San Diego County: Game on! Other SoCal counties: not quite yet
After the recent escalation in the battle to get young athletes back on the fields, a San Diego County judge has ruled that high school and youth sports in San Diego can resume with some restrictions and conditions. Youth Sports Guidelines Based on COVID-19 Case Numbers On the same day as the San Diego County […]
Temperature Rising in Debate over Youth Soccer in San Diego #LetThemPlay
Surf Soccer Club hit with Cease & Desist order from San Diego County Health Officials Young athletes have been hitting the fields in 48 states. But not in California. California’s emergency COVID-19 health orders have kept young athletes from their sports for almost a year. Multiple scientific studies have shown that outdoor sports are safe. […]
Game on San Diego: San Diego Board of Supervisors to Submit Plans for Safe Return to Fields
Board of Supervisors meeting: Tuesday May 19 at 9am San Diego County is, at the time of this article’s publishing, in “Phase 2” of California Governor Gavin Newsom‘s reopening guidelines. Very soon, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will be presenting a detailed plan to add YOUTH SPORTS to Phase 2 for San Diego […]
Youth Soccer Shakeup: Ahead of the Expected End of the DA Era, Top Clubs Announce Move to Boys and Girls ECNL
An announcement of the end of the US Soccer Development Academy [USSDA] is expected soon. Reports have been circulating for over a week that the DA will be ending. Nothing has been made official as of yet [April 15, noon pacific time]. Six SoCal clubs move to ECNL Boys, more coming soon Youth soccer players […]
Different Paths, Same Destination: NCAA Women’s Soccer Final 4
The NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Final 4 kicks off Friday at 4PM Pacific on ESPNU And then there were four. Stanford, UCLA, Washington State, and North Carolina make up the NCAA Division One Women’s Soccer Final Four. I spent some time looking through the rosters for all four teams, and what I found may […]
What Does California’s New Law Mean for Soccer Players?
Hint: A little bit, but not much. Over the last week, California has been making waves in the world of college sports. With a stroke of his pen, California Governor Gavin Newsom upended the landscape of big-money college sports. SB206, the “Fair Pay to Play Act,” will allow college athletes to hire agents and make […]
U.S. U-20 Drawn Into Group F For Upcoming 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team (MNT) has learned who they will face in the group stage matches at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. Drawn into Group F, the U.S. U-20 MNT will open the tournament against Ecuador on May 22, which will be followed by Senegal on May 25. The […]
Schedule Announced For 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup – 4 Matches In California
CONCACAF announced the schedule and group stage matches for the 2017 Gold Cup on Tuesday morning. California will play host to four matches throughout the entirety of the tournament. The first matches will be a doubleheader that will be played on July 9 at Qualcomm Stadium. It features Mexico vs El Salvador and Curaçao vs […]
Three California Natives Called Up To U-20 MNT
U.S. Soccer’s U-20 Men’s National Team has a big year coming up in 2017 with the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. In preparation for 2017, U-20 head coach Tab Ramos has named a 20-player roster for an international camp that will take place in Costa Rica from December 13-20. […]
USC Women Are National Champions
The University of Southern California women’s soccer team defeated West Virginia 3-1 in the NCAA Women’s College Cup Final on Sunday afternoon at Avaya Stadium. With the victory, USC is now the first Pac-12 program to have won two NCAA women’s soccer titles. The program brought home its first national title in 2006. In the […]
U.S. Soccer Announces Final 22 Clubs For Girls Development Academy
U.S. Soccer’s Girls’ Development Academy is now up to 74 teams following Tuesday’s announcement of an additional 22 teams. Included in the group of 22 are five California teams. Real So Cal, Burlingame SC, Pateadores, PSV Union, and West Coast Futbol Club. Also named were two familiar Arizona clubs Sereno SC and SC del Sol. […]
USSDA Playoffs Kick Off Tonight With 13 California Teams Vying For National Title
The United States Soccer Development Academy playoffs kick off tonight in Dallas with a combined 13 California teams competing in the U-17/18 and U-15/16 age groups. Six teams are from the U-17/18 age group with the LA Galaxy finishing as the top team in California. They will be joined by Sacramento Republic FC, Pateadores, Arsenal FC, Nomads SC, […]
LAFC Stadium Granted Final Approval To Build From LA City Council
Los Angeles Football Club’s (LAFC) dreams of building a new stadium took a massive step towards reality on Friday. The LA City Council unanimously approved the Final Environmental Impact Report along with other environmental and entitlement agreements for LAFC. The bottom line is that these approvals give LAFC consent to take possession of the site […]
Four California Players Named To U-20 U.S. MNT Roster
California natives Jonathan Klinsmann, JT Marcinkowski, Amir Bashti, and Josh Perez are four of 22-players who have named to the U.S. Under 20 Men’s National Team by head coach Tab Ramos for the upcoming 2016 Dallas Cup. The U-20’s will compete in Group A of the Gordon Jago Super Group from March 20-26. The U.S. […]
U.S. Soccer Announces Girls’ Development Academy In 2017
After months of speculation, U.S. Soccer has officially announced the creation of a Girls’ Development Academy program which will begin play in the fall of 2017. U.S. Soccer plans to structure the Girls’ Development Academy after its Development Academy program for the boys, which began play in 2007 and now consists of 152 clubs across […]
Copa America Centenario Draw: Brazil, USA, Colombia, Mexico & More To Play In California
Hosting the first Copa America in their own backyard didn’t help the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) on Sunday night in New York City as Jurgen Klinsmann and co. have been drawn into what looks like the strongest and most challenging group of the tournament. The USMNT will face Colombia and Costa Rica, who […]