U17WWC CONCACAF Qualifying

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  1. jackdoggy

    jackdoggy Member+

    May 16, 2014
    Big D
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    1-0 7th minute USA USA
    Spaanstra
     
  2. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #27 Gilmoy, Mar 8, 2016
    Last edited: Mar 8, 2016
    [USA - Costa Rica]
    02' 0-0 USA fk at circle top box right, sailed to 8m 1/3 right. GK #1 Akira Rubi comes off her line, plows through a leg / takes an IT band to her chest. Ball pops loose, cleared, foul on USA.

    03' 0-0 USA fk at 30m mid-right, sailed to Rubi at 6-top right post.

    04' 0-0 #3 Sophia Smith turns past 1 through box right, shoots from 5m mid-right, Rubi catches.

    07' 1-0 Smith sprints to a 1-v-2 at box top wide right, jukes right to freeze the stationary one, turbo-charges past both to 3m 6-right. Low cross to 4m left post beats Rubi guarding the shot, #7 Alexa Spaanstra wins her race and power-taps in. Smith is already a match-up nightmare on CRC's left flank -- like a young Pugh :D
     
  3. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #28 Gilmoy, Mar 8, 2016
    Last edited: Mar 8, 2016
    10' 1-0 Spaanstra(?) dribbles down mid-left to 6m 6-left, simple backpass on the run to #20 Tagliaferri(?) in a seam at 9m 1/4 left, one-touch instep volley goes high.

    13' 1-0 CRC gk or redistribution, USA promptly collect. #3 Smith drives past #12 Maria Salas down box right to 5m, shoots tight angle, Rubi catches face-high.

    14' 1-0 CRC fk at circle top! Sailed to 14m center, USA heads away.
    15' 1-0 Off the clearance, Tagliaferri quick-chips to #10 Ashley Sánchez 1-v-1 past arc top mid-left, low ground shot just wide left as Rubi sprawled.
     
  4. RockyTopFan

    RockyTopFan Member

    Dec 3, 2015
    Tennessee
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So our U17's are now fielding babies:eek:.
     
  5. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    22' 1-0 USA attack again, pass down 6-left to Spaanstra possibly 1 step offside, not called. Low cross to 5m center, nervously cleared to 14m mid-left. #19 Kate Wiesner runs on, one-touch shot wide right.

    24' 1-0 Tagliaferri turns at 12m mid-right, rolls a cross into space to 6-top left post. Nobody there, but the defender turns it toward her own post, then clears into far touch.
     
  6. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    28' 1-0 #4 Yedry Salas turns back to box top(?) left, hooks a high shot/cross in, #1 Laurel Ivory catches high at right post.

    29' 1-0 Sánchez pulls up 1-v-1 at 3m mid-left -- fakes a retreat, then drives endline to 6-left foot. Ball scuffed into many legs, pops out to #8 Briana Pinto unmarked at 7m 1/4 left. One-touch shot blocked by more legs.

    30' 1-0 1H water break.
     
  7. jackdoggy

    jackdoggy Member+

    May 16, 2014
    Big D
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sanchez PK 2-0
     
  8. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    35' 1-0 CRC weaves at circle top left vs. stiff pressure and tight chasing. #10 Gloriana Villalobos(!) collects going upfield, Sánchez tugs her right shoulder back and steps on her heel, popping a shoe half-off. OK, that's a foul :p

    35' 1-0 CRC fk at 24m mid-left, trick play, vertical ground pass down box left for #4 Salas chasing alone to 2m. One-touch cross gets past a scrum at left post, to #2 Valeria Del Campo at 3m 1/3 right. Awkward/contested waist-high instep tap shanks leftward across mouth, header also shanked, USA volley clear.

    38' 1-0 USA surge up centerline, tap ahead to Tagliaferri through box top center to 15m. #15 Stephanie Blanco lunges into a grasstop sidekick stretch, ball bounces over her leg, she clips Tagliaferri's right instep and trips her into a sprawl. Penal :oops:, amarillo on Blanco.

    38' 2-0 USA pk, #10 Sánchez right instep into back left edge 1/5 high hard, Rubi guessed right but couldn't get there.
     
  9. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    45+2' (of +2') 2-0 #20 Tagliaferri 3-v-3 at 22m mid-right, lags a poor pass to arc top, too steep a diagonal. #8 Pinto accelerates in center lane, stretch-pokes ball past the high line -- almost turned it into a great pass :laugh: Chases to 13m mid-right, #4 Salas wins race and slide-hooks ball first, Pinto 2nd. Trip, no call.

    HT 2-0. These USA kids are pretty skilled at soccer (maybe revise your opinions of HC B. J. Snow ;)), and then we have the ginormous advantage in size of gene pool. CRC is decent, but CONCACAF isn't the yardstick: we're all chasing Japan (still!) and the other usual suspects.
     
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  10. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #35 Gilmoy, Mar 8, 2016
    Last edited: Mar 8, 2016
    46' 2-0 USA subs in (1 of 3) 14-yr-old :thumbsup: #17 Jordan Canniff for #6 Emily Smith. We always have a kid or two play up a cycle -- last time it was Kuhlmann and Pugh (and look at them now). Maybe revise your opinions about April Heinrichs' program :laugh:

    51' 2-0 USA probing around CRC's box top. Tagliaferri delicate tap from box top mid-right to #2 Taryn Torres cutting left-to-right to 10m 6-right. One-touch shot blocked point-blank, trickles to Rubi. #2 Valeria Del Campo hops in pain but resumes -- took ball or toes to her anklebone?

    54' 2-0 Mostly USA possession.
     
  11. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    69' 2-0 CRC right throw-in upfield to #9 Mereilyn Alvarado leaning past 2 at arc top box right. Quick chip on the run strands GK Ivory at 6-top, but tails off wide right. Whew.

    69' 2-0 USA subs in (2 of 3) #11 Izzy Rodriguez for #10 Ashley Sánchez.
     
  12. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    82' 2-0 #19 Wiesner jukes left past #15 Blanco already throwing self down and stretching right foot for a forlorn poke-try, scythes the plant leg. Foul, 2nd yellow = rojo on Blanco :cry:

    83' 2-0 USA subs in #3 of 3) #13 Rachel Jones for #20 Frankie Tagliaferri. (CRC made subs too, I just don't type them today)

    84' 2-0 USA fk at 27m box left to 13m center, headed away. This game has kind of wilted in the heat, but USA are methodically closing it out with constant pressure, and certainly look fresher.

    86' 2-0 CRC pokes ball past stationary #8 Pinto at their own 30m centerline, Pinto turns head to gaze at ball behind her, CRC player runs self aground on Pinto Reef. Foul, yellow card on Pinto :unsure: uh-huh.
     
  13. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    90' 2-0 #19 Wiesner(?) chases alone down wide left to ~10m, ground cross to 16m arc left. #17 Canniff quacks ball up to waist-high, uses it as a perfect spin-into-wheelhouse -- but mis-hits the grasstop half-volley, foul tip without power and just wide left low. +3'.

    90+3' (of +3') 2-0 #13 Jones soft chip through box top arc left for #17 Canniff chasing -- just too far, but #1 Rubi comes out to 6m left post, double-blocks it off #2 del Campo's shins facing her, ball bounces over Rubi to 3m. del Campo, falling down, hooks it just wide left and over.

    90+4' (of +3') 2-0 USA left ck, to 4m 3-right, header down but just wide right.

    FT 2-0. USA wins Group B, plays Canada in the semis :coffee:
     
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  14. jackdoggy

    jackdoggy Member+

    May 16, 2014
    Big D
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ??? Can you expand a little.....I rarely watch this age group.....thanks
     
  15. BlueCrimson

    BlueCrimson Member+

    North Carolina Courage
    United States
    Nov 21, 2012
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Japan won the previous U-17 WC.
     
  16. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I went to the source: FIFA's archives. WWC-17 was first held in 2008, and it's biannual, so there have been 4 so far, and this year's will be the 5th. Here are all 4 top-4 finishers:

    2008 DPRK, USA, GER, ENG
    2010 KOR, JPN, ESP, DPRK
    2012 FRA, DPRK, GHA, GER
    2014 JPN, ESP, ITA, VEN

    Assigning points on a 4-3-2-1 scale, we get the following brief history. Past champions are in bold blue.

    8 DPRK (2008:1st, 2012:2nd, 2010:4th)
    7 JPN (2010:2nd, 2014:1st)
    5 ESP (2010:3rd, 2014:2nd)

    4 KOR (2010:1st)
    4 FRA (2012:1st)

    3 USA (2008:2nd)
    3 GER (2008:3rd, 2012:4th)

    2 GHA (2012:3rd)
    2 ITA (2014:3rd)
    1 ENG (2008:4th)
    1 VEN (2014:4th)

    Hence, the evidence suggests that the strongest youth programs are in Asia and Europe. (Go figure, huh :p)

    North Korea -- They train harder than we put our kids through, and try to outrun everybody.
    We lost to them in the 2008 final: Dunn, both Mewes, Tymrak, Laddish, Brian, Quon, Eddy


    Japan -- Recently rocking us all like we're scissors. HC Asako Takemoto Takakura and many of her players just moved up en masse to WWC-20 -- with JWNT HC Sasaki stepping down, TT could move up again :thumbsup:

    Spain -- Doing Japan things to everybody else until they meet Japan. They've been a perplexing headscratcher anomaly for years: so good at U-17 and Euro-19, and then they fall into a black hole at the senior level. Very recent resolution: Fire the chauvinist Quereda and promote HC-17 Jorge Vilda to the ESP WNT :notworthy:

    Germany
    -- Always in any list, although they've had spectacular flame-outs at this level.

    France -- ibid. Their one golden generation won in 2012, lost at 2014 WWC-20 semis to Germany, and mostly lurk in France B, except Griedge M'Bock Bathy.

    Venezuela(!) -- New program coming out of nowhere, brought the excitement in 2014. Deyna Castellanos was ridunkulous in 2014, she's still only 16 and at it again.

    USA is mercurial at this level: we've qualified for only 2 of 4, and finished 3rd in our group in 2012 (behind France and DPRK). We always reach the CONCACAF semis, and regularly win our own annual NTC-17 4-team friendly tourney, which suggests that we're already a top team in this region. Much stiffer challenges await.
     
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  17. Hooked003

    Hooked003 Member

    Jan 28, 2014
    They looked great 2 years ago, too, until the semi-finals when Mexico bunkered and the US looked completely lost. It appeared that BJ had not spent one iota of the 2 years of training on how to cope with a bunker. It probably didn't matter too much, though, as the US was nowhere near the level of Japan, Spain, and even Italy that year. That 2014 Japan U17 team was awesome.
     
  18. 8MiLLeNiuM

    8MiLLeNiuM Member

    Jan 14, 2016
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The 2012 French side was pretty impressive as well.
     
  19. 8MiLLeNiuM

    8MiLLeNiuM Member

    Jan 14, 2016
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  20. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    March 11
    Semifinals
    Mexico vs. Haiti 4 pm ET (FOX Soccer Plus, FOX Soccer 2Go)
    USA vs. Canada 7 pm ET (FOX Soccer Plus, FOX Soccer 2Go)

    March 13

    Third-place Game 2 pm ET (Fox Sports 2)
    Final 5 pm ET (Fox Sports 2)


    Games can be viewed free of charge on foxsoccer2go.com by entering the promo code “U17WNT” on the registration page. The promo code can be activated though March 13.
     
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  21. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #46 Gilmoy, Mar 11, 2016
    Last edited: Mar 11, 2016
    2016/03/11 Fri
    SF1 [Haiti - Mexico]

    05' 0-1 #7 Dayana Cazares, touch into 14m 6-right, blast just inside right post low

    13' 0-2 #20 Maricarmen Reyes, heads a clearance to arc top left post, steps forth and golaaaaaazo left 90

    ~19' 0-2 Mexico cross high from ~box left to crossbar center, GK Theus jumps but only micro-touches ball. It drops to 4m 1/3 right, Mexico dart in and shank a soft shot toward left side netting. Defender hooks ball out, too close to call -- would need GLT to decide. No goal given: offside on the shot?

    1H #17 Mikerline Saint Felix(?) plants left foot too-wide with toes out, pushing off rightward -- goes down with out contact. Trainers, she limps into touch or endzone. Resumes. Later, drives down box left, slight bump from behind, goes down holding left knee. Stretchered off.

    34' 0-2 Haiti subs in (1 of 3) #4 Martine Olivier for #17 Mikerline Saint Felix.

    HT 0-2. Mexico hit both posts, and had two more weak shots stopped on the goalline. No real surprises yet. Haiti have one or two individuals who physically dominate and can outdribble 2, but the rest of the team isn't fast enough to give them outlets for passes. Still, very promising progress for a relatively tiny program.
     
  22. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #47 Gilmoy, Mar 11, 2016
    Last edited: Mar 11, 2016
    55' 0-2 Mexico long fk to 5m 1/4 right, GK Theus weak double-slap only to 8m 6-right. #9 Daniela Espinosa one-touch right instep volley past Theus, off right post low and bounces back out to 13m. 2nd shot hits Espinosa(?) on the ground, in the back :eek: She saved her own rebound :laugh: it's just that kind of day.

    58' 0-2 Mexico right ck, high inswinger to 4m 1/4 right. GK Theus jumps through traffic and whiffs, Mexico head down behind her toward right post -- stopped by legs, cleared.

    61' 0-2 Mexico subs in (1 of 3) #19 Gabriela Juárez for #9 Daniela Espinosa. Cuellar the Younger has a short hook ;)

    75' 0-3 Haiti attack into box, cleared. 2nd entry to arc top mid-left, awkward twisting-back volley bounces across box top to nobody. Mexico counters quickly to midfield mid-left, quick long cross into space at 24m mid-right. #10 Montserrat Hernández runs on, settles the backspin slightly behind her -- shoots a fast lob perfectly over GK Theus, drops just under crossbar center into 2/5 left back low.
     
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  23. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #48 Gilmoy, Mar 11, 2016
    Last edited: Mar 11, 2016
    SF1. Haiti 0-3 Mexico

    SF2 [USA - Canada]

    00'28" 0-0 Kuhlmann steals from #16 Ashley Cathro at arc top left, drives to 10m left post and sliding left foot shot under Cathro's pressure, saved by Proulx.

    03' 0-0 Frenetic pace, all USA possession. Canada clear from deep left corner, ball knocked square to 24m arc top. Spaanstra runs through a waist-high roundhouse volley try, gathers, quick vertical through-ball down mid-right but it rolls too far and over.


    04' 0-0 USA steal at 24m, Pinto drives to arc tangent left, quick diagonal through-ball try just behind 2 wide-open at 15m arc right, Canada poke it away.

    05' 0-0 Canada right throw-in at midfield, cleared across. Left throw-in, down wide left ...
     
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  24. Gilmoy

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    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    08' 0-0 Canada lengthy possession, backpass to circle center. Forward pass clangs off #10 Ibrahim, USA gathers. #17 Jordan Canniff stutter-stop at box top wide right, hard drive down box right to 1m, low cross outswings to right post. Proulx stops ball, rebound to 4m, she dives on it first.

    10' 0-0 Hot backpass forces Proulx to scuff a clearance past arc top. #8 Pinto collects and counters, lunge-poke rattles off #2 Emma Regan's right instep and bounces through her wicket into box, Pinto lunge-shoots from 15m -- into Proulx's midriff.

    11' 0-0 USA chip to 5m 5-left, Proulx tracks the bounce but it skips low instead of coming up into her hands, bounces off her thighs. Proulx falls on ball as Kuhlmann(?) hops over her. Many handling woes already :eek:
     
  25. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    12' 0-0 USA long chip :mad: from ~25m wide right to 12m left post, Proulx catches the bounce. USA pass to box top mid-left facing away, couple of chase-pokes but we can't quite settle for a killer pass.

    13' 0-0 Canniff standing-start drive down box right on LB #3 Grosso, who pounces and gets 50-50 contact on stationary ball -- both trip over ball, ball squirts endline-ward, in Canniff's stride. Grosso chases to box right foot, trips over ball into endzone. Canniff creeps into 2m mid-right, stopped again -- ball pops centerward, still in!! Canniff collects, goes to 2m 6-right, cuts endline and -- shoots in tight space way wide right, into side netting.

    16' 0-0 Canada two right throw-ins in USA's 1/3. Canada go centerward to 27m arc right, Kuhlmann puts left hand around #8 Stratigakis's far hip, wraps self down and around to lunge-poke ball, trips Stratigakis. Foul.

    17' 0-0 Canada fk at 27m mid-right, outswings over 8m left post, over heads.
     

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