Region III Hosts
US Youth Soccer has announced that Edmond, Okla., and Oklahoma Soccer Association will host the 2013 US Youth Soccer Region III (South) Championships as part of the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series. The games will take place at the ESC Complex in Edmond, Ok. The event is scheduled for June 20-27.
Carolina Challenge Cup
The 2013 Carolina Challenge Cup, hosted by the Charleston Battery in Charleston, SC, is set for Feb. 16-23. The four-team round robin event includes three Majoir League Soccer teams: the Vancouver Whitecaps, Houston Dynamo and Chicago Fire.
The Battery opens with the Whitecaps in a doubleheader with Houston meeting Chicago. Charleston will meet Chicago and Vancouver will play Houston on Wednesday, Feb. 20. The event concludes on Saturday, Feb. 23 with Charleston playing Houston and the Fire taking on the Whitecaps. All games at Blackbaud Stadium.
Algarve Cup Draw
The U.S. WNT, eight-time Algarve champions, will open the 2013 Algarve Cup in Portugal against Iceland on March 6 at Municipal Stadium in Albufeira. Kickoff time is 2 p.m. local / 9 a.m. ET. Fans can follow all the U.S. matches on ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker and on Twitter @ussoccer_WNT.
The USA’s second Group B match against China PR is on March 8 with a kickoff at 9 a.m. ET. Americans will finish group play with a match against Sweden at the Municipal Stadium in Lagos on March 11 with a start time of 3 p.m. local / 10 a.m. ET.
The game with Sweden will be the first meeting between the teams since former U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage assumed the head coaching duties for her home country.
Group A will feature Germany, Denmark, Japan and Norway. The three nations that will join host Portugal in Group C are Hungary, Wales and Mexico
U.S. MNT vs. Germany
The German National team has announced that Germany will play a match on June 2 against the U.S. MNT in Washington, DC, as US Soccer celebrates its 100th anniversary. The German team will play another international friendly on the trip against a yet unnamed opponent.
The June 2 game will be a reunion of Germany national team coach Joachim Low and U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Low was Klinsmann’s former assistant.
Costa Rica Qualifier
The U.S. Men’s National Team will host Costa Rica, March 22 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. The game, which kicks off at 10 p.m. ET can be seen live on ESPN. This is the second game for the U.S. in the 10-game Hexangonal, the final round of regional qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
2013 Presidents Cup
The Florida Youth Soccer Association has been selected to host the 2013 US Youth National Presidents Cup, July 11-14, at the Lake Myrtle Sports Park in Auburndale, FL. The Region III Presidents Cup will be held in Decatur, Alabama in early June.