March 12, 2010 LUCKY THIRTEEN
U.S. routs Cayman Islands 13-0
ALAJUELA, Costa Rica ---- The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team got hat tricks from Morgan Brian and Havana Solaun and Lindsey Horan and Isabel Farrell each scored twice in a 13-0 win over a severely overmatched Cayman Island in its second Group A match of the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship.
March 12, 2010 AIMING TO MOVE UP
U.S. U-17 women vs. Cayman Islands
The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team will take on the Cayman Islands in its second Group A match at the 2010 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship Friday.
March 12, 2010 LONG, WINDING ROAD
U.S. U-17 team starts national tour
CHICAGO – The U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team faced Development Academy club PDA Thursday and will take on the Red Bulls U-18 team Saturday in the first of 10 matches against Academy clubs throughout the country.
March 11, 2010 A TOUCHING MOMENT
U.S. team cries along with Haiti goalkeeper
ALAJUELA, Costa Rica – The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team opened the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championships with a 9-0 victory against Haiti as forward Lindsey Horan led the team with four goals and two assists.
March 11, 2010 FOUR GOALS, TWO ASSISTS
Horan leads 9-0 U.S. rout of Haiti
ALAJUELA, Costa Rica – Lindsay Horan scored four goals and added two assists for the United States in its 9-0 Group A win over Haiti in the first game of the CONCACAF Under-17 Championships Wednesday night.
February 20, 2010 ODP TRYOUTS FOR FIVE AGES
Start March 21 in DFW, Feb. 28 in W. Texas
Olympic Development Program (ODP) tryouts for boys and girls in five age groups begin Sunday, March 14 in three locations, while the West Texas tryouts will be Sunday, February 28 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock and Sunday, March 21 at Audrey Gill Sports Complex in Midland.Try outs are open to players with the birth years of 1993-1997; try out fee of $20.00.
February 10, 2010 GARZA TRANSFERS TO UCSB
Marcus graduate fresh off U20 MNT
SANTA BARBARA, CA. – One of the nation’s highest-touted transfers, who is also a product of the United States U-20 National Team, Sam Garza, headlines the 2010 UC Santa Barbara men’s soccer recruiting class, which was announced by head coach Tim Vom Steeg. Garza is North Texas soccer product and a 2008 graduate of Flower Mound Marcus High School.
February 9, 2010 BATTLING CHILDHOOD OBESITY
MLS, WPS Michelle Obama combine forces
WASHINGTON, D.C---MLS W.O.R.K.S., Major League Soccer’s community outreach initiative, and Women’s Professional Soccer have both joined forces with First Lady Michelle Obama to eliminate childhood obesity in one generation and commits to getting more children active, playing or moving for 60 minutes a day.
February 3, 2010 DALLAS CUP NAMES SUPER GROUP
16 teams; 3 national teams announced
It has been years since the Dallas Cup has had more than 12 teams in the Super Group—not because of a lack of interest---but in interest of maintaining the very highest quality for this group that is the face of this hugely popular international tournament. But for the 2010 version, the 31st edition of the Dallas Cup running from March 28 through April 4, Executive Director Gordon Jago and Tournament Director Randy Jones bowed to extraordinary interest from top clubs and federations from around the world and decided to expand the Super Group field to 16 teams this year.
February 3, 2010 THEY WILL GO ON
Haiti vs. U.S. in CONCACAF U-17 Women's
Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake last month, will open the CONCACAF Under-17 Women’s Championship against the defending champion United States, the start of the 16-game, 11-day event.
January 25, 2010 STATE CUP DEADLINES ANNOUNCED
Teams must register by March 5
North Texas State Soccer Association has announced the registration deadlines for this year’s State Cup competition, which is the starting point for teams to earn their way to regional and national competitions.
December 28, 2009 PREMIER LEAGUE JAN. 30-31
At Richland College
The next Premier League competition will be January 30-31 at Richland College featuring ’92 and ’93 age groups.
December 28, 2009 6 NT players called to U18 Camp
3 defenders, 2 midfielders, 1 forward from area
U.S. under-18 national team head coach Mike Matkovich called in 36 players born in 1993 for a week-long training camp that will conclude Sunday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. This call-up included six players from North Texas,
December 26. 2009 LOOKING BACK-10
Smith, Higginbotham national coaches of year
One of the real highlights of the year came early, as two Dallas youth soccer coaches (Kevin Smith and Ryan Higginbotham) were recognized by their peers as the national coaches of the year. The coaches have demonstrated their abilities many years on local and national venues. So it shouldn’t have been shocking when the beam of national recognition shined on these outstanding coaches from their coaching peers.
December 25, 2009 LOOKING BACK-11
Three Texans' teams earn three D-Cup titles
In any year, the Dallas Cup is always a top story locally. In the community of youth soccer tournaments, it is a top story almost anywhere in the world. But 2009 was special because it was the 30th anniversary of the storied international competition. A number of very attractive U19 teams from top clubs around the world joined the tournament, including: AC Milan, CA River Plate, Sao Paulo, Manchester City, Eintracht Frankfurt , CF Monterrey, Tigres and South Hampton.
