A fifth rout, this time 6-0 over Haiti, sends the USA into a semifinal against Puerto Rico. The winner of that Thursday clash earns a spot at the 2022 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica (Aug. 10-28). The USA, which entered the game having outscored its first four foes, 34-0, got goals from six […]
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Concacaf U-20 Women's Championship: USA storms into quarterfinals
In the round of 16, Coach Tracey Kevins‘ team outshot Suriname 66-0 in a 14-0 win that sends the USA into the quarterfinals on Tuesday. The USA, which won its three Group E games by a combined score of 20-0, got hat tricks from forwards Andrea Kitahata and Michelle Cooper in the win over Suriname. […]
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Concacaf U-20 Women's Championship: USA outshoots first three foes 92-1
A Dominican Republic shot that missed by far in its 7-0 loss was the first the USA allowed in its three Group E games at the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship. Wednesday’s win, in which the USA had 38 shots, came after victories over Puerto Rico (7-0) and Nicaragua (6-0), and sends Coach Tracey Kevins‘ team into […]
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Concacaf U-20 Women's Championship: USA starts with rout over Nicaragua
The 16-year-old pro Olivia Moultrie opened the scoring in the 2nd minute and Stanford sophomore Andrea Kitahata, a halftime sub, struck twice in a 6-0 win over Nicaragua in the USA’s opening game of the Concacaf U-20 Women’s Championship, which serves as the region’s U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament. Coach Tracey Kevins‘ team outshot Nicaragua, […]
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Roster: Olivia Moultrie joins U.S. U-20 women's national team camp
Olivia Moultrie, who made her NWSL debut for the Portland Thorns 10 weeks before turning 16 on Sept. 17, has been called into the U.S. U-20 women’s national team camp despite still eligible for the U-17s. The U-20s are preparing for the 2022 Concacaf U-20 Championship to determine qualifiers for the 2022 U-20 World Cup […]
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Laura Harvey on her Midlands soccer upbringing, taking charge of the U.S. U-20s, and working with college coaches
With no girls league available in the Midlands region of England where she grew up in the 1980s and early 1990s, Laura Harvey played on boys teams and in pickup games at aneighborhood park where the kids included Laura Bassett, now a two-time England World Cup player, and John Curtis,whose pro career started at Manchester […]
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American goalkeeper Bryane Heaberlin on playing in Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga amid the pandemic
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 […]