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[AMERICANS ABROAD] In the third round of English FA Cup play, Bobby Convey saw some rare action as he started and played 74 minutes in a 2-0 loss to Cardiff City. Clint Dempsey went the full 90 for Fulham as it won, 2-1, at Sheffield Wednesday. American EPL keepers celebrated wins.

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.

Laroca FC, CASL Spartan Elite Black, Solar Red and Michigan Hawks advanced to Saturday’s semifinals in the Under-15 Girls Showcase. For all the under-15 girls scores and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

The defending national champion Dallas Texans Red Dallas were knocked out in the Under-16 Girls Showcase when they finished second to Eclipse Select. In the U-16 Copa division, the Ponte Vedra Storm of Florida won a pair of 6-0 decisions to advance to Saturday’s final and up its goal margin to 28-0 for four games. For all the under-16 girls scores and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

The defending national champion Dallas Texans Red Dallas head the final four field in the Under-17 Girls Showcase. They will meet the Vista Shockwave, the only team with a perfect record, in Saturday’s semifinals. For all the under-17 girls scores and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …

Eclipse Select of Illinois and New York’s Albertson SC Fury both went unbeaten and untied and moved into Saturday’s semifinals in the Under-18 Girls Showcase. For all the under-18 girls scores and schedules in the Showcase and Predator divisions …

Day 7 Wrapup/by Paul Kennedy
The YOUTH SOCCER REPORTER continues daily coverage of Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea Football Club.

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.

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.

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 …

Day 6 Wrapup/by Paul Kennedy
The YOUTH SOCCER REPORTER continues daily coverage of Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea Football Club.

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.

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.