By Mike Woitalla For the third time in six years, the Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year is a Ghana product who came to the USA via the Right to Dream Academy, which seeks opportunities abroad for promising young talent from West Africa. U-18 men’s nationalteam GOALKEEPERS (2): Trey Muse (Seattle Sounders; Tukwila, […]
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U.S. Soccer: Tracey Kevins named U-15 girls coach
Tracey Kevins, most recently assistant coach of the NWSL’s Seattle Reign, has been named head coach of the U.S. U-15 girls national team. Her appointment ups to seven the number offull-time head coaches in the U.S. youth women’s and girls national team program. 2017 U.S. Youth National Team Coaches U-20:Jitka Klimkova U-19: Keri Sarver U-18: […]
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Drink up: Hydration tips for summer soccer
By Dev K. Mishra, M.D. In a previous Youth Soccer Insider we discussed recognizing signs of heat illness. Now we will discuss an even more important strategy — preventing dehydration and possible heat illness through a good hydration strategy. Hydration is a key element in proper sports safety, and a good hydration strategy will also […]
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And the Refs Who Do Care
By Randy Vogt Recently, I wrote about the refs who don’t care. They arethe refs who do as little as humanly possible to survive on the soccer field that day. But I’m a positive person so I would also like to write about the many refs who do care. While Ican cite a few odious […]
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Heat Illness: How to recognize it in young athletes
By Dev K. Mishra, M.D. I am often asked this time of year about some strategies for coaches and parents to recognize heat illness, and for some strategies to manage theyoung athlete. With that in mind let’s review some basic principles. “Heat Illness” is a broad term used for a range of problems such as […]
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The Refs Who Don't Care
By Randy Vogt I was appalled as I saw my colleagues officiating. I was to ref the next game at the field and saw the ref, on a warm day on a turf field, wearing a short-sleevereferee shirt and black sweatpants. There was only one assistant referee and he was thankfully wearing black referee shorts […]
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What They're Saying: Mili Hernandez
“Just because I look like a boy doesn’t mean I am a boy. They don’t have a reason to kick the whole club out.” — Mili Hernandez, 8, after Omaha’s Azzurri Cachorros 11year-old girls team for which she plays was kicked out of the Springfield (Neb.) Soccer Club tournament final because organizers said she was […]
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U.S. U-20s enter 'best part of the tournament'
By Mike Woitalla and Charley Nordin At the last U-20 World Cup, in 2015, no collegians saw action for the USA. This time around, Coach Tab Ramos has been fieldingCal goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, New Mexico defender Aaron Herrera and Maryland midfielder Eryk Williamson. Williamson started in theUSA’s 3-3 tie with Ecuador and in its 1-0 […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls head to San Diego
The U.S. U-17 girls national team coach Mark Carr has called up 24 players for a June 2-11 training camp in Chula Vista, California that will serve as preparation for a July trip toChina. Included in the roster are three players taking part in their second U-17 cycle: forward Jordan Canniff and defenders Kennedy Wesley […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]