U.S. U-20 MNT coach Tab Ramos‘ team didn’t get the result they wanted, but it was good enough for first place after group play at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. The young Americans used a first-half goal by Brooks Lennon, and a 10-man second-half defensive effort to tie Saudi Arabia 1-1. The […]
Ellis Picks U.S. Squad For Two Friendlies
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named 21 players to travel to Scandinavia for matches against Sweden on June 8 at Gamla Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg (1:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and UDN) and against Norway on June 11 at Komplett Arena in Sandefjord (1 p.m. ET on FOX), which is located on […]
Sargent’s Goal Powers U.S. U-20 Win
The U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team used a powerful 34th minute strike from Josh Sargent to earn a 1-0 victory against Senegal in its second game at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Incheon, South Korea. The win puts the USA atop Group F with four points and means Tab Ramos‘ side can clinch […]
USA Opens U-20 World Cup With A Draw
It wasn’t pretty, but it was important. It was one of those ties that felt like a win. A big win! The U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team used Luca De La Torre’s cool finish in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time to earn a valuable 3-3 draw against Ecuador in the opening match of […]
Mexico Wins Shootout For U-17 Title
The U.S. U-17 MNT came close to closing out the CONCACAF U-17 Men’s Championship in Panama City. Leading 1-0 going into second-half stoppage time, the young Americans saw Mexico equalize 1-1 on a last-minute goal. The game, and the championship, was decided in a shootout, won by Mexico (5-4). The result ended the U.S. U-17s’ […]
U.S. U-17 Blank Honduras In CONCACAF Championship
The U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team used a brace from Josh Sargent, his fourth and fifth goals of the tournament, and a strike from Ayo Akinola, to earn a 3-0 win against Honduras in Panama to open the classification stage at the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. With the result, the U.S. needs just a win, draw […]
US U17s Wins Group To Advance In CONCACAF
Already assured of winning its group, the U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team defeated El Salvador 1-0 behind Zyen Jones‘ fifty second-minute strike to close out Group C play with a perfect 3-0-0 record at the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. With a spot in Classification Stage Group D secured, U.S. head coach John Hackworth shuffled his […]
Anson Dorrance Lecture Highlights Character
By Susan Hudson, University Gazette University of North Carolina women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance performs the same ritual before each national championship game his team plays (a whopping 24, with 22 of those victories). It doesn’t have anything to do with superstition. It’s all about appreciation. “I spend the entire day and half the night before […]
Think He Can’t Score…..You Don’t Know Jack!
By Ray Alley The Los Angeles Galaxy is Jack McIrnerny’s fifth professional team, sixth if you count a one-game loan to the Harrisburg City Islanders in 2010. The Galaxy became his fifth Major League Soccer team after being signed off waivers from the Portland Timers, where he made 24 appearances last year, scoring a half […]
USA WNT Rolls To Dominate 5-1 Victory
The U.S. Women’s National Team completed a “Texas Sweep” of international friendlies against Russia with a 5-1 win in front of 11,347 fans on a beautiful spring day at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. Crystal Dunn, who played her collegiate soccer at UNC Chapel Hill, picked up right where she left off in Dallas, adding […]