[ID2 TOUR] The id2 National Selection is returning to Spain, where it will face teams from Real Madrid and Barcelona on its 12-day tour that begins Feb. 28. Head coach Gerry McKeown‘s 18-player team will convene on Feb. 28 in Miami, where it will conduct a pair of training sessions before flying toMadrid. […]
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'Players benefit from facing differing styles' (Q&A with PDA's Gerry McKeown)
Interview by Mike Woitalla New Jersey’s PDA, one of the nation’s top youth clubs for boys and girls,participates in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and ECNL. It’s also launching a residency program in partnership with St. Benedict’s Prep School. Gerry McKeown has coached at PDAsince its founding in 1999 and is club’s boys director of […]
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id2 National Selection International Tour roster
[U.S. CLUB SOCCER] U.S. Club Soccer unveiled its roster of 18 players born in 1999 for its 2013 id2 National Selection International Tour of Spain Feb. 28-March11. Seventeen clubs and 11 states are represented on the team. While in Madrid and Barcelona, the id2 National Selection coached by Jerry McKeown will play matches against youth […]
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2012 Top 30 Girls Rankings
[SOCCER AMERICA BEST CLUBS] The Players Development Academy, known as PDA, is again first in Soccer America’s 10th annual girls rankings. The New Jersey clubedged out Sting and Eclipse Select, which switched places at No. 2 and No. 3. In 2012, PDA’s U-14s, U-15s and U-16s were all seeded as No. 3 at the ECNLnational […]
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2012 Top 30 Boys Rankings
[SOCCER AMERICA BEST CLUBS] For the first time, an MLS club claimed the top spot in the Soccer America’s top 30 rankings of the Best Boys Clubs. The New YorkRed Bulls ranked No. 1, followed by FC Dallas, Los Angeles Galaxy and Chicago Fire to give MLS academy programs the top four spots in our […]
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Real Colorado's U-17s top charts in ECNL Champions League
[LEADER BOARD] Following the completion of play at the National Event Series in Sanford, Fla, Real Colorado’s U-17s have the best record in the Elite ClubsNational League with a 11-0-0 record. There are 21 teams with perfect records, though most have only played a handful of games. Three teams each from PDA and Crossfire are […]
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Spain is destination for 2013 id2 national selection
[U.S. CLUB SOCCER] The id2 national selection will return to Spain for the second straight year. The international tour will take place Feb. 28-March 11 andinclude stops in Madrid and Barcelona. The id2 national selection will consist of 18 players born in 1999 chosen from id2 training camps held in 2012. The traveling party will […]
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Richmond will host 2013 National Finals
[ECNL] The 2013 ECNL National Finals will be held July 10-15 in Richmond, Va., home of the league’s national offices. The 2012-13 season marks the first timethe ECNL will hold a two-stage post-season event. The first stage of the postseason — the National Playoffs — will take place June 21-23, in Aurora, Colo., to determine […]
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National Event Series Sanford preview
[ECNL] The second in the Elite Clubs National League’s National Event Series for its U-15 to U-18 age groups will take place Dec. 28-30 in Sanford, Fla. Someexciting inter-regional clashes are on tap at the event that has drawn 170 teams. For a look at some of the games to watch in the four age […]
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Fall 2012 id2 Program Training Camp roster
[U.S. CLUB SOCCER] U.S. Club Soccer’s second id2 Program training camp of the fall featured 56 girls born in 1998 and 1999 training for four days at the GrandeSports World in Casa Grande, Ariz. For all the invitees … PLAYER POS. CLUB HOMETOWN YEAR Kelsey Andrews MF Mountain View Los Altos CA1998 Olivia Athens MF […]