U.S. U-18 men’s national team coach Omid Namazi has named a 23-player roster for the 2017 Slovakia Cup at which the USA faces Hungary (April 24), Belarus (April 25) andSlovakia (April 27) in Group B in a quest to repeat as champion. “The Slovakia Cup has been held for many years now,” Namazi said. “We […]
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Tab Ramos' team on roll heading into Mexico U-20 clash; Women's youth head coaches out
By Mike Woitalla Tab Ramos‘ quest to become the first coach to qualify the USA for three straight U-20 World Cups comes down to games against Mexico on Monday andEl Salvador on Friday at the Concacaf U-20 Championship in Costa Rica. Results and Schedule: Concacaf U-20 World Cup Qualifying Leading Scorers5 Ronaldo Cisneros (Mexico)4 Ricardo […]
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USA in home stretch toward U-20 World Cup qualifying tourney
By Mike Woitalla At the U-20 Concacaf Championship in Costa Rica Feb. 17-March 5, Tab Ramos aims to become the first coach to lead the USA to three straight U-20World Cups. He’ll name his 20-player roster for the qualifying tournament following a Jan. 31-Feb. 10 training camp in Orlando, Florida, to which he has invited […]
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Roster: Namazi calls in 28 for U.S. U-18 boys camp
Coach Omid Namazi has named a 28-player roster for the first U.S. U-18 boys national team camp of 2017. The Jan. 23-30 camp at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., marks thebeginning of the second year of the group’s U-18 cycle, which consists of players born Jan. 1, 1999 or later. “The purpose of this […]
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U.S. U-18 men beat U.S. U-19s at final 2016 camp
The U.S. U-18 and U-19 men’s national team finished off 2016 with a joint camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that included an intra-squad scrimmage and friendlies by each team against USLclubs. Coach Brad Friedel‘s U-19s fell 2-1 to U-18s, coached by Omid Namazi. Djordje Mihailovic gave the U-19s a 31st-minute lead,Justin Rennicks equalized for the […]
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Two Americans on Guardian's Next Generation 2016 list
U.S. U-18 star Nick Taitague and Californian Edwin Lara, who represents Mexico, are among the players on the Guardian’s Next Generation 2016, a list of 60 top young internationalplayers. Taitague is expected to sign with Schalke 04 when he turns 18 next February. Lara, 17, is at Pachuca. The list of headed by 17-year-old Italian national […]
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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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Champions: U.S. U-15 girls perfect in Orlando; U-18 boys lift Czech crown
By Mike Woitalla The USA outscored seven opponents 49-0 and won the Concacaf U-15 Girls Championship with a 2-0 win over Canada in the final after a 5-0 win Costa Rica in thesemifinals in Orlando, Florida. Leading Coach Mark Carr‘s team in scoring were Payton Linnehan and Gabrielle Robinson, with eight goals each.Linnehan, because she […]
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U.S. U-18s open with win in Czech Republic
The U.S. U-18 men’s national team opened the Vaclav Jezek Tournament in the Czech Republic with a 3-1 win over Slovakia on Tuesday thanks to goals by Nick Taitague, Justin Rennicks andShaft Brewer. Taitague played four games as an amateur player for the NASL’s Carolina RailHawks and recently trained at German club Schalke 04. The […]
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U.S. U-20s down New York Cosmos and Red Bulls II
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. U-20 men’s national team, during a 10-day training camp in New Jersey, beat the NASL’s New York Cosmos, 2-0, and the USL’s New York Red Bulls II,4-3. Against the Red Bulls, Coach Tab Ramos‘ team overcame an early two-goal deficit after Anatole Abang scored in the 10th minute and DanMetzger […]