The USA will face Germany next Friday at Sportclub Arena Verl before taking on Canada two days later at the Stadion Am Furlbach, also in Verl.
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Emma Hayes is named USWNT head coach
U.S. Soccer confirmed on Tuesday that Englishwoman Emma Hayes will be the next U.S. women’s national team head coach. Hayes, 47, has coached Chelsea of the Women’s Super League since 2012, leading it to six Women’s […]
Croatia: Veteran Luka Modric spearheads World Cup campaign
Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic named his World Cup squad on Wednesday, with the 2018 runners-up led by veteran captain Luka Modric. Dalic guided the side to the final four years ago, where it lost to France, […]
Five reasons to follow Under-20 Women's World Cup
The 10th FIFA world championship for under-20 women kicks off on Wednesday in Costa Rica. Here are five reasons to follow tournament … 1. First FIFA age-group championship since 2019. FIFA postponed, then canceled the 2020 Under-20 […]
Concacaf U-20 Women's Championship: USA beats Haiti to move within one win of U-20 World Cup
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 […]
By the Numbers: USA vs. Suriname (U-20 Women)
1. Defender Laney Rouse is the lone U.S. player to start all three games. 4. Andrea Kitahata and Avery Patterson lead U.S. attack with four goals apiece. 6. Six Suriname U-20s played for senior team in […]
Steve Swanson, coach of world champions, has a special fondness for the college game
Steve Swanson has spent more than 30 years developing soccer players. With 30 straight winning seasons (including the last 21 as University of Virginia women’s head coach), a world championship with the U-20 U.S. women’s team, […]
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 […]
A big victory for U.S. U-20 women: 4-1 against Mexico wins Concacaf title
This generation of U-20 women, whose first six games were too lop-sided to seem meaningful, notched their first major win on Sunday with a 4-1 victory over Mexico in the Women’s Concacaf U-20Championship. Two years ago, […]
USA qualifies for 2020 U-20 Women's World Cup with another rout
Brian Pinto bagged a hat trick, Trinity Rodman struck twice and Mia Fishel scored her 11th goal of the tournament in the USA’s 6-0 win over theDominican Republic in the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship semifinal that […]