By Mike Woitalla It’s difficult to imagine the USA going far at the U-17 World Cup based on their second-half performance on Tuesday against Croatia, which overcame a 2-0 halftimedeficit for a 2-2 final score that flattered the Americans. But, despite opening with a 2-0 loss to Nigeria, the USA has a clear path to […]
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Rankings: Top 25 Fall High School Girls
New Jersey’s Northern Highlands leads the USA TODAY/NSCAA Super 25 girls Fall High School Rankings. USA TODAY/NSCAA Super 25 Fall Girls High SchoolRankings Rank School W-L-T 1 Northern Highlands (Allendale, N.J.) 14-0-0 2 McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Md.) 9-0-0 2 Somers (Somers, N.Y.) 13-0-0 4 Bow (Bow, N.H.) 14-0-0 4 Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) […]
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Rankings: Top 25 Fall High School Boys
Newark’s St. Benedict’s Prep sits a top of the USA TODAY/NSCAA Super 25 Boys Fall High School Rankings. USA TODAY/NSCAA Super 25 Fall Boys High SchoolRankings Rank School W-L-T1 St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, N.J.) 12-0-0 2 St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio) 15-0-1 3 Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point,N.C.) 17-0-0 4 Olathe East (Olathe, Kan.) 14-0-0 5 […]
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Defending champ Nigeria spoils U.S. start at U-17 World Cup
By Mike Woitalla There’s a chance that the USA faced the strongest team, based on history and Saturday’s performance, at the U-17 World Cup when it fell, 2-0, to Nigeria inthe Group A opener in Santiago, Chile. Nigeria is defending champion, a record four-time winner of the U-17 World Cup, and three-time runner-up. The USA had […]
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy expands to five age groups, adding U-12 and U-13 divisions
By Mike Woitalla The U.S. Soccer Development Academy is undergoing a second major expansion since its founding in 2007, when clubs competed in the U-15/16 and U-17/18 agegroups. Beginning in the fall of 2016, the Development Academy clubs will also field U-12 teams, and the U-14 division, which was added in 2013, will be split […]
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Video Pick: A charming trip to Robert Lewandowski's Warsaw
Robert Lewandowski is by far the hottest striker in the world right now, scoring loads for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, where he set several records with five goals in nine minutes, and Poland, which he shot into Euro 2016. This 4-minutemini-doc visits his hometown of Warsaw, where he’s idolized by 10-year-old Kuba Wolski.
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USA's goal at the U-17 World Cup should be first knockout-stage win since 1999
By Mike Woitalla The USA begins its 2015 U-17 World Cup campaign in Chile on Saturday when it faces defending champion Nigeria. The USA’s best performance in its 14 previousappearances at the biennial tournament came in 1999, with a fourth-place finish. That was also the last time the USA won a game in the knockout […]
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Roster: U.S. U-20 women to prep in Spain
The U.S. U-20 women’s national team, which is preparing for December’s qualifying tournament for the 2016 U-20 World Cup, will train in Madrid Oct. 19-29. U.S. coach Michelle Frenchistaking 21 players. With college ball in midseason, 19 of the squad members are youth club players. The USA will play Spanish first division clubs Atletico Madrid […]