Figured I'd start a thread for news articles on the U20 qualifiers. Also figured there'd eventually be some results, hence, the (R). From today's Charleston's paper: U20 Teams Kick Off Today
Story from Soccer365 on preparation and Rongen's outlook: http://www.soccer365.com/US_NEWS/National_Teams/page_91_41681.shtml
is there going to be a webcast or maybe an audio feed for this games to listen to? anybody have any info??
I've heard of no (free) webcast of audio feed, only the pay per view. The Charleston Battery normally webcasts their games during the A-League season but these U-20 matches belong to USSF (or FIFA or CONCACAF, etc.) and it's up to them how they want to market & distribute their product.
Quaranta back better than ever http://www.mlsnet.com/content/02/usa1112quaranta.html Cameron one to watch http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/11/sports/soccer/12SOCC.html
nothing much new here, but good to know starr (newsweek) is pushing his stories: http://www.msnbc.com/news/832949.asp
The US v. Haiti, El Salvador, and Canada are all being offerred on pay-per-view on Diretv and on the internet on Willow.TV. Call 1-888-388-6622 to order on Directv and go to www.willow.tv for the internet.
From today's paper: US Blanks Haiti ALAN HAWES / STAFF Santino Quaranta (left) and Haiti's Wadson Corriolan fight for possession of the ball during the CONCACAF Under 20 Group B Youth soccer tournament at Blackbaud Stadium Wednesday night. From US Soccer: U.S. U-20s Beat Haiti 2-0 to Open 2003 World Youth Championship Qualifying in South Carolina
one more for the Charleston Battery website http://www.charlestonbattery.com/news.asp?y=2002&page=1&id=51 mikey
from soccer 365 analyzing performances in match 1: http://www.soccer365.com/US_NEWS/National_Teams/page_91_41748.shtml
Nothing earth shattering, however, I guess this ends speculation that Clark may double dip and try to play some for his Furman team in the Southern Conference tournament also underway in Charleston. In any evernt, here's today's newspaper offering: Passport puts U.S. captain Convey back in the lineup
ES previews & EJ MLS.net ES preview http://www.mlsnet.com/content/02/usa1115elsalvador.html Cyber Soccer preview http://www.cybersoccernews.com/usmen/021114u20preview.shtml Ed Johnson http://www.mlsnet.com/content/02/usa1114johnson.html ES roster has young American http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562132581
I dunno. I bet if Furman makes the SoCon final, Rongen let's Clark play, especiually since he has a ver capable and experienced backup in Jordan Stone. I could also see him letting other college players go if, and only if, their school was in their respective conference final Sunday. Potentially, this means Ned Grabavoy and Knox Cameron for the Big Ten final and Chris Lancos for the ACC final. For the West Coast players, Washington has a losing record and no hope of a bid so Klaas doesn't go. UCLA and Stanford are assured of bids so there is no need to send Marshall and Harvey back. However, Santa Clara is on the proverbial bubble and really needs to beat Loyola Marymount Saturday night (7:30 PST) so I could see Cochrane and Cronin being allowed to go if, and only if, the US has already clinched a spot in the UAE. Letting Cronin go is easier to do since Baumstrak has his passport now and because UAB is out of the Conference USA tournament. (Though, if Cronin goes it leaves the US without a back up GK but I suppose a field player could play there in a pinch. So, theoretically, I could see as many as 6 players being allowed to leave to go back to their college teams. I doubt all will need to go (I don't see Mryland and Michigan winning tonight) but it could happen.
http://www.soccer365.com/US_NEWS/National_Teams/page_91_41810.shtml feature on Thomas Rongen for 365.com
Excellent article GersMan. Thanks again for all of the great stuff on 365! Someone else noticed this article, so I'll just add the link here as well: http://www.concacaf.com/news/article.page/1088 -Tron
El Salvador reports: http://www.laprensa.com.sv/deportes/dep9.asp http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2002/11/16/deportes/depor4.shtml http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2002/11/15/deportes/depor6.shtml
What I thought most interesting from the Thomas Rongen article on Soccer365: “It starts at the top obviously within our administration,” Rongen said. “Then Bruce has gotten people in positions who have a similar philosophy. We all have different ideas about things but we think along the same lines, so you get a vertical integration and don’t have a kickball team at U17 to possession in U20 to something completely different in U23. Now even starting at U14 you have an emphasis on what are we trying to achieve and have had some very healthy meetings together initiated by Bruce Arena. We just brainstorm about the game and it’s very beneficial in giving everyone a sense of direction and sense of purpose.” So it seems that the U.S. has developed a system under Bruce Arena that will be here for many years to come. The junior teams are grooming players to fit into that system, and it will be interesting to see how future senior Nats compare to the current ones that weren't brought up under the Arena umbrella.
Stone & Mapp Questions with Jordan And Justin by Bill Fetty: http://www.sams-army.com/index.php?...&Article_id=107
US Soccer match report on US/Canada: U.S. Under-20s Wrap Up CONCACAF Qualifying with 3-2 Loss to Canada And from the Chucktown paper: Canadians join U.S. in Worlds
Fuller local news reports from Fri.-Sun. games in CharlestonnewComplete Full articles from Fri. and Sun. games in Charleston. Here are links to more complete local-paper onsite game stories on the U.S.-El Salvador (Friday) and U.S.-Canada (Sunday) http://www.charleston.net/pub/sport...r/under1116.htm http://www.charleston.net/pub/sport.../soccer1118.htm
Links to above articles from Charleston The links aren't working right, but going direct to the www.charleston.net (sports) should get anyone to those stories currently....