The U.S. U-17 girls national team, coached by B.J. Snow, beat Japan on Monday, 2-1, in Carson, California, to clinch its third straight NTC Invitational. The USA, which alsobeat England (2-0) and South Korea (2-0) at this year’s edition, has a perfect 9-0-0 record over the past three NTC Invitationals. Against Japan, the USA went […]
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The heading ban — how refs should respond
By Mike Woitalla Last year, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced a ban on heading for players age 10 and younger. Last week, the U.S. Soccer Referee program sent out a memo on howthe rule should be implemented: “When a player deliberately heads the ball in a game, an indirect free kick (IFK) should be awarded […]
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U.S. U-17s girls down England and South Korea
The U.S. U-17 girls national team will win the 2016 U-17 NTC Invitational in Carson, Calif., with a victory or tie against Japan thanks to 2-0 victories over South Korea on Saturday and England onThursday. The Colorado Rush’s Civana Kuhlmann scored twice in the last eight minutes in the win over England. She was assisted […]
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Three 14-year-olds picked for U.S. quest to reach U-17 Women's World Cup
By Mike Woitalla Seven Californians were named by Coach B.J. Snow to the USA’s 20-player roster for the 2016 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship in Grenada March3-13. The tournament will determine the region’s three qualifiers for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan Sept. 30-Oct. 21. The squad is comprised of 12 players born in […]
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U.S. girls draw Mexico in U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying
The U.S. U-17 girls national team will face Mexico, Jamaica and Costa Rica in Group B play of the 2016 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship that will determine the qualifiers for the 2016 U-17 Women’sWorld Cup. The qualifying tournament will be hosted by Grenada March 3-13. The U-17 World Cup takes place in Jordan Sept. 30-Oct. […]
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Roster: 26 called in for U.S. U-17 girls camp
U.S. U-17 girls national team coach B.J. Snow has called up 26 players for a Jan. 3-10 training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. The team is prepping for the March qualifying tournamentfor the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup. The training camp roster spans three birth years, from 2001 to 1999, which is the age cut-off […]
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Reggae Girlz get boost from U.S. coaches and players, and Cedella Marley
By Mike Woitalla In his day job, Lorne Donaldson is the director of Real Colorado, the club in the news most recently for spawning teen star MalloryPugh, several other girls in the U.S. youth national team program, and goalkeeper Ethan Horvath, the 20-year-old whose Europa League play with Norwegian club Molde earned himthe starting job […]
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Roster: U.S. U-15 girls gather in Florida
The U.S. U-15 girls national team convenes for the fifth and final time of 2015 with 24 players in Sunrise, Fla., Nov. 20-27 under U.S. Soccer Women’s Development coach MarkCarr. The squad, comprised of 22 players born in 2001 and two born in 2002, will continue as the U-15 team in 2016 before transitioning in […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls head to camp
Five months ahead of the qualifying tournament for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup, Coach B.J. Snow has named a 24-player roster for a Oct. 11-18 at the U.S. Soccer NationalTraining Center in Carson, Calif. The squad includes 15 players born in 1999, the cut-off year for the 2016 World Cup. The other nine players […]
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Colorado emerges as girls soccer hotbed
By Mike Woitalla Seeing several players from the same state on a U.S. national team roster isn’t surprising when they hail from California, which has the nation’s largestpopulation, nearly 40 million, and year-round soccer-playing weather. But Colorado? That’s a state of 5.6 million with a real winter. Yet the current U.S. U-17 girls national team’s26-player […]