USA Team Going For "Mas"
by Andrea Canales (Analysis | Goal.com - May 22)
Latino influence on team growing. more details | go to article

U.S. Soccer Youth Technical Director Claudio Reyna To Preview Core Elements Of U.S. Soccer National Curriculum
by No Author Listed (Article | USSF - May 21)
U.S. Soccer Youth Technical Director Claudio Reyna will conduct a presentation at the U.S. Soccer Coaching Symposium in conjunction with the U.S. Men's National Team Send-Off Series Match against Czech Republic on May 25, 2010. Reyna's hour-long presentation will preview the Core Elements of U.S. Soccer National Curriculum at 4:30 p.m. ET in East Hartford. more details | go to article

Gil Could Be The Next Big Thing
by Scott French (Profile/Interview | ESPN - May 19)
The future of American soccer just might be a pimply, unassuming kid from Garden Grove who before his 16th birthday had wowed some of the world's biggest clubs, then rebuffed their offers and signed with Major League Soccer. more details | go to article

Lepore Presents Development Academy At First-Ever Meeting Of CONCACAF Technical Directors
by No Author Listed (Press Release | USSF - May 18)
In late April, Development Academy Technical Advisor and Director of Scouting Tony Lepore represented U.S. Soccer at the first-ever Meeting of CONCACAF Technical Directors in the Cayman Islands. The joint venture between FIFA and CONCACAF brought together technical advisors and directors from the United States, Canada and all of the Caribbean nations to share ideas, goals and challenges. Mexico and the Central American nations held a similar conference in Spanish the week prior. more details | go to article

A Look At The Coaches Of The U.S. Youth Teams
by J.R. Eskilson (Profile/Interview | Goal.com - May 18)
Rongen to Schellscheidt and everyone in between. more details | go to article

Dynamo's Cruz: A Curious Route To M.L.S.
by Jack Bell (Profile/Interview | New York Times - February 28)
For most young American soccer players, the road to the pros — whether in Major League Soccer or abroad — usually begins as a precocious sprout, jersey reaching past his knees in the beehives of youth soccer. more details | go to article

St. Pete's Salkicic Solid Against Mexico
by Nicholas Murray (Result | Tampa Bay Tribune - February 25)
St. Petersburg's Tarik Salkicic was hoping to get to play in front of his home fans in Wednesday's curtain-raiser as the U.S. Under-17s played Mexico. more details | go to article

Attendance A Key If Tampa Wants To Host World Cup Games
by Brian Landman (Analysis | St. Petersburg Times - February 25)
If the United States wins the right to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, organizers will have to pare the list of cities, which includes Tampa, from 18 to 12 or, perhaps, 14. To make that final cut, which won't happen until five years before the event, U.S. Soccer president and USA Bid Committee chairman Sunil Gulati said cities will "need to distinguish themselves." more details | go to article

U.S. U-17 MNT Take Down Mexico 4-1 At Raymond James Stadium
by No Author Listed (Result | USSF - February 24)
The U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team topped regional foe Mexico by a score of 4-1, putting on a dominating performance at Raymond James Stadium as part of a double header with the U.S. Men’s National Team. more details | go to article

U.S. U-17 MNT Roster Available For Match Against Mexico At Raymond James Stadium
by No Author Listed (Press Release | USSF - February 24)
U.S. U-17 Men's National Team head coach Wilmer Cabrera has finalized his squad for tonight's match against Mexico at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. The 20 players will make the short drive from Bradenton to be part of a double header that also includes the U.S. Men's National Team against El Salvador. more details | go to article

USA U-17s Smash Mexico U-17s 4-1
by No Author Listed (Result | Goal.com - February 24)
The youth squads played out another edition of CONCACAF rivalry on Wednesday night. more details | go to article

Local Players Anticipate Selection To Under-17 Team
by Nicholas Murray (Profile/Interview | Tampa Bay Tribune - February 23)
It has been a big adjustment for local soccer players Atsouh Ayah and Tarik Salkicic since they joined the U.S. Under-17 Residency Academy last August. However, both say they are getting the most out of the opportunity given them. more details | go to article

Chicago Fire Blazes Trail In MLS By Taking Academy Teams To Training Camp
by Avi Creditor (Preview | Soccer By Ives - February 23)
The Chicago Fire could be on to something that might help Major League Soccer take the next step in its progression of player development. more details | go to article

Soccer Players Forced To Choose Between High Schools And Academies
by Dave Thorpe (Analysis | Carson Daily Breeze - February 22)
High school soccer teams in the South Bay always have shared elite players with club teams. Players often compete in club, then arrive in time for the high school season already in soccer shape, having been taught by top-notch coaches. So high school coaches - many of them also club coaches themselves - benefit from players competing in club soccer. But in recent years, prep coaches have been losing more elite players and are becoming increasingly disgruntled because of local soccer academies snatching the top prep players. more details | go to article

U.S. Under-20 WNT Defeats Norway U-23 WNT 1-0 In First Match At La Manga Cup In Spain
by No Author Listed (Result | USSF - February 22)
Forward Maya Hayes scored in the 53rd minute to lead the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team to a 1-0 victory over the Norwegian U-23 Women’s National Team in the first of three matches for the young Americans in La Manga, Spain. more details | go to article