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USMNT Camp

By Sean McCaffery, January 5, 2018

The USMNT has called a camp, it will be 17 days Jan. 11-28 in preperation for the game with Bosnia & Herzegovina. This will be at the Stub Hub Center in Carson Calif. We are keeping our fingers crossed in hopes that Long Islander Tim Parker is called in. Tim plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps of the MLS, he was kind enough to grant us an interview folowing a late season game at the New York Red Bulls. This interview by Arabell may be viewed at our fb page of Soccer Long Island Magazine.

FC Barcelona on film.

By Sean McCaffery, January 5, 2018

Soccer Long Island Magazine today received many videos from FC Barcelona, we posted them to our Facebook page, Soccer Long Island Magazine, please feel free to give them a look. Some of these videos are new, Pique at the end of 2017 as a forward, the return of Demble, the New Years Day tradition of players visiting at the Barcelona hospitals,others such as Rilvado with a unique goal and from 2005 Messi getting some goals are a bit older.Hoping you enjoy them.

US Youth Summit Games open to the Public

By Sean McCaffery, January 4, 2018

Games being played Jan:1, 5, 6, 8 &10 at the Preimer Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch Florida. The various USNTs there with some outside teams as competion as well the listed games are able to be attended by the public, this is a great thing as it is also the first of its sort of event, a Youth Summit. Below is the schedule of public games.

Jan. 5: U-17 v U-18 @ 2pm & U-19 v U-20 @ 4:30pm

Jan. 6: U-16 v Clearwater Charges @ 11am

Jan. 8: U-16 v U-17 @ 2pm

Jan. 10: U-17 v IMG Academy U-19 @ 10am & U-20 v TBD.

Ellis calls in 26 players for a 15 day camp.

By Sean McCaffery, January 4, 2018

In advance of the USWNT game in San Diego, Head Coach Jill Ellis has called a camp, for the Denmark game. The 26 players will comprise the roster for the game on 2/4 on ESPN at 4:30 PM PT, 22 of these were capped in '17 and all were in camp as well last year. Due to a few injuries including the ankle surgery announced for Tobin Heath have the team not at 100%. During this camp and game, coach hopes to evaluate players for the She Beleives Cup in March in which they will meet up with France on the 4th right here at Red Bull Arena.

Cosmos decline to extend some players

By Sean McCaffery, January 4, 2018

As noted on the Facebook page of Socer Long Island Magazine, a number of players with contracts that expired with the end of the 2017 season were not renewed by the NY Cosmos. Not so surprising as Ochieng had put out photos of him playing elsewhere. Arango may not have wanted to return, given little playing time, then his arm injury. Jakovic is a bit of a surprise although he played well in the Copa America and all season, so he may have been looking to move on/up.

DC United signs Venezuela Int'l Junior Moreno

By Sean McCaffery, January 2, 2018

DCU will welcome this new player to their new home for the coming season. The very accomplished player brings experience from World Cup Qualifiers and Copa Liberadores play. At 24 he was the captain for first division side, Zulia FC earning a look from the national team, debuting and assisting on the go ahead goal, 6/3/17 v USMNT at the RIOT, home to RSL of MLS. Then getting time in 5 out of the 7 remaining qualifying games and scoring his first international goal 6 days later as they faced Ecuador.

153 Youth USMNT players meet in Florida

By Sean McCaffery, December 31, 2017

US Socer Youth Technical Director, Tab Ramos has gather these players, 142 out of USSDA Academies for the first camp of 2018. 2017 was a banner year for the youth with both the u-17 & u-20's reaching the final four of their respective World Cups. A pair of 2nd generation players I know, Lawson Sunderland now with Le Vante his father is the head of the Timbers Academy and from Massapequa & of course Giovanni Reyna with NYCFC where his father is employed. These teams are dotted with local players some from Long Island. Below is a list of some of the  players.

National Soccer Hall of fame

By Sean McCaffery, December 12, 2017

The weekend of Oct. 20 will have an NASL 50th Anniversary game following the Dallas game. The Hall of Fame which had been in storage since vacating its last location in Oneonta, NY is in the final stages of completion. In July, they will open a lounge with clear views to the field for FC Dallas, the Lamar Hunt Club a media center and locker rooms. This effort brings together FC Dallas along with the city and school distric of Frisco where the HOF is located. More details to follow on teams and who will play the concert.

Belmont Community Listening Session Questionaire

By Sean McCaffery, December 10, 2017

Having attended meeetings when the Cosmos were also seeking to develop the same parcel, this was vastly different. It was calmer, better organized yet a far bigger crowd. Both sides made their presentation, due to an accident on Souther State,  I was rerouted and missed most of that part but heard all of the questions from the attendees. Both groups seek to keep their building to the northern end, near to the existing club house of the almost 110 year+ racing site that hosts the last leg of the triple crown.

Tom Mulroy into the first class of the Rockland Hall of Fame

By Sean McCaffery, December 10, 2017

Tom Mulroy, Soccer Tom is amongst the inital inductees for the Rockland Sports Hall of Fame. HIs playing career crossed continents and covered both indoor and outdoor soccer. From marking the great Pele and givng up a bicycle kick goal that plays on endless loop at the Pele museum in Santos Brazil to setting the Guiness World Record for juggling a soccer ball atop the Empire State Building, there is not much he has not done in the sport.

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