19 new players join the US Soccer U-17 Residency Program...
Today US Soccer announced the players attending the Bradenton, Florida soccer academy this fall. 19 new players join 21 who were there last year. They'll all naturally be added to my tracking spreadsheet that I hope to upload to an on-line data base soon (once I can identify one...hint, hint...nudge, nudge.
Coach Hackworth hopes this crop will be one of the most talented yet since they went about invitations differently. The coaching staff called 76 players into various camps in an effort to identify talent. Previously the coaches relied on seeing the players with their club teams. Let's hope he's right.
These kids are all competing to be a part of the next FIFA U-17 World Cup, which will take place from Aug. 18 to Sept. 9, 2007, in South Korea, except for Kyle Davies who is a hold over, just finishing up his studies.
Good luck boys!
Coach Hackworth hopes this crop will be one of the most talented yet since they went about invitations differently. The coaching staff called 76 players into various camps in an effort to identify talent. Previously the coaches relied on seeing the players with their club teams. Let's hope he's right.
These kids are all competing to be a part of the next FIFA U-17 World Cup, which will take place from Aug. 18 to Sept. 9, 2007, in South Korea, except for Kyle Davies who is a hold over, just finishing up his studies.
Good luck boys!
posted by Bonji at
4:55 PM
1 Comments:
First off, it makes me feel O-L-D seeing kids with birthdays from Nirvana was getting big.
Nice to see Ibrahim in the mix. A couple MN folks have gushed about the kid. Someone said he was the best dribbler to come out the state since Leo Cullen. Ya, that'll make Bonji and some others chuckle. But when you think about, in the grand scheme of things a lot of these kids won't even be good enough to make in the MLS as a full-fledged pro. And back when I was in school in the state and playing, Cullen had mad skills so I think it says a lot.
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Allen, at 1:50 PM
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