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 […]
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U.S. U-19s edge Whitecaps
[DALLAS CUP] The USA evened its record in Super Group play at Dallas Cup XXXI with a 1-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps academy team. Moises Orozco of Mexican club Tigres scored the lone goal in the first minute of the game by heading home a cross from San Diego State right winger Jose Altamirano. […]
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U.S. U-20 candidate shines in Argentina
One of the most exciting young players to be developed in the U.S. youth system is 18-year-old Californian Michael Hoyos, who is playing for 2009Libertadores Cup champion Estudiantes. Hoyos, who was born to Argentine parents, returned to Argentina along with brother Michael to enterEstudiantes’ youth program three years ago and is a regular for the […]
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USA falls to Mexico in Super Group showdown
[DALLAS CUP] The U.S. under-19 national team fell to its Mexican counterpart, 1-0, in Sunday’s marquee match on the opening day of the Super Group at Dallas CupXXXI. The Americans finished the game with 10 players after losing defender Chad Barson to a red card. Next up for ThomasRongen‘s Yanks: matches against two foreign teams […]
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Rongen names U-20 squad for Dallas Cup
[U.S. UNDER-20 NATIONAL TEAM] Philadelphia Union midfielder Amobi Okugo and Houston Dynamo midfielder Francisco Navas are among the 20 players Coach Thomas Rongen called up for the U.S. under-20 national team (players 19 andunder in 2010) for the expanded Super Group at the 2010 Dallas Cup. Former U.S. U-17 Victor Garza, Orozco’s teammate at Tigres, […]
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USA-Mexico to open Super Group
[DALLAS CUP] The Dallas Cup has expanded its Super Group from 12 to 16 teams, adding, among others, the U.S. and Mexican under-19 national teams for Dr PepperDallas Cup XXXI March 28-June 4 at Pizza Hut Park. CZ Elite, FC Dallas and the Dallas Texans complete the American contingent in a competition that also includes […]
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U-20 World Cup: USA Falls in Egypt
One good result (a 4-1 win over Cameroon) couldn’t make up for two horrendous performances (3-0 losses to Germany and South Korea), and the USA exited the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt, marking thefirst time since 1987 that the Americans didn’t make it out of the first round. Players like Dilly Duka and Tony Taylor, […]