[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Luis Gil, who is starting for Real Salt Lake, and WilliamPackwood, who has suited up this season for Birmingham City’s first team, are among the players Coach Tab Ramos picked for the U.S. U-20 national teamcamp April 9-16 in Portland, Ore. The team will train for a week, playing against the University […]
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Ben Spencer, Chivas USA phenom with giant future
[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] If one of the players at the U.S. under-18 national team camp that opens Sunday at the Home Depot Center needs to find his wayaround Los Angeles, all he needs to do is ask Albuquerque, N.M., resident Ben Spencer. The 6-foot-5 striker knows L.A.’s freeways. Spencer, who turns 17 […]
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Cuevas and Bijev score in draw
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] The U.S. under-20 national team got goals from Californians Daniel Cuevas and Villyan Bijev, both now playing abroad, to give it a 2-0 lead but it had to settle for a 2-2 tie with the FC Dallas reserve team in a friendly at the ESPN Wide Worldof Sports in Lake Buena Vista, […]
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Collin Martin, youngest U-20 callup
[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] Collin Martin is the lone high school junior training with the U.S. under-20 nationalteam in Clermont, Fla. He is one of the top prospects in D.C. United’s academy program. For four things to know about Martin … DA STAR. Martin isone of the top players on D.C. United’s U-17/18 […]
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Reyna colleague Perez hired as head coach
[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] Spaniard Javier Perez has been hired as the head coach of the U.S. under-18 national team, replacingRichie Williams, who left after a brief time on the job to take over as the head of the under-17 national team program. Perez is the director of coachingat New York Soccer Club, a Westchester-based club […]
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Ramos calls in 10 professionals
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Eight foreign-based players — including three from Mexican club Santos — and two MLS players — 2010 No. 1 SuperDraft pick Omar Salgado (Vancouver) and Victor Pineda (Chicago) — were among the 26 players TabRamos named to the U.S. under-20 national team training camp Feb. 20-March 1 in Clermont, Fla.
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The keys behind Mexico's youth success
By Paul Gardner To say that Mexican youth soccer had a good 2011 does not even begin to describe the quite exceptional achievements of the Mexican boys. Toachieve, within the space of a couple of months, triumph in the U-17 World Cup, and then a third-place finish in the U-20 World Cup is success on […]
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What They're Saying
“Had it rained, the event would not have taken place. It didn’t rain on the ceremony, it was successful and I would use him again if I needed to.” — Ana Marta de Pizarro, an anthropologist who helped organize the closing ceremony at the 2011 Under-20 World Cup in Colombia, justifying the hiring of a […]
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U.S. under-18 men's national team training camp
[ROSTER] Zach Pfeffer of the Philadelphia Union heads the 24 players U.S. under-18 men’s national team head coachRichie Williams called into his first camp Jan. 2-9 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Nicholas Gaitan at ArgentinosJuniors in Argentina and Romain Gall at FC Lorient in France are the two-foreign based players. U.S. U-18Roster: GOALKEEPERS (2): Ethan Horvath […]
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U.S. under-20 men's national team training camp
[ROSTER] Three players with MLS experience — Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake), OmarSalgado (Vancouver) and Jack McBean (Los Angeles) — were among the 36 players called into the U.S. under-20 national team training camp that beganMonday in Ft. Lauderdale. Ten players are based abroad, including three — Daniel Medina, Juan Pablo Ocegueda and Uvaldo Luna […]