After I wrote my article about the obstacles to the development of the fifthpillar – namely technical development, some very interesting developments in the US soccer scene surfaced out. I am using the verb “surfaced” because all of those developments, Ibelieve are the manifestations of long overdue unattended problems in the soccer structure of our […]
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A major schism: U.S. Youth Soccer strikes back at Washington state for seeking sole USSF registration
By Mike Woitalla In response to Washington Youth Soccer announcing its quest to register its players solely with the U.S. Soccer Federation, U.S. Youth Soccer announced that ithas “formally accepted WYSA’s resignation from U.S. Youth Soccer effective as of January 1, 2017″ — a move WYSA states it has not taken. The Dec. 15 USYS memo […]
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Adding to the alphabet soup of American youth soccer
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla If your children play soccer in the USA, they may be playing under theumbrella of AYSO, U.S. Youth Soccer, U.S. Club Soccer, SAY Soccer, or the Super Y-League. There’s the ECNL and the NPL, sanctioned by U.S. Club Soccer, and the Development Academy (USSDA),launched in 2007 by U.S. Soccer, the nation’s […]
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Open Cup: Pairings set for May 11 first round
The U.S. Open Cup will open with 23 first-round games on May 11. They will involve 18 teams from the PDL, 14 from the NPSL and 14 Open Division local qualifiers. The entrants include three MLSU-23 teams, plus Indy Eleven’s NPSL team. The game to watch: Michigan Bucks (PDL) vs. Detroit City FC (NPSL).
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Tony DiCicco on the high school ban, coaching education and the future of girls soccer
Interview by Mike Woitalla Tony DiCicco, who coached the U.S. women to the 1996 Olympic gold medal, the 1999 Women’s World Cup title and the 2008 U-20 Women’sWorld Cup crown, spoke with us about the changing landscape of girls soccer in the USA. The U.S. Soccer Federation is launching a Girls Development Academy in 2017. […]
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USSF to launch a girls Development Academy in 2017; ECNL plans to forge ahead
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. Soccer Federation is set to launch a Development Academy (DA) for girls in August 2017, replicating the DA for boys that it launched in 2007. Thatthe Federation hadn’t launched a girls DA earlier was attributed mainly to a couple of reasons. One being that because the U.S. women’s national team […]
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Roster: U.S. Club's id2 Spain tour
Eighteen players from 18 clubs were named to Coach Gerry McKeown‘s squad for the 2016 id2 National Selection International Tour to Spain Feb. 20-March 2. The team, comprised of 16players born in 2002 and two in 2003, will face their counterparts in the youth programs of Valencia, Villarreal, Espanyol and Barcelona. The two 2003s are […]
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Birth-year registration: The transition is upon us
By Mike Woitalla Will my child be changing teams? Will she be playing “up” if she stays with her current team? Will he move to what had been the “younger” team? Willmy 12th grader even have a club team during her senior year of high school? When U.S. Soccer (USSF) last August announced a change […]
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New U.S. Open Cup qualifying process introduced
U.S. Soccer has awarded 36 open slots for the 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. That covers all teams other than those in MLS, the NASL and USL, which qualify automatically. Eight slots will go to localqualifying teams (out of 56 entrants in a new qualifying process), 15 to PDL teams and 13 to NPSL […]
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U.S. Club Soccer: 31 champions
Thirty-one champions were crowned at the U.S. Club Soccer National Premier Leagues (NPL) Finals and the National Cup XIV Finals in July in Westfield, Ind. 2015 NPLChampions Boys U-13 New York Red Bulls (N.Y.) U-14 Santa Clara Sporting ’00 Green (Calif.) U-15 FC Dallas Pre-Academy (Texas) U-16 New York SC’99 (N.Y.) U-17 Pac San Jose […]