| TheOriginalWinger

~ I've just sat with my jaw to the floor for the last 15 minutes watching this.... This isn't Europe... This is a U-11 Cal South State Cup Semifinal between FC Barcelona and Arsenal.  A State Cup match. Not major european teams playing in some massive tournament,  farming kids until they're hitting their mid teens and selling them off if they're ...

via USSoccer U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team head coach Tab Ramos has named a 26-player roster for a domestic training camp from Feb. 20-March 1 in Clermont, Fla. As part of the camp, the U.S. U-20 MNT will face the reserve teams from FC Dallas on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. ET and Montreal Impact on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 10:30 a.m. ET. Both ...

via USSoccer The U.S. Soccer Development Academy has announced it is moving to a 10-month season starting with the 2012-13 season. After receiving overwhelming support from the Development Academy membership, the Academy is moving to a schedule beginning in the fall of 2012 that runs from September through June (or July based on postseason play). ...

from ussoccerdotcom's youtube page: "As we've learned well over the past decade, a year never goes by for U.S. Soccer without drama on the field, entertaining soccer, exciting new players, fantastic goals and ever-increasing and loyal fan support. Come with us for a video look back at 2011. Check out the video after the jump..... (more...)

CHICAGO (Jan. 3, 2012) - U.S. Soccer announced today that Wilmer Cabrera will be leaving his role as head coach of the U.S Under-17 Men's National Team after the two sides mutually agreed to part ways. "After several discussions with Wilmer, we agreed that parting ways at this time was the best way forward," said U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati. ...

U.S. Soccer Youth Technical Director Claudio Reyna, Director of Scouting Tony Lepore and various Academy coaches talk about the benefits players can gain from "Playing Up" in a higher age group with their Academy. Check out the Video after the Jump..... (more...)

via ussoccer.com on youtube: "U.S. Soccer Youth Technical Director Claudio Reyna and U-20 Men's National Team head coach Tab Ramos talk about the connection between the Development Academy and the U.S. National Teams. Development Academy alumni Juan Agudelo and Bill Hamid talk about their paths to becoming professional soccer players" Video after ...

U-17 MNT 3 - 1 Brazil : Scoring Summary USMNT: Rubio Rubin (2') Brazil: Matheus Querioz (16') USMNT: Tyler Turner (31') USMNT: Wesley Wade (34') Check out the highlights after the jump...... (more...)