Sasho Cirovski has coached the University of Maryland to 22 NCAA playoff and eight College Cup appearances, and to two NCAA titles, six ACC titles and three Big Ten crowns. Nearly 50 players coached by Cirovski at Maryland have been drafted by MLS clubs and his former Terrapins who played for the U.S. national team […]
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Referee Watch: When does the half end?
Soccer is that rare sport where official time is kept on the field by the referee. This makes a lot more sense than the scoreboard being the official time as in college and high school soccer and theofficials having the unseemly duty in determining whether the ball entered the goal before the half ended. Although […]
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Nick Lusson, California coach brings sheriff's program to under-served, addresses solutions for pay-to-play and soccer's arms race
The USA’s failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup has unleashed a barrage of criticism at American youth soccer, especially pay-to-play. Well-positioned to address that issue isNick Lusson, the director of a Northern California soccer program that is cost-free to more than 1,800 children. Lusson, who previously served as director of suburban Dublin United […]
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The 10-year-old U.S. player and social media star snapped up by Roma
Alessandro Cupini has more than 40,000 followers on Instagram and his own field in his basement in Kansas City, which he will soon be leaving to join Italian Serie A club Roma,getting around FIFA’s youth regulations thanks to dual-citizenship.
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Hugo Perez: It's time for the USA to embrace creative, entertaining, total soccer
When Hugo Perez led the U.S. U-14 and U-15 national teams, he coached what is starting to look like an exceptional generation of American players, including ChristianPulisic, Jonathan Gonzalez, Weston McKennie, Haji Wright, Nick Taitague, Tyler Adams and EdwinLara. Perez was let go as a youth national team coach in 2014 and shortly after as […]
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Is compensation from pros to U.S. youth clubs on the horizon? Attorney Lance Reich provides an update on the quest
One of the unresolved issues during these tumultuous times in American soccer is the quest by U.S. youth clubs to get compensated for their former players who go pro, as is common throughout theworld. When, for example, Germany’s Bastian Schweinsteiger moved from Bayern Munich to Manchester United in 2015, the village club he played for […]
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Howard Wilkinson calls for overhaul of English academy system he designed
Howard Wilkinson, the architect of English soccer’s modern youth development program, has called for the system to be reviewed and overhauled, and has accused the top clubs offailing in their “moral responsibility” to give young players opportunities. Wilkinson, who as the English FA’s technical director in 1997 designed the current system in which 12,000 boys arebeing […]
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USA beats Ghana for superb start to U-17 World Cup
The USA is off to its best start at the biennial U-17 World Cup since 2005. On Monday, Ayo Akinola scored in the 75th minute to give the USA a 1-0 win following its 3-0 win inthe opener against host India on Friday. USA-GHANA EXPRESS Oct. 9 in New Dehli, India USA 1 Ghana0 Goals: […]
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U.S. boys aim to springboard their careers at U-17 World Cup, like Pulisic and Co., before them
The USA kicks off its 2017 U-17 World Cup campaign against host India on Friday (10:30 a.m. ET, FS2, Universo) before facing Ghana on Monday and Colombia on Thursday. Coach JohnHackworth’s team will aim to become the first U.S. team to win a knockout-stage game at a U-17 World Cup since the USA finished fourth […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 men, including 16-year-old, head to Spain
Southern Californian Julian Araujo, now at Arizona’s Barcelona Academy, at 16 years old, is the youngest player on Coach Omid Namazi’s roster for thisU.S. U-18 men’s national team’s final camp, Oct. 1-10 in Marbella, Spain. The squad includes six foreign-based players, including Schalke 04 U-19 attacker Nick Taitague. Besides the 2001-born Araujo, all the other […]