In Colorado high school ball, Columbine junior Dylan Prichett-Ettner won a one-on-one with ThunderRidge’s goalkeeper thanks to a perfectly executed front-flip. He nailed thelanding, stroked the ball into the net, and despite being called for offside, achieved YouTube fame.
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The 21 U.S. girls aiming to make history
By Mike Woitalla The USA has won three Women’s World Cups, four Olympic titles, and three U-20 Women’s World Cups. The only world championship on the female side the USA has neverwon is the U-17 Women’s World Cup, a biennial competition that launched in 2008. The fifth edition will be hosted by Jordan Sept. 30-Oct. […]
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Mallory Pugh returns to U-20s
Mallory Pugh, the 18-year-old attacker who played in three games at the Rio Olympics and scored in a 2-2 tie with Colombia, is part of Coach Michelle French’s20-player roster for the U-20 Women’s NTC Invitational at which the USA will play South Korea (Sept. 14), England (Sept. 16) and Brazil (Sept. 18). The USA, Brazil […]
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USA names roster for U-17 Women's World Cup
Coach B.J. Snowhas named the USA’s 21-player roster for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan Sept. 30-Oct. 21. The USA, which has yet to win the biennial world championship that was launched in 2008, facesParaguay, Ghana and Japan in Group D. “This is an immensely exciting time for our players and staff,” Snow […]
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Revisiting ice after injury
By Dev K. Mishra, M.D. The acronym RICE — which stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation — has been around since Dr. Gabe Mirkin introduced it in 1978.Since then, healthcare professionals have viewed it almost as gospel that immediately after an acute sports injury you apply ice and light compression. I’ve never encountered a single […]
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Champions: U.S. U-15 girls perfect in Orlando; U-18 boys lift Czech crown
By Mike Woitalla The USA outscored seven opponents 49-0 and won the Concacaf U-15 Girls Championship with a 2-0 win over Canada in the final after a 5-0 win Costa Rica in thesemifinals in Orlando, Florida. Leading Coach Mark Carr‘s team in scoring were Payton Linnehan and Gabrielle Robinson, with eight goals each.Linnehan, because she […]
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How about some hot sauce with that leg cramp?
By Dev K. Mishra, M.D. I’m pretty sure anyone who’s ever played a sport has had a muscle cramp at some point. Maybe the calf, foot, hamstring, or even the “side ache,”which is most likely a cramp in the diaphragm muscle. They are annoying, tough to predict, and tough to prevent. But there is a […]
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U.S. Soccer names final 22 clubs to Girls Development Academy for total of 74
By Mike Woitalla & Paul Kennedy U.S. Soccer has accepted an additional 22 clubs to the Girls Development Academy, which will kick off in fall of 2017 with 74 clubsfielding teams in U-14/15, U-16/17 and U-18/19 competition. The final 22 clubs named on Wednesday are:Cedar Stars Academy-Monmouth (Tinton Falls,N.J.)Burlingame SC-MVLA (Burlingame, Calif.)Empire United (Rochester, N.Y.)FC […]
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U.S. U-15 girls reach Concacaf Championship semis
The U.S. U-15 girls national team, coached by Mark Carr, beat Bermuda, 12-0, at 2016 Concacaf U-15 Girls Championships to book a Aug. 19 semifinal against the Costa Rica-Saint Luciaquarterfinal winner. The USA, which opened with a 22-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago in the Orlando, Florida-hosted tournament, has outscored its five opponents 42-0. Photo […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 boys convene in Utah
A 24-player U.S. U-17 boys national team squad is training in Park City, Utah, in hopes of being selected by Coach John Hackworth for a 20-player squad to compete at the 2016Torneo Naciones de Mexico Aug. 22-29 in Mexico City. The U.S. U-17s rallied to beat Utah Valley University, 4-3, on Tuesday. They will also […]