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STARTERSBoth Charlie Davies and Tim Ream were named to their respective team's game day 18 player roster
for this weekend.
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Today was the 2nd preseason game of the year for Vancouver and guess what: "20'- old friend Atiba
Harris gets first caution for hard tackle on sideline against Bengelloun".
One of Jurgen Klinsmann's goals upon becoming coach of the U.S. national team was to revamp the
system from senior team to youth structure, and with Friday's announcement, he has certainly made a
major change to the latter.
Starting in September, the U.S. Development Academy will operate on a 10-month schedule,
mimicking the development systems of nations around the world.
Official Virginia Press Release:
Six Sign Letters of Intent to Join Virginia Men's Soccer
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Virginia men's soccer head coach George Gelnovatch has
announced the signing of six highly-touted student-athletes to National Letters of Intent for the
2012-13 school year.
Sporting Kansas City will again offer a series of youth soccer camps in 2012 for boys and girls
of all ages. Camps will be offered to the experienced player ready to take it to the next level as
well as the player who is newly developing their skills. Campers who attend sessions at our
training center in Swope Park will have the opportunity to observe the Pros at practice.
D.C. United's Jalen Robinson, seen here during the 2010 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Spring
Showcase, is heading to Wake Forest.
As athletes sign their letters of intent to take their game to the collegiate ranks,
ussoccer.
The USL PRO is holding its combine this Thursday through Sunday at the IMG Academies in
Bradenton, Fla. And among the players who will be evaluated, there are eight U.S. Soccer
Development Academy alumni trying to impress those on hand to make a potential move to the
professional ranks.
The following Academy alumni will be on hand: J.
D.C. United Press Release:
17 D.C. United Academy players invited to U.S. Soccer Training Center U-16 Head Coach
Roberto da Silva departs Academy
Washington, D.C. (January 24, 2012) – D.C. United announced today that 17 Academy players have
been called-in to participate in a U.
U.S. Soccer Press Release:
RICHIE WILLIAMS NAMED U.S. U-17 MNT HEAD COACH Former U.S. MNT
Midfielder to Oversee U-17 Residency Program
CHICAGO
(Jan. 24, 2012) - U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati has named former U.
U.S. Soccer Development Academy alum Bill Hamid earned his first cap with the
U.S.
MNT and became the ninth goalkeeper to earn a shutout in his
debut.
The U.S. Men's National Team opened 2012 with a 1-0 victory over Venezuela on Saturday at the
University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
No. 1 selection Andrew WengerU.S. Soccer Communications
U.S. Under-23 defender and U.S. Soccer Development Academy alum Andrew Wenger out of Duke was the
top selection by the Montreal Impact during Thursday's MLS SuperDraft held at the NSCAA Convention
in Kansas City. Three of the first five selections in the draft had Development Academy ties.
U.S. Under-23 defender and U.S. Soccer Development Academy alum Andrew Wenger out of Duke was
the top selection by the Montreal Impact during Thursday's MLS SuperDraft held at the NSCAA
Convention in Kansas City. Three of the first five selections in the draft had Development Academy
ties.
The 2011 Hermann Trophy winner and ACC Offensive Player of the Year had 17 goals and eight assists
last year.
Most of the current group in Carson, Calif. has U-23 MNT Camp experience. Many of the players have
been in one camp under Caleb Porter (December in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) and were part of the first
U-23 Camp (November in Duisburg, Germany). The group isn't entirely the same, however, and one of
the new-ish faces in U-23 MNT Camp this time is Joshua Gatt.
Development Academy alumni Villyan Bijev was a Cal Odyssey player before he signed for
Liverpool.
Villyan Bijev was a part of the Under-20 MNT camp that met in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., from Jan.
2-9. The former Cal Odyssey forward signed with Liverpool over the summer and is spending the
2011-12 season on loan with Fortuna Dusseldorf while he works to secure his British work
permit.
The U-20 Men are pretty busy in Ft. Lauderdale right now while in the middle of their first camp of
the new year, but they had time after yesterday's afternoon training session to hear a special
message from U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Klinsmann spoke to the players
via skype, encouraging them to work hard to achieve their professional goals and offering the full
support of the coaching staff.
One of Jurgen Klinsmann's main goals is to make sure that the messages being delivered to the full
U.S. Men's National Team are being filtered down throughout the U.S. National Teams. He has done
that through his communication with all of the YNT coaches, and today he took it one step further
by speaking directly to the U-20 MNT during their training camp in Florida.
It may be hard to believe, but a young man who's been setting state high school records and turning
the heads of more than a few soccer coaches has been playing with a disability for over three
years. In fact Elliot Cassutt, the 16-year-old Minneapolis high school soccer player who now plays
with the Minnesota [.
Peruvian-born, Miami, Florida based midfielder Fabrizio Pittaluga traveled over 1,300 miles and
emerged from a group of 160 players to capture the Chicago Fire's annual Open Tryout. Pittaluga
will join the Fire for the first phase of preseason training camp in Ave Maria, Florida, located
less than 120 miles away from his hometown of Miami.
Forward Mario Rodriguez (above) is among a 12-player group competing in the 2012 U-19 Stuttgart
Junior Cup indoor event in Stuttgart, Germany.
U.S. Soccer sent a men's team to Stuttgart, Germany, to compete in the 2012 U-19 Stuttgart Junior
Cup, which is an annual indoor tournament.
Photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com
January is a busy month for U.S. Soccer across almost all ages, and following Jurgen Klinsmann's
roster announcement for the senior camp that kicks off today in Phoenix and Tab Ramos' roster
announcement for this week's Under-20 camp in Florida, two more sets of U.
Since 2003, Soccer America has reviewed soccer clubs from across the country and highlighted the
best of the bunch. Two weeks ago, they continued the tradition by releasing the 2011 edition of the
Best Boys Soccer Clubs. Drum roll please...
- Baltimore Bays
- FC Dallas
- New York Red Bulls
- Chicago Fire
- PDA
Least you think this is a minor accomplishment, let me remind you that the Fire have gone from
being unranked in 2008, up to No.
LA Galaxy Academy forward Jose Villarreal joined Jack McBean and Tristan Bowen as Academy players
who signed with the Galaxy as Homegrown Players.
Villarreal, 18, transferred to the Galaxy after winning the 2011 U-17/18 Finals Week championship
with Pateadores. At the end of last season, his two goals paved the way for a 2-0 win against FC
Dallas in the 2011 U-17/18 Finals Week championship match.
Best of U.S. Soccer has returned, with voting in 11 categories beginning today on U.S. Soccer's
Facebook page. There are some Youth National Teams and players sprinkled throughout the ballot,
which asks fans to select their favorites from the year in 2011. There's also a category devoted to
the Development Academy.
Things are slowing down around the holiday, so as we do every year around this time, we scatter
some "best posts" among our usual content. So here is our interview with Justin McCord of FC
Dallas. Have a great Christmas, Chanukah, weekend or whatever and we'll be back live on
Monday.
Over the last couple of weeks, we posted our Q&A with Timbers VP of Marketing Cory Dolich and
interview with Revs COO Brian Bilello.
STARTERSAbby Wambach was named the AP Female Athlete of Year. Huge congrats to her.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLSdu Nord at the Controls - Tue Dec 20, 2011 - new music mix at Spotify
STORY OF THE DAYChris Bascombe of the Telegraph reports that Liverpool forward Luis Suarez has been suspended for 8
games and fined $70K for directing racial slurs at Man United Patrice Evra earlier this season.
Cobi Span was on the 2009 Academy Select Red Team before joining
Djurgarden.
Brian "Cobi" Span has joined Swedish club Djurgarden and will start
trianing with the team early next year.
Span, who got his nickname from U.S. Men's National Team star Cobi Jones, was a member of the U.
Tukwila, Wash.-- Seattle SoundersFC U18 Academy team (6-4-3) overall and U16 Academy team
(9-2-2) overall played Vancouver Whitecaps FC today in a northwest division showdown in United
States Development Academy (USSDA) play.
The U18 team lost by a score of 1-3.
Goal Scorers: Ian Lange
The U16 team won by a score of 4-0.
Steven Goff of the Washington Post wrote about the 604-page U.S. Soccer Federation budget for
fiscal year 2013, which covers April 2012 through the following March, and must be ratified at the
USSF's annual general meeting in March.
Among his discoveries:
* The USSF is projecting a $6.
Eclipse Select Communications
CHICAGO -- The Eclipse Select Soccer Club was ranked No. 2 in the country in Soccer America's 2011
Best Girls Clubs list, which was released Wednesday. Eclipse Select's girls finished runner-up for
a fourth straight year, as the New Jersey-based Players Development Academy was awarded the top
position.
Goalkeeper Matt Lampson has just become the Columbus Crew's second Homegrown Player after proving
his skill as the starting 'keeper for the Crew Soccer Academy and the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Lampson was a member of the Crew U-17/18 team that finished third at the 2008 Development Academy
Finals and earned First Team All-Big 10 honors last year as a sophomore at Ohio State.
With all the Development Academy coverage lately, it's exciting for us to learn that an Academy
product has signed a professional contract. Kyle McLaughlin, who played two seasons at FC DELCO and
just wrapped up his first season at Colgate, has become the Philadelphia Union's second ever Home
Grown signing.
Steve Goff of the Washington Post reports that Juergen Klinsmann will earn $2.5 million in base
salary to coach the U.S. men's national soccer team — more than four times higher than his
predecessor, Bob Bradley, and 13 times larger than women's coach Pia Sundhage.
No other details about Klinsmann's contract, including incentives and other payments, appeared
in the U.
We know that your life is busy.
So, we at New England Soccer Today decided to make your life simpler by creating a one-stop,
no-frills forum highlighting what went down in New England soccer during the past week and allow
you to catch up on anything you may have missed.
Without further ado, here's a snapshot of what happened during the past week:
Sunday, Dec.
What a difference a year makes. Last winter Minnesota's two U.S. Development Academy programs,
Minnesota Thunder Academy and Schattuck-St.Mary's entered into their first Academy Winter Showcase
that was held in Arizona. This year, with a year under each programs belt, the faired slioghtly
better. Last year the MTA Boys U-15/16 team went 2-0-1 (7-points) in [.
What a difference a year makes. Last winter Minnesota's two U.S. Development Academy programs,
Minnesota Thunder Academy and Schattuck-St.Mary's entered into their first Academy Winter Showcase
that was held in Arizona. This year, with a year under each programs belt, the faired slioghtly
better. Last year the MTA Boys U-15/16 team went 2-0-1 (7-points) in [.
Christian Hernandez's summer proclamation to ESPN Rise that he would be going pro appears to be
on its way to becoming true, if clues to the identity of a major New Jersey soccer agency's newest
client point in the right direction. Hernandez could become the Philadelphia Union's second ever
Home Grown Player signing, and third acquisition of the 2011-12 MLS Offseason.
The Development Academy Winter Showcase is finished. After 234 games over five days (plus a very
memorable Nike International Friendlies), the event has come to its close. What's next for these
clubs? They're all at different points in their respective seasons and they'll all be aiming to be
at the next big Academy Event: the 2012 Development Academy Playoffs in the spring.
Notre Dame recruit Patrick Hodan (Milwaukee Marquette) and UW-Green Bay recruit
Cheenuj Shong (Milwaukee Ronald Reagan) scored Tuesday as FC Milwaukee's Under-17/18 team
closed the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Winter Showcase with its first victory of the 2011-12
season, a 2-1 win over New Jersey's NJSA 04 in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Dec 6, 2011) US Soccer Players -- In today's edition, Tony asks
about goals in Columbus, looks at an already productive MLS youth development academy, and follows
up on the suite business in Major League Soccer. What former US National Team and DC United
midfielder retired last week?
ussoccer.com profiled two U-17s who made an impact at the Nike International Friendlies: Tyler
Turner and Junior Flores. Both players were part of the team's success at the tournament, helping
the USA to lift its first Nike Friendlies trophy.
Read more about Tyler Turner
Read more about Junior Flores
Here they are again! The Top Goals from the 2011 Development Academy Winter Showcase. This time
from Day 3:
