[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] U.S. under-17 boys national team coach Wilmer Cabrera took 24 players to Madrid for 12 daysof training at the Spanish soccer federation’s famed Ciudad de Futbol. The bulk of the squad consists of players who will be in residency this fall at the U-17 program in Bradenton, Fla., butCabrera also took players […]
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Lletget: 'My heart is in America'
[AMERICANS ABROAD] American midfielder Sebastian Lletget celebrated his 18th birthday Friday by signing his firstprofessional contract with English club West Ham United. Lletget, a product of Santa Clara (Calif.) Sporting, has been training with West Ham on and off for several years but FIFA rulesprecluded him from signing a pro contract with the Hammers until […]
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Cabrera takes 24 players to Argentina
[UNDER-17 BOYS] U.S. U-17 boys national team Wilmer Cabrera selected 24 players for the two-week journey that began inCosta Rica and has taken them to Argentina. After two scrimmages against Costa Rica — 4-0 win and 2-2 draw — the U-17s headed to Argentina for the Copa Cordoba. U.S. Roster: GOALKEEPERS (2): Wade Hamilton […]
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Former U.S. U-17 Subotic headed to World Cup
[SERBIA] Neven Subotic, who played for the USA at the 2005 Under-17 World Cup, has made Serbia’s World Cuproster. The 21-year-old defender, who plays for German club Borussia Dortmund, made his debut for Serbia in March 2009 after having his bid to play for Germany turned down because he didnot meet citizenship requirements. Subotic was […]
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Cabrera takes residents on first foreign tour
[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] A new class of Bradenton residents headed off Thursday on their first foreign trip. After a week of training in Manchester, England,they will head to Gradisca, Italy, for the International Tournament of Gradisca. Coach Wilmer Cabrera has finalized the 20-player team thatwill train on the grounds of Premier League giant Manchester City. […]
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Reyna needs backing of the pro ranks
There’s lots to like yet much to fear about the hiring of former U.S. international Claudio Reyna as youth technical director by U.S. Soccer. He’s a product, one of the best ever, of a much-maligned system he is tasked with revamping and strengthening. Layers of bureaucracy and petty political squabbling cast across a vast countryof […]
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USA routs valiant Haiti, 9-0
[CONCACAF UNDER-17 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP] The USA scored early — after only 92 seconds — and often — Lindsay Horan hadfour goals in the last 23 minutes — as it routed Haiti, 9-0, in the opening game of the Concacaf Under-17 Women’s Championship in Costa Rica. Haiti was playing less than two months afterthe earthquake that […]
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Luis Gil lands at Kansas City
[MLS] Luis Gil, arguably the most talented teenager to sign with MLS since Jozy Altidore, went to theKansas City Wizards during a weighted lottery conducted by the league on Monday. The 16-year-old Californian starred on the 2009 U.S. Under-17 World Cup team and had been targeted byArsenal. There has been speculation that Gil would prefer […]
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U-17 star Gil signs with MLS
[MLS] U.S. U-17 midfielder Luis Gil has signed an MLS contract and will be allotted to a team in a weighted lottery Monday, a league officialhas confirmed. In the weighted lottery, teams are awarded percentages in reverse order of their 2009 finish; thus with the worst record last year, New York has the best chance […]