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2020-21 USSDA Membership is set

By Sean McCaffery, March 10, 2020

The USSDA has as one of their main things being to touch the typical club exerience and grow the highest level of youth players nationally, with this in mind, more age groups are coming into play for the coming season.

Now in their 4th year the Girl's DA has added an U-13 in the Northeast DIv. as fully 4 clubs add new age groups.

The Boy's side also has that magical number of 4 at work as a quartet of new clubs come in for the 14th year and 11 clubs add teams for new age groups.

Jason Kreis USMNT U-23 HC Talks Olympics

By Sean McCaffery, March 10, 2020

Former MLS coach with title wining RSL, the historic 1st coach of NYCFC & last with Orlando City FC, Jason Kreis now has the helm of the U-23 for the USSF. This first video is of him discussing the roster he just set for the Olympic Qualifiers. These games to be played in Mexic from April 20- May 1, the initial game for the US will be against Costa Rica on 4/20 at 7p.m. ET. The last is of the team in training.

Fire Get Gutierez

By Sean McCaffery, March 9, 2020

The 16 year old out of their Academy since 2015, was the 16th Homegrown  for the team, it is a 3 year deal with a Club option for 2024.

Fire HC, Raphael WIcky stated "Brian is a promising young player who we look forward to working with at the first team level. This signing is a testament to the hard work that Brian, his family and the Fire Academy staff have put in throughout the years."

Post game of the last minute GWG getter v Spain in the SBC, Julie Ertz

By Sean McCaffery, March 9, 2020

The USWNT is of course in a bit of a state of flux, if only due to there being a new coach. They did not look good v England in that they did not put away many chances. Here the game was played very evenly and it was a waning minutes goal off the head of Julie Ertz from a corner that was the difference maker. Good for them in having so strong of a field to go up against.

Courtesy US Soccer/Veritone

Sporting Kansas City gets a new Jersey Partner

By Sean McCaffery, March 7, 2020

They keep the field green, now the team will wear them on their sleeve, the first such arrangement, Compass MIneerals. They are the official plant nutrition and salt provider for the team, their HQ is in Overland Park and they have been in business since 1844, growing into the top salt producer in North America and the UK, and the top magnesium chloride producer in the states. Along with this sponship go the naming rights to Pinnacle & Wyandotte Sporting Fields

Sporting KC Kicks it at Children's Mercy Park with Houston Dynamo

By Sean McCaffery, March 6, 2020

Saturday,  the first home game of the year is at 7:30 p.m. CT as 2 HC legends of the USMNT go head to head in Peter Vermes & Tab Ramos. Though both are headed by Jersey Boys, they have almost opposite records but very early of course as KC is 1-0 while the Dynamo are 0-0-1. This game has been anticipated by the home faithful for 5 months and there are few tickets left, even in the standing room only area.

US Soccer Kicks off SheBelives Academy

By Sean McCaffery, March 6, 2020

This online program was a natural outgrowth of the SBC which the USWNT took yet again. It is set to help women achieve their objectives at both the professional and personal levels. SheBelieves is a project to help females young and old achieve such objectives on or off the playing field. It began back when the USWNT prepped for the 2015 World Cup and has since grown to a unique menu of happenings that deliver a strong push of self motivation and self affirmation to areas in the states.

Sacramento FC adds a Trio from the Academy to the First team

By Sean McCaffery, March 6, 2020

This is why the teams have academies, now moving up to the first team are Julian Chavez, Aris Yang & Diego Ramos to sign USL Academy deals then tomorrow they will be on the 23 player roster for the first game of this USL season. The great system they have in place there continues to add to their first team as well as USNT's at different levels. In just 3 years, a dozen such players have signed, namely Hayden Sargis & Mario Meneagos who inked their deals earlier this year. 

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