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 […]
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USA starts U-17 Women's World Cup with a rout
By Mike Woitalla The USA’s quest to win the U-17 Women’s World Cup for the first time began with a 6-1 rout over Paraguay in which Coloradan Civana Kuhlmann scored a hat trick. “The biggest thing we were looking for was three points,” said U.S. coach B.J. Snow, whose team faces Ghana on Tuesday (9 am […]
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U-17 WWC: USA's Kuhlmann hat trick highlights 6-1 win
Coloradan Civana Kuhlmann scored a hat trick as the USA opened its U-17 Women’s World Cup campaign with a 6-1 Group D win over Paraguay on Saturday. Civana Kuhlmann (Photo courtesy U.S.Soccer). Midfielder Frankie Tagliaferri (PDA) opened the scoring, right back Kiara Pickett (Santa Barbara Eagles) struck after Kuhlmann (ColoradoRush) scored her first two goals, […]
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U.S. girls seek glory in Jordan
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla The 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup kicks off on Friday in Jordan, markingthe first time a Middle East nation has hosted a female soccer world championship. For the USA, which opens against Paraguay on Saturday, the U-17 World Cup is the only female worldchampionship it has yet to win. It finished […]
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TV Report: Fox Sports to air U-17 Women's World Cup
Fox Sports will broadcast all 32 games from the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan (Sept. 30-Oct. 21) on FS1, FS2 and FOX Soccer Plus. The USA opens against Paraguay on Saturday at 11:55 am ET onFOX Soccer Plus. The USA second Group D game is Oct. 4 (8:55 am ET, FS2) and it […]
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MLS wins one in tug-of-war for U.S. teen stars
By Mike Woitalla FC Dallas won the U-17/18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy national championship in July despite missing one of its top players — WestonMcKennie, who left the team after the quarterfinals to tryout with Germany’s Schalke 04. McKennie eventually signed with the Bundesliga club, to the chagrin of FC Dallas,MLS’s most ambitious club at […]
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U.S. U-17 girls beat Venezuela twice
Six different players scored eight goals for the U.S. U-17 girls national team in 4-0 and 5-1 wins over Venezuela, with the ninth coming on an own goal. The lone goal conceded by the USA, which ispreparing for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan (Sept. 30-Oct. 21), came on an own goal. Civana […]