Category: Youth Soccer Reporter

While the rising costs of youth soccer are colliding with the downward turn in the economy, one Alabama youth club in Alabama is trying to stem the tide with free soccer. The Vestavia Hills Soccer Club in Birmingham just concluded its first summer of the program, titled Team Adidas.

Illinois was the only state to claim multiple winners at U.S. Club Soccer’s 2009 National Cup VIII Finals at the Hampton Roads Soccer Complex in Virginia Beach, Va.

The upper divisions of the 29th annual Surf Cup completed play on Monday. Atlanta’s Concorde Fire won the U-19 boys academy division with a 6-1 win over Pateadores, while Real So Cal claimed boys (U-17) and girls (U-19) super divisions. For the results of all the finals …

Teams from eight different states claimed boys titles at U.S. Club Soccer’s National Cup VIII Finals at the Hampton Roads Soccer Complex in Virginia Beach, Va. North Carolina’s Jamestown SC Jammers Gold was the only club with multiple teams playing in Tuesday’s championship.

The U.S. under-20 men’s national team beat Argentine club CA Tiro Federal, 2-0, and defeated Uruguay in a shootout in its first two games at the Copa Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina.

The USA dropped a 2-1 decision to Denmark in its opening game of the U-18 Elite division at the 2009 Milk Cup in Northern Ireland. A goal by Virginia-bound Will Bates was all the Americans could muster after conceding two goals to the Danes in the first half hour of the game.

The U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships will be played in Kansas for the first time when the 2010 championships will be held in Overland, Park, Kan., following regional play at sites in Barboursville, W.Va., Beavercreek, Ohio, Baton Rouge, La., and Albuquerque, N.M. For all the 2010 venues and dates …

U.S. Soccer’s annual under-14 girls identification camp has kicked off at Cal Poly Pomona in Pomona, Calif., with 101 under-14 girls gathered for a week of training and games at the camp headed by U.S. Soccer national staff coach Mike Dickey. For almost all the players, this is their first introduction to the national team program. For the complete list of players in camp and their club affiliations …

Discoveries SC Green became the first South Carolina team to win a title at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass., when it captured the U-18 boys crown. For the results of all the finals, which concluded Sunday …

Cal North was the only state association to have two teams take home titles at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships, which concluded Sunday in Lancaster, Mass. For the results of all the finals …

Awards were handed out to the most outstanding player and goalkeeper in each of the 12 divisions at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships …

The USA won the Copa Macae in Brazil with a 4-2 shootout win over Funorte of Brazil in Sunday’s final.

The Baltimore Casa Mia Bays became only the fourth team to win two boys titles at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in the same year when they won the U-19 and U-15 crowns at the finals held at Citizens Bank Fields in Lancaster, Mass. The U-19s finished as one of the great youth teams of all time. Sunday’s title was their third national title following championships in 2006 (U.S. Youth Soccer U-16s) and 2008 (U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-17/18  age group).

Led by University of Portland star Danielle Foxhoven‘s hat trick, Colorado Rush Nike captured its record ninth girls national title — one more than the Dallas Texans — and third back-to-back championship with a 4-2 overtime win over Eclipse Select in the U-19 final at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships.

U.S. Club Soccer’s National Cup VIII Finals kick off Saturday with the first day of boys play at the Hampton Roads Soccer Complex. The National Cup VIII Finals (U-13 through U-17 teams) and National Collegiate Showcase (U-15 through U-17) will be held July 25-28 (boys) and July 31-Aug. 3 (girls).

The finals are set for the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. The under-14 and under-15 finals will be held Saturday and the other eight championships will take place Sunday morning. For all the matchups …

The Colorado Rush Nike was only one of three defending girls champions to advance to the finals at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. The Dallas Texans U-17 and U-16 teams both failed to advance out of their groups.

The Baltimore Casa Mia Bays advanced two teams to the boys finals at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Their U-19 team will seek its second title when it plays North Atlanta SA in Sunday’s McGuire Cup final. The U-15 Bays, the 2009 National League champions, will play Arizona’s Sereno White in Saturday’s final at the Citizens Bank Fields.

Group play concluded Friday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships. Here are all the boys results and goal scorers from Day 3 …

Group play concluded Friday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships. Here are all the girls results and goal scorers from Day 3 …

Play continued Thursday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Here are all the boys results and goal scorers from Day 2 …