By Paul Gardner Comparing his very ordinary current under-20 team with the highly promising version he had two years ago, Coach Tab Ramos says that the new team is “more dynamic, and wehave speed on this team.” During the recent Concacaf under-20 championship in Jamaica the team looked anything but dynamic, so I’ll take Ramos’s […]
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Tab Ramos' next chapter begins
By Mike Woitalla An important victory, the 2-0 win over El Salvador that qualified the USA for the 2015 U-20 World Cup. We’ve seen within the last decadeunprecedented investment in player development by the U.S. Soccer Federation but the most recent U-17s and U-23s failed to qualify for the U-17 World Cup and the Olympics, […]
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Tab Ramos: 'We were behind the eight ball'
The USA beat El Salvador, 2-0, on Saturday to qualify for the 2015 U-20 World Cup in New Zealand (May 30-June 20). The victory marked the USA’s fourth straight win after opening with a 1-1 tiewith Guatemala and a 1-0 loss to Panama. Coach Tab Ramos said he was pleased with the team’s recovery after […]
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Three takeaways from USA-El Salvador
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) In the end, the USA got the job done, but it was hardly impressive. It isheaded to the 2015 Under-20 World Cup May 30-June 20 in New Zealand. USA-El Salvador: Goals by Ben Spencer and Paul Arriola, both offrebounds, gave the USA a 2-0 win over El Salvador in their Concacaf […]
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Will this Tab Ramos team find its rhythm?
By Mike Woitalla (@MikeWoitalla) On Saturday, we’ll find out whether the USA will qualify for theU-20 World Cup. The winner of the USA-El Salvador playoff will earn one of the Concacaf region’s four spots at the U-20 World Cup that kicks off in May in New Zealand. Itshouldn’t have come to this. Coach Tab Ramos’ […]
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U.S. U-20s salvage World Cup quest
A 1-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago earned the USA a playoff for one of the Concacaf region’s four U-20 World Cup spots. With the USA needing at least a tie to advance, Bradford Jamieson IVscored in the 79th minute for the USA’s third straight win after a poor start to the qualifying tournament. Jan. […]
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U.S. U-20s need result against T&T to stay alive
The USA needs to get a result against Trinidad & Tobago when they meet Wednesday at the Concacaf Under-20 Championship in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The 2-0 victory over Jamaica on Sundaymoved the USA into third place with one game to play against Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday. A win or tie against T&T will clinch […]
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U.S. U-20s earn crucial win in Concacaf qualifying
The USA moved closer toward clinching a berth in the Concacaf Under-20 Championship playoffs when it beat host Jamaica, 2-0, on a pair of penalty kicks by the Columbus Crew’s Romain Gall, who leads the tournament with five goals. Jan. 18 in Montego Bay Jamaica 0 USA 2.Goals: Gall pen. 34, pen. 70. Jamaica — […]
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'Improved coaching is the priority' (Tony Lepore Q&A, Part 2)
Interview by Mike Woitalla In Part 2 of our interview on the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, Director of Scouting Tony Lepore addresses the quest to improve thecoaching of elite players in the USA. (Read Part 1 HERE.) SOCCER AMERICA: How does U.S. Soccer’s announcement last month that it would be providing “increased education for coaching […]
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U.S. U-20s break out with 8-0 win over Aruba
Aruba turned out to be just what the U.S. under-20 national team needed to face to break out of its slump. The Americans hammered Aruba, 8-0, getting six goals in the space of 16 minutes in the firsthalf on Wednesday evening. That included a hat trick from Columbus Crew midfielder Romain Gall. Jan. 14 inKingston […]