Grant Wahl's twitter feed had the following info but no link or source attribution. So I went to the ussoccer site and found an announcement from Monday. Per the announcement, both coaches will stay in their current gigs so the U17 & U20 jobs stay part time though USSF is paying both April & Ellis so that's a net increase in "coaching" salaries for the women's Uxx programs. A Q&A with Montoya A Q&A with Swanson Interesting news, which based on the Q&A was made a while ago (Montoya has already been in charge of camps). Anyone have thoughts?
So essentially Jillian and buddies sit around and pontificate how to be a good team while these guys run all the stuff. So what's different than before? At least now they admit it.
The existence of technical director positions in general don't bother me and they're not that unusual in the grand scheme of things. The specific choice of individuals that USSF made to fill these positions, is a whole nother issue.
U17s to play Japanese U17s twice at the end of the month Roster for the pre-game camp: GOALKEEPERS (3): Jane Campbell (Concorde Fire South; Kennesaw, Ga.), Cassie Miller (Sereno FC; Cave Creek, Ariz.), Morgan Stearns (McLean Power; San Antonio, Texas) DEFENDERS (9): Morgan Andrews (FC Stars of Mass.; Milford, N.H.), Maddie Bauer (Slammers FC; Newport Beach, Calif.); Zoey Goralski (Chicago Botafogo; Naperville, Ill.), Olivia Hazelrigg (Sparta; Riverton, Utah), Lauren Kaskie (Heat FC; Las Vegas, Nev.), Havana McElvaine (Colorado Rush; Denver, Colo.), Sydney Myers (Black Diamond SC; Park City, Utah), Lizzy Raben (Colorado Rush; Greenwood, Colo.), Morgan Reid (Chelsea Ladies; Cary, N.C.) MIDFIELDERS (7): Joanna Boyles (Chelsea Ladies; Raleigh, N.C), Miranda Freeman (Lady Renegades SC; Royal Palm Beach, Fla.), Summer Green (Michigan Hawks; Milford, Mich.), Gabbi Miranda (Colorado Rush; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Arielle Ship (Real So Cal; Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Morgan Stanton (Colorado Rush; Lakewood, Colo.), Andi Sullivan (Bethesda SC; Lorton, Va.) FORWARDS (7): Emily Bruder (Utah Avalanche; Sandy, Utah), Cameron Castleberry (Chelsea Ladies; Raleigh, N.C.), Danica Evans (Colorado Rush; Lakewood, Colo.), Darian Jenkins (Sparta; Riverton, Utah), Kayla Mills (Slammers FC; West Covina, Calif.), Amber Munerlyn (So Cal Blues; Corona, Calif.), Toni Payne (Concorde Fire; Birmingham, Ala.).
Game recaps for the U17 WNT games vs Japan - US U17 WNT claws back against Japan Too little too late for U17 WNT vs Japan Guess they just didn't have enough in the tank for 2 dramatic comebacks!