[SUENO MLS 2010] The 15 regional winners from tryouts in Houston, Chicago and Los Angeles are at the finals of Sueno MLS 2010, MLS’s reality event for youthplayers. The 2010 champion will be crowned live on Sunday on Univision’s “Republica Deportiva.” More than 1,500 youth players ages 14-18 showcased their skills in front of MLSyouth […]
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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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Aztecs sign U.S. U-18 forward Byass
[SAN DIEGO STATE MEN] U.S. under-18 national team forward Miles Byass heads the 12-player class — 10 high schoolseniors and two transfers — San Diego State coach Lev Kirshner has landed. “This cycle was paramount to the growth of ourprogram,” Kirshner said. “We had numerous voids to fill with our 2009 senior-laden team. There […]
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One who got away …
Ndamukong Suh, expected to be a top five pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, originally wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who was born in Cameroon andplayed semi-pro soccer in Germany before immigrating to Oregon in 1981. Ndamukong wanted to play soccer, but he was so big — he weighed 238 pounds […]
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Don't be a 'Joystick' Coach
By Alex Kos I first heard the term “Joystick Coaching” a few years back. What a wonderfully descriptive term. As with video games, joystick coaches want to dictate andcontrol the movement of all players on the field. Hence the term “joystick.” However, there is very little joy to be had by players when they are […]
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Cabrera takes residents on first foreign tour
[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] A new class of Bradenton residents headed off Thursday on their first foreign trip. After a week of training in Manchester, England,they will head to Gradisca, Italy, for the International Tournament of Gradisca. Coach Wilmer Cabrera has finalized the 20-player team thatwill train on the grounds of Premier League giant Manchester City. […]
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Ryerson promoted to head coach at alma mater
[UNLV MEN] Former UNLV star Rich Ryerson has been promoted to head men’s coach at his alma mater following theresignation of Mario Sanchez, who left to become an assistant at Louisville. Ryerson becomes the fifth head coach in school history after spendingthe past two years as an assistant coach. “It’s a dream come true, to become […]
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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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Claudio Reyna is the right man for the job, but …
By Paul Gardner It is difficult to think of anyone involved in American soccer who is more fitted to a role in the game’s organization than Claudio Reyna. The topplayer of his generation, American born and trained, with full experience of the youth club, high school and college scenes, followed by a sparkling pro career […]