By Mike Woitalla Landon Donovan, the greatest player the USA has ever produced, recently appeared on “The DanPatrick Show” and was asked about heading in youth soccer. Beginning this year, U.S. Soccer has eliminated heading for children 10 and under, and put limits on the amount of heading inpractice for children ages of 11 to […]
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Roster: U.S. U-20 women head to Florida
Coach Michelle French has named a 26-player roster for the World Cup-bound U.S. U-20 women’s national team’s April 1-8 training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. All but four ofthe players coming into camp are collegians. The USA was drawn into Group C to face France, New Zealand and Ghana at the 2016 U-20 Women’s World […]
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U.S. women gives second 17-year-old call-up
After Mallory Pugh, head coach Jill Ellis has called up a second 17-year-old player to the U.S. women’s national team. Ashley Sanchez, who plays for the U.S. U-20s and U.S. U-17sfor whom she is the captain, was one of 23 players called up ahead of two matches against Colombia in April. Sanchez, who hails from […]
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U-20 Women's World Cup: USA to open against France
Aiming for its fourth title, the USA was drawn into Group C to face France, New Zealand and Ghana at the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea (Nov. 13-Dec. 3). The USA, whichfell in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Women’s World Cup, won on the crown at the inaugural edition of the […]
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Anson Dorrance on the Girls Academy, ECNL and his fears of over-bureaucratic American soccer
Interview by Mike Woitalla We’re in the midst of confounding times for women’s and girls soccer in the USA. Within the last eight months, the USA won the 2015Women’s World Cup and the U.S. U-20s and U-17s impressively qualified for their World Cups — all three teams with plenty of impressive young talent. Yet the […]
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Roster: U.S. U-19 women convene in Davis
The U.S. U-19 women’s national team, coached by U.S. Soccer Development Coach Jitka Klimkova, is holding its second training camp of the year, March 12-19 in Davis,Calif. Players in this age group are eligible for the Michelle French-coached team headed to the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in November in Papua New Guinea. Sixteenplayers in […]
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Multinational So Cal Blues have something special
By Mike Woitalla Three nations — the USA, Mexico and Brazil — that are aiming to qualify for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup have players from the Southern California Blues. We’ll start with Ashley Sanchez, who already helped the USA qualify for the 2016U-20 Women’s World. The 16-year-old Sanchez made five assists and scored […]
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U.S. U-20 Women undefeated at U-23 La Manga Tourney
Coach Michelle French’s U.S. U-20 women’s national team, which is preparing for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in November, went undefeated at the U-23 La MangaTournament in Spain with a 1-1 tie with Sweden’s U-23s, a 1-0 win over England’s U-23s, and a 2-1 win over Norway’s U-23s. Texas A&M’s Ally Watt scored theganmewinner […]
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Abigail Kim leads U.S. U-18 women to wins over Norway, England
Abigail Kim of Washington club Pacific NW SC scored the gamewinners for the U.S. U-18 women national team in 1-0 victories over Norway and England at 2016 U-20 La Manga Tournament.The team coached by U.S. Soccer Technical Director April Heinrichs opened with a 0-0 tie with Denmark. The U.S. 22-player roster is comprised of 19 […]
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U.S. U-20 women beat England, tie Sweden
Coach Michelle French’s U.S. U-20 women’s national team, which is preparing for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in November, opened play at the U-23 La MangaTournament in Spain with a 1-1 tie with Sweden’s U-23s and a 1-0 win over England’s U-23s. Texas A&M’s Ally Watt scored the ganmewinner against England,assisted by Penn State’s […]