By Mike Woitalla Two goals last weekend on different sides of the Atlantic indicate the U.S. frontline is looking sharp one month ahead of the 2015 U-20 World Cup. InAustria, Coach Tab Ramos’ team won its first game since qualifying in January with a 1-0 victory over Croatia. The Columbus Crew’s 20-year-old RomainGall, co-leading scorer […]
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Small-Sided Games: A Key to More Technical Players
By Don Norton Jr. “Liverpool practiced small-sided games every day and it was high-intensity stuff. We used to do a very light warm-up, jog around the field a couple oftimes to loosen the limbs, do a few stretches, put the cones down for goals and then go into five-a-side or eight-a-side. “It was the same […]
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Qatar clash recalls USA's first U-20 World Cup
By Mike Woitalla With the countdown to the kickoff of the 2015 U-20 World Cup down to 38 days, the USA tied, 2-2, with Qatar, which qualified for the tourney in New Zealandby winning the Asian championship. In the friendly clash in Austria, the USA took the lead in the 22nd minute on a goal […]
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Alianza talent search enters eighth season
More than 5,000 teens are expected to attend Alianza de Futbol‘s Sueno tryouts in 11 cities across the USA in hopes of impressing scoutsfrom Mexican Liga MX clubs, the Mexican national team program and MLS clubs. Launched in 2008 to discover young Latino talent, this year’s Powerade Sueno Alianza begins in Phoenix April 25. Registration: […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 boys head to Bosnia
U-18 boys national team coach Javier Perez has selected a 18-player squad to travel Bosnia & Herzegovina April 22-May 1. The roster includes goalkeeper JonathanKlinsmann, son of U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann, and Houston Dynamo academy forward Christian Lucatero, who trained with Mexico’s U-18 national team inFebruary. The USA will play three friendlies, against Siroki Brijeg, […]
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The Skin Cancer Dilemma for Refs
By Randy Vogt I started refereeing in 1978 so I have been officiating for 37 years. The only regret that I have during this time is that I did not wear a black baseball capwhen I started. My referee career began when sun tan lotion was used instead of much more effective sun block. Who […]
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Tab Ramos eyes additions for U-20 World Cup roster
By Mike Woitalla Coach Tab Ramos has a month to finalize his roster for the U-20 World Cup that kicks off May 30 in New Zealand, where the USA aims toreach the knockout stage of the biennial competition for the first time since 2007. After finishing third at the U-20 Concacaf Championship in January, Ramos […]
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Hazing horrors — and how to prevent them
By Mike Woitalla Last year, the University of New Mexico women’s team made nationalnews for hazing that resulted in two players hospitalized. This year, among reports of hazing in high school soccer, an expert on hazing said it “is becoming more violent andsexualized.” A brutal Southern California high school incident resulted in felony assault charges […]
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Roster: Heinrichs selects 24 for U.S. U-18 women
U.S. Soccer Women’s Technical Director April Heinrichs will run a U-18 women’s training camp April 19-26 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. This age group –all 24 players were born in 1998 — is aiming for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The squad will play the WPSL’s San Diego […]
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Roster: U.S. U-14 boys convene for third 2015 camp
Coach Brian Johnson has named a 36-player squad for the U.S. U-14 boys national team’s third camp of 2015. The U-14s, who played three games in Spain in February, will train inCarson, Calif., April 18-26. On the Spain trip, Johnson’s team beat its Real Madrid (2-0) and Rayo Vallecano (4-0) counterparts and lost 2-0 to […]