By Mike Woitalla North Korea beat defending champion Japan, 5-4, in a penalty kick shootout in the final to win the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup. Spain took thirdplace thanks to a 4-0 win over Venezuela. Japan, which knocked the USA out in group play, outshot the North Koreans 24-7. The victory made North Korea […]
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Roster: U.S. U-16 boys head to France
U.S. U-16 boys national team coach Shaun Tsakiris has named a 20-player roster for the Val-de-Marne Tournament in France at which the USA will face England (Oct. 25), Russia(Oct. 27) and host France (Oct. 29). All the players in the squad were born in 2001. Two are foreign-based: Miami native Konrad De la Fuente who […]
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MLS wins one in tug-of-war for U.S. teen stars
By Mike Woitalla FC Dallas won the U-17/18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy national championship in July despite missing one of its top players — WestonMcKennie, who left the team after the quarterfinals to tryout with Germany’s Schalke 04. McKennie eventually signed with the Bundesliga club, to the chagrin of FC Dallas,MLS’s most ambitious club at […]
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Roster: U.S. under-16 boys train in Northern California
The U.S. under-16 boys national team is in Davis, California, for a week-long camp that ends Saturday. Shaun Tsakiris called 36 players to the training camp that includes fourmatches against four area U-18 teams. All but one player was born in 2001. The exception: Giovanni Reyna, Claudio Reyna’s son who was born in 2002. U.S. […]
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Friedel's revamped U.S. U-19 men lift Slovakia Cup
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. U-19 men’s national team, coached by Brad Friedel, beat Russia, 2-1, to win the Slovakia Cup after reaching the final thanks to group-stage wins over Georgia (5-1) and Ukraine (2-1). In thefinal, the USA came back after going down 1-0 in the 14th minute on goals by Nelson Hunsinger of […]
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U.S. U-16 boys beat England, fall to Italy to finish sixth at Torneo Delle Nazioni
The U.S. U-16 boys national team, coached by Shaun Tsakiris, beat England on a penalty kick shootout after a 4-4 tie in the consolation bracket at the Torneo Delle Nazioni beforefalling, 4-0, to host Italy in the placement game for fifth place. USA Torneo Delle Nazioni 2016 ResultsCroatia 2 USA 1 (U.S. scorer:Gabriel Segal)USA 2 […]
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U.S. U-16 boys beat Brazil
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. U-16 boys national team, after opening the 13th Tournament Delle Nazioni with a 2-1 loss to Croatia and a 2-2 tie with Slovenia, beat Brazil, 2-1, ongoals by Konrad de la Fuente and Marcelo Palomino on Wednesday. Barcelona-based de la Fuente opened the scoring in the 38th minute and Palomino(Houston Dynamo) […]
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U.S. U-16 boys down Brazil at Delle Nazioni tourney
The U.S. U-16 boys national team, after opening the 13th Tournament Delle Nazioni with a 2-1 loss to Croatia and a 2-2 tie with Slovenia, beat Brazil, 2-1, on goals by Konrad de laFuente and Marcelo Palomino on Wednesday. Barcelona-based de la Fuente opened the scoring in the 38th minute and Palomino (Houston Dynamo) scored the […]
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Roster: U.S. U-16 boys head to Italy
U-16 boys national team coach Shaun Tsakiris has named a 20-player for the 2016 Tournament Delle Nazioni in Italy, where the USA will face Croatia (April 25), Slovenia (April26) and Brazil (April 27) in Group C. U-16 U.S. boys national team GOALKEEPERS (2): Nicolas Defreitas-Hansen (Weston FC; SouthwestRanches, Fla.), Alex Rando (NYCFC; New York, N.Y.). […]