Here are soccer jobs of interest, as selected by Soccer America’s staff.
youth boys
Awards: 2022 Players of the Year (College, high school and youth)
United Soccer Coaches announced men’s and women’s, boys and girls player of the year awards across nine levels of American soccer. The NCAA Division 1 players of the year will be announced on Jan. 6 as MAC Hermann Trophy recipients. Youth BoysMarcos Moore (Rise SC, Sugarland, Texas) Youth Girls Mia Bhuta (Internationals SC, Mt. Lebanon, […]
U.S. U-19s claim Slovenia Nations Cup with 2-1 win over Scotland
With its 2-1 win over Scotland on Tuesday, the U.S. U-19s were crowned champions of the Slovenia Nations Cup. The U-19 squad smashed Malta, 5-0, in the round-robin style tournament opener on Sept. 21 and held on for a 4-3 win over Croatia on Friday. Against Scotland, the field was so muddy players found it […]
Top 5: 2022 MLS Next Pro scorers
1. *Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew 2, Canada) 21 goals 2. Bernard Kamungo (North Texas SC, USA/Tanzania) 16 goals3. Jack Lynn (Orlando City B, USA) 15 goals4. Shanyder Borgelin (Inter Miami CF II, Haiti) 14 goals4. John Denis (NYCFC II, USA) 14 goals*Russell-Rowe, the Golden Boot winner, scored four goals in the 9-0 win over FC Cincinnati 2 in […]
Results: ECNL Boys Finals
Monday, July 18Under-13: San Diego Surf 2 Legends FC 0Under-14: Dallas Texans 2 Seattle United 1Under-15: DKSC 2 Pipeline SC 1Under-16: Oklahoma Energy FC 1 Eclipse Select SC 0Under-17: Pipeline SC 2 Match Fit Academy 0
From Spain to the USA: Eloisa Borreguero on climbing soccer's male-dominated coaching ladder
When Eloisa Borreguero took a Royal Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) goalkeeping license course, she was 19 years old. Most other coaches were much older, already established in their careers. She was also the only woman, surrounded by 44 men. Borreguero had played for nearly a decade, with Atlético Madrid. She’d been coaching too, for the […]
Schools hold the key to growing soccer culture and access to play in the USA
In 2007, I predicted that by now we’d have pre-natal soccer camps and U-2 national championships in the USA. They haven’t quite gotten there. The toddler soccer school industry doesn’t sign them up until they’re 18 months old. National championships haven’t dipped much below the teens, but your club can find them for every year’s […]
Active Recovery: The next piece in getting back to sports
I wrote last week about somesimple strategies to ramp back up to fitness and sports activity after a COVID-19 layoff. This week I’ll briefly discuss another important concept in your road back: activerecovery. Active recovery is a process through which you use light exercise, tissue mobilization techniques, and even sleep to improve your recovery from […]
Boys DA clubs to ECNL: Six each from Southern California and Mid-Atlantic, and Washington's Crossfire
Before U.S. Soccer finally made official its termination of the Development Academy, Boys DA clubs flocked to the ECNL. * * * * * * * * * * SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Arsenal, Pateadores, Real So Cal, San Diego Surf, Strikers FC — founding members of the Boys DA that launched in 2007 — andFC Golden State signed […]
U.S. Youth Soccer's Pete Zopfi on adding Latinos to Youth Task Force and the federation's 'growing pains'
Last August, Pete Zopfi was elected Chair of U.S. Youth Soccer, whose 2.7 million players represent 74% of the youth players registered under the U.S. Soccer Federation’s umbrella. Asthe U.S. Youth Chair, Zopfi became a member of U.S. Soccer’s Board ofDirectors, and a member of U.S. Soccer’s Youth Task Force,which was launched in October of […]
