Adrienne Richardson of the Minnesota Thunder scored and assisted in the U.S. U-20 women’s national team’s 2-2 tie with Japan two days after the USA fell, 2-1 to Japanduring Coach Jitka Klimkova’s training camp in Carson, California. After equalizing in the 25th minute, Richardson assisted on a go-ahead goal from Real Colorado’sSophia Smith, but Japan’s […]
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U.S. Soccer names Girls DA Technical Advisors
By Charley Nordin The U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy, which kicks off its first season in September, has named its first five Technical Advisors, who are charged withdeveloping scouting networks and evaluating and aiding DA clubs in their region. All five of the women appointed hold a U.S. Soccer ‘A’ or UEFA ‘A’ license “This […]
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U.S. U-19 women fall to Japan's U-20s
The U.S. U-19 women’s national team, coached by Keri Sarver, fell, 1-0, to Japan’s U-20s in Carson, California. May 19 in Carson, Calif.USA 0Japan 1.Goal: Yonei 14.USA — Bollinger Mackin (Abello, 46), Hiatt (Rodriguez, 18), Girma, Pickett (Fisher, 79), Morse (French, 79), Winters(King, 85), Zandi (Coffey, 46), Ekic (Berkely, 79), Boade (Murtha, 46), Gee (Brewster, […]
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American teens fall short in U-19 Bundesliga title quest
By Mike Woitalla Schalke 04, with its trio of U.S. teens Haji Wright, Nick Taitague and Weston McKennie, looked well poised toreach the U-19 Bundesliga final after winning the first leg of its semifinal series with Bayern Munich, 3-1, in Munich. But on Tuesday, Bayern rebounded with a 4-2 second-leg win, sending the game toa […]
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Dennis Rodman's daughter helps U-16s win tourney
The U.S. U-16 girls national team won the U-16 Development Tournament in Belgium with wins over Switzerland (2-1), Belgium (1-0) and Croatia (4-0). Tuesday’s win over Switzerland, in whichSouth Shore Select’s Allyson Sentnor scored and assisted, clinched the title for a U.S. team that was competing mostly against older players. USA 4 Croatia 0.Goals: Rodman […]
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The road to recovery: How to overcome the fear of re-injury
By Dev Mishra, M.D. As a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, one of my primary tasks with an athlete recovering from surgery or injury is to make sure the patient gets the bestpossible outcome. Traditionally, from the orthopedic surgeon’s viewpoint that means achieving things like full range of motion, normal strength, and joint stability. But from […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls train with 40-player squad
Coach Mark Carr named a 40-player roster for the U.S. U-17 girls national team camp May 14-21 in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. The squad includes 16 players who were part of theU-17s’ championship win of the Torneo Femminile Delle Nazioni last month in Italy and Slovenia at which they beat Italy, 6-0, in the final. Three players […]
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U.S. U-16 girls head to Belgium
New U-16 girls national team head coach Kacey White takes a 20-player squad to Belgium May 6-17 for a four-team competition in which the USA will play Croatia (May 12), hostBelgium (May 14) and Switzerland (May 16). Previous U-16 coach Jaime Frias, now the U-18 head coach, will also go on the trip during which […]
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U.S. U-17 girls rout Italy in tourney win
The U.S. U-17 girls national team won the Torneo Femminile Delle Nazioni with a 6-0 win the final over host Italy after beating England, 2-0, to finish first in its group. The USA, in its firsttournament since the appointment of Mark Carr as U-17 head coach, opened with a 1-1 tie with co-host Slovenia and […]
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Injured Player? Take Safe Steps in the Return-To-Play Decision
By Dev Mishra, M.D. One of the toughest decisions in youth sports is determining when a player who has suffered an injury is ready to return to action. It’s very easy to get caught up inthe moment of competition and perhaps put an injured player back in the game before he or she is really […]