Soccer Insider reports that US U-20 starlet Dilly Duka has signed with MLS. Duka was exploring options in Europe, but has opted to enter the MLS draft this winter. A product of the Red Bulls academy, he has made it known that he hopes to end up in New Jersey. Seems likely, as Red Bull New York Red Bulls have the second overall pick.

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Soccer by Ives is reporting that US U-20 and Miami FC's Gale Agbossoumonde is in serious negotiations with Sporting Braga to join the club on loan on Nov. 17, when he turns 18. At 6′2 and 185 pounds, Agbossoumonde is expected to join the club's youth team.

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The word is getting out:
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Even if the 2010 World Cup is a ringing success artistically - and Sepp Blatter has made a brilliant career for himself by being smart enough to step back and let eh football speak for itself - the fact that South Africa, a desperately poor country with enormous unemployment, crime, housing and communicable disease problems, is literally bankrupting itself so that FIFA can pocket billions. Click to continue reading...

This is a bit late, but necessary. Brazil lost the final of the U20, but the result was just a detail (besides the fact that young Brazilian squads always lose to African nations). The real question is: what can we expect of those players in the future?

Possibly, 1 or 2 will be adult World Cup material (in my opinion, one of them will be Giuliano).

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Just a day after the Hexagonal concluded, René Simões released his list of players for the playoff against Uruguay next month. He didn't have any players from the Costa Rican U20 squad, but maybe he'll add to this list at a later time. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday's U20 final, Brazil vs. Ghana. So much potential for excitement. Ghana's Black Satellites (the baby version of the Black Stars) came into the final having scored 16 goals in the tournament. Brazil stood at 14. Surely a goal-fest was in order.

But no.

The game-changing moment happens at about the 1:10 mark in the video, when Ghana's Daniel Addo is sent off in the 37th.

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Fifa U20 World Cup Egypt 2009 Brazil vs Germany : Live Stream here Brazil - Germany : Highlights here Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

Extra Footie is reporting that Fulham are interested in buying Brek Shea from FC Dallas for £2 million. Good for him. I know he's a top prospect for the USA and Dallas, but I was pretty unimpressed with his performance at the u-20 world cup.

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STARTERS
Awesome Awesome Awesome Golazo!
This is one of the greatest goals I have ever seen!
A header goal from 40 yards out! Martin Palermo of Boca Juniors with the near impossible. Thanks to Robert for this one!
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The USA U20 is out of the World Cup. Click to continue reading...

It's official now. Our boys are out. I'm not sure anyone really wanted to watch that team play another match anyway.

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Manchester United are back to business in Brazil. Sir Alex Ferguson is still looking to sign Brazilian U20 attacking midfielder Alex Teixeira who is at the moment in Egypt leading Brazil at the U20...
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Well, that ended up being a great second half.

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Just a couple of things on my mind today, so... U-20's Bounce Back The USA U20's recovered from dropping their opener in the U-20 World Cup, a 3-0 loss to Germany, by routing Cameroon 4-1. Of course, the final score was terribly flattering to... Click to continue reading...

The U-20s are preparing for Cameroon. They didn't play their best game against Germany, but hopefully they will bounce back and get a win this game!

Buuuurrrrrr..... Those ice baths are brutal but good for ya!

Mark your calendars because they play tomorrow September 29th @ 12:45 p.

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• U20 #USMNT 0, Germany 3 RT @ussoccer: Final from Suez, Egypt The USA is back in action on Tuedsay against Cameroon, 11:30 am on ESPN2 #
• RT @TrumanAthletics: IT'S A FINAL: Bulldog women's soccer avenges only MIAA loss this season with 1-0 victory over UNO. #
• RT @BobJordan: Concordia Cobbers women's soccer beats St.

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• U20 #USMNT 0, Germany 3 RT @ussoccer: Final from Suez, Egypt The USA is back in action on Tuedsay against Cameroon, 11:30 am on ESPN2 #
• RT @TrumanAthletics: IT'S A FINAL: Bulldog women's soccer avenges only MIAA loss this season with 1-0 victory over UNO. #
• RT @BobJordan: Concordia Cobbers women's soccer beats St.

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Thierry Henry takes a stroll in Barcelona yesterday with his mum and girlfriend Andrea.

Joe Cole came over all emo when he returned to play for Chelsea. Bless.
Horrible: Everton's Phil Jagielka was robbed at knifepoint.
It's baller v boxer on Twitter. Darren Bent and Tony Jeffries are fighting for the most followers.

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Despite having a strong U-21 side, Italy's other youth national teams don't really have a glorious history. All of Italy's youth focus is directed to the U-21 team, and you never hear anything about the other sides. In addition, besides the U-21 team Italy's youth sides have never really won anything, despite participating at many tournaments.

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Die Deutschen Fußball-Frauen sind ungefähr das, was im Männer-Fußball lange Zeit die Nationalmannschaft von Brasilien war: Das "Non plus ultra". Die Europameisterschaft in den vergangen Tagen und Wochen zeigte wieder einmal, dass es nur ganz schwer ist, die deutschen Frauen zu schlagen. Nach dem Weltmeistertitel im Jahr 2007 folgte nun wieder einmal ein Sieg der Europameisterschaft – der siebte Titel dieser Art insgesamt.

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One for the future ready for the here and now.

Arsenal starlet Fran Merida has revealed that he rejected a loan move to Spanish side Levante this summer because he is keen to prove his worth with the Gunners.
The 19-year-old, who arrived from Barcelona's acclaimed youth ranks in 2005, has been capped by Spain at U17, U19, U20 and U21 level, but has so far made just four Premier League outings for Arsene Wenger's outfit.

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GOALKEEPERS Sean Johnson (Central Florida), Josh Lambo (FC Dallas), Brian Perk (UCLA)
DEFENDERS Gale Agbossoumonde (Miami FC Blues), Kyle Davies (FC Dallas), Aaron Maund (Notre Dame), Ike Opara (Wake Forest), Anthony Wallace (FC Dallas), Sheanon Williams (No Club)
MIDFIELDERS Danny Cruz (Houston Dynamo), Mikkel Diskerud (Stabaek), Dilly Duka (No Club), Jorge Flores (Chivas USA), Jared Jeffrey (Club Brugge), Brian Ownby (Virginia), Dillon Powers (Notre Dame), Michael Stephens (UCLA)
FORWARDS Sam Garza (Denver), Peri Marosevic (FC Dallas), Brek Shea (FC Dallas), Tony Taylor (Jacksonville)

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On a rainy Thursday evening, both USF and UT men's teams were able to win at home as the collegiate season is now in full swing with two games tonight and two women's matches Friday.
USF handled Stetson 3-0 in the Bulls' last exhibition match, in front of 430 supporters, before starting the regular season next Tuesday against UCF. Click to continue reading...

Last season the USF women struggled with producing goals, but were able to open their exhibition schedule with a 2-0 win over Jacksonville University. All the scoring occurred in the second half, starting with a goal in the 52nd minute from the Bulls' Canadian connection. Freshman Taylor Patterson assisted on fellow Canadian U20 international Gina Pacheco's [pictured right as a member of the W League's Ottawa Fury] goal. Click to continue reading...

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack cross over, score a goal with a sizzling kick.

Fabio Capello sees a bright future and if all goes well and Arsene Wenger plays him more and more, Wilshere could see action in the 2010 World Cup. He dazzled in the Emirates Cup and has carried that form forward in all the other preseason friendlies.

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Two University of South Florida underclass women are getting a shot at cracking the Canadian National Team lineup in a series of three friendly matches with the USA.
In the second match of the series on Sunday, Gina Pacheco was a late substitute for the Canadians. Pacheco, who has seen time with the Canadian U20 squad, earned her first cap for the national team in the 1-0 loss to the Americans. Click to continue reading...

Nurdin Hrustic is following a path similar to the one Neven Subotic took to Germany and, possibly, the Bosnian national team.
Hrustic, who attended Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Fla., left Jacksonville University after one season to sign a contract with VfL Bochum in Germany. Like Subotic, a former U. Click to continue reading...

• Today At Cooper. 11:30am SSC U20's vs. St Louis Scott Gallagher- IL and 1:30pm SSC U23's vs. AR Rush at 3:30pm Gallagher and Rush play. #

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• Today At Cooper. 11:30am SSC U20's vs. St Louis Scott Gallagher- IL and 1:30pm SSC U23's vs. AR Rush at 3:30pm Gallagher and Rush play. #

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• Today At Cooper. 11:30am SSC U20's vs. St Louis Scott Gallagher- IL and 1:30pm SSC U23's vs. AR Rush at 3:30pm Gallagher and Rush play. #

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Douglas Costa

Contrary to reports circulating in the British press, Douglas Costa's agent, Cesar Bottega, does not in fact believe that Manchester United are willing to pay the large fee Grêmio want for their 18-year-old.

"I don't believe that they [Manchester United] will reach this figure", the agent told Porto Alegre newspaper Zero Hora.

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Hugo Rodallega Martinez, the subject of a £4.5 million transfer in January, arrived at Wigan Athletic as then-manager Steve Bruce's newest recruit from Central and South America, joining the existing ensemble of Antonio Valencia, Maynor Figueroa and Wilson Palacios.
Originating from his native club of Deportivo Quindio, Rodallega departed Columbia to enlist in the squad of Mexico's Monterrey in 2006 having merited the richly-deserved status as the all-time top goalscorer of the South American U20 Championship. Click to continue reading...

The Minnesota Thunder announced today the signing of defender Marcus Watson to a three year contract, pending USSF approval. Watson, who has spent time with both the U20 and U18 US National Teams, has joined the team immediately in preparation for the Thunder's season opener on the road against the Carolina Railhawks on April [. Click to continue reading...

The Minnesota Thunder announced today the signing of defender Marcus Watson to a three year contract, pending USSF approval. Watson, who has spent time with both the U20 and U18 US National Teams, has joined the team immediately in preparation for the Thunder's season opener on the road against the Carolina Railhawks on April [. Click to continue reading...

BACOLET, Tobago (March 10, 2009) – The U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team secured a place at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup with a 2-0 win against El Salvador on Tuesday evening in their final Group A match of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Bacolet, Tobago. The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be held from Sept. Click to continue reading...

BACOLET, Tobago (March 8, 2009) – The U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team played to a scoreless draw against Honduras in Group A action on Sunday night at the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago.
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