Floridian goalkeeper Bryane Heaberlin starts for FFC Frankfurt, one of Germany’s oldest and most decorated women’s teams in the Frauen-Bundesliga. After playing forAnson Dorrance at the University of North Carolina in 2012-2015, Haeberlin moved to Germany to join Turbine Potsdam and after two seasons moved to FFC Frankfurt. Withthe Frauen-Bundesliga having returned to play on May […]
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Rising U.S. star Naomi Girma on prepping for postponed U-20 World Cup, virtual team-building, and falling in love with soccer with a free-play start
As a young girl, being inside the house didn’t stop Naomi Girma from playing soccer. She and her older brother, Nathaniel, kicked around frequently in theliving room. Since then, the20-year-old played in the 2016 U-17 World Cup and the 2018 U-20 World Cup. She co-captained the 2019 NCAA College Cup champ Stanford and captained the […]
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USA cruises toward clinching U-20 Women's World Cup spot with win over Canada
A 4-0 win in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship sends the USA to a semifinal whose winner qualifies for the 2020 U-20 Women’s World Cup. On Friday, it will face host DominicanRepublic, which beat Jamaica, 2-1, in the round of 16. The USA already faced the Dominican Republic in group play and […]
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U.S. U-20 women score 24 goals in three games at Concacaf U-20 Championship
The USA, after wrapping up group play with a 11-0 win over Honduras, is three wins away from qualifying for the 2020 U-20 Women’s World Cup. USAscorers (first 3 games)2020 Concacaf U-20 Women’s Championship6 Mia Fishel (UCLA) —————- 4Trinity Rodman (SoCal Blues SC) 3 Summer Yates (Univ. of Washington) —————- 3 Brianna Pinto (Univ. of […]
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Mia Fishel strikes again as U.S. U-20 women clinch spot knockout stage spot in World Cup qualifying
Mia Fishel, who scored four goals in the USA’s opening win over Cuba, scored in the 4th and 8th minutes of Monday’s 4-0 win over host Dominican Republic that clinches a spot in theknockout round of Concacaf U-20 Women’s Championship, from which two teams will qualify for the 2020 U-20 World Cup. The UCLA forward […]
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USA squad set for 2020 Women's U-20 World Cup qualifying
U.S. coach Laura Harvey has named her 20-player roster for the 2020 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship, Feb. 22-March 8 in the Dominican Republic, from which two teamsqualify for the 2020 World Cup. Two Concacaf teams, Costa Rica and Panama, qualify automatically as co-hosts of the World Cup in August. U.S. 2020 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship […]
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U.S. U-20 women beat France, tie Brazil at Nike Friendlies
University of Virginia sophomore Alexa Spaanstra and Trinity Rodman of So Cal Blues scored in the U.S. U-20 ‘blue’ women’s national team’s 2-1 win over Franceat the Nike Friendlies on Friday. Coach Mark Carr guided a split squad in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. USA-Red played Brazil to a 0-0 tie. On Wednesday, France beat USA-Red,2-0, and […]
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USYNT Roster: Youngsters called into U-20 women's national team camp
Coach Mark Carr‘s 22-player squad for a week-long U-20 women’s national team camp in Southern California includes a dozen 2002s, eight 2001s and two born in 2000. Players born in 2000or later are eligible for the 2020 U-20 Women’s World Cup. With the college season still underway, only the roster includes only four collegians and […]
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U.S. Soccer's Mirelle van Rijbroek on DA vs. ECNL, college soccer, girls YNT scouting, and Dutch success
Mirelle van Rijbroek has been U.S. Soccer’s Director of Talent Identification-Girls since November 2017. She arrived from her native Netherlands, where she served as the Managerof Talent Development and Elite Performance for the Dutch federation (KNVB). In 2014, the Netherlands won its first Women’s U-19 European Championship title while Van Rijbroek served as KNVBYouth Technical Director […]
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Watch: Highlights of Ukraine beating South Korea in U-20 World Cup final
Ukraine, which opened the tournament with a 2-1 win over the USA, won the 2019 U-20 World Cup with a 3-1 final win over South Korea. Vladyslav Supriaha scored twice (34th minute,53rd) and Heorhii Tsitaishvili (89th) added a third after South Korea took a fifth-minute lead on Lee Kangin‘s penalty kick.