It was a cold, rainy night in Columbus, Ohio, when the top two women’s national soccer teams squared off in the 2018 SheBelieves Cup. The Americans scored early and came away with a 1-0 win by the time rain turned to snow flurries. A crowd of 14,591 fans turned out at MAPFRE Stadium. Megan Rapinoe […]
U20 USWNT Earns World Cup Berth
The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team allowed a dramatic stoppage time equalizer but then showed tremendous character to keep its cool in penalty kicks, winning 3-0 in the shootout to defeat Haiti and earn a berth to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. USA midfielder Jaelin Howell scored in the 75th minute, but then the […]
USA U20s Advance To Semifinals
The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team captured first place in Group B at the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship in Couva, Trinidad & Tobago with a 2-1 win over Mexico. The U.S. will meet Haiti, which finished second in Group A, in a semifinal match with a berth in the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup […]
Sever’s Disease….A Pain In The Heel
By Dr. Don Kirkendall Heel pain. This is a topic for what some might think is a narrow audience. It’s about something an early adolescent player might complain about. Mostly boys, but can happen in girls, who are getting started with puberty. Players between 9 and 12 years of age. Your player might complain about, […]
N.C. Courage Acquires Crystal Dunn
The North Carolina Courage has acquied the rights to U.S. Women’s National Team forward Crystal Dunn in exchange for Taylor Smith and Ashley Hatch via trade with the Washington Spirit, the club announced today. With the trade, the NC Courage also acquired an important international roster spot which will be highly beneficial in preserving the core of the […]
Bakero, Sullivan Named MAC Hermann Trophy Winners
Wake Forest University senior forward Jon Bakero (Sitges, Spain) and Stanford University senior midfielder Andi Sullivan (Lorton, Va.) were presented with the 2017 MAC Hermann Trophy at the Missouri Athletic Club’s annual banquet. Bakero becomes the second-straight and third-ever Demon Deacon to win the award, joining Ian Harkes (2016) and Marcus Tracy (2008). The MAC Hermann Trophy, a […]
Sarachan Calls 30 Into January Camp
The emphasis is on the youth of Major League Soccer. With a focus on the future, acting U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Dave Sarachan has called 30 players for the USA’s annual January camp. Players will report Jan. 10 to the National Training Center in Carson, California. Some of the USA’s most promising young prospects […]
USWNT Prepares For Denmark With Upcoming Camp
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named 26 players to the first training camp roster of the year. The USA kicks off the camp on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson, California, and ends it on Jan. 21 with the team’s 2018 curtain-raiser against Denmark at San […]
U.S. U20 WNT Rolls Over Finland 10-1 In Nike Friendlies
The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team scored early and often, powering home eight goals in the first half on the way to an impressive 10-1 win against Finland in its second match of the 2017 Women’s Nike International Friendlies in Lakewood, Fla. U.S. head coach Jitka Klimkova made seven changes from the starting lineup that tied England […]
Young Americans Draw 1-1 With Portugal
The last international friendly was without the trappings of a game with the #3 team in the world as a stop on the journey to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. All of that went out the window a month ago with a loss to Trinidad & Tobago in the USA’s final game in the […]