The U.S. U-15 boys national team’s first camp of 2019, with a 28-player squad, takes place in Carson, California Jan. 29-Feb. 6. It will mark the U-15s’ fifth event of the 2018-19 and is part ofpreparations for this summer’s 2019 Concacaf U-15 Boys’ Championship. All the players called in by Coach Clint Peay were born […]
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Roster: U.S. U-15 boys compete in Croatia
A 20-player U.S. U-15 boys national team squad is training in Zagreb, Croatia (May 5-16) and will face Croatian club NK Velika Gorica, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia. The trip marks U-14coach Clint Peay‘s first stint as U-15 boss. •This age group is in the middle of a two-year cycle that will culminate with the […]
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Watch: Daniel Leyva beat host Italy at U-15 Torneo delle Nazioni
Daniel Leyva (Seattle Sounders FC academy) scored in the 28th minute to give the USA a 1-0 win over host Italy in the opening game of the U-15 Torneo delle Nazioni in GradiscaD’Isonzo. The Yanks strike first! Daniel Leyva pokes home the rebound and the U-16 BNT leads Italy,1-0. pic.twitter.com/NBgUdlNwwf — U.S. Soccer YNT (@ussoccer_ynt) The […]
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Youth: U.S. U-15 boys roster includes 14 newcomers
Fourteen newcomers to the U.S. national team program are part of the 36-player U.S. U-15 boys national team roster in camp under Coach Dave van den Bergh in Chula Vista,California, March 4-11. The U-15s second camp of the yearwill include games against mixed birth year players from FC Golden State and Club Tijuana. U.S. U-15 […]
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Youth: 10 Californians on U.S. U-15 boys roster
Coach Dave van den Bergh begins the 2018-19 U-15 boys national team cycle with a 36-player camp in Florida. All players in the squad were born in 2004, with the exception of2005-born Kevin Kelley, who plays in Paris Saint-Germain’s youth program. Ten players hail from California clubs and five each from Texas and Washington state. […]
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Combining Dutch, Spanish and American style, Dave van den Bergh leads U.S. U-15 boys
By Mike Woitalla U.S. U-15 boys national team coach Dave van den Bergh grew up playing in Ajax Amsterdam’s youth program, a teammate of future Dutchnational team stars Patrick Kluivert and Clarence Seedorf. After Ajax, Van den Bergh played for Spain’s Rayo Vallecano and Dutch club Utrecht beforemoving to the USA in 2007. He appeared in […]
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Sporting KC signs 15-year-old forward Gianluca Busio
At 15 years and 89 days, Gianluca Busio became the second-youngest player in MLS’s 22 years to sign with MLS when he inked a Homegrown contract with Sporting Kansas City. Busio,who joined Sporting KC after moving from his home state of North Carolina in 2016, recently starred for the USA at the Concacaf U-15 Championship. […]
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Californian helps Mexico beat USA in Concacaf U-15 Championship final
By Mike Woitalla Los Angeles Galaxy academy star Efrain Alvarez, who earlier this month signed a USL contract with Galaxy II, set up Mexico’s first goal in a 2-0 winover the USA in the Concacaf U-15 Championship final. Last weekend, Alvarez entered the Concacaf U-15 Championship final 10 minutes into the secondhalf of the 70-minute […]
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Mexico beats USA in Concacaf U-15 Championship final
After convincingly winning its first four games at the Concacaf U-15Championship, the USA fell, 2-0, to Mexico in the final on Saturday morning in Bradenton, Florida. Californian Efrain Alvarez of the LA Galaxy set up Mexico’s first goal. Jorge Garcia scored in the 57th minute of the 70-minute game,heading home a free kick delivered by […]
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U.S. U-15 boys cruise into Concacaf semis
Sporting Kansas City’s Gianluca Busio scored two goals in both the USA’s 2-0 win over Canada and its 6-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago before Wednesday’s 4-1 winover Costa Rica sent the USA to the semifinals of the Concacaf U-15 Championship. Coach Dave Van Den Bergh’s team faces Panama on Thursday. Busio, who hails from […]