The Dallas Texans Red Dallas U-17 team repeated as U.S. Youth National League champion, defeating Eclipse Select, 2-0, on the final day of the three-game series at Disney’s Soccer Showcase. The U-16 and U-15 champion and runner-up and U-17 runner-up won’t be determined until the final three-game series involving the four teams in each group that did not travel to Florida. The final series will be held March 13-15 in Las Vegas.
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Disney’s Soccer Showcase Special Edition
Day 6 Wrapup/by Paul Kennedy
The YOUTH SOCCER REPORTER continues daily coverage of Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea Football Club.
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Disney’s Soccer Showcase Girls Scoreboard
The Ponte Vedra Storm set the pace with an 11-0 victory in under-16 play on Thursday at Disney’s Soccer Showcase. The Sunrise Youth Soccer Fire won, 8-1, in other under-16 action. For all the results in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …
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RECRUITING: The Albertson approach
The Albertson Fury is one of the most decorated girls teams competing at Disney’s Soccer Showcase. The four-time Eastern New York champion has 14 players who have already made verbal commitments to play at NCAA Division I programs next season. Fury manager Michael Bruh and coach Paul Riley give advice on how players and parents should approach college recruiting, a key element to major tournaments such as Disney’s Soccer Showcase.
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Texans clinch berth in 2009 National Championships
The defending national champion Dallas Texans Red Dallas suffered their first blemish in the U.S. Youth Soccer National League Girls Under-17 Group on Thursday when they were held to a 0-0 tie by Ela Elite, but they clinched a berth in the 2009 National Championships with the result.
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’08 Women’s College Awards: Nogueira Takes Advice To Heart
Player of the YearCasey Nogueira Casey Nogueira, who wanted so badly to play for North Carolina that she moved from her home in Cedarburg, Wis., to Raleigh to be near the Tar Heels in high school, has backed up her commitment with superb performances in two Women's College Cup finals in three years at UNC. […]
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08′ Men’s College Awards: Zakuani Makes History
Player of the YearSteve Zakuani Steve Zakuani, Akron’s gift to American soccer, is only the second sophomore to win Soccer America Men’s Player of the Year honors after Claudio Reyna, who won the first of back-to-back awards in 1992. Unlike Reyna, Zakuani was a total unknown when he arrived at Akron in 2007. New Zips […]
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World Cup 2010: South Africa Lures Foreign Fans
South African organizers are rooting for all the big European powers to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. They will need all the good luck they can get as the countdown for the 2010 finals continues amid a severe economic downturn.
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U.S. Soccer: Kids In The National Teams
The first national teams most people hear about are the U-17s, who compete in biennial World Cups for boys and girls. But the U.S. Soccer Federation runs U-15 national teams for both genders.
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’08 Women’s College Champions: Carolina In The Role Of The Spoiler
If you believed Anson Dorrance, you’d have thought North Carolina would have had no chance at the 2008 Women’s College Cup.
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’08 Men’s College Champions: Terrapins Cross Finish Line First
With three out of the four finalists, the odds were that an ACC team would win the 2008 Men’s College Cup.
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MLS: What Offseason?
Just about any MLS head coach or assistant coach will respond to a question about the offseason succinctly by saying: “What offseason?”
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Backline: Coaching Suits Tab Ramos Just Fine
Former U.S. great creates youth powerhouse club in New Jersey
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Youth Beat: Former Pros Flock To Youth Game
The American youth coaching ranks now include more former pro stars than ever thanks to the influx of retired MLS players, opening a new chapter in youth development.
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U.S. Women: Pia Sundhage, The Agent of Change
Pia Sundhage, who led the U.S. women to the Olympic gold medal, has signed a new contract to coach the team through the next Olympics in 2012. The former Swedish international midfielder and WUSA coach arrived a little more than year ago talking about changing the women’s game. It’s a process that has just begun.
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U.S. Men: Help Needed To Handle Heavy Load
The men’s national team embarks on a very busy 2009 with a lot of players in contention for spots on the 2010 World Cup roster.
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Disney’s Soccer Showcase Special Edition
Day 5 Wrapup/by Paul Kennedy
The YOUTH SOCCER REPORTER continues daily coverage of Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea Football Club.
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Disney’s Soccer Showcase Girls Scoreboard
There were goals galore on the opening day of play in the Under-18 Girls Showcase Wednesday at Disney’s Soccer Showcase. The eight games produced an average of 4.5 goals. Virginia’s Chantilly SC Netforce set the pace with a 7-3 victory over KUFC Premier Cosmos of Illinois. For all the results in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …
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RISING STAR: Vicki DiMartino, Albertson Fury
Vicki DiMartino played spectacularly for the U.S. national team in the U-17 World Cup in November. She scored in five straight games, helping the U.S. finish second. She is spending her holidays — for the fourth year in a row — at the Disney Soccer Showcase playing with her club team, Albertson Fury. Vicki will be attending Boston College next year where she’ll join her sister Gina. Her eldest sister, Christina, just finished her senior year at UCLA. Learn more about Vicki in our Rising Star profile.
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Dallas Texans’ U-17 girls remain perfect in National League
The reigning national champion Dallas Texans Red Dallas team improved to 5-0-0 in U.S. Youth Soccer National League under-17 girls play with a 4-0 win over the BVSC Stars Mallorca of Kansas Friday at Disney’s Soccer Showcase.
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Kollie steals show in ODP Boys Super Group final
Emmanuel Kollie of the Philadelphia Soccer Club scored a hat trick to lead 1992 Region I to a 4-0 win over 1993 Region IV in Tuesday’s final of the U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Boys Super Group. The four 1992 teams beat their younger opponents in all four placement games, the only games in which teams crossed over.
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Champion Dallas Texans teams headline Girls Showcase
Play at Disney’s Soccer Showcase switches to the girls side on Wednesday with opening games in 17 divisions, as well as the second series of matches in the U.S. Youth Soccer National League. The Dallas Texans Red Dallas have sent the defending U.S. Youth Soccer national champions to compete in the U-17 and U-16 Showcases. Also in the U-17 Showcase are 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer national finalists Eclipse Select, PDA Fire and Sting. For the complete Wednesday schedules in the under-15 to under-18 Showcase divisions …
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Disney’s Soccer Showcase Special Edition
Day 4 Wrapup/by Paul Kennedy
The YOUTH SOCCER REPORTER continues daily coverage of Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea Football Club. Champions were crowned Tuesday in 28 boys divisions.
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CHAMPIONSHIP DAY: Tuesday’s finals
The Dallas Texans and Kendall Soccer Coalition programs were the big winners in boys play at Disney’s Soccer Showcase. Each won three championships on the final day of play. The Texans had 10 teams competing in placement games. Two other teams finished second, three won third-place game, and two were fourth. For all Tuesday’s results …
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Liverpool’s Gerrard Charged With Assault
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, 28, was charged on Tuesday with assault “occasioning actual bodily harm and affray” following an alleged fight outside a nightclub. His arrest happened in the early hours of Monday, just hours after he had scored twice in league-leading Liverpool’s 5-1 win at Newcastle. Gerrard was charged along with two other […]