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D.C. United signs 18-year-old midfielder Gavin Turner as Homegrown Player
He's the 21st Homegrown signing in club history.
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ECNL Commissioner Sarah Kate Noftsinger steps down
Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) Commissioner, Sarah Kate Noftsinger will be leaving the League to pursue a new role with MLS club Atlanta United FC effective November 30.
Really real: D.C. United stadium project inches forward as city spends $25 million on land acquisition
No one has broken ground on the soccer-specific stadium that will become D.C. United's new home quite yet. But last week the District of Columbia government spent more than $25 million on its latest round of land purchases for the project, acquiring 67,436 square feet from private landowners Super Salvage Inc. and Rollingwood Real Estate LLC (the latter a property of local real-estate magnate Mark Ein), as reported by the Washington Business Journal.
Red Bulls Academy product Tyler Adams ready to lead U.S. U-17s on rugged World Cup mission
The U.S. U-17 Men's National Team kicks off their FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign on Saturday vs. Nigeria, the first of three daunting group-stage matchups in Chile. But the young Yanks can call on Tyler Adams, the New York Red Bulls Academy product who is already turning heads with his quality play and maturity beyond his years. SoccerWire caught up to Adams as he and his teammates prepared for their Chilean challenge.
SoccerWire Q&A: FC Dallas academy boss Luchi Gonzalez on FCD’s groundbreaking youth system
With a bevy of national championships and 13 products signed to the senior team since 2009, FC Dallas' youth development system ranks as one of the best in the United States, and Luchi Gonzalez has been a big part of it. The coach was recently promoted to academy director, and SoccerWire's Charles Boehm had a chance to speak with him about what's working at FCD's academy.
The best U.S. state at producing MLS players doesn’t even have a team (yet)
Major League Soccer recently pointed out that it's the most diverse major professional sports league in the United States. But rather than be impressed with the number of players in MLS who weren’t born in the United States or Canada, the news immediately prompted a question for us here at SoccerWire.com: “What regions of this massive country are best at producing players for our own top-flight professional league?”
Dure: NWSL can’t remain subservient to national teams
The NWSL's 2015 season kicks off on Friday. And while many of its national team stars are treating the league as an afterthought, the passion and dedication of its rank-and-file players, not to mention the fans themselves, prove that more growth and maturation is needed -- and a bit more independence from the international game, too, writes Beau Dure.
New York Red Bulls academy coach Simon Nee talks DA dominance, player dev, NYCFC
They’ve won multiple national titles, boast a pair of teams currently undefeated in U.S. Soccer Development Academy play and just won the prestigious Generation Adidas Cup. And yet, for the academy program of the New York Red Bulls, the only thing that really matters is the players they produce for their MLS parent club, coach Simon Nee tells SoccerWire in an exclusive interview.
Dure: NASL still finding its way as year five kicks off
Like a college graduate backpacking through Europe, the NASL is still trying to find itself. Not that the league is on the wrong track. It’s just young. It has been chastened by some setbacks and growing pains while showing great potential for the future. And for now, it can be a lot of fun, writes Beau Dure ahead of the league's 2015 kickoff.
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Certified Referee Breaks Down the new IFAB Laws of the Game
Analysis of the new Laws of the Game for 2020-2021.
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