The U.S. U-23 women’s national team will play Japan (March 2), England (March 4) and Norway (March 7) during a Feb. 25-March 7 trip to La Manga, Spain. The team, a 22-player squad thatincludes 16 NWSL players, will be coached by Seattle Reign head coach Laura Harvey. The roster includes four collegians and high school […]
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Roster: U.S. U-20 women start new cycle
The U.S. U-20 women’s national team, which aims to qualify for the 2018 U-20 World Cup, starts its new cycle with a Feb. 26-March 8 trip to La Manga, Spain that will include games against Norway(March 3), Germany (March 5) and France (March 7). The team of players born in 1998 or later will be […]
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U.S. Soccer: U-17 and U-20 women's coaches to be replaced
B.J. Snow is no longer U.S. U-17 girls national team coach and Michelle French is out as U-20 women’s national team coach, but both will continue workingfor U.S. Soccer. Both Snow and French were full-time coaches at their age groups for two cycles. Snow’s first team failed to qualify for the 2014 U-17 World Cup […]
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U.S. U-18 girls beat Norway, 5-0
Sophia Smith, who scored twice in last Sunday’s U.S. U-18 girls national team’s 3-1 win over England, got a hat trick in a 5-0 win over Norway at the England national teamtraining center St. George’s Park. The Real Colorado striker (No. 9) also assisted on Cori Dyke’s goal. Summer Yates, who also scored against England, […]
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Tab Ramos: 'The boys are starting to figure it out'
By Mike Woitalla “We know the important part of the tournament is how you end and not how you start,” Coach Tab Ramos said after his team’ssecond game of U-20 World Cup qualifying, a 4-1 win over Haiti on Tuesday. The USA’s start came on a Saturday, a 1-0 loss to Panama that meant a […]
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U.S. U-18 girls beat England, 3-1
Sophia Smith of Real Colorado scored twice after PacNW SC’s Summer Yatesopened the scoring in the U.S. U-18 girls national team’s 3-1 win over England ina friendly at England national team training center St. George’s Park. The April Heinrichs-coached U.S. team, during its 10-day stay in England, faces Norway in a Feb. 21friendly and has […]
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USA already behind the eight-ball in U-20 World Cup qualifying
By Mike Woitalla The USA’s quest to qualify for the 2017 U-20 World Cup is in danger just one game into the Concacaf Championship. Despite playing with a man advantage for 72minutes, Coach Tab Ramos’ team fell, 1-0, to Panama. The USA, which must finish in the top two of its four-team group to advance […]
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USSF F license now available in Spanish
The U.S. Soccer Federation’s National F License coaching course is now available entirely in Spanish. “When you look at the mission of the Federation, we are attempting to improvesoccer at all levels,” said U.S. Soccer director of coaching education Nico Romeijn. “Our success is not only defined by results of our national teams but also […]
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Girls DA Director Miriam Hickey: Federation is best suited to support clubs and coaches
By Mike Woitalla Miriam Hickey has been named Director of the U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy, which kicks off its first season in August. Hickey, mostrecently Director of Coaching at the Troy Soccer Club in Michigan, is a FIFA women’s instructor who helped develop FIFA’s girls and women’s master’s program. Her soccer experiencedates back to […]
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Anson Dorrance on Girls DA vs. ECNL — and why the focus should be on the youngest ages
Interview by Mike Woitalla Anson Dorrance, coach of theUSA’s first Women’s World Cup championship team in 1991 and head coach of the University of North Carolina since 1979, has been closely following the major change in the girls youth soccerlandscape that’s coming with the introduction of the Girls U.S. Soccer Development Academy. The Girls Development […]