Category: Youth Soccer Reporter

Retired French star Zinedine Zidane was the star attraction at the annual adidas ESP all-star game, playing one half for each team in the game held at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. For the complete ESP all-star rosters …

Chris Agorsor, whose freshman season at the University of Virginia was cut short by a knee injury, helped lead the Baltimore Casa Mia Bays to a shootout win over the FC Delco Blast, scoring the Bays’ equalizer in the under-19 final at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Championships at the Barboursville Soccer Complex in Barboursville, W.Va. For all the Region I boys winners …

The PDA Fire won its third consecutive girls title, winning the under-17 competition at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Championships. Other girls teams to repeat were the U-18 FC Bucks Vipers and Under-19 FC Delco Fury II. For all the Region I girls winners …

Norwegian-American Mikkel Diskerud scored the winning goal for the U.S. under-20 national team in its 1-0 win over host Egypt in the first game of its two-game tour of Egypt, host of the 2009 Under-20 World Cup.

UCLA’s Sydney Leroux, winner of the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe at the 2008 Under-20 Women’s World Cup, and Florida State’s Tiffany McCarty scored in both games for the U.S. under-20 women’s national team in its friendly matches against England and Germany, which were preparing for the UEFA Under-19 Championship.

Regional qualifying for U.S. Club Soccer’s National Cup VIII finals is complete folowing the conclusion of action at the Burlington, Wash., regional, where Crossfire Premier led all teams with seven boys and girls titles. For all the winners at the Burlington, Indianapolis, Pittsgrove, N.J., and Winston-Salem, N.C., regionals …

The field was set for the U.S. Youth Soccer Presidents Cup Finals when champions were crowned in eight divisions at the Region I finals in Kirkwood, Del. Massachusetts led all states with three champions. The finals will be held July 17-19, at the WRAL Soccer Complex in Raleigh, N.C.

[REGION II BOYS] Javanon won two titles at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships, which concluded Thursday in Sioux Falls, S.D.

[REGION II GIRLS] For the second year in a row, Eclipse Select of Illinois captured three titles at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships.

National Cup VIII regional champions were crowned at three regional sites. PDA of New Jersey and FCX of Illinois led all teams with three championships at the Pittsgrove, N.J., girls regionals. For the winners in Pittsgrove, N.J., San Bernardino, Calif., and Modesto, Calif., …

The U.S. under-17 women’s national team, in the early stages of its preparations for qualifying for the 2010 world championship in Trinidad & Tobago, began a week-long training camp on Thursday in Pearl River, N.Y. For the complete roster …

[REGION III BOYS] Enzo Martinez, considered by many to be the best prep player to ever come out of South Carolina, followed up on his national high school spring title with Northwestern High School by leading Discoveries SC to the under-18 boys championship at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region III Championships.

[REGION III GIRLS] Edmond Soccer Club pulled the biggest surprise at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region III Championships when it beat the defending national champion Dallas Texans Red, 1-0, on Calli Cooper‘s goal off of a free kick in overtime of the U-18 girls final.

West Coast FC was the only team to claim two boys titles at the U.S. Youth Region IV Championships in Lancaster, Calif. The West Coast U-13 and U-14 teams were two of five Cal South teams to capture regional titles. For all the boys champions …

The defending national champion Colorado Rush Nike is headed to the U-19 girls finals at next month’s U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships after beating Avalanche Premier, 3-0, on Emmalie Pfankuch‘s hat trick in the first 17 minutes at the Region IV Championships. For all the Region IV girls champions …

St. Louis Scott Gallagher sent five teams — three boys and girls — into Wednesday’s finals at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships in Sioux Falls, S.D. For all the Region II semifinal results …

The field in the 2008-09 U.S. Soccer Development Academy has been narrowed down to 32 teams each in the U-15/16 and U-17/18 age groups. The Derby County Wolves of Michigan are the top seeds in the playoffs, which begin Friday at Bryan Park in Greensboro, N.C., and continue through Monday. CASL Chelsea FC Academy and Albertson SC are the 2-3 seeds in the U-17/18 group, while Arsenal FC and Sockers FC are 2-3 in the U/15-16 group. For all the playoff teams …

Four non-residency players — Keith Cardona (New York Red Bulls Academy), Victor Chavez (Real So Cal), Marquez Fernandez (Baltimore Bays Chelsea) and Riley Wolfe (Los Angeles Galaxy Academy) — are among 30 players who are participating in a U-17 national team camp in conjunction with the Development Academy Playoffs in Greensboro, N.C.

Six members of the New York Red Bulls Academy program were among the 36 players called into the U.S. U-14 Boys National Development Program’s training camp that runs through Sunday at PDA in Zarephath, N.J. For the complete U-14 roster …

The Sting, the longtime Dallas girls power, had five teams reach the semifinals of the U.S. Youth Soccer Region III Championships being played in Frisco, Texas, and all five teams lost. For all the Region III boys and girls semifinal results and goal scorers …

The U.S. under-20 men’s national team heads to Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday to continue preparations for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. Thomas Rongen‘s Americans will play two international friendlies against Egypt on June 27 and June 29. For the U.S. roster …

The U.S. under-20 women’s national team, loaded with some of the USA’s top young talent, headed to Germany for matches against the England and German U-19s, who are both preparing for the UEFA Under-19 Women’s Championships. For the U.S. roster …