Hexagonal Game With Honduras Bigger Than One In Mexico. The serious business of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil begins next month. Over the coming year the U.S. will play 10 games in the final round of regional qualifying. The Hexagonal! Six CONCACAF teams are still in the hunt for three guaranteed spots. […]
Archives for January 2013
U.S. U-20s Off To Mexico
U.S. U-20s Off To Mexico. It is not a coincidence that the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National team coach Tab Ramos has scheduled a training camp from Jan. 14-22 in Puebla, Mexico. That just happens to be the host site for the upcoming 2013 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship. That is set for Feb. 18-March 3. The U.S. […]
Young Female Athlete
Young Female Athlete. Julie Johnson (Mesa, Ariz.) U.S. captain of the U.S. Under-20 World Cup champions, has been named the 2012 US Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year. A defender, she earned the Bronze Ball at the World Cup as the third best player in the tournament. She started all six games in the […]
Previous HOF Inductees
Previous HOF Inductees. Previous inductees to the US Youth Soccer Hall of Fame include founder and first chairman of US Youth Soccer, Donald Greer. along with other founding members John Kilske and Julius Roth. The HOF includes six former US Youth Soccer players, Julie Foudy, Michelle Akers, John Harkes, Kristine Lilly, Kasey Keller and Tab […]
Emory Comes Up One Win Short In Final
The End Of An Outstanding Season Emory University’s magical run to the NCAA Division III women’s championship game ended in a shutout. The Eagles could not find a goal in San Antonio, and were blanked by Messiah College, 1-0. All season long, the offensive had come through for Emory, including a 3-1 victory over Messiah […]
Four Floridians Named All-America
Four Floridians Named All-America. Four Florida midfielders have been honored for their 2014 prep seasons by being selected to the 2012 NSCAA High School All-America teams. Sophomore Jacob Villa (Tampa’Jesuit HS) and senior Connor Wood (Orlando/Boone HS) were named to the boys team. Sophomore Ashley Calcagno (Vero Beach/Vero Beach HS) and junior Hannah DuBose (Mel-bourne/Melbourne […]
VSI Tampa Bay Joins USL PRO For 2013
VSI Tampa Bay Joins USL PRO For 2013. When VSI Tampa Bay FC takes the field for the first time in 2013 as a member of the USL PRO league, the club umbrella that was announced in 2011 will be completed. The pro team joins VSI Tampa Flames teams that have been competing in the […]
U-15 Sunrise Elite Returning To National League Finals
U-15 Sunrise Elite Returning To National League Finals. With a 1-0 victory over Concorde Fire Elite (GA) on the last day of competition, the U-15 Sunrise Elite 97-98 boys became only the third boys team in six seasons of National League play to complete a perfect 7-0-0 record. Donald Emerson scored the only goal of […]
Merger Of US Youth Workshop, NSCAA Convention Seamless
Mutually Beneficial Arrangement Is Good For Soccer The announcement that US Youth Soccer would merge its annual Workshop with the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s annual convention came as a bit of a surprise. But it made perfectly good sense for many reasons. The NSCAA convention has been held every year since 1941 and […]
Messersmith, Monaco US Youth Soccer HOF Inductees
Messersmith, Monaco US Youth Soccer HOF Inductees. David Messersmith and Lawrence “Larry” Monaco will be inducted into the US Youth Soccer Hall of Fame at the USYSA Awards Gala Friday night, Jan. 28 in Indianapolis. The Class of 2012 is the sixth to be inducted by US Youth Soccer. Messersmith was selected in the Administrator […]