[MARBELLA CUP] U.S. Under-20 national team head coach Tab Ramos has named a 19-player roster for the team’supcoming international friendlies against Canada, Scotland and Azerbaijan Oct. 6-17 at the 2012 Marbella Cup in Spain. The roster is dominated by pros, including LuisGil of Real Salt Lake, Jose Villarreal of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Benji Joya […]
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Perez: 'We are building something special'
[U.S. UNDER-18 NATIONAL TEAM] The U.S. under-18 men’s national team recently completed a successful training camp in the Netherlands, where it beat theDutch under-18 national team, featuring seven starters from its 2012 UEFA U-17 championship team, and youth teams from Borussia Dortmund and Feyenoord before losing its last game to Belgium’s ClubBrugge. Perez said it […]
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U.S. U-20s split in Northern Ireland
[MILK CUP] The USA beat Turkey, 1-0, on a goal by the Chicago Fire’s Victor Pineda in its second match of the 2012 MilkCup in Northern Ireland. The win followed a 1-0 loss to Denmark in the USA’s first game at the under-20 competition. The goal came in the 73rd minute when Daniel Cuevas of […]
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Five players return for Northern Ireland tournament
[MILK CUP] U.S. under-20 national team head coach Tab Ramos named an 18-player roster for the team’s trip to theNorthern Ireland Milk Cup July 21-26. The USA is a two-time winner of the tournament that will include matches with Denmark July 21 in Limavady and Turkey two days later at the Showgrounds inBallymena. The playoff […]
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South America trip concludes with three losses
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] The U.S. under-20 national team lost all three matches on its 12-day trip to South America, falling to Uruguay twice (4-2 and 2-0) beforefalling to Chile in Santiago (2-1). The Chicago Fire’s Victor Pineda and NorthCarolina recruit Danny Garcia scored against Uruguay, while Garcia had his second stoppage-time goal, this time from the […]
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Own goal sends U.S. U-18s to defeat
[LISBON INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT] The USA closed out play at the Lisbon International Tournament with a 1-0 loss to host Portugal. An own goal byBen Spencer in stoppage sent the Americans to their only loss in their games. They had tied Poland (1-1) and Slovakia (0-0). Spencer had scored thegoal for the USA against Poland, striking […]
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Gil, Top and Bijev headed to South America
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Real Salt Lake’s Luis Gil, Jonathan Top of FC Dallas andVillyan Bijev, who debuted this spring for Bundesliga-bound Fortuna Duesseldorf, are among the 20 players Tab Ramos called up for for afive-day training camp in Houston that began Wednesday and will be followed by two matches June 6 and June 8 against […]
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Eight pros headed to Lisbon Tournament
[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] Eight pros — three in MLS and five with foreign cubs — were among the players called up for the U.S. under-18 men’s national team’strip to the 2012 Lisbon International Tournament May 23-26 in Portugal. The squad, coached by Javier Perez, will play a friendly againstSporting Lisbon on Sunday before kicking […]
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Bobby Howe: 'Drills are for the army' (Q&A Part 1)
Interview by Mike Woitalla Bobby Howe, during his playing career, lined up with England greats Bobby Moore, GeoffHurst and Jimmy Greaves at West Ham United. Howe came to the USA in 1977 to play for and coach the NASL’s Seattle Sounders, and since the 1980s has been deeply involvedin American youth soccer. He was U.S. […]
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Late Pineda goal decides friendly
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] The U.S. under-20 national team defeated the University of Washington, 1-0, on a goal by Chicago Fire midfielder Victor Pineda from the penalty spot after sub James Rogers was taken down inside the box during a quick break. The match concluded a week-longcamp in Oregon for Tab Ramos‘ U-20s. Due to recent […]