Alumni Corner: Leslie Osborne, Peak Soccer
Welcome to Week three of Alumni Corner! In Week One, we met Leslie Osborne and learned all about her youth soccer years in Wisconsin. In Week Two, we ventured through her high school years. ODP, Youth National Teams, College Recruiting. All of that led to where we are now: Week 3 and “Peak Soccer.” Santa […]
Alumni Corner: Leslie Osborne, the high school years
Welcome to Week 2 of Leslie Osborne’s Alumni Corner: the high school and recruiting years Thank you to the team at ECNL for partnering with SoccerNation for this series! Last week, we met Leslie Osborne. She grew up in Wisconsin, where she played her youth club soccer and got her biggest growth opportunities through the ODP program. […]
The road to Tokyo goes through Mexico
The U.S. Women’s National team will face Mexico on Friday February 7th. The winner qualifies for the 2020 Olympics. The American women cruised through the group round undefeated with three clean sheets. None of those games matter any more, however. In order to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, the USA must win their Concacaf Semi-Final […]
Tokyo 2020! US Women’s Olympic Qualifying 101
Women’s OLYMPIC SOCCER 101 Soccer, of course, is an Olympic sport. It’s not the World Cup, but it’s a big deal. Olympic soccer and World Cup soccer have different roster rules. Qualifying is a bit different as well. Read More about Olympic Qualifying for the Men Here OLYMPIC SOCCER FOR WOMEN: 12 TEAMS WITH NO […]
Tokyo 2020 is coming! US Men’s Olympic Soccer 101
2020 is an Olympic Year. All those sports Americans barely know exist in any other year — we love watching them all. Like Team Handball — why isn’t that a bigger deal here in America? It looks so fun! But back to soccer… Olympic Soccer 101 Soccer, of course, is an Olympic sport. It’s not […]
U.S. Women Defeat France 1-0
Facing the toughest opposition in their group at the 2016 Brazil Olympics, the U.S. Women’s National Team defeated France, 1-0, in a crucial match. It wasn’t a classic USWNT win where they take an early lead and put it on cruise control. During extended portions of the second half France dominated the flow and pace […]
USWNT Cruises To 2-0 Win Over New Zealand In Olympic Opener
The U.S. Women’s National Team quest for a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal took a step in the right direction following a 2-0 win over New Zealand on Wednesday in its Olympic opener. Carli Lloyd opened up the scoring for the U.S. just nine minutes into the match. Lloyd, who was sandwiched between two New […]
4 California Natives Looking To Bring Back Gold Medal
The United States Women’s National Team’s (USWNT) quest to become the first squad to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup and win a gold medal the following year kicks off tonight in Brazil. The USWNT has dominated the women’s game at the Olympics since the introduction of Women’s Soccer in 1996. Except for a runner-up […]
USWNT Draw France, New Zealand, & Colombia In Olympic Draw
The U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) now knows the path to Olympic gold as the tournament draw took place on Thursday morning in Rio de Janeiro. The USWNT has been drawn into Group G with France, Colombia, and New Zealand. The USWNT, who have never won a gold medal after winning the World Cup, will […]
UCLA’s Mallory Pugh & LA Native Christen Press Score In USWNT’s 7-0 Win
The U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) kicked off the first of six friendly matches before the Olympic Games with a 7-0 drubbing over Colombia at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut on Wednesday night. It is the 10th consecutive victory in 2016 for the USWNT, who have outscored opponents 39-1 during their current streak. […]
U-23 Men’s National Team Facing Crucial Must Win Against Canada
The easy path for an automatic berth into the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio is no more for the U-23 Men’s National Team who took a wrong turn in a 2-0 loss to Honduras in the semifinals of the 2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. Now they must scale a mountain to qualify and they […]
California natives Gil and Pelosi set for U-23 MNT Olympic Qualifying
Opening ceremonies for the 2016 Rio Olympics may be less than a year away, but for the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team the games start tonight against Canada in the opening game of the 2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. Tasked with the job of leading the U-23 MNT to its first Olympic Games since […]
USMNT in Olympic Qualifying
On August 18th the CONCACAF group stage parings of national teams for the the upcoming Olympic qualifying games in Rio de Janeiro was announced. The U.S Men’s Olympic team was matched with Canada, Cuba and Panama in Group A. The U.S. is looking to better its 2011 campaign when they finished in third-place behind El Salvador and […]
USMNT and Olympic squad struggle with schedule conflict
Failure to win the 2015 Gold Cup was bitterly disappointing for the U.S. Men’s National Team and now the consequences are being felt. USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann knew as soon as the U.S. was eliminated from the Gold Cup that the path from there on would be tough. Not only will the U.S. have to play […]
Women’s Olympic qualifying will take place in Texas
In February of 2016, the U.S. Women’s National Team and all the other nations that are part of CONCACAF will be heading to Texas for the Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. The two cities that were announced by confederation to host the matches are Houston and Frisco. This tournament will decide the 2 teams that will […]