There is a heavy U.S. flavor to the Concacaf Under-20 Women’s Championship as the USA’s seven rivals all have at least one American-based player from colleges or club teams. Thetournament at Ato Boldon Stadium, in Couva, Trinidad, will kick off on Thursday and will qualify three teams directly to the U-20 Women’s World Cup in […]
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What They're Saying: Tab Ramos
“I can only control what happens with the U-20 and down. That’s what I do. I kept in touch with Jona, I have a good relationship with him. I’ve stayed in touch with him over the lastsix months. You can ask him about the relationship that we have. If at this moment he felt like […]
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Brad Rothenberg: 'Our Federation lost Jonathan Gonzalez either by its own arrogance, apathy or incompetence'
Sueno Alianza launched a decade ago as a talent search for largely neglected young Latino players in the USA. In 2017, morethan 8,000 players attended Powerade Sueno Alianza tryouts in 11 cities across the USA. In 2013, Jonathan Gonzalez of Santa Rosa, California, was named the top player at theSueno Alianza National Finals in Los […]
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Jose Villarreal will get chance to jump-start his career at Orlando City
Jose Villarreal, considered the best player to come out of the LA Galaxy academy system, will get a chance to jump-start his career after he was traded to Orlando City on Wednesday. MLS 2018: Rosters The move comes after a season during which the 24-year-old Villarreal played just 389 minutes for the Galaxy. He played […]
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Richard Groff: 'We need to keep doing what we do well'
Longtime soccer executive and administrator Richard Groff, 71, grew up playing soccer in Pennsylvania and first became affiliated with soccer administration as an official with the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association in 1986. He began serving as U.S. Soccer Federation treasurer in 1990 and helped organize the U.S. Cup tournament that served a dry run […]
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American in Spain: Shaq Moore bucks the odds to make debut for La Liga's Levante
Spain has been a difficult move for Americans, and players who started out in the lower divisions have often had a particularly difficult time of navigating them. But 20-year-old ShaqMoore has hung in there and debuted for La Liga’s Levante in its 2-0 win at first division rival Girona in the first leg of their […]
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Post-mortem: Will the USA Americanize soccer or globalize it completely?
A couple of weeks ago, I said that it will take a small miracle for the USA not toqualify for the 2018 World Cup. Well, actually, that small miracle happened and the USA did not qualify for the WC 2018. Miracles do happen in soccer and that is the beauty of the game. Miraclesin single […]
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Long-serving Tab Ramos renews with U.S. Soccer
By Mike Woitalla Hall of Famer Tab Ramos, who was one of the USA’s longest-serving players, is becoming one of the national team’slongest-serving coaches. Ramos has agreed to continue as U-20 men’s national coach, a position he’s held since November 2013, and as U.S. Soccer Youth Technical Director, which he becamein October 2011. Ramos, who emigrated […]
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Jonathan Klinsmann signs with Hertha Berlin
U.S. U-20 goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, who spent the last two seasons at Cal Berkeley, has signed with German first division club Hertha Berlin. Klinsmann, the USA’s starter duringits quarterfinal run at the 2017 U-20 World Cup, had been on a 10-day trial with Hertha. “Jonathan convinced us with his ability, charisma and ambition,” said Hertha […]