HUGE News for San Diego Soccer Youth: SD Loyal to launch Loyal Select. PLUS: advice for families
San Diego Loyal Soccer Club recently announced huge news for San Diego’s aspiring soccer players. Loyal Select is coming and will be joining the USL Academy League (USL A). First things first: SD Loyal is NOT launching their own youth academy. SD Loyal will be leveraging the already-robust youth soccer landscape across the San Diego […]
Boys ECNL Southwest Conference Gains Strength
San Diego Soccer Club has joined the Boys ECNL Southwest Conference The US Soccer Development Academy has been shuttered. Many competitive youth soccer clubs are now searching for new leagues for their top teams and players. On the girls side, the Girls Academy League has been announced. For the boys, Major League Soccer will be […]
EPL & MLS Champs in San Diego, Youth Edition #ManCityCup
Manchester City are the reigning English Premier League champions.Atlanta United are the reigning Major League Soccer champions.Both teams, as well as a host of other top international clubs, are sending their 2005 boys’ teams to compete in the 2019 Nexen Man City Cup International Super Group in San Diego over Memorial Day weekend. Games to […]
Surf Soccer Club Sends Seniors off in Style
High school athletes in America love “Senior Day.” It is a cherished tradition. For soccer players who have chosen to play in the Development Academy, however, “Senior Day” is one item in the long list of sacrifices made to purse the highest levels of their sport. The “High School vs DA” debate marches on, and […]
Albion, you’ve just won National Cup! What are you going to do next?
“We’re going to Disneyland!” Next year, they’re headed to the US Soccer Development Academy. The girls of Mike Whittaker’s Albion SC 2006 team have one last summer under the US Youth Soccer (USYS) umbrella, and they’ve just extended their USYS season by winning the Cal South National Cup. The Albion girls battled San Diego Surf […]
SoCal Surf Drop PDL Home Opener to San Diego Zest
In front of a cautiously optimistic crowd on a brisk and blustery evening, San Diego’s two Premier Development League teams met in a season opening skirmish at Southern California Surf’s home base at the Army Navy Academy in Carlsbad. San Diego Zest FC walked away with all three points, courtesy of a 1-0 win in […]
U.S. U-17 & 6 California Natives Advance To Championship Match At Torneo Delle Nazioni In Italy
The U.S. U-17 Women’s National Team rolled through its group stage and has now advanced to the championship match at the Torneo Delle Nazioni in Italy. There are six California natives on the roster and they include defenders Kennedy Wesley (SoCal Blues; Rossmoor) and Kate Wiesner (Slammers FC; Monrovia) and midfielders Maya Doms (Davis Legacy; Davis), Mia […]
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 […]
U.S. Soccer National Team Update: Two California Natives Named To U.S. U-17 MNT Roster; U-18 WNT Draws England To Finish International Trip
While U.S. Soccer is currently focused on the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, a second CONCACAF Championship is set to kick off in a few weeks this time at the U-17 age group. Over in England, the U-18 Women’s National Team wrapped up its trip with a draw against England. To keep you up to date with […]
2016 WINTER YOUTH CAMPS
Freshen up your skills this winter! Top youth soccer clubs in San Diego are offering winter camps for soccer players — and most are open to everyone. Check them out, invite a friend or attend as a team — after all, players should take advantage of the sunny and brisk San Diego weather during the […]
North County Battalion and San Diego Surf Soccer Club Join Forces to Move into the USL’s PDL
When Joe Barone, Chairman of the National Premier Soccer League, described the lower leagues of American soccer as being subject to “organized, structured chaos,” the first thing that comes to mind for people familiar with the literature of George R.R. Martin is Petyr Baelish’s definition of chaos (viewer discretion advised). Baelish described chaos as a ladder, […]
SoCal Blues, San Diego Surf and LAFC Awarded Places in US Soccer Girls’ Development Academy
US Soccer has today announced the first 25 youth clubs to be awarded a place in the prestigious Girls’ Development Academy. The Academy initiate was designed to enhance the development of world-class youth female players and competition is set to begin in the fall of 2017. The 25 clubs awarded places in the Academy are […]
US Soccer Release 2016/17 Academy Schedule With 3 California Divisions For U-12 Age Group
As the 2015/16 U.S. Soccer Development Academy regular season comes to a close it is never too early to look ahead at the upcoming season which will showcase some new changes made by U.S. Soccer. From the 2007 to 2012/13 season, the only two age groups were U-15/16 and U-17/18. That changed prior to the […]
Q&A with San Diego Surf’s Josh Henderson
In an exclusive interview with Soccer Nation’s Cesar Hernandez, the senior director of coaching for Surf Soccer Club opened up about his goals for the club, his thoughts on San Diego soccer, and perhaps even a bit about his favorite place to chow down on some tacos. SN: What inspired you to start playing soccer? […]
Albion Pros Unbeaten in League, Held by SoCal SC
On Saturday, San Diego Albion Pros hosted SoCal SC in a National Premier Soccer League game with the chance to move 9 points clear atop the Southwest Conference. Neither team could get their way and had to settle for a point apiece. With the draw, Albion extends their lead at the top of the Southwest […]
San Diego Surf Looking For New Talent
Fresh off expansion to the East Coast, San Diego Surf Soccer Club will be hosting tryouts this week at the Polo Fields in Del Mar. Tryouts were postponed due to an unusual rainstorm that hit the San Diego area last weekend. For boys and girls born from 1998 through 2001, this is their chance to […]