By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla After opening with a scoreless tie against France, the USA beat New Zealand,3-1, to take the Group C lead at the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea. Ashley Sanchez, Coach Michelle French’s youngest player at age 17,opened the scoring in the third minute when she robbed New Zealand defender […]
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Stalemate start for USA at U-20 Women's World Cup
By Mike Woitalla The USA, facing what is likely its strongest Group C opponent, opened the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea by tying France, 0-0. MalloryPugh had the best U.S. chances, after dribbling from midfield, in the 31st and 62nd minutes. But her shot on the first chance went to France keeper […]
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Roster: U.S. U-14 boys convene in Carson
U.S. U-14 boys national team coach Clint Peay has called in a squad of 48 players for the team’s only camp of 2016, Nov. 13-20 at U.S. Soccer’s National Training Center inCarson, California. The group will play two intra-squad games on Nov. 16 and three games against U.S. Soccer Development Academy clubs — vs. Strikers […]
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U.S. U-20 women vie for world championship in Papua New Guinea
By Mike Woitalla Will the third time be a charm for the U.S. women’s national team program in 2016? After the USA exited last summer’s Olympics in Brazil in thequarterfinals, ending a streak of three straight gold medals, the USA was eliminated in group play of the U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. Now it’s […]
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Might another U.S. teen soon debut in the Bundesliga?
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla It was last January when ChristianPulisic, now a regular in Borussia Dortmund’s starting lineup, made his Bundesliga debut at age 17. If we soon see another U.S. teen play in Germany’s top tier, it may be TexanMcKinze Gaines, who signed with VfL Wolfsburg upon turning 18 last March. Gaines, who played with […]
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Roster: U.S. U-15 boys convene with 36-player squad
U.S. U-15 boys national team coach Dave van den Bergh has called up 36 players for team’s second and final domestic training camp of the year, Nov. 5-12 in Bradenton, Florida. U.S. U-15 boys national team GOALKEEPERS (4): Aaron Cervantes (LA Galaxy; Chino Hills, Calif.), Damian Las (Chicago Fire; Norridge,Ill.), Kashope Oladapo (Portland Timbers; Happy […]
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Back to Barcelona and returned from Ajax: Tale of two U.S. teen stars
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla The desire of American youngsters to join foreign clubs and their courtship of U.S.teens have steadily increased over the years — even before the success of Pennsylvanian Christian Pulisic, who debuted for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga at age 17. Butthere’s a major roadblock. FIFA prohibits clubs from signing players from […]
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U.S. U-17 boys sweep Reggae Boyz
The U.S. U-17 boys national team won both its games against Jamaica during its training camp in Kingston. Ayomide Akinola, Joshua Sargent and TonnyTemple scored in a 3-0 win. In a 4-0 win, goals by George Acosta and Bryan Reynolds Jr. sandwiched a pair of strikes by AndrewCarleton. The Reggae Boyz played a man-down in […]
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U.S. U-17 boys beat Jamaica
Ayomide Akinola, Joshua Sargent and Tonny Temple scored for the U.S. U-17 boys national team in a 3-0 friendly win at Jamaica.
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Brad Friedel names roster for final U.S. U-19 camp
U.S. U-19 men’s national team coach Brad Friedel called in 19 players for team’s final training camp of 2016, Nov. 5-14 in Sunrise, Florida. All the players on the rosterwere born in 1998 and are vying for a spot on the team aiming for the 2017 U-20 World Cup for players born in 1997 or […]