The U.S. U-19 national team is holding a 22-player camp in Sunrise, Florida. The first camp of 2017 for Coach Brad Friedel’s squad will include friendlies against El Salvadorand Miami FC. “I’m really looking forward to the camp and I think we’ve assembled a good, athletic squad and I will be really interested to see […]
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U.S. Abroad: U.S. U-19 Montalvo signs with Tigres
U.S. U-19 defender Hector Montalvo became the latest player from the FC Dallas academy program to turn pro when he signed with Mexico’s Tigres after his freshman year at Grand CanyonUniversity. Montalvo is the fifth player from FC Dallas academy to turn pro in the last six months after Weston McKennie, who signed with Germany’s […]
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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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Might another U.S. teen soon debut in the Bundesliga?
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla It was last January when ChristianPulisic, now a regular in Borussia Dortmund’s starting lineup, made his Bundesliga debut at age 17. If we soon see another U.S. teen play in Germany’s top tier, it may be TexanMcKinze Gaines, who signed with VfL Wolfsburg upon turning 18 last March. Gaines, who played with […]
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Brad Friedel names roster for final U.S. U-19 camp
U.S. U-19 men’s national team coach Brad Friedel called in 19 players for team’s final training camp of 2016, Nov. 5-14 in Sunrise, Florida. All the players on the rosterwere born in 1998 and are vying for a spot on the team aiming for the 2017 U-20 World Cup for players born in 1997 or […]
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MLS newcomer already has two teens on the roster
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla Atlanta United begins MLS play in 2017, but it made a bit of history bybecoming the first MLS club to field U.S. Soccer Development Academy teams prior its first team taking the field in MLS. That was thanks to merging with the Georgia United Soccer Alliance — apartnership that has resulted […]
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Roster: 24-player U-19 men's squad trains in California
Coach Brad Friedel‘s 24-player squad training Oct. 3-10 in Chula Vista, California, consists of 10 MLS players, three collegians, two each from the NASL and USL, and seven DevelopmentAcademy players. The camp will include a friendly against Tijuana Xolos reserve team on Friday. Seven of the players called up, including goalscorers DjordjeMihailovic and Ethan Zubak, […]
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Brad Friedel: Youngsters deserve more MLS playing time
By Mike Woitalla The USA, coached by Tab Ramos, reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 U-20 World Cup, falling in a penalty kick shootout to eventual championSerbia. Since then, U.S. Soccer has ramped up preparations for the 2017 U-20 World Cup in South Korea (May 20-June 11) by creating a U-19 national team, whose reins […]
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Mexico trip reveals U.S. U-17 attack promising, defense needs shoring up
By Mike Woitalla & Paul Kennedy The U.S. U-17 boys national team scored eight goals in three games at the 2016 Torneo de Naciones in Mexico and took a 1-0lead within two minutes against the host in the deciding game. The bad news: Mexico came back for a 6-3 win against the USA to win […]
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This week in men's college soccer
The WAC reintroduced men’s soccer in 2013 and quickly has become one of the hottest men’s conferences in the country. This week’s Top 25 features two WAC teams: No. 14 Seattle and No. 22 Utah Valley. A third, Grand Canyon, opened its new soccerstadium on Friday to a record crowd. TRIVIAANSWER. Indiana’s three-time All-American John […]