Category: Youth Soccer Reporter

U.S. Youth Soccer has selected the rosters for the ODP Boys Thanksgiving Interregional, which will take place Nov. 28-Dec. 1 at the Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Buena Vista, Fla. In addition to the 1994 and 1995 U.S. Youth Soccer ODP regional teams, the event will also feature the U.S. under-14 national team. Among the players who will be traveling to Florida is 13-year-old Alex Ramos, son of former U.S. star Tab Ramos. For all the regional rosters …

The Los Angeles Galaxy became the first MLS team to sign a player from its academy program to a Generation adidas contract when 17-year-old forward Tristan Bowen agreed to a multi-year contract.

The U.S. Youth Soccer National League’s 2008-2009 season will begin with girls’ games Dec. 4-7 in Raleigh, N.C., and boys’ games Dec. 11-14 in Dallas.

Sacramento Jesuit and St. Anthony’s of New York remained 1-2 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings. Downington West, which will play in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Class AAA state final, moved up nine places to No. 3. For the complete Top 25 …

There was no change at the top of the NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings, where the Pennington School, winner of  its sixth straight New Jersey Prep A championship, remained No. 1. For the complete Top 25 …

Gale Heubach, U.S. Youth Soccer’s events manager, died Wednesday at the age of 51, two days after suffering an aneurysm at her home.

Chivas USA’s U-17/18 team saw its seven-game winning streak snapped with a 3-0 loss to Los Angeles Galaxy but it remained in first place in the SoCal Division of the Development Academy’s Western Conference with a 7-2-0 record. The team started the season with a loss and then rattled off seven consecutive wins before Saturday. Polo Morales remains the team’s leading scorer, with 11 goals in nine games on the year. For all the Development Academy results …

The U.S. under-17 national team split in the first two games during its eight-day training camp in France. The U-17s beat the Bretigny U-18 team, 2-0, and then lost to France’s U-17 national team at the French national training center in Clairefontaine.

Former MetroStar Cris da Silva has joined the Red Bull academy program as head coach of its U-14 team, and Andrew Sparkes has been named academy goalkeeper coach.

U.S. Club Soccer’s National Cup Finals and National Collegiate Showcase will return to Virginia Beach, Va., in 2009.

Sacramento Jesuit, St. Anthony’s of New York and Norfolk (Va.) Academy remained 1-2-3 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings. For the complete Top 25 …

The Pennington School is still No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings. Lincoln of Portland, Ore., moved up one spot to No. 2. For the complete Top 25 …

Four teams — Chivas USA U-17/18, Nomads U-17/18, Birmingham United U-15/16 and San Diego Surf U/15-16 — won two games in weekend play in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. For all the weekend results …

English club Chelsea has extended its reach into American youth soccer by partnering with New Jersey’s Match Fit Academy. As a result of the partnership, the Match Fit’s Academy teams will now be known as Match Fit Chelsea — just like North Carolina’s CASL program has adopted the name CASL Chelsea FC Academy for its academy teams (and the Chicago Magic is now Chicago Magic AS Monaco and the Michigan Wolves are Derby County Wolves)

Eclipse Select, the Michigan Hawks and KC Select Scream Red clinched Premier Division girls titles in the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional League’s fall season. One girls title remained up for grabs.

Nine pro players based in seven different countries were included in the squad U.S. under-20 national team coach Thomas Rongen named for the trip to Madrid, Spain from Nov. 15-23.

Play has begun at the inaugural Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. Both the United States and Canada are loaded with college prospects. (In the case of Canada, it has one player already in college: Memphis freshman Julia Ignacio.) Here’s a look at who is going where, based on verbal commitments …

South Carolina’s Bridge Futbol Alliance has opened up a five-point lead in the U.S. Soccer Academy’s Atlantic Division U-15/16 age group.

Needham (Mass.) High School boys coach Don Brock won his 600th career when the Rockets beat Braintree, 3-0, on Monday night.

U.S. Youth Soccer will hold its annual Olympic Development Program tournaments for regional teams over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Unbeaten Sacramento Jesuit remained No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings. St. Anthony’s of New York and Norfolk (Va.) Academy are 2-3. For the complete Top 25 …

The Pennington School is still No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings. McDonogh School of Maryland and Lincoln of Oregon moved up one spot each to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. For the complete Top 25 …

Play resumes Saturday and Sunday at the inaugural Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. The USA is faced with a must-win situation against Paraguay Sunday in Hamilton after its 3-2 loss to Japan on Thursday. For all the results and schedules …