Roster flux continues though all under contract players are still with the team, some of the Supplemental Draft picks and trialists are now in a different phase of their soccer journeys. Joshua Mayers, of the Seattle Times, compiled the list of missing names. Harlinton Guiterres, Real Espana reservist, is still in camp.

The Portland Timbers announced another signing today, to the coaching ranks, in Cameron Knowles. Cameron as many of you know played for the Timbers during their USL era from 2007 until 2010. During that time he played in 77 games and was an integral part of the defense.
John Spencer says:

"I'm really pleased we can add Cameron to our staff.

Everyone loves to know the trialists, so let's start off with the fact that Jonathan Prieto and Alex Caskey make their return to Seattle Sounders FC. Joining them are Academy Alumni Darwin Jones and two keepers in Andrew Weber (formerly of the San Jose Earthquakes) and Tyrel Lacey. The first session consisted of the draftees (except for Banton and Feighner who aren't in town yet) and a handful of returning players.

KICKERS SEARCH FOR STAR
Players From Across the Globe Attend Open Tryouts this Weekend
RICHMOND, VA - (Thursday, January 19, 2012) – Over 70 players will attend the Richmond Kickers 14th annual player combine this weekend, January 20-22 at the Kickers state-of-the-art sports complex, Ukrop Park.

PSC Soccer Academy - News
Pro Soccer Consulting (PSC) is proud to announce that they will be hosting a professional soccer combine for the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Pro League in March 2012 at the Maryland Soccerplex in Boyds, MD.
PSC has already hosted three combines for top college and professional players during the last quarter for clubs within the USL Pro, Norwegian Premier League and Norwegian Second Division.

The U.S. WNT training camp is already two practices old, but the entire roster has yet to arrive. U.S. WNT head coach Pia Sundhae called up 31 players for the camp, but thus far 26 players have been run through last night's session, which included some small-sided games on big goals and this morning's training, which being the first full day of camp, featured a fitness test (see pic above).

Southwestern Youth Association / FC Virginia will be hosting two upcoming NSCAA coaching courses December 16-18 in Centreville,VA.
Junior Level VI Diploma - December 16-18 Course Details Formerly known as the Advanced Regional Diploma, the Junior Level VI Diploma is a 21-hour course that shares a portion of its curriculum with the Junior Level V Diploma.

"It's been great. Just seeing Sally Pearson win her Gold Medal race at the World Championships has really inspired everyone involved in Primary School Soccer this week," said young Athletics Coach Tiny Passmore.
The Primary School Soccer Tournament is on in Canberra all week and despite all the talk of FFA's revolution of Small Sided Games the girls are playing on the biggest pitch at the recently and more appropriately renamed Hawker Junior Athletics Centre.

Writer Jerrod Roh will provide coverage, analysis, and opinion for the 2011 Women's World Cup for IMSoccer News. He has attended the last 3 men's World Cups in South Korea, Germany, and South Africa as well as the 2003 Women's World Cup in the U.S. He is a self-described fan, student, and teacher of the game.

Writer Jerrod Roh will provide coverage, analysis, and opinion for the 2011 Women's World Cup for IMSoccer News. He has attended the last 3 men's World Cups in South Korea, Germany, and South Africa as well as the 2003 Women's World Cup in the U.S. He is a self-described fan, student, and teacher of the game.

There still seems to be a lack of Technical Development in Aussie football - not perhaps for the chosen 12 kids in a High Performance Federation program but in the rest of the cohort - the other 99% of players.
Australia: Does anyone care?
If 12 and 13 year old boys and girls at ALL levels of the game are expected to play on the same field as our men - ie the biggest ones you can find - how do we expect the culture of the players, the watching parents and the small-sided games philosophy to actually take hold across the land.

UEFA U21 tournament

England v Spain Herning 20:45 CET

The motherland of football has had a sobering year.

The national team has yet to recover from a 4-1 drubbing from a rampant young Germany at the World Cup in South Africa last summer.

A week ago England found themselves 0-2 down at home to Switzerland in their Euro 2012 qualification campaign, before salvaging a draw and a chance to breathe again, despite registering a fifth failure to win at home on the trot.

Integrity Athletic Performance and Physical Therapy is offering soccer players a chance to improve their skills and athleticism over the summer with their Ultimate Summer Soccer Sessions. Sessions are run Monday thru Thursday June 6 to August 26 at the Integrity indoor soccer facility and weight room in Springfield.

The Drury University Soccer Academy has announced the dates for their 2011 Camps. The Drury University Soccer Academy offers a wide range of activities in a fun, safe, and skill appropriate environment. Whether you are a beginner learning the game, or have inspirations to play in college, the Drury University Soccer Academy has something for everyone.

It was a change of scenery for the U.S. U-20 MNT today as the group that played most of last night's game went through a regeneration session and the reserves played some small-sided games at a local school pretty close to the hotel. The campus of the school was beautiful - very serene, and there was a regular-sized field and a small field tucked at the bottom of a hill, surrounded by trees and mountains.

Henry Winter writes of how the English Premier League is taking inspiration from the world of music and dance in regards to a potential drastic overhaul of the current academy system.

At the Menuhin music school, each budding virtuoso has 10,840 hours of contact time in their development years, three times the football figure.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. With temperatures dipping into the low-30s during Saturday's training session, many Revolution players exited the indoor pitch anxiously eyeing the warm Florida sunshine that awaits them for a slate of preseason matches.

But, for manager Steve Nicol, the 10-day trip to Orlando, which runs from Monday to February 24th, is more than just about sunny skies and warmer temps.

I'm serious about football, technical skill, education, kid development and abusing clerics in the Catholic Church...but hey that's another story!
When Capital Football the Peak Body in Canberra announce that u12 boys and girls will now play competitively, ie with results and league tables produced each week, I'm wondering on what criteria this could be considered beneficial to the development of players.

Xie Xie China...
It's official, the U.S. Women's National Team trained in China for 11 days without the sun coming out once. Still, not too bad a day for the WNT today with a fun training that included some spirited small-sided games and the "hat trick" game, where one player takes a shot from outside the box, the second player plays a one-two with that player who shot first, and takes a shot from outside the box, and then both players go into the box for a cross.

Tobin Heath and Yael Averbuch do some ground juggling. They are pretty good at it.
Almost all the players attended the training today, although a few stayed behind to rest and do treatments. The day between games training is always a bit tricky as some players played a lot of minutes and others played none, so a few players had lighter sessions than others.