Youth Boys

NYC Mayor’s Cup: Public schools prove to be ‘Best in the City’

The 2014 NYC Mayor's Cup Soccer All-Star Games brought together the top high school seniors from the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL), the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) and the independent schools as they competed for the right to call their league the "Best in the City" on November 15 and 16 at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn.

East Hudson Youth Soccer League honors its dedicated volunteers

The Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association’s second largest league held its annual Hall of Fame and Annual Honors Dinner on Nov. 8, where several longtime volunteers were honored.

Bethesda tournament unfolds with chilly temps, intense matches at girls weekend

GERMANTOWN, Md. – Bethesda Soccer Club welcomed the first half of its biggest-ever field of participants for the Bethesda Thanksgiving Tournament over the weekend, as showcase matches and knockout games played out among hundreds of teams across more than 60 brackets of girls play in the Under-9 through U-19 age groups.

New York City’s best high school senior players set to face off in Mayor’s Cup

New York City's best high school seniors will compete for citywide bragging rights in the Mayor's Cup this weekend. Teams compiled of the top talent in each league - Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) and Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) - as well as teams from independent schools will square off.

Nine teams earn early Jefferson Cup bids at Capital Fall Classic Boys Weekend

The 2014 Capital Fall Classic Boys Weekend marked the end of the fall youth soccer season for many of the 250 participating teams, which proved to be a good motivator on Championship Sunday.

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.

LA Galaxy go all in on youth movement with signing of 15-year-old GK Eric Lopez