[U.S. UNDER-18 WOMEN] New U.S. women’s technical director April Heinrichs has been working with 24 players born in 1992,1993 and 1994 at a U.S. under-18 women’s national team camp that runs through Saturday at the Home Depot Center. Two players each from KCFC Intensity and Albertson Fury are at the camp. U.S. U-18 Roster: GOALKEEPERS […]
under-20 women’s world cup
Heinrichs takes team to Spain
[U.S. UNDER-20 WOMEN] In her first trip since returning to U.S. Soccer as women’s technical director, April Heinrichstook the U.S. under-20 women’s national team La Manga, Spain, for the Ten Nations Tournament that begins Friday against Sweden. The Americans will then face England Sunday and Norway on March8. The squad includes six members of the […]
Freshman stars head camp roster
[U.S. UNDER-20 WOMEN] Five members of the 2010 Soccer America All-Freshman team — Emily Oliver (Stanford), Julie Johnston (Santa Clara), Kassey Kallman (Florida State), Mollie Pathman (Duke)and Katie Stengel (Wake Forest) — were among the players called into the U.S. under-20 women’s national team camp that will run through Sunday at the U.S.Olympic Training Center […]
Americans have edge in Germany series
[U.S. UNDER-17 & UNDER-18 GIRLS] The USA went unbeaten in three games against Germany involving under-17 and under-18 girls national teams. TheUSA won the U-17 and U-18 matchups, and its U-17s tied a combination U-17/U-18 German team, 2-2, in the final match. So Cal Blues’ Amber Munerlynled the USA with two goals for the U-17s […]
Four holdovers on hand as new cycle begins
[U.S. UNDER-20 WOMEN] Four players — Soccer America Freshman of the Year Crystal Dunn (North Carolina), midfieldersMollie Pathman (Duke) and Samantha Mewis (Scorpions SC) and forward Maya Hayes(Penn State) — who represented the USA in Germany at the 2010 U-20 Women’s World Cup are among the 24 players who will on hand when the new […]
Marta named Player of the Year fifth year in a row
[AWARDS] Marta, who led FC Gold Pride to the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer title, won her fifth straight FIFA Women’sPlayer of the Year. New awards went to Jose Mourinho (Inter Milan/Real Madrid) and Silvia Neid (German national team) asthe men’s soccer and women’s soccer coaches of the year. Marta, 24, is a free agent after […]
Donovan and Wambach win fourth U.S. Soccer honors
[AWARDS] Landon Donovan and Abby Wambach both won fourth titles as U.S. SoccerAthletes of the Year. Donovan became the first player to win four Male Athlete of the Year awards, while Wambach now only trails Mia Hamm, who won the women’saward five times (1994-98). Donovan previously won back-to-back awards in 2003 and 2004 and also […]
Women's soccer gets wakeup call
[MY VIEW] One loss in 36 games is certainly no reason to panic, but the USA’s 2-1 loss to Mexico Friday in Women’s World Cup qualifying is a wake-up call. Moretroubling than the result was the manner of the U.S. performance. Unless there’s an overhaul in the women’s development program, the USA runs the risk […]
German domination complete
[UNDER-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Germany clinched the Under-20 Women’s World Cup with its sixth win in six games, a 2-0 victory over Nigeria, before a crowd of24,633 in Bielefeld Germany, the first host nation to win an under-20 women’s championship, won all six games by two or more goals, and its 20 goals were the […]
Germany has plenty of Popp to its attack
[UNDER-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Once again, host Germany ran rampant, crushing South Korea, 5-1, to advance to Sunday’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup final againstNigeria, a 1-0 winner over Colombia in Thursday’s other semifinal. Alexandra Popp added another two goals — the second on a penalty kick after a bizarrehandball — to give her nine goals […]
