Colorado product Mallory Pugh scored twice in the USA’s 6-0 win over Haiti to give her five goals in three games at the Concacaf U-20 Women’s Championship. The win earned theUSA first-place in Group B and a semifinal clash with Honduras on Friday for a spot at the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup. Pugh, the […]
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U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying: Results
The USA won the U-20 Concacaf Championship with a 1-0 final victory over Canada. Mexico beat host Honduras, 2-0, in the third-place game. The USA, Canada and Mexico qualified for the 2016 U-20Women’s World Cup.Concacaf U-20 Women’s ChampionshipGroup A ResultsDec. 3Canada 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0Dec. 3Honduras 2 Jamaica2Dec. 6Canada 7 Jamaica 0Honduras 0 Trinidad […]
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U.S. U-20 women rout Panama, 6-1
The USA, which opened qualifying play for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup with a 2-2 tie against Mexico, thumped Panama in its second Group B game on Monday with outstanding performances by forwardsJessie Scarpa and Mallory Pugh. Pugh, the team’s 17-year-old captain who scored and assisted against Mexico, scored twice and assisted on two […]
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U.S. U-20 women stumble in World Cup qualifying opener
The USA, up 2-0 after 22 minutes, settled for a 2-2 tie with Mexico in its first game of qualifying play for the 2016 U-20 World Cup. The tie on Friday in Honduras ended the USA’s six-game winstreak over Mexico in U-20 Concacaf Championship play. The USA’s 17-year-old captain Mallory Pugh put the USA ahead […]
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USA sends young squad to qualifiers for U-20 Women's World Cup
By Mike Woitalla The 20-player squad named by Coach Michelle French for the U-20 Women’s World Cup Concacaf qualifying tournament that begins Thursday in SanPedro Sula, Honduras, includes 12 pre-college players and eight young enough to be eligible for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup as well as the 2018 edition. The roster ranges across […]
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USA names 20 for U-20 Women's World Cup qualifying
Eight collegians and 12 youth club players comprise Coach Michelle French’s roster for the U-20 Women’s World Cup Concacaf qualifying tournament Dec. 3-13 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The roster ranges across four birth years, 1996-1999. Southern California 16-year-old defender Kiara Pickett is the youngest member of the squad. Two players were part ofthe USA’s […]
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U-20 WWC Qualifying: USA drawn with Mexico
The USA, which has qualified for every U-20 Women’s World Cups since the biennial tourney’s launch in 2002, was drawn into Group B along with Mexico, Panama and Haiti for the Concacaf Women’sUnder-20 Championship Dec. 3-13 in Honduras. The tournament will send three teams from the region to the 2016 U-20 World Cup in in Papua […]
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Ashley Sanchez, 16, scores four for U.S. U-20 women
The U.S. U-20 women’s national team beat Spanish club Rayo Vallecano, 4-1, and got all four of its goals from SoCal Blues striker Ashley Sanchez after she entered the game inthe the 68th minute. The 16-year-old Sanchez scored her first shortly after stepping on the field when she pressured goalkeeper Ana after a Rayo throw-in […]
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U.S. U-20 women beat Atletico Madrid
The U.S. U-20 women’s national team beat Atletico Madrid, 3-0, on second-half goals by Marley Canales, Ella Stevens and Mallory Pugh. U.S. coachMichelle French brought 21 players to the training camp in Spain as the team continues preparations for the 2015 Concacaf U-20 Women’s Championship that will send three teams to the 2016 U-20Women’s World […]
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Another USA-Mexico thriller — in Germany
By Mike Woitalla (@MikeWoitalla) Two days after the thriller at the Rose Bowl in which Mexicoprevailed, 3-2, over the USA to earn a 2017 Confederations Cup berth, the USA and Mexico faced off in Germany in the U-19 division of Mercedes-Benz Elite Cup. Both games had a Klinsmann involved– Cal’s Jonathan Klinsmann started in goal […]