[AYSO] Rick Davis, the former U.S. national team star, has announced his resignation as national executive director ofAmerican Youth Soccer Organization, effective May 11. Davis, who was one of the first young American players signed by the New York Cosmos during their heyday, was the Director ofPrograms when he was named acting national executive director […]
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NSCAA Spring Boys High School Rankings
[POLL] Collins Hill, the defending Georgia Class AAAA champion, is No. 1 in the first NSCAA Spring Boys High School Top 20 with a 6-0-0 record. For all therankings … ————————————————————– Who do you like in this spring’s high schoolboys action? Let us know. NSCAA Spring Boys High School Rankings 1 Collins Hill (Suwanee, Ga.) […]
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Soccer vs. the bird-watchers
[AROUND THE NET] As demand for soccer fields grows, the sport comes in competition with those who would like to keep the habitat as is. In Denton, Texas, thatpits soccer against bird-watchers. On a wintry day in the park, Tom Judd points out to the Dallas Morning News all the birds who depend onnative trees […]
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Christopher Sullivan's son called into camp
[U.S. UNDER-15 BOYS NATIONAL TEAM] The U.S. U-15 boys national team coach Jim Barlow brought in 36 players for trainingin Bradenton, Fla. All but one of the 36 players were born in 1995 (the lone exception is Emerson Hyndman, the grandson of FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman who was born in 1996). Among the players […]
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Boys ODP select teams named
[SUPER Y-LEAGUE] The ’93, ’94 and ’95/’96 boys Super Y-League select teams were named following the annual Super Y-League ODP National Camps in Tampa. For allthe teams … Florida’s Schulz Academy and Alliance Academy out of Grand Rapids, Mich. had four players selected. RSL Florida, TSF Academy, West Pines United, Ottawa Fury,Ironbound SC and Northern […]
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'Franchise player' fatally stabbed at birthday party
[AROUND THE NET] Conor Reynolds, a star soccer player at Springfield (Mass.) Cathedral High School, was fatally stabbedin the neck Saturday night outside a local restaurant that recently lost its liquor license and was hosting a birthday party that drew 250 attendees. “His life ended over little orno provocation by someone he didn’t even know, […]
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US Youth Soccer ODP champions
[MAKING A LIST] Cal South won its 17th US Youth Soccer ODP championship when its 1994 boys captured the title at the 2010 finals. Only four other stateassociations have won as many as three titles. TITLES STATE 17 Cal South 6 Eastern Pennsylvania 4 Illinois 3 Maryland 3North Texas 2 Colorado 2 Indiana 2 Michigan […]
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Firsts for Georgia and Colorado
[ODP CHAMPIONSHIPS] Georgia won its first national championship and Colorado won its first girls title at the 2010 US Youth Soccer ODP Championships inPhoenix. Georgia defeated the defending champion California South 1-0, on Iain Smith‘s goal in the 5th minute of the 1993 boys final. Colorado matched its five goals in the semifinals, overwhelming Missouri, […]
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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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The Boys From Little Mexico: Chasing The American Dream
By Steve Wilson Back in Mexico, Octavio’s father had recognized his skill at school from an early age, and had pushed him to do well. When they debated whether heshould join F.C. Atlas, his father told him that if he didn’t play soccer, he should stay in Irapuato and go to high school, maybe even […]