Coach Richie Williams has named the 21 players who will represent the USA at the boys 2015 U-17 World Cup in Chile Oct. 17-Nov. 8. The squad includes 19 of the players who comprisedthe USA’s 20-player roster at U-17 Concacaf Championship where the USA finished third to earn one of the region’s four spots at […]
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Mexico names two U.S. products to its U-17 World Cup squad
By Mike Woitalla The deadline to name rosters for the2015 U-17 World Cup that kicks off Oct. 17 in Chile isn’t until Oct. 5, but Concacaf champion Mexico has already named its 21-player squad. Included are two U.S. products, Northern Californian outsideback Edwin Lara (who moved to Pachuca in 2014) and goalkeeper Abraham Romero, a […]
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U.S. U-17 boys split friendlies with Mexico
The U.S. U-17 national team, during its final training camp before the U-17 World Cup that kicks off in Chile Oct. 17, lost, 5-1, and won, 1-0, in friendlies with Mexico’s U-17s at the Centro deAlto Rendimiento in Mexico City. In the first encounter, the Americans took the lead when Brandon Vasquez met a through […]
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Two U.S. U-17s score in Europe as squad prepares for World Cup
By Mike Woitalla For the U.S. U-17 national team’s last gathering before the U-17 World Cup in Chile in October, U.S. coach Richie Williams has named a24-player roster for a Mexico City training camp that includes games against fellow qualifier Mexico on Sept. 23 and Sept. 25. The USA faces Nigeria, Croatia and host Chile […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 boys head to Mexico camp
For the U.S. U-17 national team’s last gathering before the U-17 World Cup in Chile in October, U.S. coach Richie Williams has named a 24-player roster for a Mexico City trainingcamp that includes games against fellow qualifier Mexico on Sept. 23 and Sept. 25. The USA faces Nigeria, Croatia and host Chile at the U-17 […]
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Zidane the Younger gets a shutout as U.S. U-17s tie France
By Mike Woitalla The World Cup-bound U.S. U-17 boys national team played fellow qualifier France, which featured Zinedine Zidane‘s son Luca Zidanein goal, to a scoreless tie en route to finishing runner-up at the Limoges Tournament in France. Besides tying the host, which took first place, Coach RichieWilliams’ team tied 1-1 with Australia, which also […]
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U.S. U-17 star Pulisic gets first-team action for Dortmund
Christian Pulisic, the 16-year-old Pennsylvania product who stars on the U.S. team that’s headed to the U-17 World Cup in October, played the entire second half for BorussiaDortmund against second division St. Pauli in acharity game for refugees on Tuesday before a crowd of more than 25,000. With the Bundesliga on break for European Championship […]
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U.S. U-17s tie two fellow World Cup qualifiers
The World Cup-bound U.S. U-17 boys national team played fellow qualifier France, which featured Zinedine Zidane‘s son Luca Zidane in goal, to a scoreless tie en routeto finishing runner-up at the Limoges Tournament in France. Besides tying the host, which took first place, Coach Richie Williams’ team tied 1-1 with Australia, which alsoqualified for the […]
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U.S. U-23 hopeful Pelosi's change of scenery works out perfectly
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) He was born on the opening day of the 1994 World Cup tournament, so fromday one Marc Pelosi’s fate was intertwined with soccer. As a young player with the Northern California club De Anza Force, he impressed his coaches right away with his tenacityand spirit. “A competitor,” recalls director of coaching […]
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Report: Ben Lederman leaving Barcelona for U.S. U-17 residency
Goal.com reports that 15-year-old Californian Ben Lederman, who joined Barcelona’s youth program in 2011 but has been banned from competitive play for the last year because ofBarcelona violating FIFA’s ban on the international transfer of minors, is joining the U.S. U-17 national team residency in Bradenton, Fla. Lederman was one of 10 Barcelona youth players […]