By Mike Woitalla U.S. U-18 boys national team coach Javier Perez has named a 20-player roster for the 2015 Open Nordic Cup Tournament in Sweden, where the USA will face theFaroe Islands on Tuesday, followed by games against Iceland Wednesday and Sweden Friday, and a Sunday placement game. The trip kicks off a new cycle […]
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Roster: New U.S. U-18 boys compete in Nordic Cup
U.S. U-18 boys national team coach Javier Perez has named a 20-player roster for the 2015 Open Nordic Cup Tournament in Sweden, where the USA will face the Faroe Islands on Tuesday,followed by games against Iceland (Aug. 5), Sweden (Aug. 7) and an Aug. 9 placement game. The trip kicks off a new cycle for […]
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U.S. U-18 boys winless at NTC Invitational
The U.S. U-18 men’s national team lost to Uruguay, 2-1, and tied the Czech Republic, 1-1, at the 2015 U-18 Men’s NTC Invitational in Carson, Calif. The U.S. goals came on an own goal and fromJackson Yueill, while Jonathan Klinsmann started in goal both games and captained the Javier Perez-coached team Against the Czechs,Sebastian Elney […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 boys set for NTC Invitational
Coach Javier Perez called in 20 players for the U.S. U-18 national team’s NTC Invitational games in Carson, Calif., against Uruguay and the Czech Republic. The team is in camp July6-14. The U-18s gathering came in Bosnia this past April, where they split a pair of friendly matches against Bosnia’s U-19 national team. U.S. U-18boys […]
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U.S. U-18 boys split in Bosnia
Coach Javier Perez‘s U.S. boys national team, captained by goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, won 1-0 and lost 3-1 to Bosnia & Herzegovina U-19s during their Aprilcamp in Bosnia. Minnesota product, Mukwelle Akale, who plays for Spanish club Villarreal’s Juvenil A team, scored both U.S. goals. April 30 inCitluk, Bosnia. Bosnia & Herzegovina 0 USA 1. Goal: […]
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Qatar clash recalls USA's first U-20 World Cup
By Mike Woitalla With the countdown to the kickoff of the 2015 U-20 World Cup down to 38 days, the USA tied, 2-2, with Qatar, which qualified for the tourney in New Zealandby winning the Asian championship. In the friendly clash in Austria, the USA took the lead in the 22nd minute on a goal […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 boys head to Bosnia
U-18 boys national team coach Javier Perez has selected a 18-player squad to travel Bosnia & Herzegovina April 22-May 1. The roster includes goalkeeper JonathanKlinsmann, son of U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann, and Houston Dynamo academy forward Christian Lucatero, who trained with Mexico’s U-18 national team inFebruary. The USA will play three friendlies, against Siroki Brijeg, […]
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In search of youth soccer … and do we really want it anyway? Part 3: Street soccer — to be crushed or cherished?
(Read In Search of Youth Soccer Part 1 HERE and Part 2 HERE) By Paul Gardner The purest form ofyouth soccer — maybe it is really the only form — is street soccer. With its own rules, invented by the boys, without coaches or referees, anarchic but functional, plenty of appalling language butnot (as I […]
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Mexico calls up three Americans for U-17 camp
Mexico entered “concentración” for the Concacaf Under-17 Championship that begins Feb. 27 in Honduras with three Americans, two of them former U.S. U-17s, in camp. During their preparations,they’ll play Mexico’s U-18s, who just added former U.S. U-18 and Houston Dynamo academy star Christian Lucatero. The most notable of the threeMexican-Americans is 15-year-old Edwin Lara, who […]
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U.S. teams ousted from Copa Chivas
The two U.S. entries in the 15-team 2015 Copa Chivas were both eliminated in group play for players born in 1997. With a 1-0 loss against Chile’s Universidad Catolica, the U.S. U-18 national teamfinished with a 1-2-1 win-loss-tie record while scoring only twice. FC Dallas finished 0-2-2 and was outscored 11-3. The Coach Javier Perez-coached […]