By Charley Nordin Upon moving to New York from Mali, Daouda Kante starred for New Jersey high school power St. Benedict’s Prep. After college ball atMercer and FIU, Kante went pro, including three seasons (2002-04) for MLS’s New England Revolution. He started in the Revs’ runner-up finish to the Los Angeles Galaxy on MLS Cup […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 women convene in Virginia
U.S. U-18 women’s national team coach Jaime Frias has called up 28 players — 25 born in 2000 and three in 1999 — for an Aug. 6-14 training camp in Fairfax,Virginia. This group is in the midst of the first year of a two-year cycle as U-18s before transitioning to U-20s in 2019 with aim […]
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Review your Emergency Action Plan
By Dev K. Mishra, M.D. An Emergency Action Plan (EAP) is a written set of systems and processes that are followed if a serious health or environmental condition occurs. Byhaving a plan and rehearsing it ahead of the season it gives an organization the best possible chance that appropriate steps are taken to address the […]
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Beware of referee fatigue
By Randy Vogt Much has been written in the media about player fatigue, whether it’s professional teams playing three games in eight days or youth squads playing four or fivegames in a weekend tournament. And rightly so! But while player fatigue is an obvious issue, what has been overlooked is referee fatigue. Exacerbated by the […]
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Jordan Canniff scores three for U.S. U-17 girls in China
Jordan Canniff, who is aiming to play in her second U-17 World Cup, scored three goals in the U-16 CFA International Women’s Youth Tournament in China, where Coach MarkCarr’s team fell to the host, 5-4, beat Japan, 2-0, and tied Canada, 1-1. Cardiff, who turns 16 on July 27, played one game for the USA […]
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Roster: U.S. U-16 girls train in California
Coach Kacey White is holding a 24-player U-16 U.S. girls national team camp July 23-30 in Chula Vista, California. The roster is comprised of 21 players born in 2002, two in2003 and one in 2004. In their last gathering, the U-16s won a tournament in Belgium in May with wins over Croatia (4-0), Belgium (1-0) […]
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Podcast: Woitalla on the youth soccer industry
Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla joined Beau Dure‘s “Ranting Soccer Dad“podcast to discuss why youth soccer in America is so expensive, how to cut costs, and why parents should always ask, “Are we doing this because it’s best for the children, or because someone’s makingmoney on it?” Podbean
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Tab Ramos on 2017 Development Academy finals and Mexican-American tug of war
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. Soccer Development Academy concluded its 10th season last weekend, with the Texans SC Houston winning the U-17/18 title and Atlanta United the U-15/16crown. U.S. Soccer Youth Technical Director Tab Ramos, also the USA’s U-20 national team coach, liked what he saw. “I think every year the Development Academy isgetting better […]
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U.S. U-20 women win three of four on Europe tour
The U.S. U-20 women’s national team beat England twice and split with Germany on its two-week Europe tour. Coach Jitka Klimkova’s team started off 2-1 and 2-0 wins overEngland before beating Germany, 2-1, and losing 1-0 against the Germans. The Colorado Rush’s Civiana Kuhlmann scored in both winsover England and assisted on a goal by […]
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U.S. U-18 women beat Australia twice after loss to Canada
Summer Yates of Washington club Pacific NW scored a hat trick for the U.S. U-18 women’s national team in a 4-1 win over Australia, the third game of the U-18s’Australia trip following a 2-1 win over Australia and a 4-1 loss to Canada. Emina Ekic of Kentucky’s Javanon FC scored the first goalfor the USA […]