With a berth in the 2010 FIFA Under-20 World Cup already in hand after a 2-1 semifinal win over Costa Rica, the U.S. women were playing for gold in the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s championship game.

The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team earned a berth at the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup with a 2-1 win over Costa Rica in the semifinals of the CONCACAF championships.

The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team defeated Mexico 2-1 at Estadio Cementos Progreso claim first place in Group B at the 2010 CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championship. As the group winner, the U.S. will face Costa Rica, the second place finisher in Group A, in the first semifinal at 2:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 28.

The U.S. Under-20 women opened CONCACAF qualifying for the 2010 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup with a 6-0 shutout of Jamaica. Sydney Leroux and Christine Nairn scored two goals each to lead the USA victory in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Clint Dempsey has told US Soccer to keep him in their plans for the World Cup this summer, despite recently suffering knee ligament damage in the 2-0 English Premier League defeat of his Everton FC club by the Rovers.

It has been reported by the Associated Press that at least 30 members of Haiti’s soccer federation, died in the country’s earthquake. That included an undetermined number of players and at least one coach.

Former University of South Florida men’s soccer standout Zak Boggs was recently named the recipient of the 2010 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Award. The award was presented by the Athletes for a Better World (ABW) at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.

Seven University of North Carolina women’s soccer players were chosen in the second annual Women’s Professional Soccer Draft held in Philadelphia, Pa.

Six ACC student-athletes were selected in the first round of the 2010 Major League Soccer SuperDraft, on January 14 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. All totaled, 11 ACC standouts drafted, including three among the first five picks, were drafted.

U.S. hopes for the 2010 World Cup may have taken a bit hit over the weekend when U.S. MNT veteran midfielder Clint Dempsey went down with a knee injury in his club team’s 2-0 loss to Blackburn.

Preki Radosavljevic, Major League Soccer’s only two-time MVP, and Thomas Dooley, the 1993 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year, have been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2010 on the Player ballot.

The U.S. Soccer Federation, United Soccer Leagues (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL) have come to an agreement on the formation and operation of a Division 2 professional soccer league for the 2010 season. Under the agreement, U.S. Soccer will oversee the league for the 2010 season, working with both the USL and NASL on the day-to-day league activities.

Jack Huckel, the Director of Museum & Archives at the National Soccer Hall of Fame, in Oneonta, NY, has left the organization. In an email sent out to friends and colleagues, Huckel broke the news.

McInerney has wanted to be a professional soccer player ever since he joined Coach Steve Gummer’s Under-12 boys team at Cobb FC in suburban Atlanta.

CHICAGO (Dec. 30, 2009) – The U.S. Soccer Board of Directors voted unanimously on Tuesday to not sanction either the USL or the NASL to operate a Division II professional league in 2010.

The # 2 Virginia men’s soccer team captured its sixth NCAA Championship, and first since 1994, with a 3-2 penalty kick shootout win over #1 Akron following a 0-0 draw in the NCAA Championship final at WakeMed Soccer Park. The Cavaliers (19-3-3) ended the season on a 16-game unbeaten streak.

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – It never gets old. That was the feeling of North Carolina head coach Anson Dorrance and his senior-laden team after the third-ranked Tar Heels pitched a shutout at top-ranked Stanford Sunday afternoon, prevailing 1-0 in the 2009 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament championship game at Aggie Soccer Stadium before a stadium record crowd of 8,536

The U.S. caught a break for the first time at the final draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The U.S. will open on June 12 against England in Group C, which is the lowest ranked seeded team, other than host South Africa.

NEW YORK (Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009) – Major League Soccer held its 2009 Expansion Draft today for the League’s 16th team, Philadelphia Union, with the team selecting 10 players from among nearly 200 left unprotected by all Major League Soccer clubs.

The team that was absent in recent announcements about the USL First Division and the new Second Division professional team has been the Charleston Battery.

TAMPA, FL -- United Soccer Leagues officially closed the door on the 2009 awards Friday night at the USL Hall of Fame and Awards Dinner as they recognized outstanding performances by its member teams and executives for the season along with the 2009 USL Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Tampa.

The evening opened with speeches from Gary Mellor of Beswicks Sports and Richard Nightingale of Umbro as well as USL Chairman Rob Hoskins and USL founder Francisco Marcos. It continued with the induction of the 10+ Clubs into the USL Hall of Fame, honoring the Charlotte Lady Eagles, Ottawa Fury and Thunder Bay Chill.

AARHUS, Denmark — The United States finished its 2009 schedule with a 3-1 loss to Denmark, losing its second straight match on a quick tour that was the last time Europe-based players will gather before March.

Six former USL-1 teams, the Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina Railhawks, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps, along with St. Louis Soccer United have joined forces to create a new soccer league set to begin play in 2010.

Greensboro Day School won its third boys NCISAA 3-A state soccer championship with a 3-1 win over #1 ranked Charlotte Latin at North Raleigh Christian Academy.

For the first time since 2007, the U.S. WNT squared off on October 29 against Germany in a meeting between the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the world, respectively.

The U.S. men’s national team has added a second game to their November trip to Europe where they will play, Slovakia and Denmark. Both have also qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

KANO, Nigeria (Oct. 26, 2009) - The U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team took advantage of an early red card to Spain to get on the scoreboard in the fourth minute of their opening game of the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, but the seven-time European champions soon showed their class in clawing back two goals of their own to take a 2-1 victory at Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.

After the way the game ended in Honduras, a 3-2 road victory that earned a berth in the 2010 FIFA World Cup next summer in South Africa, everyone expected the final CONCACAF qualifying game at RFK Stadium to be rather routine.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (Oct. 10, 2009) — The U.S. Men’s National Team qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa in dramatic fashion with a 3-2 win against Honduras with five goals scored and a penalty missed by Honduras in a heart-stopping second half.

U.S. Men’s National Team forward Charlie Davies underwent six-hours of surgery at Washington Hospital Center Medstar after suffering several broken bones and a lacerated bladder in a one-car accident early Tuesday morning. One person was killed in the accident.

The U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team was eliminated from the FIFA U-20 World Cup after the final group matches were completed in Egypt. The U.S. finished as the 17th place team in the tournament, one place shy of the Round of 16.

SUEZ, Egypt -- The United States lost to South Korea 3-0 Friday night in its final first-round match at the Under-20 World Cup, but still can advance.

CHICAGO (Oct. 1, 2009) — U.S. Men's National Team head coach Bob Bradley has named a roster of 22 players that will train in advance of the crucial FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Honduras and Costa Rica that will determine if the United States automatically qualifies for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

The U.S. responded to their 3-0 opening game loss to Germany with an explosion of goals against Cameroon, defeating the African nation 4-1 in their second match of the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt.

Before this week, the United Soccer Leagues' Team Owners' Association was a relatively-unknown entity.

The expansion Seattle Sounders knocked off defending champion D.C. United 2-1 to claim the 2009 U.S. Open Cup championship before a crowd of 17,329 at RFK Stadium in Washington,DC.

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