[UNDER-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Despite a 2-0 loss to China in its final first-round game, the USA won Group B at the Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile. The Americans will return to Chillan to face England, which finished second in Group A, in the quarterfinals on Sunday (TV: ESPN360com, 5 pm ET).
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Insider
Being Different in an Ocean of Great Players
Every young player knows the feeling. You’re playing in a big game and there are college coaches on the sidelines. Every time you do something good, they seem to be looking the other way. Every time you mess up, they’re looking right at you.
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The Myth That English Players Don’t Dive
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney apologized for diving against Villarreal in the Champions League Tuesday. But that won't disguise the myth that English players don't dive.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Argentina To Host Copa America 2011
“I know we will organize it in the best way possible.” Argentine Football Association President Julio Grondona after Argentina was announced as host for the 2011 Copa America. He also said Mexico and Japan may be invited to bring the total number of participating countries to 14.
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Hammam’s Big Plans for Asian Champions League
Asian Football Confederation President Mohamed bin Hammam has said the AFC Champions League will expand from 28 to 32 teams next year, with stricter criteria for participation in an effort to raise standards, and a massive boost in prize money. "In the future we hope the Asian league will be able to compete with Europe," […]
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Africans Need World Cup Entrepreneurial Spirit
"The entrepreneurial spirit has to be instilled into the local black population of South Africa. We still need support to change the mindset to tell people 'you are capable of performing in the marketplace.' I am in a minority — I don't let anything put me down." Namibian businesswoman Emiley Vollmer, head of Evo Media, […]
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Cologne Confirms Podolski Talks
"There have been talks between Cologne and Bayern Munich as well as talks between [Lukas] Podolski and Cologne." FC Cologne manager Michael Meier confirms transfer negotiations that could take the Bayern Munich and German national team striker back to his previous club. Any such move would likely make Bayern even keener to sign U.S. and […]
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Section 8 Fans To Sue Fire
The Chicago Fire's umbrella fan body Section 8 Chicago is to file suit against the club next week after the two sides failed to resolve a dispute over income from ticket sales and a lost giant banner, reports Nick Firchau. "Unfortunately, it's entirely possible to love the team on the field and still be at […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Playing Mexico In California Would Promote U.S. Soccer
U.S. Soccer for the most part sticks to its manifesto as a non-profit body aimed at promoting soccer in the U.S. "in order to make it the pre-eminent sport recognized for excellence in participation, spectator appeal, international competition and gender equity," writes Mark Zeigler, quoting the USSF's federal tax return. But when it comes to […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Schelotto ‘Will Be Back Next Year’
Argentine playmaker Guillermo Barros Schelotto will return for another season with the Columbus Crew and could be the team’s first designated player, reports Shawn Mitchell, quoting “a source close to both Schelotto and the team.” Mitchell writes that team owner Hunt Sports Group is willing to make the 35-year-old league MVP a designated player, “which […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Gazidis Will Need To ‘Hit The Ground Running’
One of the reasons that Arsenal has recruited Ivan Gazidis is his reputation for negotiating player contracts, writes Tom Dart. Gazidis, a "significant figure in bringing David Beckham to America," will work closely with manager Arsene Wenger on player recruitment and contract issues. "Given the obvious need for Arsenal to recruit wisely in the January […]
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Gazidis Leaves MLS For Arsenal
Major League Soccer Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis, 44, is to take over as chief executive of Arsenal at the start of 2009, the league announced Wednesday. “Ivan’s credentials are first class,” said Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood. “It is evident that he has a wealth of business acumen together with a broad knowledge of football that […]
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Bethesda Thanksgiving Tournament Champions
The Bethesda (Md.) Soccer Club held its 25th annual Thanksgiving Tournament, one of the oldest and most prestigious late fall tournaments in the country. For the champions in the under-14 to under-19 boys and girls groups …
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
U.S. Youth Soccer Region III Premier League Champions
Regional play was held across the South this fall in the U.S. Youth Soccer Region III Premier League. Teams played in three geographic regions. Big winners were Alabama’s BUSA Elite, the Dallas Texans and Sting with three age group championships. For all the Premier League champions …
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U.S. Youth Soccer Girls ODP Thanksgiving Interregional Results
Play began at the U.S. Youth Soccer Girls ODP Thanksgiving Interregionals in Coral Springs, Fla. It continues through Friday in the 1992, 1993 and 1994 age groups. For all the results and goal scorers …
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POLLS: NSCAA/adidas High School Rankings
Brentwood (N.Y.) High School (boys) and New Jersey’s Pennington School (girls) are No. 1 in the final NSCAA/adidas High School fall national rankings.
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U.S. U-20s drop third game in Madrid
The U.S. under-20 national team concluded its eight-day camp in Madrid with a 2-0 loss to a team of players from Rayo Vallecano and Rayo Vallecano B, which play in the third and fourth levels of Spanish soccer, respectively.
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Young player’s funeral draws 1,000
The funeral of 10-year-old youth player Jonathan Manzo Chavez, killed in a car crash on his way home from a NorCal qualifying tournament in Manteca, Calif., on Nov. 15, drew 1,000 family and friends at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in South San Jose.
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Chelsea expands super club network
English club Chelsea, which previously announced partnerships with North Carolina’s CASL and New Jersey’s Match Fit Academy, is expanding its U.S. super youth club network by teaming up with Los Angeles Futbol Club, the 2008 U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-17/18 runner-up.
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California teams clean up in Tampa
California teams won four titles at the Super Y-League’s North Americans Finals, which concluded Tuesday in Tampa. West Coast FC, Cal Odyssey and Diablo FC won boys titles, while Arsenal FC won its second girls title, winning the U-15 championship. On the boys side, New Jersey teams took one first place and four second places. Two teams affiliated with ’08 USL-1 clubs won girls titles. For a look at the finals …
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U.S. U-15 picks heavy on Friedel boys
U.S. under-15 boys national team coach Jim Barlow called up 32 players for a seven-day training camp that will take place Dec. 7-14 at U.S. Soccer’s National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The Princeton coach called in five players from Brad Friedel’s Premier Soccer Academies program in Ohio …
Posted inYouth Soccer Reporter, Youth What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“Without a pro team in Arizona, youth teams are missing something, a relationship that helps them unite. Without that there’s an unhealthy competition fostered among clubs, partly because of the lack of a pro team. Kids then become second. There’s an unhealthy competition over the kids and there’s a small pool of talent compared to California. On the boys side, there are no opportunities college-wise in Arizona other than Grand Canyon. More youth clubs need to come to together. A good, solid and positive philosophy needs to prevail and we all need to buy into that.”
— Former U.S. international Gregg Vanney, who has retired from the Los Angeles to return to his native Arizona, where he will serve as director of coaching of the Sereno Soccer Club. (Arizona Republic)
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
OBITUARY: Whitey Burnham
Former Delaware and Dartmouth head coach Alden H. “Whitey” Burnham, died on Nov. 18 after a brief illness in Hanover, N.H., at the age of 85.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
COACHING MOVES: Changes in the works
Four Division I men’s programs are looking for new head coaches. Three of the teams — Wisconsin, Navy and Columbia — have won an NCAA Division I title or reached the title game.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
SCOREBOARD: NCAA Division I Men
Two second-round games — Akron-Ohio State and Dartmouth-Boston College — in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament will be played Wednesday after bad weather forced their postponement. For the second- and third-round schedule …