[UNDER-20 MEN] U.S. under-20 national team coach Thomas Rongen picked his 18-man roster for the annual Milk Cup inNorthern Ireland. His roster includes three MLS players — Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls), Fuad Ibrahim(Toronto FC) and Francisco Navas Cobo (Houston Dynamo) — as well as three players based in Portugal, two in Mexico and […]
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Under-20 Women's World Cup Results
[SCOREBOARD] Host Germany opened play at the Under-20 Women’s World Cup with a 4-2 win over Costa Rica. Sound familiar? It was the same scoreGermany beat Costa Rica to open the 2006 World Cup. Alexandra Popp led the Germans with two goals. Florida State star Ines Jaurena started for France, which had to settle for […]
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Eight Mexican-based players called up
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Eight players based at pro clubs in Mexico were called up by Thomas Rongen for the U.S. under-20 national team camp thatruns through Monday in San Jose. Such is the diversity of players available for selection that 11 are based abroad. Besides the eight in Mexico — three at Monterrey and one […]
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Rongen draws players from 10 countries
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Jack McInerney, who scored his first MLS goal last week for Philadelphia Union, is among 20 playersThomas Rongen called up for the U.S. under-20 men’s national team’s trip to the Netherlands, where it will play in the Cor Groenewegan Tournament. The U-20 squad includes players from four U.S. pro clubs as well […]
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Humbled U.S. youth star must settle for USL-2
Sheanon Williams started for the USA at the 2007 Under-17 and 2009 Under-20 World Cup and played in the 2008 NCAA Division I final in his only season at theUniversity of North Carolina, but he finds himself playing in the USL Second Division, the third level of professional career. The Harrisburg City Islanders are Williams’ […]
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Bradley's annual compensation exceeds $500,000
U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley received compensation of $522,923 between April 1, 2008, and March 31, 2009, according to the most recent U.S. SoccerFederation tax statement made available for public review. He wasn’t the highest-paid U.S. Soccer employee. Chief executive Dan Flynn earned$646,066. President Sunil Gulati is a volunteer. Other total compensation figures for […]
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Dorrance lands top recruits
[NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN] Following the loss of a deep senior class that won three national championships and had four players drafted in the first eight picks ofthe 2010 WPS draft, North Carolina needs help and got that with the addition of defender Crystal Dunn, a member of the U.S. under-20 national team, and Kealia Ohai, […]
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Luis Gil heads squad called into camp
[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] Real Salt Lake rookie Luis Gil is among 24 players U.S. under-18 men’s national team coachMike Matkovich will bring will bring into a training camp April 25-May 2 at the Home Depot Center. Like Gil, the majority of players called intothe camp spent time in the U.S. under-17 residency program. U.S. U-18 […]
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Reyna needs backing of the pro ranks
There’s lots to like yet much to fear about the hiring of former U.S. international Claudio Reyna as youth technical director by U.S. Soccer. He’s a product, one of the best ever, of a much-maligned system he is tasked with revamping and strengthening. Layers of bureaucracy and petty political squabbling cast across a vast countryof […]
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U.S. U-19s eliminated from Super Group
[DALLAS CUP] The U.S. under-19 national team exited the Dallas Cup XXXI’s Super Group with a 1-0 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt. The two Dallas entrants, FC Dallasand the Texans, played the role of the spoiler, winning their first games of the tournament on Wednesday and knocking their opponents out of contention. German U-19 international Cenk […]