LAG lost the tie breaker with Sounders due to yellow cards.
"Teams that did not advance to the Winter Cup will also attend Winter Showcase and play three games that will determine their place in the final DA Cup rankings." found this here https://ussoccer.app.box.com/s/41nteo134p4k0hvs0hrhq4u3gn6v1bmkSo what does that mean for the so cal teams who weren’t top 8? Do they go to the spring showcase as well or is spring showcase just for these 8 teams?
u17 YNT camp announced from Feb 15th to Feb 20th w/ friendly matches vs Denmark, France and England.
US Soccer wants coaches. It's a shame the feeling isn't mutual...
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US Soccer wants coaches. It's a shame the feeling isn't mutual
Raphael Wicky is the latest coach to defect from a job at US Soccer to MLS. It’s a worrying trend as the federation attempts to rebuild itselfEarnie Stewart already had a busy 2020 in store when news broke at the end of December that Raphael Wicky had been hired as the Chicago Fire’s new head...sports.yahoo.com
"Earnie Stewart already had a busy 2020 in store when news broke at the end of December that Raphael Wicky had been hired as the Chicago Fire’s new head coach. Wicky had only been the United States’ Under-17 men’s national team boss since March but the Swiss still decided to jump ship, leaving Stewart with yet another position at US Soccer to fill heading into the new year.
In fact Stewart, US Soccer’s sporting director, has no fewer than five head coach positions to fill. The United States’ men’s soccer programme currently has vacancies at U-20, U-19, U-18, U-17 and U-16 level with Gregg Berhalter and Jason Kreis the only two head coaches on the books at this moment. The landscape is much the same on the women’s side, with five head coach positions also to be filled in the youth ranks.
US Soccer is currently a shell and Wicky’s departure continues a trend that should worry Stewart. The federation is finding it increasingly difficult to keep its coaches from the clutches of Major League Soccer clubs with Tab Ramos also recently leaving his long-term role as USA U-23s head coach for a job with the Houston Dynamo."
so credit where credit is due.
LAFC, in a first team friendly on 1/25 at the Banc of California stadium in front of almost 20,000 fans against top Uruguayan side - Penarol, gave five u17 academy players a decent number of minutes playing w/ the first team. The academy players were:
Erik Duenas - entered match in the first half as one of two of the first academy players off the bench (with Christian Torres) and played 31 minutes. By way of background, Duenas started less than 1/3 of the matches in 2017-18 w/ LAFC's u14 team, played down an age group w/ the u14s in 208-19 in five matches as a biobanded player (mid-October dob) but emerged as an every match starter at u17 in the 2019-20 season. Duenas has been w/ LAFC's academy since their initial u12 team in 2016-17.
Christian Torres - entered match in the first half as one of two of the first academy players off the bench (with Erik Duenas) and played 31 minutes. Over the course of his academy career, Torres has started just in just over 80% of his academy matches played and is averaging about .6 goals per game. Torres has been w/ LAFC's academy since their initial u12 team in 2016-17.
Tony Leone - entered the match at the beginning of the second half and logged 23 minutes. Leone is a top defender of the u17 academy team and has started 58 out of 59 academy matches played since 2017-18. Leone has been w/ LAFC's academy since their initial u12 team in 2016-17.
Diego Rosales - entered the match at the 68th minute for Tony Leone and logged 22 minutes. Rosales is a top defender with the 05/u15 academy team and has started close to 90% of the nearly 50 academy matches he has played. Rosales has been w/ LAFC's academy since their initial u12 team in 2016-17 and is a November dob 05.
Armando Avila - entered the match at the 83rd minute. Avila plays w/ the u17s and has started 56 of 61 academy games played since 2017-18. Avila has been w/ LAFC's academy since their initial u12 team in 2016-17.
Using the players they never play made a difference. What’s going on internally. Dramatic amount of staff is LEAVING the club.