All’s going well so far in the USA’s at their dress rehearsal in France, host of the U-20 Women’s World Cup in two months. Coach Jitka Klimkova‘s team opened the Tournoi MauriceRevello Sud Ladies Cup with a 3-0 win over Germany and followed up with a 7-0 win over Haiti. During qualifying play for the […]
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U.S. U-20 women head to France for World Cup dress rehearsal
Coach Jitka Klimkova has named a 22-player roster for games against Germany (June 5), Haiti (June 7) and host France (June 10) at the Tournoi Maurice Revello Sud Ladies Cup inSalon-de-Provence, which is about 30 miles north of Marseille. The USA is preparing for the 2018 U-20 World Cup, which will be held in four […]
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U.S. U-20 women prep for World Cup
Three months ahead of the U-20 Women’s World Cup, Coach Jitka Klimkova is holding a 24-player camp in Carson, California. Klimkova, who will be picking a 21-playerroster for the World Cup, has called in 17 collegians and seven youth club players. The camp will include two games against the U.S. U-23 women’s national team May […]
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Grant Wahl on what makes soccer special, his new book, and social media's pros and cons
Longtime Sports Illustrated soccer reporter Grant Wahl, who penned “TheBeckham Experiment” in 2010, features stars including Christian Pulisic, Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and ManuelNeuer in his new book, “Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World’s Best Playthe Twenty-First-Century Game.” Wahl, who became enchanted with soccer while growing up in Kansas City, joined Sports Illustrated in 1996, […]
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Sophia Smith on fire as U.S. U-20 women sweep in Spain
The 17-year-old Sophia Smith upped her scoring streak to six goals in four games in a 3-1 win by the U-20 World Cup-bound USA over Italy’s U-23s. The Real Colorado striker scored theUSA’s first goal in the 22nd minute against the Italians, who had taken an 11th minute lead, and helped set up the USA’s […]
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U.S. U-20 women beat Sweden and England
Real Colorado’s Sophia Smith scored three goals in two U.S. U-20 women’s national team wins — 4-1 over Sweden and 1-0 vs. England — in La Manga, Spain. Stanford’s Civana Kuhlmann andUSC’s Savannah DeMelo also scored against Sweden, which fielded a U-23 team. Against England’s U-20s, Smith struck in the 36th minute. Coach JitkaKlimkova‘s U.S. […]
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Roster: U.S. U-20 women head to Spain for World Cup prep
The U.S. U-20 women will face the U-23 teams of Sweden (April 5), England (April 7) and Italy (April 9) in La Manga, Spain. U.S. coach Jitka Klimkova, who’s preparing the teamfor the 2018 U-20 World Cup (Aug. 5-24) in France, has called in 24 players for the March 29-April 10 trip to Spain. • […]
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U.S. Abroad: Murphy's Montpellier loses in UEFA Women's Champions League
Former U.S. U-20 keeper Casey Murphy started for French club Montpellier in its 2-0 loss to Chelsea in the first leg of their UEFA Women’s Champions League quarterfinal series. Murphy, who was taken with the 13th overall pick by Sky Blue FC out of Rutgers, passed on playing in the NWSL to sign in January […]
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SheBelieves Cup: Some USWNT answers, a few more questions
None of the four national teams at the SheBelieves Cup brought their strongest squads nor played particularly well throughout three games. That said, each team took something from thetournament. The English women learned they can get results and score goals (6) for coach Phil Neville, hired less than two months ago; the French recovered from […]
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Tough draw for USA at Women's U-20 World Cup
Japan, Paraguay and Spain will be the USA’s first-round foes at the 2018 U-20 Women’s World Cup in France (Aug. 5-24). Japan beat the USA in the third-place game at the 2016 U-20 World Cup. Spainenters the tournament as European champion. Paraguay qualified as South American runner-up to Brazil. The USA qualified as Concacaf runner-up […]