• Real Salt Lake signed 15-year-old Luis Rivera (El Paso, Texas) from Real Monarchs and 22-year-old defender Delentz Pierre (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) from the University of Portland, giving it a league-leading 36 all-time Homegrown Player signings (13 of whom are on its current roster) … CF Montreal has come to terms with midfielder Victor Wanyama […]
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Awards: 2022 Players of the Year (College, high school and youth)
United Soccer Coaches announced men’s and women’s, boys and girls player of the year awards across nine levels of American soccer. The NCAA Division 1 players of the year will be announced on Jan. 6 as MAC Hermann Trophy recipients. Youth BoysMarcos Moore (Rise SC, Sugarland, Texas) Youth Girls Mia Bhuta (Internationals SC, Mt. Lebanon, […]
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The American youth soccer of USMNT's World Cup players
The USA was the youngest team to qualify for the 2022 World Cup and is the second youngest (average age: 25 years, 175 days) of the teams in Qatar, after Ghana. Four members of Coach Gregg Berhalter‘s squad were raised abroad, while 22 grew up playing American youth soccer. Here’s a look at their experiences. Brenden […]
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U.S. U-19s claim Slovenia Nations Cup with 2-1 win over Scotland
With its 2-1 win over Scotland on Tuesday, the U.S. U-19s were crowned champions of the Slovenia Nations Cup. The U-19 squad smashed Malta, 5-0, in the round-robin style tournament opener on Sept. 21 and held on for a 4-3 win over Croatia on Friday. Against Scotland, the field was so muddy players found it […]
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St. Louis City SC expands academy with seven new hires
St. Louis City SC announced seven new academy hires ahead of its second season in MLS Next The MLS club that begins play in 2023 added a U-14 team and a U-15 team that will play in MLS Next and a U-21 team that will compete in the UPSL. Both of St. Louis’ academy teams […]
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Results: ECNL Boys Finals
Monday, July 18Under-13: San Diego Surf 2 Legends FC 0Under-14: Dallas Texans 2 Seattle United 1Under-15: DKSC 2 Pipeline SC 1Under-16: Oklahoma Energy FC 1 Eclipse Select SC 0Under-17: Pipeline SC 2 Match Fit Academy 0
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Jeremy Hall on the joys of coaching Toronto FC's U-14s after making the tough transition from pro player
Jeremy Hall started playing soccer essentially by accident. When he was 8 years old, his mom tried signing him and his younger brother up for a baseball team, but the registration was full. “My little brother was just like, ‘Let’s just play soccer,’” says Hall, the 33-year-old Tampa Bay native. “I remember that I was […]
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Brian Johnson on leading Tampa Bay United boys, his playing career from youth to pro, and the Bob Gansler influence
Brian Johnson grew up in Livermore, California — a 45-minute drive east from San Francisco — in the 1980s. For its time, Livermore was a hotbed for youth soccer when the rec game was springing up all over the country. “Every town had their own club and that’s where you played and stayed until you […]
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Paul Holocher on the Houston Dynamo supporting grassroots play and how his childhood soccer led to college and pro ball
Paul Holocher recalls his busiest time as a soccer coach. Fresh out of the pro game, he was 27 years old, lived in the Northern California beach town of Santa Cruz, and was coaching ages 4 to 21 all day long. “I woke up and coached the UC Santa Cruz men from 7:30-9:30,” the 52-year-old […]
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USMNT: Gregg Berhalter on Musah, Pulisic, Dest, Adams, Reyna and McKenzie
The U.S. men’s national team closes out its June run of games — three in seven days, intended to replicate World Cup 2022 qualifying, where four of the five windows will consist of three dates — when it hosts Costa Rica on Wednesday in Sandy, Utah. Ahead of the game, much of the talk has […]