Category: Youth Soccer Reporter

The Richmond Kickers Youth Soccer Club will call their new 34.5-acre sports complex, slated to open in June 2009, Ukrop Park, in honor of the Ukrop family, which donated to the project and owns a store adjacent to the site.

U.S. Youth Soccer ODP boys ’91 regional teams will compete in Costa Rica March 9-13 against the Costa Rica national youth team, as well as youth teams from Alajuela, Brujas and Heredia. For complete rosters …

U.S. Under-17 girls national team head coach Kazbek Tambi will bring 24 players to a training camp that begins Saturday at The Home Depot Center. The San Diego Surf leads all teams with three players headed to the camp: Miranda Cornejo, Laura Liedle and Kylie McCarthy.

Play in the U.S. Youth Soccer National League resumes this weekend with action in the U-15 to U-17 boys age groups at Mud Creek Soccer Complex in Marietta, Ga. For the complete schedule …

Dallas Jesuit remained the No. 1 boys team in the NSCAA/adidas High School Winter Rankings, while Pleasanton (Calif.) Foothill, the only unbeaten and untied team, moved up to the top spot in the girls rankings.

Arizona club Sereno SC White was the big winner at the 30th annual SC del Sol President’s Day Tournament, taking four of the 10 upper age division championships. For the results of the championship games …

The annual adidas ESP camp for girls concluded with the selection of 36 players to East and West teams that competed in the camp’s all-star game Saturday at Cal Poly Pomona University in Pomona, Calif. For the complete all-star teams …

U.S. Youth Soccer regional ODP boys ’93 teams finished 5-7-2 at the 2009 International Festival in Argentina. For all the results and goal scorers as well as game reports …

While FC Dallas Juniors, one of the surprises of the 2008-09 Development Academy season, are on winter break while the high school season is being played in Texas, four players are scheduled to join the senior MLS team on its trip to Curitiba, Brazil, that begins Thursday: U-16s Victor Ulloa, Chris Figueroa, and Darin Kruzich and U-18 Cody Adams.

South Florida-bound Hasani Sinclair, a member of the U.S. U-18 national team, and his brother, sophomore Sekani Sinclair, stole the show at the Florida High School Athletic Association soccer finals, leading American Heritage of Delray Beach to the Class 2A boys title. For the finals in the 10 boys and girls classes …

Sydney Leroux, winner of the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe at the 2008 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile, heads the U.S. under-20 national team roster for the Ten Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain, where the Americans will face three European U-20 teams.

The U.S. under-17 national team brought in two much-heralded prospects — Sebastian Lletget and Bobby Wood — for its week-long training camp in Madrid that concludes Sunday.

On a recent Thursday night, the Pleasanton (Calif.) Marriott was quiet except for a flurry of activity down a side corridor. Dozens of young girls, the oldest in college sweatshirts, and their families were milling around outside the banquet room. Inside, the podium table stretched from one wall to the other with 21 places set with gift bags, paper and pen. It was signing night, an annual tradition at Rage …

Major girls clubs have announced the signings of dozens of players to college letters of intent. For a look at where girls are headed at top-ranked clubs …

U.S. Youth Soccer ODP boys teams went 1-1-1 on the first day of play at the 2009 International Festival in Argentina. The Region II ’93s produced the best result when they beat Tristan Suarez, 1-0, on a goal by Eric Miller of the Minnesota Thunder Academy. For all the rosters …

U.S. Soccer is teaming up with the U.S. Soccer Foundation and Nike to launch a scholarship program to enable more players to participate in its Development Academy program, which began in 2007.

Olympic gold medalist Shannon MacMillan has left her position as assistant coach at UCLA to take the position of director of coaching for competitive girls with Southern California’s Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks.

U.S. Club Soccer announced plans for a second regional league to kick off in May. The Southeast Regional League (U-13, U-15 and U-17 boys and girls) will be split into two divisions.

Punahou School, best known as President Barack Obama‘s alma mater, won the Hawaii Division I girls title with a 1-0 win over top-seeded Kamehameha.

Jesuit College Prep of Dallas moved into the top spot in the NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Winter Rankings. For the top 10 rankings …

The U.S. under-17 boys national team won its first international tournament of the ’92 cycle when it beat Ecuador, 2-1, in the final of the La Serena Cup in northern Chile.