The U.S. under-20 women’s national team stunned the full Canadian women’s national team, 2-1, on Monday and will face host Brazil on Thursday in the gold-medal game of the Pan-American Games at the famed Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. UCLA’s Lauren Cheney scored both goals in the win for the U-20s.
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Ryan adds Dalmy, Hucles and Kai to U.S. Women’s World Cup roster
U.S. women’s national team coach Greg Ryan filled out is roster for the Women’s World Cup when he named Marian Dalmy, Angela Hucles and Natasha Kai to the 21-player roster.
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USA opens with 1-0 win at Nordic Cup
Santa Clara’s Kiki Bosio came off the bench to score the only goal in the 77th minute and give the U.S. under-21 women’s national team a 1-0 victory over Norway in its opening game at the 2007 Nordic Cup in Narpio, Finland.
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U.S. men and women open with wins at the Pan-American Games
The USA beat Venezuela, 2-1, on a last-second goal from Stanford-bound Bobby Warshaw in its opening game of the men’s soccer competition at the Pan-American Games. The U.S. U-20 women’s national team has taken control of Group B in women’s soccer with a 7-1 win over Paraguay and3-1 victory over Panama.
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U.S. women beat Norway for the seventh straight time with 1-0 victory
The U.S. women’s national team improve its record to 10-0-2 in 2007 with a 1-0 win over long-time rival Norway Saturday on a second-half goal from midfielder Carli Lloyd. The USA extended its unbeaten streak to 44 games, 43 under Coach Greg Ryan. It was also the USA’s seventh straight victory over Norway, by far the longest streak for either team in a series that dates back to 1987.
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USA sends three teams to Pan-American Games
The USA is sending three soccer teams to 2007 Pan-American Games July 13-28 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the U-18 men’s national team, U-20 women’s national team and futsal national team. For complete rosters …
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U.S. women head to Nordic Cup
[NORDIC CUP ROSTER] Coach Bill Irwin named 18 players who will represent the USA in Vassa, Finland, at the 2007 Nordic Cup, being held from July 18-24.
The U.S. roster features numerous college stars and others who have completed their college eligibility and are playing in the W-League or WPSL.
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U.S Soccer’s super streak comes to end
Until its 4-1 loss Thursday night against Argentina in the Copa America, the U.S. men’s national team was undefeated — 10-0-1 – since Bob Bradley took over as head coach in December. The USA’s last loss was more than a year ago, the 2-1 defeat to Ghana at the 2006 World Cup. The U.S. women are undefeated for more than a year. Coach Greg Ryan‘s team is on a 43-game unbeaten streak — 24 of those games came in the last 12 months, which means that before the men’s Copa loss, U.S. men’s and women’s national teams were 31-0-4 over 365 days.
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U.S. women knock off Brazil with early Lilly and Wambach goals
The U.S. women’s national team got early goals from Kristine Lilly — the 123rd of her career coming after just 58 seconds — and Abby Wambach — the 74th of her international career on a glancing header off Cat Whitehill‘s free kick — to beat Brazil, 2-0, in the first meeting between the teams since the 2004 Olympic gold-medal game that the USA won.
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Wambach powers the USA past China in Sendoff Series opener
Abby Wambach scored two goals with headers off set plays in the second half to lead the USA to a 2-0 victory over China before 8,888 fans Sunday at Cleveland Browns Stadium as the countdown to the 2007 Women’s World Cup began with the opening game of U.S. Soccer’s Sendoff Series. Wambach’s double upped her international goal total to 73 in 91 international games. The win over China was the USA’s third of the year and upped the team’s record in 2007 to 8-0-2.
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Ryan cuts women’s residency squad to 24 players
With the countdown to the Women’s World Cup on, U.S. national team head coach Greg Ryan has reduced the residency training camp roster to 24 players. Ryan released forwards Lauren Cheney and Megan Rapinoe and goalkeepers Kristin Luckenbill and Kim Bingham, while injured players Heather Mitts and Amy LePeilbet, both defenders, and goalkeeper Jenni Branam will not be healthy in time for the Women’s World Cup.
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Notre Dame’s Hanks stars with U.S. U-21 women
Kerri Hanks, the 2006 Soccer America Women’s Player of the Year and Hermann Trophy winner, scored to give the U.S. under-21 women’s national team a 1-1 tie with German Second Division club TuS Cologne. Hanks had also scored in a 5-2 win over Essen-Schonebeck two days earlier. The U-21s opened with a 4-1 win over Gutersloh.
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UCLA ranks No. 1 in women’s recruiting classes
UCLA has SoccerBuzz’s 2007 top women’s soccer recruiting class in its annual rankings, ahead of Florida State, North Carolina, Boston College and California. Lauren Barnes and Kylie Wright head the Bruins’ 10-player class. The last two years, UCLA’s recruiting class was No. 2 in the country.
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Heather Mitts out of Women’s World Cup with knee injury
U.S. star Heather Mitts will miss the 2007 Women’s World Cup after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during last Saturday’s international friendly against Canada in Frisco, Texas. Mitts, a member of the 2004 Olympic gold-medal team and one of the most recognizable players on the women’s team, will be sidelined 6-8 months.
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U.S. women shred Canadian defense in 6-2 victory
The U.S. women’s national team put on one of its most impressive displays of attacking firepower in recent years, crushing Canada, 6-2, on a steamy Saturday evening at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The Americans struck on six of their 12 shots, and the first four shots of the game were all goals — three for the USA and one for Canada in the first 28 minutes. The U.S. women got two goals from Abby Wambach and goals from Kristine Lilly, Lindsay Tarpley, Lori Chalupny and Heather O’Reilly.
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U.S. women’s streak on line against Canada
[AUCTION] The U.S. women’s national team carries a 40-game unbeaten streak into Saturday’s international friendly against Canada at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 7 pm ET/6 pm CT).
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U.S. U-20 women kick off England tour
[U.S. U-20 WOMEN’S ROSTER] The U.S. under-20 women’s national team begins its three-game tour of England on Tuesday with a game against the Everton Ladies.
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U.S. U-21 women finish second in Alabama
The U.S. U-21 women’s national team finished second at the six-team Futbol Internacional Tournament in Alabama, where it fell on penalty kicks to the Canadian Olympic development team in the final after playing to a 0-0 draw in regulation.