[CLAIREFONTAINE CAMP] Goalkeeper Eric Lopez, whom the LA Galaxy signed to its USL PRO team, LA Galaxy II, this week, isamong 22 players Coach Clint Peay called in for the U.S. under-16 boys national team’s trip to the French soccer federation’s training center in Clairefontaine,France. Peay, a U.S. Soccer technical advisor, will lead the U-16s […]
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Galaxy II inks 15-year-old keeper Lopez
[USL PRO] The LA Galaxy continues to stockpile young talent on its USL PRO team, LA Galaxy II, making 15-year-old goalkeeper EricLopez the youngest player ever to sign a contract in USL PRO. Lopez, who has played for the U.S. under-17 national team, is the second Galaxy academy player to sign a professionalcontract with Los […]
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Pulisic golazo closes out Panama City sweep
[USA U-17 MEN] Weaving through the defense and completing a run of 30 yards with a left-footed blast, ChristianPulisic scored his 12th goal of 2014 to give the USA a 1-0 win over Panama and a sweep of the Panama Under-17 Tournament in Panama City. The championship was the fourth for the U.S. U-17s inthe last 10 […]
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Wright scores again in 2-0 win over Canada
[USA UNDER-17 MEN] The USA won its second game at the Panama Under-17 Tournament with a 2-0 victory over Canada. AlejandroZendejas, who this week signed a Homegrown contract with FC Dallas, weaved through the Canadian defense and scored in the sixth minute while Haji Wright,who has been training at German club Schalke 04, added the […]
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Wright scores hat trick in 5-2 win over Costa Rica
[USA UNDER-17 MEN] Striker Haji Wright continued his hot form for the USA this year with a hat trick in the U-17s’ 5-2 winover Costa Rica to open the Panama Under-17 Tournament in Panama City. Defender Hugo Arellano and JoshPerez, Hugo Perez‘s nephew, also scored for the USA. Canada and Panama played to a 0-0 […]
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U.S. under-17 men's national team roster
[PANAMA U-17 TOURNAMENT] U.S. under-17 men’s national team head coach Richie Williams named a 20-player roster forthe four-team Panama U-17 International Tournament Oct. 1-5 at Estadio Maracana in Panama City. The USA will face Costa Rica on Wednesday, Oct. 1, followed by Canada on Oct. 3 and hostPanama on Oct. 5, with all games played […]
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Mystery surrounds Hugo Perez's USSF status
By Paul Gardner A strange business, this Hugo Perez affair. He is no longer the coach of the U.S. U-15 boys national team. The USSF has — well, what has it done? Fired him? No, not that.Perez is still a full-time Technical Advisor to the USSF. What then? We are told — that is, Tab […]
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Top scorer Gallardo joins residency program
[USA UNDER-17 MEN] There are plenty of changes in the U.S. under-17 residency program as nine players entered the Bradenton, Fla., program for the fallsemester and nine have left. The newcomers include Joe Gallardo, the leading U-17 goal scorer with nine goals in 11 games who left Mexican club Monterrey.Stars Christian Pulisic and Haji Wright have […]
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USA settles for fourth place after loss to Brazil
[COPA MEXICO DE NACIONES] The U.S. under-17 men’s national team had to settle for fourth place at the Copa Mexico de Naciones in Mexico City when it fell toBrazil, 2-0, in the third-place game at Azteca Stadium. Evander of Vasco da Gama scored both goals to win the tournament’s award as the leading scorer. The […]
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U.S. U-17s fall to Ecuador in semifinals
[COPA MEXICO DE NACIONES] The U.S. under-17 national team’s string of international titles ended when it fell to Ecuador, 2-1, in the semifinals of the Copa Mexicode Naciones on Friday in Mexico City. The Americans had come into the tournament with titles in three straight competitions at which they played their first team. Ecuador went […]