Five players scored for the U.S. U-20 women’s national team in a 5-0 friendly win at Honduras. The Michelle French-coached squad was in San Pedro Sula for a seven-day camppreparing for the Honduras-hosted Concacaf U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament in December. French’s young squad, without its college players, took the lead in the fifthminute […]
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Colorado emerges as girls soccer hotbed
By Mike Woitalla Seeing several players from the same state on a U.S. national team roster isn’t surprising when they hail from California, which has the nation’s largestpopulation, nearly 40 million, and year-round soccer-playing weather. But Colorado? That’s a state of 5.6 million with a real winter. Yet the current U.S. U-17 girls national team’s26-player […]
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Roster: Young U.S. U-20 women's squad heads to Honduras
Coach Michelle French has named a 24-player roster for a Sept. 19-25 training camp in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The team is preparing for the the 2015 Concacaf U-20 Women’sChampionship in Honduras in December from which three teams will earn spots at 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papau New Guinea. With women’s college ball […]
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Tab Ramos: 'We need more players who can make important plays'
In the wake of announcing new Player Development Initiatives –standardizing small-sided play through U-12 and changing the birth-year registration to January — December, U.S. Soccer released the following statements from U.S. Youth Technical DirectorTab Ramos. Ramos is also the U-20 men’s national team head coach and an assistant to Jurgen Klinsmann with the full national […]
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U.S. Roster: Younger group gathers for U-20 women's camp
Coach Michelle French has called in 31 pre-college players for an Aug. 23-30 U.S. U-20 women’s national team camp at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson,Calif. French, who’s preparing a squad for qualifying for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup, called in only youth club players because the college season just started. The […]
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U.S. U-18 boys kick off new cycle with Sweden trip
By Mike Woitalla U.S. U-18 boys national team coach Javier Perez has named a 20-player roster for the 2015 Open Nordic Cup Tournament in Sweden, where the USA will face theFaroe Islands on Tuesday, followed by games against Iceland Wednesday and Sweden Friday, and a Sunday placement game. The trip kicks off a new cycle […]
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Roster: U.S. U-20 women convene in California
Coach Michelle French has gathered a 24-player U-20 women’s national team squad for a July 22-29 training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. French ispreparing for qualifying for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea. The Concacaf qualifying tournament is scheduled for the end of 2015. The tournament […]
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Pugh leads U.S. U-20 women to runner-up finish
After opening the four-team 2015 U-20 Women’s NTC Invitational in Southern California with a 3-0 loss to Japan, the U.S. U-20 women finished runner-up with a 2-1 win over Brazil and a 1-0 win overMexico. The 17-year-old Mallory Pugh scored both gamewinners and set up Taylor Racioppi’s opening goal against Brazil. Pugh struck against Brazil […]
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U.S U-20 women fall to Japan
The U.S. U-20 women’s national team opened the 2015 U-20 Women’s NTC Invitational in Carson, Calif., with a 3-0 loss to Japan. The defeat marked the first loss of the year against a national teamopponent for the Michelle French-coached U-20s, who won the La Manga tournament in Spain with wins over Norway (2-0), the Netherlands […]
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Teen star Mallory Pugh has her own unique style
By Mike Woitalla At age 16, Mallory Pugh started all four U.S. games at the 2014 U-20 Women’s World Cup. So it’s little surprise that Pugh, as a highschool junior, was named 2014-15 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Between this year’s U-20 national team camps – she’s eligible for the 2016 U-20 […]