By Dev K. Mishra, M.D. Several factors cause athletes of all levels to continue to play through pain: the warrior mentality, shame from showing weakness and letting others down,pressure from teammates and coaches, and the threat, imagined or real, of lost playing time. For young athletes, is it OK to take pain medicine in order […]
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California clubs shine at Development Academy playoffs
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake-Arizona were the only clubs to qualify for the U.S. Soccer Development Academy quarterfinals in both agegroups. Five of the clubs that reached the knockout stage hail from California — LA Galaxy, Real So Cal, FC Golden State, Sacramento Republic and Nomads SC. Thirty-two teams at both […]
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Tips for attending a college ID camp
By Mike Woitalla With summer being a popular time for young players to attend College ID camps, we’ve asked Jim Millinder, women’s head coach at the University of San Francisco, to offer some advice for players. For coaches, the ID camps offer a chance to get a closerlook at players they have already scouted and […]
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Roster: U.S. U-20 men's team set for NTC Invitational
U.S. men’s U-20 national team coach Tab Ramos has named a 21-player roster for the 2016 U-20 Men’s NTC Invitational June 26-July 4 in Carson, California. TheUSA, which is preparing for qualifying play for the 2017 U-20 World Cup, will face Costa Rica (June 29), Panama ( July 1) Japan (July 3). The U.S. roster […]
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Rankings: Girls Top 20 Spring High School Final
Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Union High School finished atop the USA TODAY & NSCAA Final Girls High School National Rankings for the 2016 Spring Season. Final USATODAY/NSCAA Super 25 Spring Girls National Rankings Rank School W-L-T 1 Union (Tulsa, Okla.) 19-0-0 2 Padua Academy(Wilmington, Del.) 18-0-0 3 Lexington (Lexington, S.C.) 25-0-2 4 Davis (Davis, Calif.) 21-0-2 5 Weddington […]
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Gottschee and FC Dallas take No. 1 seeds into Development Academy playoffs
By Mike Woitalla FC Dallas and BW Gottschee of Queens, New York, are the No. 1 seeds in the U-15/16 and U-17/18 divisions, respectively, of the 2016 U.S. Soccer DevelopmentAcademy playoffs. FC Dallas, the defending U-15/16 national champs, coached by Luchi Gonzalez, finished regular-season play with a 23-2-0 win-loss-tie while outscoring foes77-16. From the club […]
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U.S. U-19 women beat New Zealand
The University of Oregon’s Marissa Everett scored both goals for the U.S. U-19 women’s national team in a 2-1 win over a New Zealand squad comprised of teens and RioOlympics-bound players. Coach Jitka Klimkova’s U.S. team, with 11 collegians and nine youth club players, will face New Zealand’s U-20s June 17 and June 19 duringthe […]
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Teen stars sign with MLS clubs
By Mike Woitalla In the wake of Atlanta United, set to begin MLS play in 2017, signing 15-year-old Andrew Carleton, comes news that D.C. United has signed 16-year-old Chris Durkin. Both players are currently part of the U.S. U-17 national team residency program in Bradenton, Fla., and Durkin is U.S. U-17 captain. Durkin, who hails […]
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How refs deal with trash-talking
By Randy Vogt “Look at the scoreboard” and “You got nothing” are two common things that trash-talking players say. Yet when I started refereeing in 1978, I did nothear any trash-talking. The first time that I witnessed players talking smack was watching a NBA game on TV around 1990. I am not stating that taunting […]
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Atlanta United signs 15-year-old Andrew Carleton
Atlanta United, which joins MLS in 2017, has signed its first Homegrown Player, 15-year-old Andrew Carleton, who is currently in the U.S. U-17 boys national team residency inBradenton, Florida. Carleton can be considered Atlanta United homegrown because the club has merged with Georgia United Soccer Alliance (GUSA), for which Carleton starred for in the U.S. […]