By Mike Woitalla Miriam Hickey has been named Director of the U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy, which kicks off its first season in August. Hickey, mostrecently Director of Coaching at the Troy Soccer Club in Michigan, is a FIFA women’s instructor who helped develop FIFA’s girls and women’s master’s program. Her soccer experiencedates back to […]
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Might another U.S. teen soon debut in the Bundesliga?
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla It was last January when ChristianPulisic, now a regular in Borussia Dortmund’s starting lineup, made his Bundesliga debut at age 17. If we soon see another U.S. teen play in Germany’s top tier, it may be TexanMcKinze Gaines, who signed with VfL Wolfsburg upon turning 18 last March. Gaines, who played with […]
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Roster: U.S. U-14 girls to face ODP teams
Coach April Kater has named a 24-player U.S. U-14 girls national team roster for the U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Girls Thanksgiving Interregional tournament in Sunrise, Florida atwhich Kater’s team will compete against regional ODP teams from all four regions. Sixteen of the players called up by Kater were born in 2002, seven players born in […]
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April Heinrichs on Under-17 World Cup, Development Academy vs. ECNL and high school options
Interview by Mike Woitalla April Heinrichs, World Cup winner as a player in 1991 and Olympic gold medal-winning coach in 2004, was named U.S. Soccer’sWomen’s Technical Director in January 2011. We spoke to Heinrichs about the USA’s failure to reach the second round of the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup, the 2017 launch of the […]
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USA starts U-17 Women's World Cup with a rout
By Mike Woitalla The USA’s quest to win the U-17 Women’s World Cup for the first time began with a 6-1 rout over Paraguay in which Coloradan Civana Kuhlmann scored a hat trick. “The biggest thing we were looking for was three points,” said U.S. coach B.J. Snow, whose team faces Ghana on Tuesday (9 am […]
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Roster: 26 U.S. U-14 girls in California camp
Coach April Kater is running a 26-player U.S. U-14 girls national team camp in Carson, California, Oct. 1-8. The squad is comprised of 23 players born in 2002 and three2003s. U.S. U-14 girls national team GOALKEEPERS (3): Ryan Campbell (So Cal Blues; Dana Point, Calif.), Mia Justus (PDA; NorthBrunswick, N.J.), Alia Skinner (Jacksonville FC; Fleming […]
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Roster: U.S. U-14 girls national team convenes in Colorado
U.S. U-14 girls national team coach April Kater has called up 36 players for the U-14s’ second training camp, July 9-16 in Ft. Collins, Colorado. The roster is comprised of 27 players bornin 2002, eight 2003s, and one 2004. U.S. U-14 girls national team GOALKEEPERS (4): Ryan Campbell (So Cal Blues;Dana Point, Calif.), Mia Justus […]
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Historic game against Iran awaits U.S. U-16 girls
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla The U.S. U-16 girls national team, at the 1st International Women’s Tournamentof Gradisca in Italy April 19-29, will play Iran, marking the first U.S. women’s national team game at any age level against a Middle East nation. The USA will compete against olderteams of players born in 1999, the age cut-off […]
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Californians and Texans lead new generation of girls national team players
By Mike Woitalla Coach April Kater has gathered 48 players for the first U.S. U-14 girls national team training camp of the year, March 19-26 at the U.S.Soccer National Training Center in Carson, California. Most the players called up were born in 2002. Fourteen are 2003-born. Twelve players on the roster hail from California, followed by […]
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Roster: U.S. U-14 girls convene for first 2016 camp
Coach April Kater gathered 48 players for the first U.S. U-14 girls national team training camp of the year, March 19-26 at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson,California. Most the players called up were born in 2002. Fourteen are 2003-born. U.S. Soccer’s explanation of the age grouping: “The U.S U-14 girls national team […]