Youth Girls

2014 US Youth Soccer ODP Girls National Training Camp rosters and schedule announced

A number of local players will join the upcoming 2014 US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program Girls National Training Camp.

Las Vegas a growing soccer destination for youth and adults, PDL on the way

Several area men's amateur teams ranging in ages over-35 and up attended the King Cup in Las Vegas over MLK Weekend as soccer has made impressive strides in the Sin City sports market.

SoccerWire.com Q&A: Cincinnati United U-18 coach and director of coaching Bobby Puppione

PHILADELPHIA — One of Cincinnati United's directors of coaching, Bobby Puppione, sat down with SoccerWire.com at the 2014 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention. We discussed his under-18 team that won the Disney Showcase and his club’s philosophy of player development.

National winners announced at 2014 US Youth Soccer Awards Gala in Philadelphia

Seventeen individuals were honored with national awards Friday night at the 2014 US Youth Soccer Awards Gala, held at Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel.

Five years after launch, ECNL aims to shed issues, not member clubs

When the Elite Clubs National League was founded in 2009, its founding charter stated that the ambitious elite girls competition would remove the three lowest-performing clubs every year and add three new members, in something of a promotion/relegation-type system. But 2014 has arrived, and membership has yet to be revoked even once. It begs the questions: Why?

SoccerWire Q&A: Bayern Munich coach Sebastian Dremmler on U.S.’s lack of youth production

As part of the 2014 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention, the head coach of Bayern Munich’s under-16s, Sebastian Dremmler, is giving two presentations. On Thursday, he gave an overview of Bayern’s youth system, and SoccerWire.com had a chance to catch up with him afterward to discuss it further.

New York Red Bulls announce exclusive partnership with New Jersey Youth Soccer Association

Renovated Md. SoccerPlex field vandalized, but escapes serious damage

The Maryland SoccerPlex is well known for its carefully (and expensively) manicured natural-grass fields. So you might have expected tears of rage to be flowing in Germantown when an unknown vandal (or vandals) broke into the facility last week and tore across Field #14 and a nearby parking lot in a vehicle, causing thousands of dollars in damage to the newly renovated playing surface by driving in circles across the snow-covered field.