American soccer, so plagued by the pay-to-play problem. If only there was youth soccer that didn’t charge kids so much money. Hold on! It does exist, and it’s massive. Nationwide.It’s called high school soccer. Sometimes, hundreds of people show up for a high school game, the players are celebrated on campus, rivalries date back for […]
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Mexico brings in 12-year-old California phenom for U-15 camp
Alex Alcala, a 12-year midfielder from Stockton, California, is in Mexico City for the Mexican under-15 national team’s camp.
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Nuts and bolts: How U.S. Soccer's presidential election will work
U.S. Soccer’s membership will pick the next president to succeed Sunil Gulati at its National Council Meeting on Feb. 10 in Orlando. The eight candidates have been in the news alot, attending forums, appearing on television and radio and podcasts as well participating in social media: U.S. Soccer presidentialcandidates: Paul Caligiuri, Former U.S. international Kathy […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential election: Candidates take on key youth issues at Chicago event
U.S. Club Soccer hosted a four-hour forum for U.S. Soccer presidential candidates to discuss key youth issues with its board of directors. Four candidates attended the forum in Chicago —Paul Caligiuri, Kyle Martino, Michael Winograd and Eric Wynalda — and a fifth, Steve Gans, participated by telephone. November 28, 2017@kylemartino: “We can create solidarity situations […]
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U.S. Soccer presidential election: Five candidates slated to appear at U.S. Club Soccer forum
U.S. Club Soccer is hosting a forum for U.S. Soccer presidential candidates on Tuesday in Chicago. Five of the announced candidates are scheduled to attend: Paul Caligiuri Steve Gans Kyle Martino Michael Winograd Eric Wynalda The event will be moderated by U.S. Club Soccer CEO and executive director KevinPayne with participation from the organization’s chairman, Phil […]
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Richard Groff: 'We need to keep doing what we do well'
Longtime soccer executive and administrator Richard Groff, 71, grew up playing soccer in Pennsylvania and first became affiliated with soccer administration as an official with the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association in 1986. He began serving as U.S. Soccer Federation treasurer in 1990 and helped organize the U.S. Cup tournament that served a dry run […]
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Kevin Payne on the current freak-out, player development, pay to play and soccer parents
The majority of American soccer fans probably know the name Kevin Payne from his long tenure (1994-2012) as general manager and then president of D.C. United as well as his time with AnschutzEntertainment Group (AEG), but he played soccer and way back in 1989 he became the national administrator and director of marketing for the […]
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A coach's life: Benjamin Ziemer combines backyard brotherhood experience with worldwide lessons
By Mike Woitalla Benjamin Ziemer, one of four brothers of the renowned Northern California Ziemer soccer family, serves as the Sacramento Republic’s boys Development Academy U-19 head coach and U-17 assistant, and is a founder and the president of NorCal Premier Soccer. Ziemer, who served as assistant to Hugo Perez on the U-14 and U-15 […]
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Big jump: Record 108 Open Cup amateur entrants
A record-high 108 amateur teams have entered local qualifying for the 2018 edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, up from the record of 64 set last year. Play begins the weekend of Sept. 23-24 withthe first qualifying round. What’s driving growth: — The success of Maryland’s Christos FC generatedlots of coverage. It made […]
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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 […]