Jose Villarreal, considered the best player to come out of the LA Galaxy academy system, will get a chance to jump-start his career after he was traded to Orlando City on Wednesday. MLS 2018: Rosters The move comes after a season during which the 24-year-old Villarreal played just 389 minutes for the Galaxy. He played […]
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Nike Friendlies: U.S. U-20 women finish third after falling to Brazil
Needing a win to capture the 2017 Women’s Nike International Friendlies, the U.S. under-20 women’s national team fell to Brazil, 2-0, in the tournament finale and dropped to third place in thefinal standings behind England and Brazil. Brazil was the deserving winner, taking control of the game after it went ahead on a penalty kick […]
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What They're Saying: Darryl Gee
“My life was a whirlwind from the beginning. I was always going 100 miles an hour. Growing up, I missed a lot of stuff. Now that I’m semi-retired, I’ve decided to do all of thethings that I didn’t do, as a kid — and I feel a sense of inner peace.” — Darryl Gee, who […]
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Diverse England U-17s usher in a new era
American fans who assume a bright future for the national team in the wake of success at the U-17 and U-20 levels should be warned: there isn’t necessarily any correlation. Englandis going through the same process. It captured the U-20 World Cup in June and on Saturday its U-17s battle Spain — to which it […]
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Post-mortem: Will the USA Americanize soccer or globalize it completely?
A couple of weeks ago, I said that it will take a small miracle for the USA not toqualify for the 2018 World Cup. Well, actually, that small miracle happened and the USA did not qualify for the WC 2018. Miracles do happen in soccer and that is the beauty of the game. Miraclesin single […]
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MLS: Three Atlanta United youth players sign HG deals
Atlanta United signed Lagos Kunga, who represented the USA at the 2017 Under-20 World Cup, Patrick Okonkwo, another forward on its U-18 team, and 15-year George Bello to Homegrowncontracts effective Jan. 1, 2018. “Since our club’s inception, we have been dedicated to identifying and developing the best local youth talent and today, George, Lagos andPatrick […]
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What They're Saying: Venezuelan fans
“It’s going to fall, it’s going to fall, this government is going to fall!” — Venezuelan fans in the crowd of 20,000 at Olympic Stadium in Caracas turning the ceremony to honor LaVinotinto’s U-20 World Cup runner-up team into a protest against President Nicolas Maduro‘s government. It got so bad U-20 coach Rafael Dudamel jumped […]
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England U-20 coach Simpson: Talk of 'golden generation' premature
England’s first U-20 World Cup championship — the first soccer title of any kind since the 1966 World Cup — has brought attention on the U-20s stars, Dominic Solanke, who won the Golden Ballas the tournament’s best player, and Freddie Woodman, who saved a penalty in the final, but their coach, Paul Simpson, says it’s […]
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Tab Ramos paints a rosy American future in the changing U-20 World Cup — but a U-18 World Cup would make more sense
By Paul Gardner Tab Ramos has been talking in glowingterms of his team and its adventures at the Under-20 World Cup in the Republic of Korea. Certainly, there is plenty that looks good. Winning its group, getting to the quarterfinal. Listen up:“We built a team with confident players who were there to win the tournament […]
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Making a List: U.S. men on FIFA youth podiums
Josh Sargent, 17, joined a rare group of American men’s players who have earned honors at FIFA youth championships when he won the Silver Boot as the No. 2 scorer at the 2017 Under-20 World Cupin South Korea. Golden Ball (tournament MVP) 1999 Landon Donovan, U-17 World Cup Silver Ball (tournament second MVP) 1989 Kasey […]