The United States Under-23's will play Mexico's U-23's in a friendly at FC Dallas Stadium on February 29th. The game will cap a 10-day training camp. "This game is very important for our players and comes at a critical time for us before the start of Olympic qualifying," USA U-23 coach Caleb Porter said.

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The United States Under-23 men's national team is going to get a proper tune-up for CONCACAF Olympic qualifying, as it will square off against Mexico's Under-23 side in a friendly at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas, on Feb. 29.

The match will be a culmination of a 10-day training camp in Frisco.

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With Thursday night's official announcement that the U.S. men's national team will be taking on Canada in a pre-World Cup qualifying friendly at BMO Field in Toronto on June 3, another piece to the team's 2012 puzzle is in place.

The U.S. Under-23 men's national team has just over a month left before Olympic qualifying takes place, and Caleb Porter's side wrapped up its penultimate camp last week in Costa Rica with a pair of friendlies.

Playing without some of its top players, the Americans played to a scoreless draw with the Saprissa reserves.

By CALEB SONNELAND

Despite both sides having punched their tickets to the 2012 London Olympics, bragging rights and a No. 1 seed were on the line when the United States Women clashed with Canada last night.

Thanks to the continued brilliance of Abby Wambach and young gun Alex Morgan, the United States trotted out a 4-0 victory to cap off what has largely been a pedestrian Olympic Qualifying.

Alex Morgan scores two goals, two assists in 4-0 American win. The U.S. Women's National Team defeated Canada 4-0 on Sunday evening in front of 25,427 mostly Canadian fans at BC Palace in Vancouver. With the dominating performance and win, the U.S. takes the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, their third consecutive.

Through the first four games of Olympic qualifying, the United States silenced each of its powerless opponents. On Sunday, it was Canada's time.

The U.S. defense pitched its fifth shutout of the tournament while Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach each netted a pair of goals to give the Americans a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Canada at BC Place in Vancouver.

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The U.S. women's national team cruised through the Group Stage of Olympic qualifying and now just needs a win on Friday against Costa Rica to reach the Summer Games in London.

There's one problem: Hope Solo might not play.

The USWNT is pissed. Seriously.How else would you explain the fact that they went 3-0 in the group stages of Olympic Qualifying with a +31 goal differential and no goals against?The latest installment saw the US beat Mexico by a score of only 4-0. I say only because with 14-0 and 13-0 scorelines in the previous two matches, 4-0 seems kind of anticlimatic.

It's going to take quite a bit for Olympic qualifying of any type to make any type of news, unless David Beckham is personally championing his merits for the cause. Women's CONCACAF qualifiers? That will take something extraordinary. Like Costa Rica's keeper Julieth Arias and the dreaded bouncy backpass.

This generous lady poetically proves USWNT supporters can run with some rivalry smack as good as the fellas - albeit in their own particular grrrl-y way. Her offering actually came before last night's 4-0 Olympic qualifying win over Mexico (who do we have to bribe up to get highlights?!?), I think it also stands pretty well the day after.

The U.S. Women's National Team just beat the Dominican Republic 14-nil in an Olympic Qualifier match...

A record for the USWNT.

Photo: Paul Rudderow.

I tried to tune in to watch the USWNT take on the Dominican Republic at the appointed 10:30 pm start time last night. In the 10 or so minutes it took me to update the stupid Silverlight player and get the game to load, I missed the opening 3 goals, which all happened inside the first 7 minutes of the game.

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For U.S. Under-23 winger Joe Gyau, the future is now.

Gyau confirmed on his own Twitter feed that he will be in TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's matchday 18 against Hannover 96 this weekend for the first time. Hoffenheim is dealing with a number of injuries, and Gyau, who has been playing well for the club's U-23 team, is going to get his first taste of first-team life in the Bundesliga in what could prove to be a seminal year in the 19-year-old winger's career.

Three members of the NASL's FC Edmonton squad have received invitations to Canada's Olympic qualifying camp in March. Edmonton native Shaun Saiko, along with Eddies' striker Kyle Porter and trialist goalkeeper Michal Misiewicz all received emails Wednesday for the camp in Fort Lauderdale. Midfielder Saiko, 23.

Last night the US national team once again scrimmaged the US under 23 team in Carson, California. And once again for the US, Graham Zusi got a goal as the US tied 1-1 with their U-23 counterparts.
Teal Bunbury and CJ Sapong were also involved in the game. Bunbury spent the first half on the field with the U23 team, as they continue to prepare for Olympic qualifying.

Last night, the US men's national team took on the US under 23 team in a scrimmage in LA. Both teams are currently involved in camps. The US team for their upcoming games against Venezuela and Panama, and the U23's as they continue to prepare for their upcoming Olympic qualifying. Three Sporting KC players appeared for the full national team last night.

The U-23s are back in action to start 2012, holding a training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Head coach Caleb Porter has named a squad of 23 players to train at the HDC, with eye towards Olympic Qualifying in March (just more than two months away!).
In addition to two-a-days in Southern California, the team will also head to Costa Rica for a first trip abroad under Porter.

The US Soccer Federation has announced the ticketing policy for CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying. Starting Wednesday, January 11th, fans will be able to buy series tickets for all games at either the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA or LIVESTRONG Park in Kansas City, KS. The United States will be playing in the Kansas City group.

Caleb Porter's first camp in charge of the U.S. Under-23 national team is well underway in the Sarasota/Bradenton area of Florida, as some of the most talented young players in American soccer do their best to try and impress the coach assigned the task of helping the United States qualify for the 2012 Olympics.

U.S. U-23 men's national team coach Caleb Porter has 28 players in camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., preparing for Olympic qualifying in March.
"We have nearly 50 players we see as potential players for the group, realistically, who we feel are capable of contributing or deserve an opportunity to be looked at," Porter said.

While his University of Wisconsin men's soccer team is in its offseason, John Trask will be working with some of U.S. Soccer's top young players.

The Milwaukee native was named an assistant for the U.S. Under-23 national team under coach Caleb Porter, the coach at NCAA powerhouse.

After one day of poor weather in Los Angeles, the usual sun has been out for U.S. WNT Training camp and that means we were able to snap a few pics. We can report that, without a match at the end of the camp, the U.S. WNT has been working extra hard through a battery of fitness tests, possession drills, finishing drills and a heck of a lot of playing, whether it be 4 v 4, 6 v 6, 9 v 9 or 11 v.

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When Caleb Porter released his initial roster for the upcoming U.S. Under-23 training camp in Florida, a few omissions raised some eyebrows.

A couple of those players in question are now included, as Borussia Dortmund striker Terrence Boyd and UCLA playmaker Kelyn Rowe were added to the camp, during which Porter will get a look at 30 players eligible for Olympic qualifying.

Another training camp for the US Men's U-23 players will begin this Thursday, December 15 in Lakewood Ranch Premier Sports Complex in Florida under the tutelage of Coach Caleb Porter. Porter has extended invitations to 28 American players to the camp that ends December 23 as he prepares the U-23 players for Olympic qualifying in [.

Don Garber's goal to become a top soccer league in the world will take many different efforts. One of those is likely to be MLS teams attracting strong young talent from other leagues in CONCACAF. The Seattle Sounders appear to be interested (Goal.com) in one of those, leftback Ever Alvarado (Football-Lineups).

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Some national team news has come out today regarding two Sporting KC players. First, Teal Bunbury has been called up by Caleb Porter to the upcoming U-23 Olympic camp in Florida. The camp will take place December 15th through the 23rd. The camp is in preparation for the upcoming Olympic qualifying.

We told you it was coming, and here it is (no Teal Bunbury visit to Bolton now?). Olympic boss Caleb Porter is now on the job and has summoned 28 players to Florida pre-Christmas. There are several new faces, including Freddy Adu, Will Bruin, two keepers fresh off EPL training visits a pair of Duke players and the re-emergence of Bryan Arguez.

On Thursday, CONCACAF announced the full schedule for 2011 Olympic Qualifying. FIRST ROUND All times U.S. Eastern (local times in parentheses) Group A (Nashville, Tennessee): Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, United States Group B (Carson, California): Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago Thursday, March 22 At Nashville, Tennessee El Salvador vs.

The United States Under-23 national team found out who it would play during the group stage of Olympic qualifying earlier in the week, and now it knows when it will play each of its opponents.

The U.S. team will open qualifying against Cuba on March 22, followed by a meeting with Canada two days later and a final group game against El Salvador on March 26.

The United States will play Canada, Cuba And El Salvador in Group A of Olympic Qualifying, with Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Trinidad & Tobago in Group B. The USA's group will be based at LP Field in Nashville, with Group B playing at the Home Depot Center. Two teams from each group will move onto the semifinal stage at LIVESTRONG Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

The United States drew a favorable path to the semifinals of CONCACAF Olympic qualifying on Tuesday, getting put in Group A with Canada, Cuba and El Salvador. Group A's games will take place at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. The full schedule for the qualifying tournament will be released later this week, according to CONCACAF.

The draw for 2012 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying is set for Tuesday, and one of the players who could be starring for Mexico during qualifying is Carlos Vela, the perpetually on-loan Arsenal forward who is currently at Real Sociedad. His late equalizer Sunday against Malaga was a thing of beauty. Enjoy:

By Chris Wright

In which David Beckham kicks off his role as an ambassador for all things British and Olympic-y by joining the British Visually Imparied Football Team for a kick-around in support of Sainsburys 1 Million Kids Challenge...

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This post contains two options for the meaning of the title. Please pick your favorite and ignore the other.Option #1 is additional info on Teal Bunbury's proposed visit to Bolton - and perhaps also Newcastle. There now appear to be a few potential stumbling blocks that could nix the trip to England.

Most of the attention of American soccer fans has been focused on the senior USMNT's games in France and Slovenia during this November international break. Rightfully so. But also training in Europe at this time has been over thirty U.S. players that will constitute much of the American roster for Olympic qualifying next spring and, [.

Having been away from US youth teams since 2009, Mainz midfielder Jared Jeffrey recently took part in the first camp for the US U-23 team as it prepares for Olympic qualifying in March.

U23 Olympic Qualifying prospect Conor Doyle is looking to stake a claim for himself at the National level, no matter position he is asked to play.

After a first chilly day in Phoenix/Scottsdale for the U.S. WNT, the weather has been perfect for the "hit-the-ground-running" training camp as the team prepares for Olympic Qualifying being held in Vancouver, B.C. in January.
Despite the long layoff, the players have looked fit and sharp and there will be plenty of competition for the 18 rosters spots for the Sweden game on Nov.

Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson wants Team GB Olympic captaincy

England Under-21 skipper is looking forward to the games in London and has revealed he would be honoured if Stuart Pearce asked him to captain Team GB

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