Coach Omid Namazi has named a 24-player squad for a Feb. 4-12 training camp in Orlando, Florida. The squad includes five European-based players: Konrad De LaFuente (Barcelona), Jalen Hawkins (Bayern Munich), Owen Otasowie (Wolverhampton), Stuart Ritchie (FC Groningen) and IndianaVassilev (Aston Villa), and Ian Hoffmann (Karlsuhe). • Ten players are with MLS Development Academy teams, […]
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Youth: 24 players in final U.S. U-18 women's camp of 2017
The U.S. U-18 women’s national team is completing its cycle with a 24-player camp in San Diego. Coach Jaime Frias called in 20 players born in 2000, three ’99s and one ’98. All but two of the players — Texas A&M midfielder Addison McCain and Cal defender Emily Smith — are still youth club players. […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 boys begin their new cycle
Coach Omid Namazi is training a 24-player U.S. U-18 men’s national team squad in Chula Vista, California, Nov. 19-Nov. 26 in a camp that marks this player pool’s transition fromthe U-16 national team program. All of the players were born in 2001 except for 2002-born George Bello, who signed an MLS Homegrown contract with Atlanta […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 men, including 16-year-old, head to Spain
Southern Californian Julian Araujo, now at Arizona’s Barcelona Academy, at 16 years old, is the youngest player on Coach Omid Namazi’s roster for thisU.S. U-18 men’s national team’s final camp, Oct. 1-10 in Marbella, Spain. The squad includes six foreign-based players, including Schalke 04 U-19 attacker Nick Taitague. Besides the 2001-born Araujo, all the other […]
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The Ghana Connection continues: Osman is national boys player of the year
By Mike Woitalla For the third time in six years, the Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year is a Ghana product who came to the USA via the Right to Dream Academy, which seeks opportunities abroad for promising young talent from West Africa. U-18 men’s nationalteam GOALKEEPERS (2): Trey Muse (Seattle Sounders; Tukwila, […]
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U.S. U-18 boys beat Portugal in Lisbon
After opening the 23rd Lisbon International U-18 Tournament with losses to Japan (2-0) and Norway (2-1), the U.S. U-18 men’s national team, coached by Omid Namazi, beat host Portugal,2-1, on goals by Faris Abdi (IMG) and Andrew Paoli (San Jose Earthquakes). Abdi’s strike in the 86th minute equalized Portugal’s 76th minutegoal by João Oliveira and […]
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Schalke's U.S. teens eye first-team promotion
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla Missing from the U.S. team that reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 U-20 WorldCup were three American teens who were playing for Schalke 04 in its run to the U-19 Bundesliga semifinals: 19-year-old Haji Wright, and Weston McKennie, who turns 19in August, and Nick Taitague, who turned 18 last February. Weston McKennie […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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USA youth teams are on a roll
By Mike Woitalla In March, the Tab Ramos-coached USA won the Concacaf U-20 Championship for the first time while qualifying for the 2017 U-20 World Cup. En routeto the regional title, it celebrated a 1-0 win over three-time defending Concacaf champion Mexico that marked the USA’s first U-20 win over El Tri at the Concacaf […]
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U.S. U-18 men finish runner-up at Slovakia Cup
The U.S. U-18 men’s national team, coached by Omid Namazi, finished runner-up at the 2017 Slovakia Cup, falling, 3-1, to Russia in the final. In group play, the Americans tiedHungary (1-1), beat Belarus (2-1) and tied Slovakia (1-1). USA-Russia highlights: Slovakia Cup, final April 28 in Trnava, Slovakia USA 1Russia 3 Goals: Brewer 80; Glusenkov […]