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UFA NJ Strikers break through with Disney Showcase title

After coming up just short of winning a championship in their previous three trips to the Disney Boys Showcase, the Upper Freehold/Allentown NJ Strikers were determined to get it done in their final trip to the event with their full roster.

Top college recruits shine in Disney Girls Showcase championships

PSW: Maryland Rush Montgomery Coyotes won the U-17 Showcase Gray division and VSA Heat Blue won the top U-19 division for their second straight Disney Girls Showcase title over the holiday. Loudoun 98 Red and FC Virginia United Premier 99 reached their respective division finals. TSW: NJ Stallions Dynamite won the U-17 Showcase Red Division at the Disney Girls Showcase over the holiday, where elite teams competed in front of over 300 college coaches.

Top NPL teams ring in New Year at Girls Showcase

US Youth Soccer National League Girls continue play in Orlando, Fla.

Girls National League kicks off alongside Disney Showcase

Breakout year for East Islip U-15s shows Tri-State talent wealth

TSW: Mixed in with the well-known ECNL and Development Academy member clubs in the Tri-State area is one of the deepest talent pools anywhere in the country, where premier players and teams emerge even from lesser-known clubs. One such team is the East Islip SC Red Storm U15 girls, who recently closed an already remarkable 2014 campaign with a championship at the prestigious Massapequa Winter Showcase.

Capital Fall Classic: Patrick Henry CC offers recruits a back door to Division I

Player recruiting is a difficult, labor-intensive process for NCAA coaches. But just how different is it for someone who coaches community college soccer and has to completely reshuffle his or her team almost yearly? SoccerWire.com spoke to Enda Crehan, head coach of the Patrick Henry Community College men’s soccer team, about the process at the Capital Fall Classic in Richmond over the weekend.

Young Mexican-American talents, Liga MX and the new soccer reality

Pull back the curtain on elite U.S. youth soccer and you'll discover a complex cadre of Mexican scouts, agents and profiteers, all intent on poaching the best and brightest young Mexican-American and Latino talents from their American clubs. Tim Froh takes a look at the benefits, and pitfalls, in front of these players and their families.