The U-16 girls national team, coached by Jaime Frias, held its sixth and final training camp of 2016 with a 24-player squad Dec. 3-10 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in ChulaVista, California. The camp completes a two-year cycle for this age group, which becomes the U-18s and then the U-20s with the aim of […]
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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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U.S. U-16 girls tie Netherlands, 3-3
The U.S. U-16 girls national team, amid its 12-day camp in the Netherlands, tied the Dutch U-16s, 3-3. The Michigan Hawks’ Emaly Vatne scored and assisted for coach JaimeFrias’U.S. team. Sept. 20 in Woerden,Netherlands Netherlands 3 USA 3. Goals: Vatne (Vergura) 36, Serepca (Vatne) 50, Yates (pen.) 56; Casparij 39, van der Westeringh 64, Smits […]
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U.S. U-16 girls head to Netherlands
Coach Jaime Frias has named a 20-player roster for the U.S. U-16 girls national team’s Sept. 16-27 training camp in the Netherlands, where it will play three games, includingone against the Dutch U-17 national team Sept. 20. The USA will also face two regional academy teams: CTO Amsterdam on Sept. 23 and CTO Eindhoven on […]
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Bahrain eliminates U.S. U-19 men in game marred by brawl
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. U-19 men’s national team, after having upset host Spain, was eliminated from the Sub-20 l’Acudia COTIF tournament with a 3-1 loss to Bahrain in a gamethat ended with a brawl. Coach Brad Friedel’s team entered its final Group A game, after opening with a 2-0 loss to Venezuela and 1-0 […]
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U.S. girls to prep for U-17 World Cup against Swiss U-19s
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. U-17 girls national team, which is preparing for the U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan (Sept. 30-Oct. 21), will play two games against theSwitzerland team that is prepping for July’s U-19 European Championship. U.S. coach B.J. Snow has called up 22 players, including 18 who were on the squad that in […]
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Roster: 26 players picked for U.S. U-16 girls camp
Coach Jaime Frias, recently hired U.S. Soccer Development Coach, will run his first camp as U.S. U-16 girls national team head coach with a squad of 26 players in Portland, Oregon,May 28-June 4. The majority of the players in the squad were born in 2000 and are in the second year of a two-year cycle […]
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Jaime Frias named U.S. Soccer Development Coach
U.S. Soccer has hired University of Virginia assistant coach Jaime Frias as a U.S. Soccer Development Coach for the youth women’s and girls national teams. He will alsohead coach the U.S. U-16 girls national team. Frias, who was the U-20 women’s national team scout and performance analyst when it won the 2012 Women’s World Cup, […]
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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 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) […]