[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] Coach Wilmer Cabrera named the 21 players who leave Friday for the Under-17 World Cup in Mexico andbegin play June 19 with a game against the Czech Republic (TV: ESPN2, live, 7 pm ET). The U.S. roster features 18 players who took home the regional crown at the 2011 CONCACAF U-17Championship in […]
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U-17 World Cup deserves top referees
By Paul Gardner Who’s the ref? It’s a question that needs to be asked about every important game. We know that ManU’s Alex Ferguson pays close attention, because he’shad his say about how referees can influence the result (and he’s been fined and told to shut up as a result of his pronouncements). One thing […]
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Under-17 World Cup draw
[DATEBOOK] The USA will face the Czech Republic, Uzbekistan and New Zealand in Group D at the 2011 Under-17 World Cup in Mexico. The Americans,2011 Concacaf champions, open June 19 at 7 p.m. ET against the Czech Republic and face Uzbekistan three days later at 4 p.m. ET, both in Torreon, before rounding out the […]
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Dutch and German boys serve up a thrilling final
By Paul Gardner A word or two about the final. No, not that final, not the big one coming up, the great European club final between ManU and Barcelona.I’ve got another final in mind, one that was played this past weekend — a rather different European final: The under-17 championship, the Netherlands against Germany. It […]
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RSL's Gil heads team for Lisbon tourney
[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] Four players, including Real Salt Lake’s Luis Gil, who represented the United States at the 2009FIFA World Cup in Nigeria were among the 20 players selected by Mike Matkovic to represent the USA at the U-18 Lisbon International Tournament. U-18s Boyd Okwuonu, Will Packwood and Alex Shinsky also played for the USA […]
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Mexico shuts out Americans twice
[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] The USA dropped two games to Mexico on its trip to Queretaro for a 10-day training camp to prepare for the 2011 Under-17 World Cup Mexicowill host. Mexico won the first game, 2-0, on goals by Carlos Fierro and Marco Bueno and took the secondgame, 1-0, on a goal by Fierro in […]
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Cabrera takes 24 players to Mexico
[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] The U.S. under-17 national team will travel to Queretaro, Mexico, Friday for a training camp that will include two friendlies againstthe Mexican U-17 national team in preparation for the 2011 Under-17 World Cup this summer in Mexico. U.S. head coach Wilmer Cabrera is bringing 24players, including 17 players from the team that won […]
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Pros brought in for Montaigu tournament
;”>[U.S. UNDER-16 MEN] The USA is sending a team to the 39th annual Mondial Minimes Montaigu Tournament in France. The squad,coached by Gerson Echeverry, includes Philadelphia Union homegrown signee Zach Pfeffer, Russell Canouse, who recently left the New York Red Bulls academy program to sign with Germany’s Hoffenheim, and Nicholas Gaitan, who joinedArgentinos Juniors in […]
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Time to say good-bye to Bradenton
[MY VIEW] The USA continued its streak of being the only nation to have qualified for all 14 Under-17 World Cups with five wins in five games at the 2011Concacaf Under-17 Championship in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Despite Sunday’s 3-0 overtime triumph by Wilmer Cabrera‘s boys over Canada, it’s clear the under-17residency program launched by U.S. […]
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Overtime blitz gives USA regional crown
[CONCACAF UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP] The USA got overtime goals from Nathan Smith on a blast from almost 40 yards andAndrew Oliver and Alfred Koroma on breakaways to beat Canada, 3-0, and win the Concacaf under-17 championship for thefirst time since 1992. With one its best youth teams in recent history, Canada had high hopes of winning […]