The U.S. U-16 girls national team fell to Mexico’s U-17s on a spot-kick tiebreaker, after a 1-1 tie, to finish in fourth place at the 1st Women’s Tournament Delle Nazioni in Italy. Coach Tricia Taliaferro’s team took a 22nd minute lead on a goal by Olivia Wingate of Massachusetts’ FC Stars but the Mexicans equalized […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls start prepping for World Cup
The U.S. U-17 girls national team convenes for the first time since March, when it qualified for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan (Sept. 30-Oct. 21), at a April 16-23 training camp in Carson,California. Coach B.J. Snow has named a 26-player roster that includes 18 players who participated in the Concacaf Championship in […]
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U.S. U-16 girls head to tourney in Italy
The U.S. U-16 girls national team, coached by Tricia Taliaferro, will compete at the 1st International Women’s Tournament of Gradisca in Italy April 19-29. Taliaferro has named a20-player roster comprised of 17 players born in 2000, two in 2001 and one in 2002. The USA will compete against older teams of players born in 1999, […]
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U.S. women gives second 17-year-old call-up
After Mallory Pugh, head coach Jill Ellis has called up a second 17-year-old player to the U.S. women’s national team. Ashley Sanchez, who plays for the U.S. U-20s and U.S. U-17sfor whom she is the captain, was one of 23 players called up ahead of two matches against Colombia in April. Sanchez, who hails from […]
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Anson Dorrance on the Girls Academy, ECNL and his fears of over-bureaucratic American soccer
Interview by Mike Woitalla We’re in the midst of confounding times for women’s and girls soccer in the USA. Within the last eight months, the USA won the 2015Women’s World Cup and the U.S. U-20s and U-17s impressively qualified for their World Cups — all three teams with plenty of impressive young talent. Yet the […]
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U.S. girls overcome harsh conditions to return to U-17 Women's World Cup
By Mike Woitalla The USA, which two years ago failed to qualify for the U-17 Women’s World Cup, stormed through this year’s qualifying tournament with five wins, including a 5-0win over Canada in the semifinal to clinch the berth and a 2-1 victory over Mexico in final of the U-17 Concacaf Championship in Grenada. “It’s […]
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2016 Concacaf U-17 Women's Championship: Results & Awards
The USA, Canada and Haiti qualified for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan (Sept. 30-Oct. 21) by finishing first, second and third at the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship inGrenada. 2016 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship Best XIGoalkeeper: Laurel Ivory (USA).Defenders:Kennedy Wesley (USA), Naomi Girma (USA), Kimberly Rodriguez (Mexico), Julia Grosso (Canada).Midfielders: Nerilia Mondesir (Haiti), […]
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Mission accomplished: U.S. U-17 girls reach World Cup
The USA, which two years ago failed to qualify for the U-17 Women’s World Cup, stormed through this year’s qualifying tournament with five wins, including a 5-0 win over Canada in the semifinal toclinch the berth and a 2-1 victory over Mexico in final of the U-17 Concacaf championship. In the final, Ashley Sanchez‘s 43rd-minute […]
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U.S. U-17 girls rout Canada, qualify for U-17 World Cup
A 5-0 win, with goals from five players, over Canada qualified the USA for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup. Alexa Spaanstra, Jordan Canniff, Civana Kuhlman, Sophia Smith and Frankie Tagliaferri scored for Coach B.J.Snow’s team in the semifinal victory at the Concacaf U-17 Championship in St. George’s, Grenada. The USA faces Mexico, a 3-0 […]
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Multinational So Cal Blues have something special
By Mike Woitalla Three nations — the USA, Mexico and Brazil — that are aiming to qualify for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup have players from the Southern California Blues. We’ll start with Ashley Sanchez, who already helped the USA qualify for the 2016U-20 Women’s World. The 16-year-old Sanchez made five assists and scored […]