By Mike Woitalla The USA, which finished second in Group A after falling 3-0 to Ukraine, will face Colombia in the round of 16 of the U-20 World Cup on Wednesday (3:30 am ET) inWellington, New Zealand. Coach Tab Ramos‘ team will aim to become the first U.S. team to win a knockout stage game […]
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Video Pick: Mallory Pugh scores after 80-yard run
The 17-year-old Mallory Pugh scored the U.S. U-20 women’s national team’s decider in a 2-1 victory over Brazil after winning the ball deep in her own half and embarking on an 80-yardrun.
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Mexico and Honduras ousted from U-20 World Cup
Mexico, which entered as Concacaf champion, was ousted from the 2015 World Cup with a 2-0 loss to Serbia. Mexico is the third of four Concacaf teams to fall in group play, joining Panama and Honduras,and leaving the USA as the only Concacaf team to reach the knockout stage. Honduras beat Uzbekistan (4-3) and but […]
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USA to face Colombia in U-20 World Cup second round
The USA, which finished second in Group A after falling 3-0 to Ukraine, will face Colombia in the round of 16 of the U-20 World Cup on June 10 (3:30 am ET) in Wellington, New Zealand. TheAmericans opened with wins over Myanmar (2-1) and New Zealand (4-0) before missing an opportunity to top their group […]
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'Swimming in cash' makes youth clubs vulnerable
By Mike Woitalla The last time we reported aboutembezzlement at a youth soccer club or league, the figures were $40,000 and $15,000. Now comes news from Boston Globe Magazine of an alleged $195,000rip-off at the Framingham United Soccer Club, which serves 1,200 children between the ages of 5 and 18. A club treasurer and longtime […]
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U.S U-20 women fall to Japan
The U.S. U-20 women’s national team opened the 2015 U-20 Women’s NTC Invitational in Carson, Calif., with a 3-0 loss to Japan. The defeat marked the first loss of the year against a national teamopponent for the Michelle French-coached U-20s, who won the La Manga tournament in Spain with wins over Norway (2-0), the Netherlands […]
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Roster: U.S. U-16 boys head to Florida
Co-coaches Shaun Tsakiris and Luchi Gonzalez have selected a 36-player U-16 boys national team roster to train June 7-14 at Sunrise in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. TheU-16s played in two European tournaments earlier this year. In January at the 2015 Aegean Cup International Youth Tournament in Turkey, they beat Romania (2-0) and lost to Norway (0-2) […]
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College impact on national team program fading fast
By Mike Woitalla The USA made history on Tuesday when for the first time it won its first two games at a U-20 World Cup. Coach Tab Ramos‘ team, in its 4-0 winover New Zealand, also marked the first time the USA started a lineup of field players at a U-20 World Cup who neverplayed […]
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Roster: U.S. U-15 boys head to Argentina
Coach John Hackworthhas named 20 players for the U.S. U-15 national team’s second training camp of 2015, to be held from June 4-14 in Buenos Aires. The U-15s will faceUruguay on June 8, June 10 and Paraguay on June 12. Fifteen players on the roster were part of the squad that won the Tournament delle […]
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Video Pick: Gedion Zelalem's Every Touch
Every touch — almost all from good to very impressive — that midfielder Gedion Zelalem took in the U.S. U-20s’ 4-0 win over New Zealand, was collected in this 8-minute video by TerryAFC. Besides the assist, nutmeg and rabona, notable is the way Zelalem spins away Xavi-like from foes. (SoundtrackNSFW)