United Soccer Coaches announced its Girls High School All-America Team for fall 2020. Players from 14 states are represented. Taylor Huff (Madison, Ohio, Comprehensive High School) and Presley Echols (Highland Park, Texas) High School were named Co-Players of the Year for all of 2020. Defenders Sydnee Barnett Sr. Chippewa HS Doylestown, Ohio Jessica Gast Sr. Perrysburg […]
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Ian Barker on United Soccer Coaches' evolving courses: diversity, 'soft skills,' and the benefits of virtual classrooms
United Soccer Coaches’ education courses: They’re not just for white men anymore. That’s not the motto of the 30,000-member organization’s many offerings. But it might be. For years, the courses – which, along with U.S. Soccer offerings, are the two major pathways to certification in this country – attracted a certain type of student. They […]
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UConn's Ray Reid commits to diversifying the college coaching ranks
Fewer than a dozen NCAA Division I men’s soccer head coaches are Black. Three of them played for Ray Reid. Those numbers are unacceptable, the longtime University of Connecticutcoach says. And he’s tired of hearing platitudes about the need for diversity in the coaching ranks. So he’s putting his money where his (and many other) […]
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Julio Serrano leads Latino coaches group unified in response to COVID that has hit its members especially hard
A few months ago, Julio Serrano was settling in as the new chair of United Soccer Coaches’ Latino coaches’ advocacygroup * * * * * * * * * * Requests for help – individually, and for teams and clubs – continue. “Ourleadership team still gets two or three emails a day. We hear all […]
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COVID delivers another blow: 2021 Coaches Convention must go virtual
The American soccer community’s biggest annual gathering — held annually for more than seven decades — won’t be the same in 2021. United Soccer Coaches has announced that its next convention,scheduled for Anaheim, California, will be an interactivedigital event. The nation’s inability to cope with COVID-19’s spread has created too much uncertainty for United Soccer […]
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Tuesday morning: What's in the news …
1. Detroit City FC will shortly pay off the $725,500 it raised to renovate Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck. It moved into the stadium, whichopened in 1936 and seats 7,933, in 2016. The funds were raised through the Michigan Invests Locally Exemption Act and used for improvements to the bleachers, locker rooms, restrooms and lighting. LeRouge […]
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Wednesday morning: What's in the news …
1. FC Tucson named New Mexico United chief operating officer Amanda Powers as the club’s first-ever president. She is the secondfemale club president in U.S. men’s pro soccer history. During Powers’ tenure with New Mexico United, its first in the USL Championship, it led the league in attendance as well as ticketand merchandise sales. 2. […]
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Julio Serrano on advocating for Latino coaches in the USA
Julio Serrano was appointed Chair of the United Soccer Coaches’ Latino Coaches Advocacy Group in October 2019. Serrano, who previously coached youth club soccer (Palo Alto SC),high school (Half Moon Bay) and college ball (Cañada College, assistant) in California, currently serves as Director of Coaching at Heart of the City, in Waukegan, Illinois. He will […]
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Evening Edition: What's in the news …
1. The Las Vegas Lights have retained Eric Wynalda, signing him to a new contract as head coach for the 2020 USL Championship season. In itssecond season, Las Vegas improved its record to 11-15-8 and finished tied for 12th in the Western Conference. “I have unfinished business here,” said Wynalda. “I want to win and […]
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Julio Serrano named Chair of United Soccer Coaches' Latino Coaches Advocacy Group
United Soccer Coaches has appointed Julio Serrano of Illinois as the new Chair for its Latino Coaches Advocacy Group. Serrano, a member of Illinois Youth Coaching Staff and theDirector of Coaching at Heart of the City in Waukegan, Illinois, will create from the Latinocoaches’ community a team to identify the needs of the membership and […]