Coach Kacey White has named a 20-player U.S. U-16 girls national team squad for a Sept. 6-15 training camp in Germany that will include two games. White’s team will playGermany’s U-16s twice, Sept. 12 and 14. Of the 20 players, 17 were born in 2002, two in 2003 and one in 2004. They are all […]
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Girls DA adds three more Technical advisors
U.S. Soccer has added Marguerite Ferrell, Vicki Linton and Megan McCormick to complete its team of Technical Advisors for the U.S. Soccer Girls’Development Academy, whose inaugural season launches next weekend with 69 clubs. Girls’ Development Technical AdvisorsMorgan Church(Southeast)Katie Cole (Frontier)Diane Drake (Atlantic) Jen Lalor (Southwest) Marieke Laurens-van Tienhoven(Southwest) Zahra Lechak (Northwest)Megan McCormick (Northwest)Marguerite Ferrell (Northeast)Vicki Linton(Mid-America) […]
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Rondo: A simple practice game with multiple benefits
By Stan Baker “Everything that goes on in a match, except shooting, you can do in a rondo. The competitive aspect, fighting to makespace, what to do when in possession and what to do when you haven’t got the ball, how to play ‘one touch’ soccer, how to counteract the tight marking and how to […]
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Soccer for kids: getting them to 10,000-hour mark
We sometimes walk in the neighborhood. We see fathers playing football or baseball with their kids in the street. We see parents shooting at the hoop in front of the garage with their kids. We neversee fathers or mothers playing soccer with their kids in the neighborhood. We never see kids playing soccer in the […]
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Don't waste time at practice, let them play!
By Mike Woitalla When former U.S. World Cup captain and Hall of Famer Claudio Reyna was U.S. Soccer Youth Technical Director, he made what I thought was a crucialpoint about youth coaching: Don’t waste time. “If you have 12 one-hour sessions in a month, and you waste 10 minutes each session, you can waste two […]
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11 Tips for Coaching the Little Ones
“I got recruited to coach my kid’s soccer team. Any advice?” The most recent time I heard this question, it came from a parent of a 6-year-old. It prompted me to put an answer inwriting, based on some of the best insight I’ve gotten from coaches and players I’ve interviewed and observed over the years. […]
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Rising Stars: Busio, Reyna, Gaines and Co., shoot U.S. U-15 boys into Concacaf final
By Mike Woitalla The USA outscored its first four foes 15-2 to reach the final of the Concacaf U-15 Championship in Bradenton, Florida. On Saturday, Coach Dave Van DenBergh’s team faces Mexico, a 3-0 semifinal winner over Canada. Sporting Kansas City’s Gianluca Busio scored five goals, two each in wins over Canada (2-0)and Trinidad & […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls to face England
Coach Mark Carr has called up 24 players for the U.S. U-17 girls national team camp Aug. 20-27 in Portland, Oregon, that will include two friendlies against England Aug. 23 andAug. 26. Fourteen players of the players were a part of the U.S. team that finished second at CFA International U-16 Women’s Tournament in June […]
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Think food first: Refueling after training or games
By Dev K. Mishra, M.D. Here’s another of those subjects that seems to make some people emotional — why is it important for young athletes to refuel after exercise, when shouldthis happen, and what drink/food is best? The sports supplement industry has a massive foothold in this area, and for sure there are some great […]
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No punting allowed — a welcome change to American youth soccer
By Mike Woitalla I imagine all coaches must do this: Look back on their early years and consider what we would have done differently. Now I coach older kids, but 12 yearsago I was coaching the youngest, and back then we used goalkeepers even for the 6-year-olds. And in the years that followed, from U-8s […]