By Mike Woitalla It wasn’t all smooth sailing for American youth soccer in 2016. The turf wars between governing bodies showed no signs of subsiding, the high school vs. clubdebate intensified, there were plenty of complaints about the transition to birth-year registration, and lawsuits were filed by youth clubs in their quest to receive compensation […]
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U.S. Soccer holds girls striker-keeper camp
U.S. Soccer is holding its first striker-goalkeeper camp for U-15, U-16 and U-17 girls national team players. The Dec. 14-17 camp in Carson, California, gathers 22 attackers and seven keepers born in2000, 2001 and 2002 and is headed by Technical Director April Heinrichs, Development Coach and U-15 girls national team coach Mark Carr and U.S. […]
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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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North Korea claims U-17 Women's World Cup title
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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DiCicco and Dorrance react to USA's U-17 World Cup exit
By Mike Woitalla On Friday, Japan faces North Korea in the final of the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup, a biennial championship launched in 2008 that the USA has never won. This time, in Jordan, the USA, coached by B.J. Snow, exited in the first round, after losses to Ghana (2-1) and Japan (3-2) followed […]
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World Cup ends early for U.S. U-17 girls
By Mike Woitalla The USA exited in the first round at the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup with a win and two losses. Needing a victory over defending champion Japan on Saturday afteropening with a 6-1 win over Paraguay and a 2-1 loss to Ghana, Coach B.J. Snow‘s team fell, 3-2, to the Japanese. Only […]
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USA eliminated from U-17 Women's World Cup
A 3-2 loss to defending champion Japan in its final group game on Saturday eliminated the USA from the 2016 Women’s World Cup. Coach B.J. Snow‘s team opened with a 6-1 win overParaguay and lost, 2-1, to Ghana, before facing Japan in the must-win game in Amman, Jordan. Videohighlights: The USA took a lead in […]
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MLS newcomer already has two teens on the roster
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla Atlanta United begins MLS play in 2017, but it made a bit of history bybecoming the first MLS club to field U.S. Soccer Development Academy teams prior its first team taking the field in MLS. That was thanks to merging with the Georgia United Soccer Alliance — apartnership that has resulted […]
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Under pressure: U.S. U-17 girls in danger of World Cup elimination
By Mike Woitalla One reason U.S. Soccer invests so heavily in its youth national team program is to give young players experience in high-pressure, international competition. Such a situation awaits the U.S. U-17 girls national team, which, after Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to Ghana, will most likely be eliminated from the U-17 Women’s World Cup if […]
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U-17 WWC: USA falls to Ghana
After opening with a 6-1 win over Paraguay, the USA fell, 2-1, to Ghana in its second group game of the U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. Coach B.J. Snow’s team took a fifthminute lead when Frankie Tagliaferri met a pass from Civana Kuhlmann, cruised through the center of the Ghana defense, and stroked home […]