U.S. U-19 women’s national team coach Jitka Klimkova has taken a 20-player squad to New Zealand for a June 8-20 training camp that will include two games against NewZealand’s U-20 national team. Eleven of the U.S. players are collegians while nine are youth club players. Fourteen were born in 1997, four in 1996, and two […]
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Does American soccer really only work for white kids?
By Mike Woitalla Les Carpenter’s article for the London-based Guardian on American youth soccer is headlined: ‘It’s only working for the white kids’: American soccer’s diversityproblem — and it has gotten enough attention that it’s worth scrutinizing. A decade ago when I researched the high cost of American youth soccer I aimed to explain one […]
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Michael Hoyer is new AYSO National Executive Director
Michael Hoyer has been named National Executive Director of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), succeeding Ian McMahon, who was hired for the position inSeptember of 2014. Hoyer, who played AYSO as a youngster, started working for AYSO as a volunteer before serving as Deputy Executive Director and Acting National Executive Director. “It’s a great […]
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U.S. U-18 men beat Chivas to open Guadalajara camp
In the first game during its training camp in Guadalajara, Mexico, the U.S. U-18 men’s national team beat Chivas Guadalajara, 4-0. Nick Taitague, who in April was signed by the NASL’sCarolina RailHawks to an amateur contract, scored twice in the victory. Coach Omid Namazi called in 24 players for the Guadalajara camp, which includes games […]
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Changing the Canvas: Finding Inspiration Outside of our Beautiful Game
By Chris Apple My wife is a developmental psychologist. For two decades she has been studying children and the factors that impact their development and well-being. It’s arelatively narrow focal point and if she’s not careful it can become repetitious. Whenever she needs to break out of an intellectual rut, she turns to other fields […]
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'Toughest World Cup yet' awaits U.S. U-17 girls
By Mike Woitalla The USA will face Paraguay, Ghana and defending champion Japan in the first round of 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup (Sept. 30-Oct. 21) in Jordan, the firstMiddle East nation to host a FIFA women’s championship. “The international women’s game has evolved at a frenetic pace over the course of the last few […]
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England wins U-21 Toulon Tournament
England’s U-21s beat host France, 2-1, in the final to win the Toulon Tournament for the first time since 1994. En route to the title, Coach Gareth Southgate‘s squad beat Japan (1-0),Paraguay (4-0), Guinea (7-1) and Portugal (1-0). The USA, whose U-23s last year used it as a preparation for its unsuccessful Olympic qualifying quest, […]
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U-17 WWC: USA to face Paraguay, Ghana and Japan
The draw for the Jordan-hosted 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup (Sept. 30-Oct. 21) took place on Sunday in Amman and placed the USA into Group D with Paraguay, Ghana and defending champion Japan. “We feel that our group will be a tremendous challenge for us,” said U.S. coach B.J. Snow.“There are three very distinct teams […]
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John Hackworth: India experience provides valuable lessons for U.S. U-17 boys
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla In its third international tournament of the year, the U.S. U-17 boysnational team finished runner-up at the AIFF Youth Cup in India, which will host the 2017 U-17 World Cup for which Coach John Hackworth team’s aims to qualify. A free-kickgoal with six minutes left in overtime gave South Korea a 2-1 […]
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Adding to the alphabet soup of American youth soccer
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla If your children play soccer in the USA, they may be playing under theumbrella of AYSO, U.S. Youth Soccer, U.S. Club Soccer, SAY Soccer, or the Super Y-League. There’s the ECNL and the NPL, sanctioned by U.S. Club Soccer, and the Development Academy (USSDA),launched in 2007 by U.S. Soccer, the nation’s […]