Here’s all five goals of the USA’s 4-1 loss to Senegal in its 2019 U-17 World Cup opener, in a two-minute highlight video. Gianluca Busio had given the USA a 3rd minutelead, but Senegal scored in first-half stoppage time, and in the 72nd, 76th and 88th minute.
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USA at the U-17 World Cup: The staff, the stakes, the squad
The U-17 World Cup, a biennial chance to see how U.S. teens compare to the rest of the world, kicks off for the USA on Sunday in Brazil when it faces Senegal (4 pm ET, FS1, Telemundo). This U-17 WorldCup comes at a time when questions of how U.S. Soccer is handling its youth national […]
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John Hackworth on U.S. Soccer changes, the Under-17 World Cup, and winning with USL's Louisville City
With the 2019 U-17 World Cup kicking off in Brazil, we spoke to John Hackworth, a U.S. coach at four U-17 World Cups who was at the helm at the start of the current U-17s’ cycle.Hackworth served as assistant coach, to John Ellinger, at the 2003 U-17 World Cup. He was head coach in 2005 […]
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Watch (TBT): A USA golazo at the 1999 U-17 World Cup
Coach Raphael Wicky‘s team aims to become the first to match the fourth-place finish by Coach John Ellinger‘s U.S. U-17s two decades ago in New Zealand, whenLandon Donovan won the Golden Ball. Here’s how Donovan scored in the 2-2 semifinal tie against Australia, which prevailed in a PK shootout.
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USA's 2019 U-17 World Cup squad has pro experience
U.S. coach Raphael Wicky has named his 21-player roster for the 2019 men’s U-17 World Cup that kicks off in Brazil Oct. 26. Wicky will be assisted at the World Cup byAnte Jazic, Barry Pauwels, Matt Pilkington and goalkeeper coach Mike McGinty. USA U-17 2019 World Cuproster No. Player (club/hometown) U-17 caps/goalsGOALKEEPERS (3) 21- Aaron Cervantes […]
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U.S. U-17 boys finish Dutch trip with big loss to Denmark
After beating U-17 European champion Netherlands and Concacaf champ Mexico, the U.S. U-17s fell, 4-1, to Denmark in their final game at the four-nations under-17 tournament in the Netherlands. CoachRaphael Wicky‘s team is preparing for the 2019 U-17 World Cup that kicks off in late October in Brazil, where the Netherlands will be its final […]
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USA-Mexico, the Rematches: U.S. U-17s win Round 1
The USA and Mexico will face off twice in two games, both friendly games that serve as rematches of regional championship games played earlier in the year. The big one will take placeFriday night at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, where the USA will host Mexico in the first game for both teams since the […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 boys head to Netherlands tourney
Two months ahead of the 2019 U-17 World Cup in Brazil, Coach Raphael Wicky has named a 23-player roster for the 4 Nations Tournament in Assen, Netherlands, Sept. 5-9. The USAwill face host Netherlands, which will also be its third group-stage opponent at the World Cup, Mexico and Denmark. * * * * * * […]
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Shaun Tsakiris on coaching the USA's top young talent, and the perils of too much structure
During his tenure as a U.S. youth national team coach through the end of 2018, Shaun Tsakiris coached many of the promising young Americans who are now breaking into the progame. In 2015, while still coaching at Northern California’s De Anza Force, he co-coached the U.S. U-16 boys with Luchi Gonzalez. Tsakiris was hired full-time by […]
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USA to face European and Asian champions at boys U-17 World Cup
The USA was drawn into Group D along with Senegal, Japan and Netherlands for the boys U-17 World Cup, hosted by Brazil Oct. 26-Nov. 17. The USA, which two years ago reached the quarterfinals at the U-17 World Cup inIndia, qualified as Concacaf runner-up to Mexico, which faces Solomon Islands, Italy and Paraguay in Group […]