The U.S. U-20 women’s national team, which is preparing for December’s qualifying tournament for the 2016 U-20 World Cup, will train in Madrid Oct. 19-29. U.S. coach Michelle Frenchistaking 21 players. With college ball in midseason, 19 of the squad members are youth club players. The USA will play Spanish first division clubs Atletico Madrid […]
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Another USA-Mexico thriller — in Germany
By Mike Woitalla (@MikeWoitalla) Two days after the thriller at the Rose Bowl in which Mexicoprevailed, 3-2, over the USA to earn a 2017 Confederations Cup berth, the USA and Mexico faced off in Germany in the U-19 division of Mercedes-Benz Elite Cup. Both games had a Klinsmann involved– Cal’s Jonathan Klinsmann started in goal […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 girls gather in Chula Vista
A 26-player U.S. U-18 women’s national team squad, coached by U.S. Soccer Women’s Technical Director April Heinrichs, will convene Oct. 18-25 for its fourth camp of theyear, in Chula Vista, Calif. The U-18s are coming off a trip to Mexico City in August where they drew and lost to the Mexico U-20s. All the players […]
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U.S. under-19 women open fourth camp Saturday
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. U-19 women’s national team, under Coach Jitka Klimkova, will hold its fourth and final training camp of the year Oct. 3-10 at the U.S.Soccer National Training Center in Carson, Calif. Of the 24 players called in, 15 were born in 1997, and eight were born in 1998. (Jan. 1, 1996, […]
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U.S. U-20 women beat Honduras, 5-0
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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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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'Blessed' Van Hollebeke heads off to medical school
Rachel Van Hollebeke, capped 113 times by the United States and winner of Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012, announced her retirement from soccer so she can begin medical school inher hometown at UC San Diego in the fall. The 30-year-old defender was a starter at the 2011 Women’s World Cup but was a […]
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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 women tie and lose to Mexico's U-20s
The U.S. U-18 women’s national team finished its nine-day training camp in Mexico City with two games against Mexico’s U-20 national team. It tied the first game, 1-1, and fell, 2-1, inthe second friendly. FC Virginia’s Emily Fox, who has committed to the University of North Carolina, scored both U.S. goals. The squad, coached by […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 girls head to Mexico City
The U.S. U-18 girls national team’s Mexico City training camp Aug. 8-16 will include games against Mexico’s U-20 women Aug. 13 and Aug. 15. The 20-player U.S. squad will be led by U.S. SoccerWomen’s Youth Technical Director April Heinrichs. The U.S. players were all born in 1998, thus eligible the 2016 and 2018 U-20 Women’s […]