The U.S. U-19 men’s national team, competing at the COTIF Tournament in Spain, rebounded from a 2-0 opening loss to Venezuela to beat Mauritania, 1-0, on a goal by the Chicago Fireacademy’s Djordje Mihailovic. The win moved Coach Brad Friedel’s team, which faces Spain on Friday and Bahrain on Monday, into third-place offive-team Group A, […]
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U.S. U-18 men beat Chivas to open Guadalajara camp
In the first game during its training camp in Guadalajara, Mexico, the U.S. U-18 men’s national team beat Chivas Guadalajara, 4-0. Nick Taitague, who in April was signed by the NASL’sCarolina RailHawks to an amateur contract, scored twice in the victory. Coach Omid Namazi called in 24 players for the Guadalajara camp, which includes games […]
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U.S. U-18 boys tie Nomads
The U.S. U-18 men’s national team, after a 2-1 win over Tijuana Xolos, tied the Nomads Development Academy team, 1-1, during its Chula Vista, California training camp. The USA fielded 1999-bornplayers while the Nomads were a mix of 98s and 99s. The USA’s Jose Carranza (D.C. United) converted a stoppage-time penalty kick to equalize ChristianEnriquez‘s […]
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U.S. U-16 boys beat Brazil
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. U-16 boys national team, after opening the 13th Tournament Delle Nazioni with a 2-1 loss to Croatia and a 2-2 tie with Slovenia, beat Brazil, 2-1, ongoals by Konrad de la Fuente and Marcelo Palomino on Wednesday. Barcelona-based de la Fuente opened the scoring in the 38th minute and Palomino(Houston Dynamo) […]
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U.S. U-18 men beat Tijuana Xolos
The U.S. U-18 men’s national team squad, in midst of a 23-player April 23-30 camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, beat U-20/18 Tijuana Xolos, 2-1, on goals by NickTaitague, from the penalty spot, and Brandon Servania, who struck with three minutes left. The U.S. U-18s, coached by Omid Namazi, face the […]
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Omid Namazi has done it all in coaching: indoors, women, Iran, now U.S. U-18s
By Mike Woitalla Omid Namazi, who took charge of the U.S. U-18 men’s national team in January, started his coaching career in indoor ball, has coached inU.S. women’s pro league, and was Iran’s assistant coach during its successful qualifying campaign for the 2014 men’s World Cup. He continues to assist Tab Ramos withthe U.S. men’s […]
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Florida kid George Acosta leads U.S. U-17 boys to triumph in France
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. U-17 boys national team beat host France, 3-2, to win 44th International Montaigu Tournament. George Acosta, who scored twice in final,also scored twice in the USA’s 4-0 win over Russia and in its 2-2 tie with England. The USA, coached by U-16 coach Shaun Tsakiris because U-17 head coach JohnHackworth […]
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U.S. U-18 men win three games in Argentina
The U.S. U-18 men’s national team (1999s) won all three of its games during its training camp in Argentina. Coach Omid Namazi’s team beat Argentine clubs San Lorenzo (2-1) and RacingClub (3-2), and Uruguay’s national team (2-1). FC Richmond’s Nick Taitague scored on penalty kicks in the wins over San Lorenzo and Racing Club and […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 boys head to Argentina
U.S. U-18 men’s national team coach Omid Namazi has named a roster of 20 players (all 1999-born) for a March 7-17 training camp in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The rosterincludes eight returnees from Namazi’s 36-player January camp in Bradenton, Florida. This team’s players are eligible for the U.S. U-20 squad that will play in the 2017 […]
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy adds 56 clubs for U-12 division
By Mike Woitalla Fifty-six clubs will join the U.S. Soccer Development Academy at the U-12 level, which the DA will launch for the 2016-17 season. They join 78 existing Academymembers that field teams for U-12 competition for a total of 134 clubs. The expansion is intended to reduce travel distances between clubs at the youngest […]