It looks like members of the Sporting KC Juniors system will have some big decisions to make this coming fall. The rumor making the run around the internet today is that the US Soccer Developmental Academy will be making changes to the season, making it longer. The announcement sounds like it could even come tomorrow.

Chesterfield United Football Club in Richmond, VA has had multiple players from their youth teams selected to participate in prestigious international tournaments and an elite women's showcase.
JoJo Taylor and Jackie Zerull invited to participate in the Puma Elite Women's Showcase held in July Puma has informed Chesterfield FC that two of their very talented young women, JoJo Taylor and Jackie Zerull, were selected to participate in the Puma Elite Women's Showcase held in July.

Today was the second MLS draft, there was no ball room in Kansas City for the draft though. The Supplemental Draft took place on a conference call and took about as long as half the first round of the SuperDraft. After trading for Michael Thomas' rights, KC only had 4 picks, 1 in the first and second, and 2 in the third.

08.01.2012 - Foto antológica de Maradona: suplente. Era Argentinos Juniors de 1976, dirigido por Juan Carlos Montes:
"Venían de las inferiores y me decían: ´Hay un pibe que anda muy bien, tenés que probarlo ya". Y yo nada. Me hacía el tonto. Y era lógico: con Argentinos peleábamos el descenso, yo tenía en esa época 29 años y no podía jugármela con chicos.

PRIMERA FASEArsenal (Argentina) - Real Potosí (Bolivia) - Caracas (Venezuela) - El Nacional (Ecuador) - Internacional (Brasil) - Unión Española (Chile) - Sport Huancayo (Perú) - Flamengo (Brasil) - Peñarol (Uruguay) - Libertad (Paraguay) - Once Caldas (Colombia) - Tigres UANL (México)

Llave G124/1: Arsenal - Sport Huancayo31/1: Sport Huancayo - Arsenal
Llave G225/1: Real Potosí - Flamengo1/2: Flamengo - Real Potosí
Llave G326/1: Peñarol - Caracas2/2: Caracas - Peñarol
Llave G424/1: El Nacional - Libertad31/1: Libertad - El Nacional
Llave G525/1: Internacional - Once Caldas1/2: Once Caldas - Internacional
Llave G625/1: Unión Española - Tigres UANL2/2: Tigres UANL - Unión Española
SEGUNDA FASEGrupo 1Santos (Brasil) - Juan Aurich (Perú) - The Strongest (Bolivia) - Ganador G5
9/2: ganador G5 - Juan Aurich15/2: The Strongest - Santos23/2: The Strongest - Juan Aurich8/3: Santos - ganador G513/3: Juan Aurich - Santos15/3: ganador G5 - The Strongest21/3: The Strongest - ganador G522/3: Santos - Juan Aurich4/4: ganador G5 - Santos5/4: Juan Aurich - The Strongest19/4: Santos - The Strongest19/4: Juan Aurich - ganador G5
Grupo 2Olimpia (Paraguay) - Emelec (Ecuador) - Lanús (Argentina) - Ganador G2
9/2: Emelec - Olimpia15/2: Lanús - ganador G223/2: Olimpia - Lanús8/3: ganador G2 - Emelec13/3: Lanús - Emelec15/3: ganador G2 - Olimpia20/3: Emelec - Lanús28/3: Olimpia - ganador G23/4: Lanús - Olimpia4/4: Emelec - ganador G212/4: ganador G2 - Lanús12/4: Olimpia - Emelec
Grupo 3Bolívar (Bolivia) - Junior (Colombia) - Universidad Católica (Chile) - Ganador G6
8/2: Ganador G6 - Junior9/2: Universidad Católica - Bolívar21/2: Bolívar - Ganador G623/2: Universidad Católica - Junior6/3: Ganador G6 - Universidad Católica8/3: Junior - Bolívar20/3: Bolívar - Junior28/3: Universidad Católica - Ganador G65/4: Junior - Universidad Católica10/4: Ganador G6 - Bolívar17/4: Bolívar - Universidad Católica17/4: Junior - Ganador G6
Grupo 4Boca Juniors (Argentina) - Zamora (Venezuela) - Fluminense (Brasil) - Ganador G1
7/2: Fluminense - Ganador G114/2: Zamora - Boca Juniors21/2: Ganador G1 - Zamora7/3: Boca Juniors - Fluminense14/3: Ganador G1 - Boca Juniors14/3: Fluminense - Zamora29/3: Boca Juniors - Ganador G129/3: Zamora - Fluminense10/4: Zamora - Ganador G111/4: Fluminense - Boca Juniors18/4: Boca Juniors - Zamora18/4: Ganador G1 - Fluminense
Grupo 5Nacional (Uruguay) - Alianza Lima (Perú) - Vasco da Gama (Brasil) - Ganador G4
8/2: Vasco da Gama - Nacional (U)9/2: Ganador G4 - Alianza Lima16/2: Nacional (U) - Ganador G46/3: Vasco da Gama - Alianza Lima14/3: Ganador G4 - Vasco da Gama20/3: Alianza Lima - Nacional (U)21/3: Vasco da Gama - Ganador G427/3: Nacional (U) - Alianza Lima3/4: Alianza Lima - Vasco da Gama5/4: Ganador G4 - Nacional (U)12/4: Alianza Lima - Ganador G412/4: Nacional (U) - Vasco da Gama
Grupo 6Corinthians (Brasil) - Dep.

Tim Johnson had just sat down to enjoy lunch with his mother Monday when he got an unusual phone call.

"It was the weirdest call. He said, 'Can you play soccer in an hour?' " Johnson heard Madison United Juniors teammate Eric Vivier asking him on the other end. "Landon Donovan is going to be at Keva.

Today, MLS announced the coaching staff and roster for the upcoming Generation Adidas trip to the Netherlands. Peter Vermes and the Sporting Kansas City coaching staff have been named the coaches for the trip. Vermes will be joined by Zoran Savic, John Pascarella, and Juniors coach Jon Parry on the tour.

Bridget HillsmanEclipse Select Communications
CHICAGO -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club U-17 midfielder and Elmhurst, Ill., native Bridget Hillsman has made a verbal commitment to play for St. Louis University. The Fenwick High School junior will join the Billikens for their 2013 campaign.
"It's a huge relief.

Grupo 1
Domingo 13 de Noviembre de 2011
2 Universidad Autónoma de Asunción vs. Colo Colo24 Duque de Caxias vs. Sport Girls 0
Miércoles 16 de Noviembre de 2011 Duque de Caxias vs. Universidad Autónoma de Asunción Sport Girls vs. Colo Colo
Sábado 19 de Noviembre de 2011 Duque de Caxias vs.

Liverpool goalkeeper coach John Achterberg has revealed how the club is looking to replicate the skills of Pepe Reina in the juniors rising through the ranks at the academy.
The Spanish stopper has been an ever-present at Anfield since his arrival on Merseyside in 2005, with the 29-year-old a first choice under managers Rafa Benitez, Roy Hodgson and Kenny Dalglish.

Scree-grab from the livestreamingWhen asked after the loss to the Jordanians earlier in their first meeting of the qualifiers if we still stand a chance of making to the next round, assistant coach V Sundramoorthy said there's still "mathematical" chance of doing so if we could take "maximum points out of the remaining matches".

By Chris Wright

While it's yet to be rubber-stamped, there's a good possibility that the fastest goal ever scored cropped up in the third-tier of Russian football earlier this month, when veteran Mitos midfielder Michail Osinov stepped up and cracked one home from kick-off against Olympia Gelendzhik on September 11th.

After 110 minutes of play neither the Pioneers nor the Falcons could score a goal Saturday at CIBER field at the University of Denver.

DU is now (2-4-3, 0-0-1 MPSF) and Air Force (6-2-1, 0-0-1 MPSF). Saturday's match was the opener in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play for both sides.

Down two goals in miserable conditions Thursday night at the McClimon Complex, the University of Wisconsin women's soccer team fought back to remain unbeaten in Big Ten Conference play.

Juniors Lindsey Johnson (Mequon Homestead) and Alev Kelter scored in a 3-minute span in the second half as the Badgers earned a 2-2 draw with Minnesota on a wet, cold night that featured wind gusts of nearly 30 mph.

Does Gerrard still merit automatic Merseyside selection?

This piece by resident Liverpool expert and Timbers fan John Nyen

The year is 1989 and a nine year old Steven George Gerrard is playing for Whiston Juniors in his hometown of Whiston, Merseyside. His abilities place him in the Liverpool youth academy.

25.08.2011 - Entrevistado en el programa radial Deportivo Télam, César Luis Menotti se extendió con su tono razonable y apocalíptico sobre los tópicos requeridos. Aquí recortamos algunos: La comparación entre Maradona y Messi, la decadencia del fútbol argentino, la selección y el Barcelona.

• Costly joins Dynamo on loan [MLS Soccer]
• Dynamo add firepower with signing of Costly [Houston Chronicle]
• Commentary: Costly can fill Dynamo need [MLS Soccer]
• The top five Hondurans in MLS history [MLS Soccer]
• Dynamo looking to start a run up the table vs. Union [MLS Soccer]
• Houston Dynamo motivated by earlier loss to Union [Philadelphia Inquirer]
• Dynamo Stadium Update [Dynamo Insider] requires free login
• Houston hosts first Dynamo Juniors weekend [Houston Dynamo]
• Dynamo go racing a MSR Houston [Houston Dynamo]

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• Klinsmann making his mark already [FS Houston]
• Mike Chabala shows off his ninja skills [YouTube]

By Chris Wright

From the Champions League final at Wembley to the Bower Fold Ground in three months...

After initially turning up without any kit, Paul Scholes was eventually persuaded by the crowd to borrow boots and shinpads from his 12-year-old son Aaron and turn out for Stalybridge Celtic U12′s annual 'Dads vs Coaches' fund-raiser last Sunday afternoon.

Action from the first day of 'The Emirates Cup'

PS: Can you beat box with a sandwich!? This guy below can!!

With the pre-season friendlies now kicking in below is a summary of my early season plans. Like everything else with me this is subject to change and is meant as nothing more than a brief outline of possible options.
Saturday 6th August
AFC Wulfrunians v Pegasus Juniors
Darlaston Town v Bustleholme
Willington v Rowsley '86
Saturday 13th August
Derby Rolls Royce Leisure v Allenton United
Brocton v Cadbury Athletic
Ampthill Town v Sun Postal Sports
Saturday 20th August
Bath City v Barrow
Saturday 27th August
Houghton Rangers v Glenfield Town
Eynesbury Rovers v Olney Town
Belper United v Real United

The Swope Park Rangers fell in a reserve league game today out at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park to the Chicago Fire. With Sporting KC set to take on Newcastle tomorrow, and a game against Toronto this weekend, KC's lineup saw them field only six players that are actually on KC's roster. The other 5 starters, and all 5 substitutions were either trialists or Juniors players.

Before a packed crowd at Estadio Azteca, Mexico's U-17 footballers fulfilled the wishes of an entire nation and won the World Cup for their age group, 2-0 over Uruguay. Uruguay played a tight defensive match, faithful to the style of the senior charrúas, but the Mexican juniors found their legs and took full advantage of a set-piece to open the scoring.

Springfield SC 94/95 Boys at Region 2 Tournament by Duane Moses

The Springfield SC 94/95 Boys will play against the Cincinnati Crew Jr's at 10am today in the U16 Boys semifinals.

There are several other teams from Missouri who have reached the semifinals as well including the U13 Boys Sporting KC Jr's, U18 Girls Scott Gallagher (Cline & Hatz), U16 Girls JB Marine Wipke, U18 Girls KCFC Intensity (Groom, Clark and other Liberty Jay's), U15 Girls KCFC Futura Academy and in the U17 Boys, Scott Gallagher will face Lou Fusz Popovic ensuring one Missouri team will reach the Finals.

The final day of group stage and everyone is still in a position to advance. The photos are from the win on Sunday, including the PK goal by Josh McCutcheon, and are provided by Duane Moses who's son Dallas (Catholic) is a midfielder for SSC. The boys kick off at 8am this morning needing a tie to advance.

Details of the 16th round of games in the Clausura 2011 tournament. All of the video highlights are available by scrolling down to the Results section and clicking on the red scores. Preview Preview & Predictions Match reports Silvio Romero celebrates his goal in a 3-0 win against Huracán that moved Lanús to within a point of leaders Vélez.

They win a lot... but never by a majority (UPDATE: Nuts)
Since there's no other news today (what's an Osama Jack Layton?) we thought we'd use our spy skills to infiltrate the hiding place of some secret information. With Toronto FC's NutCan semi-final against FC Edmonton seeming like a foregone conclusion (unless Dan Gargan starts) we thought we would look into the founding of Canada's newest pro club.

The Swope Park Rangers opened the 2011 reserve league season today down in Houston when they took on the Dynamo. The team has said this season that they like the depth that they have with this team, but all the injuries have piled up, as Sporting KC had to start two Juniors players (Nate Opperman and Wes White both from the U16s) up top due to injuries that have forced some reserves into starting roles.

In the first preseason game of the season for the Swope Park Rangers, the SKC reserves fell 3-2 to the KC Brass, the local PDL side. The big attraction of the game was the inclusion of trialist Chad Ochocinco in the game. Ochocinco came on as a substitute in the second 30 minute session and then played the entire third session for the Rangers.

Clausura Argentina: Programma e Risultati 6° Giornata 19/03/2011 18.00 Quilmes - Independiente 19/03/2011 20.10 Godoy Cruz - Lanus 19/03/2011 22.20 All Boys - Colon 19/03/2011 23.10 Arsenal d.S. - Riv.Plate 20/03/2011 18.10 Newells O.B. - Arg.Juniors 20/03/2011 20.00 Velez S. - San Lorenzo 20/03/2011 22.

The SKC Wizards Juniors U16 and U18 team spent the weekend down in Dallas for some friendlies with some teams from Mexico. Saturday the 18's got a 3-3 draw with Mexican side, Monterrey, SKC got goals from Jordan Rideout, William Witherspoon, and Michael Oakley in the draw. In the second game of the day, the U16's defeated Tigres 3-1 with the 16's getting goals from Wes White, Luke Blackwell, and Tarlue Doe.

Coach Tozer directing drills during the clinic...Keith Tozer, Head Coach for the US Futsal team and the Milwaukee Wave was in town to give a clinic prior to the start of the National Futsal Tournament Friday evening. For two hours he rapidly covered techniques, drills and tactics using Sporting Kansas City Juniors U-16 players to demonstrate each concept.

The 2011 Copa Libertadores, South America's elite club football competition, got under way last night with the first match taking place in Brazil.

Fluminense, Libertadores finalists in 2009, got their campaign under way at home to Argentinos Juniors and it would prove to be a tale of two goal scorers in what was an exciting game.

February 2nd was national signing day for high school athletes to commit to their colleges. Nine players from the SKC Wizards Juniors team have committed (or will commit) their college future. Seven of the Juniors are heading to Division 1 programs while the other two went to a top NAIA program.
Marques Mayoras is heading to Ohio State University.

SANTIAGO, Chile -Marcelo Bielsa resigned as Chile's national team coach on Friday, ending a three-month saga over his future. Bielsa stepped down at a news conference despite his overwhelming popularity in Chile and attempts by new Chilean football association president Sergio Jadue to persuade him to stay.

• It's easy to forget that the Sounders Academy is in its first season. Goal.com takes a look at the keys to its early success – Goal.com
• FCDallas.com checked in with FC Dallas Juniors alum Moises Hernandez as he goes through his first preseason with the first team – FCDallas.com
• MLSsoccer.

CHICAGO, Ill The Chicago Fire signed forward Gaston Puerari from Montevideo Wanderers of Uruguay. "Gaston is a talented, offensive player with the ability to make an impact for our club," Fire Technical Director Frank Klopas said. "We are excited to bring in a player with quick feet, good passing skills and the ability to [.

Kevin Ellis played in the Wizards Juniors and with Barton Community College. He was invited to camp with Sporting Kansas City and has traveled with the team to Arizona. It is possible that Ellis will end up being the second Home Grown player to sign with Sporting KC. Coach Vermes talking with Ellis during the first week of camp.

Roy Keane has repeatedly stood up for the rights of footballers, claiming that clubs treat them like meat, selling them on whenever they want to, so why shouldn't the players do what is best for them?

To a certain degree, I agree with what Keano has to say, but what I can't abide by is these players who claim to be loyal, who repeatedly speak to the press about their desire to stay at the club, then stab their fans in the back by handing in a transfer request.

JC Banks (Milwaukee Riverside/UW-Green Bay) continues to impress in his latest trial in Sweden, this one at top-division club BK Häcken.

Banks played the full 90 minutes and scored the final goal as Häcken beat Norwegian side Sörlandslaget 3-1 on Friday at the Color Line Cup, an indoor preseason tournament in Kristiansand, Norway.

Real Salt Lake announced today that CJ Brown is joining their coaching staff as an assistant to head coach Jason Kries. Brown replaces Robin Fraser who left to take the top spot at Chivas USA. The Fire released this statement from Technical Director Frank Klopas:

"This is a great opportunity for CJ, and everyone at the Fire is very happy for him.