Tag: youth boys

The Chicago Magic won a Super Y-League title for the fifth straight year. Arsenal FC captured two boys titles. On the girls’ side, the Cleveland Internationals set a record with three titles.

Soccer America’s CEO & Publisher, Lynn Berling-Manuel, who in 1975 became its first full-time managing editor, is leaving Soccer America to be the new Chief Marketing Officer of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO).

“I have been very happy at Soccer America and hadn’t considered leaving,” said Berling-Manuel. “But when [AYSO National Executive Director] Rick Davis spoke with me about this opportunity, it was a very exciting challenge. I thank the staff and owners of Soccer America for giving me their full support in this move.

Central Florida media outlets have reported that a board member of the Big Sun Soccer League has been arrested for engaging in a scheme to defraud the youth organization of more than $79,000. Police say Priscilla Bellcase, 40, allegedly wrote checks to cash, then endorsed them herself or forged the name of another board member to access the funds. The arrest came after a three-month-long investigation by the Ocala Police Dept. Economic Crimes Unit.

[U.S. DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] Playing in both the U-17/18 and U-15/16 division, 6-foot-1 phenom Hasani Sinclair scored five goals in three games on Schulz Academy’s trip to Georgia. Sinclair’s brother, Sekani, added three goals for Schulz Academy, which won and tied its U-17/18 games and won both its U-15/16 games. For all the weekend U.S. Soccer Development Academy news …

John Ellinger, coach of the most successful U.S. U-17 boys national team and most recently coach of MLS’s Real Salt Lake, has become the first Technical Director of The United States Youth Soccer Association (US Youth Soccer).

The Sheriff’s Department of Northern California’s Sonoma County responded to reports that a youth coach of a Petaluma girls team exposed his buttocks to the opposing team following a heated Windsor Cup game involving under-16 girls. According to media reports, the coach walked to the center of the field and allegedly exposed his rear to the opposing team. Parents of that team then called the police.

New Jersey’s Immaculate Heart Academy is first in this week’s NSCAA/adidas High School Fall Girls Top 25. The Blue Eagles are one of eight unbeaten and united teams in the Top 25. For the complete Top 25 …

Newsday reports that a Long Island mother of a 12-year-old player was arrested after slamming a metal folding chair across the face of her daughter’s coach. The mother allegedly attacked the coach after a dispute sparked by her claim that the 67-year-old coach stopped e-mailing her directions to the team’s games.

All the results, all the goalscorers, all the players from the first two days of U.S. Soccer’s Development Academy Fall Showcase U-16 kickoff competition. Some of the weekend stars: Austin Savage (four goals in one game for Bridge Futbol Alliance) and Cody Snyder and Kelyn Rowe (hat tricks in the same game for Crossfire Premier).

For the second week in a row, Long Island’s Chaminade is the No. 1 team in the NSCAA/adidas Boys National Rankings. Last week’s big action took place at the Quincy Classic in Illinois, where No. 2 DeSmet of St. Louis beat New Jersey power St. Benedict’s, 2-0, and tied Charlotte Latin, 0-0. No. 16 Chaminade of St. Louis won both games in Showcase division with 1-0 wins over Charlotte Latin and St. Benedict’s. For the Complete Top 25 …

Nolan Hemmer etched his name in the record books Saturday when he scored the first-ever goal in U.S. Soccer Development Academy history, nodding home a corner kick in the 30th minute to deliver the Atlanta Fire U-16s’ a 1-0 victory against Birmingham United U-16’s at Rathmell Sports Park in Birmingham, Ala.