on the U.S. U-17 World Cup team, Haji Wright appears set to join German club Schalke 04 when he turns 18, Metro New Yorkreported. He had previously trained at Schalke but FIFA rules prevented the club from signing him. He signed last […]
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John Hackworth on why the USA needs its U-17 Residency Program
Interview by Mike Woitalla The U.S. Soccer Federation launched the U-17 boys Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida, in January 1999. In October of that year, the USA, with ateam that included Landon Donovan, DaMarcus Beasley and Kyle Beckerman, finished fourth at the 1999 U-17 World Cup in New Zealand. The USA has notwon a knockout-stage […]
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Hackworth rehire: Back to the future
U.S. Soccer has rehired John Hackworth to run the U.S. under-17 national team program in residency in Bradenton, Florida, eight years after his first stint ended. Hackworth rejoined thenational team program in 2014 after being fired as Philadelphia Union head coach and worked with the U-15 age group that will form the core of the […]
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What They're Saying: Sunil Gulati
“I was at the final games in Chile. Looking at the finalists and seeing what the games were like, we are long way off from what Nigeria and Mali were at and frankly Mexico against Belgium. Sothat raises some concerns on the player development side, for sure.” — Sunil Gulati on the disappointing showing of […]
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The border tug of war: Mexico courting U.S. talent is a 'good sign'
By Mike Woitalla In 1998, the Mexican government changed its laws to allow dual citizenship, thus enabling U.S.-born Mexican-Americans to obtain Mexican citizenship. The measure,combined with the rise of the U.S. game, spurred aggressive scouting of U.S. youth with Mexican heritage by the Mexican federation. Now we have a tug-of-war between the two giant neighbors […]
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Sargent and Acosta shine at U.S. U-15 festival
During a 60-player gathering in Bradenton, Fla., of U-15 boys aiming to become part of the new cycle for the 2017 U-17 World Cup, Missouri product Josh Sargent scored five goals inthree games. Sargent, who plays for Scott Gallagher Missouri’s U-15/16 Development Academy team, played on the “Gold Cup” team that won the U.S. U-15 […]
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U-17 World Cup: TV Schedule & Results
Nigeria won its second-straight and fifth overall U-17 World Cup with a 2-0 win over Mali in the final. Belgium beat Mexico, 3-2, in the third-place game. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5SEMIFINAL, MALI 3 BELGIUM 1 SEMIFINAL, NIGERIA 4 MEXICO 2MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2QUARTERFINAL, MEXICO 2 ECUADOR0QUARTERFINAL, BELGIUM 1 COSTA RICA 0SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 QUARTERFINAL, NIGERIA 3 BRAZIL […]
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Put Costa Rica high on the list of nations we might learn from
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla We’re always looking abroad for insight and ideas on how to improve our playerdevelopment. The Dutch have long been particularly popular. MLS sent its youth academy coaches to learn from the French. U.S. Club Soccer has partnered with Spain. Many eyes are on theGermans, who won the World Cup after a […]
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Germany U-17s seek glory to make up for disappointing year
The U-17 World Cup is Germany’s fifth major youth tournament this year, reports Uli Hesse, but as of yet, none of the teams managed to claim a title. ShouldGermany lift the trophy, it would be a historic triumph. No German team has ever won the World Cup at this level. In 2007 (when the team featured […]