Youth Boys

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

CCL teams highlight Va. State Cup Championships with late-game heroics

There was no shortage of late-game drama and heroics at the 2014 Virginia State Cup U15-U18 Final Four, as four of the eight championship matches were decided by one goal, and two others went all the way to penalty kicks. Teams representing the Club Champions League captured seven titles, several against fellow CCL sides.

Boys champions crowned at 2014 Virginia Youth State Cup Finals

Virginia State Cup: Bright new day as VYSA introduces Virginia Soccer Training Center

The Virginia Youth Soccer Association welcomed 32 State Cup semifinalists from across the state to its new home in the midst of Spotsylvania County's rolling farmland and Civil War-era battlegrounds on Saturday, marking the debut of the long-awaited Virginia Soccer Training Center.

Club Champions League ScrimmageFest features ‘street soccer’ atmosphere for U9s, U10s

The Club Champions League hosted its annual ScrimmageFest at FASA Park on Saturday, where 65 U9 and U10 teams from 11 clubs each enjoyed four matches of free, unstructured play in what many are calling an organized version of “street soccer.”