Under-18 MNT Camp U.S. Coach Javier Perez called 24 up players for a week-long U.S. Under-18 men’s national team training camp at Lakewood Ranch, Fla., to prepare for the upcoming Copa del Atlantico Feb. 4-7 in the Canary Islands. The lone pro in camp is Sporting Kansas City’s Erik Palmer-Brown. Besides Palmer-Brown, four players — […]
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MNT Camp Odds & Ends Clint Dempsey has seven goals in World Cup Qualifying in this cycle and 12 overall, and is now tied for first place on the USA’s all-time list. Dempsey has 32 international goals and is two behind second-place Eric Wynalda on the all-time list. …..Jozy Altidore scored 31 goals in all […]
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U.S. U-15s Finish Third The U.S. Under-15 Boys’ National Team defeated Paraguay 7-6 in penalty kicks to earn third place at the 2013 Copa Mexico de Naciones. Paraguay was up 3-2 for much of the second half during the 70-minute regulation until the USA’s Joshua Perez tied the score at 3-3 two minutes into second-half […]
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USA Women Host Canada The U.S. Women’s National Team will be back in action on Jan. 31, 2014 in Frisco, Texas against CONCACAF rival Canada.The game will be televised on FOX Sports 1. The game will showcase two of the top goalscorers in the world in USA’s Abby Wambach and Canada’s Christine Sinclaire. Wambach is […]
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U.S. U-17s Over England The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team scored three times in each half to rout their counterparts from England 6-0 in the first of two matches between the teams. The USA went ahead just three minutes into the game when Madison Haley slipped a pass behind the England defense to Mallory Pugh […]
First Friendlies, Then Qualifiers, Then Gold Cup
Two attractive international friendlies will proceed three very important CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers for the U.S. Men’s National team. The U.S. will play Belgium on May 29 in Cleveland, OH, and then take on Germany June 2, at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. Both are among the top teams in Europe. Germany is #2 in […]
When Will Abby Wambach Pass Mia’s All-Time Mark?
It isn’t a matter of if, but when. It’s been that way for a long time. Abby Wambach has said that she would like to break Mia Hamm’s all-time goals record on home soil. Unless she is spectacular in Toronto in the upcoming international friendly with Canada on June 2, she will get two shots […]
Ramos And U. S. U20s Headed to Turkey For World Cup In June
Tab Ramos has played in World Cups before, and he knows what it means to be prepared and ready to play, and also what it means not to be as ready as possible. The U.S. is headed to the 2013 FIFA Under-20 Men’s World Cup in Turkey, June 21-July 13. The team has a challenging […]
N.C. Soccer
The Carolina RailHawks opened the 2013 NASL season in the newly renovated WakeMed Soccer Park stadium, which has added 3,000 permanent seats, bringing seating capacity to near 10,000. Half of those went into the north end zone and the other half to upper-level stands on the east side of the stadium. The town of Cary […]
Jury Awards $8.3 In NCYSA Suit
Two ODP Boys Died In 2004 Accident In France A jury has found the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association negligent in the death of two young soccer players in a 2004 bus accident in France. The jury awarded about $8.3 million in compensatory damages to be divided between the parents of Onslow County’s Matt Helms […]