From College to the Pros - The US soccer ladder
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Welcome to THE soccer blog focused on American soccer players moving up the ranks. We'll keep track of the young soccer stars who are looking to make the leap to professional soccer in America and abroad.
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Contributors
What Bonji Is Reading...
2009 MLS SuperDraft Previews, Information & Links
- Buzz's Generation Adidas Tracking
- Joe Mauceri's Preliminary Player Ranking By Position
- Buzz's Kepper Rankings for ESPN.com
- Buzz's Defender Rankings for ESPN.com
- Pro Player Pipeline's GK Rankings
- Buzz's Midfielder Rankings for ESPN.com
- Pro Player Pipeline's Defender Rankings
- Buzz's Forward Rankings for ESPN.com
- Pro Player Pipeline's Midfielder Rankings
- Pro Player Pipeline's Forward Rankings
- Soccer City FC's Combine Special Interviews
- Pro Player Pipeline Overall Rankings
- Ives' Combine Review for ESPN.com
- Buzz's Top 20 Prospects for ESPN.com
- mlsnet.com official prospect booklet
Links
- ESPN Rise High School Soccer
- Class VI - Rapids Supporters Seating Section
- Even Is On - A cool site with lots of soccer culture
- Google Soccer News
- MLS' website
- College Soccer News
- BigSoccer - Soccer discussion board
- Blue Sombrero - Web Services for the Best Soccer Clubs
- 3rd Degree - 2007 Generation Adidas Speculation
- A good source for MLS' 2007 Stats
- Soccer Streaming
- Check the gear at Soccer Specialist
- Live Premiership Football
- US Soccer Development Academy - Teams, Scores, News & Standings
- Historical information on English Football
- Soccer Prose
- MLSDraft.net
- Soccer Cleats 101
- The Goalkeeper Company - Goalie Gloves
SoccerPro.com
- Find your way over to SoccerPro.com if you're looking for some great deals on soccer shoes and soccer gear. They've got everything from Nike Ronaldinho Shoes to Adidas Soccer Balls and Replica Soccer Jerseys.
- Soccer Shoes
- Nike Ronaldinho Shoes
- Adidas Soccer Balls
- Replica Soccer Jerseys
Other Soccer Blogs
- Soccer By Ives - Ives Galarcep
- Soccer Insider - Steven Goff - Washington Post
- Climbing the Ladder
- My Soccer Blog *note: this is not my blog, but someone else's*
- Du Nord
- 3rd Degree
- The Offside
- WVHooligan
- Triangle Soccer Fanatics
- Black Panther
- The DCenters
- The Kin of Fish
- The 'Other' Football
- Ziga Zoga
- ThroughBall
- Springfield MO Soccer
- MLS Underground
- Sideline Views
- Major League Soccer Talk
- Pro Player Pipeline
- Soccer Source
- The MLS Zone
- Soccer City FC
- Desert Crown
- The Mind Of Scads
2008 MLS Combine Invite List
F - Ely Allen - WashingtonM/F - Xavier Balc - Ohio State
MF - Jeremy Barlow - Virginia
D - Scott Bolkan - Stanford
D - Matt Britner - Brown
D - Eric Brunner - Ohio State
M - Eric Burkholder - Tulsa
D/M - Geoff Cameron - Rhode Island
GK - Dominic Cervi - Tulsa
DF - Adrian Chevannes - SMU
M - Ryan Cordeiro - Connecticut
D - Hugh Cronin - NC State
M - Pavle Dundjer - Illinois - Chicago
GK - Brian Edwards - Wake Forest
F - Kevin Forrest - Washington
D/M - Sean Franklin - Cal State Northridge
F - Joe Germanese - Duke
M/F - Brian Grazier - St. Louis
MF - El Hadj Cisse - NC State
D - Matt Hatzke - Santa Clara
M - Pat Healy - Towson
D - David Horst - Old Dominion
D - Andy Iro - UCSB
M - Andrew Jacobson - California
D - Julius James - Connecticut
F - George Josten - Gonzaga
GK - Andrew Kartunen - Stanford
M - Stephen King - Maryland
M - A.J. Kulp - Old Dominion
F - Joseph Lapira - Notre Dame
GK - Casey Latchem - Ohio State
D - Jon Leathers - Furman
M - Peter Lowry - Santa Clara
M - Ryan Maduro - Providence
AM - Sherron Manswell - Boston College
D - Raushawn McKenzie - Michigan State
D - Ryan Miller - Notre Dame
D - Brandon Owens - UCLA
D - Pat Phelan - Wake Forest
M - David Roth - Northwestern
M - Shea Salinas - Furman
GK - Steve Sandbo - SMU
D - Luke Sassano - California
CB - Andre Sherard - UNC
M - Ben Shuleva - SMU
M - Dan Stratford - West Virginia
F - Lukasz Turnicz - Rhode Island
D - Julian Valentin - Wake Forest
M - Michael Videira - Duke
D - Yomby William - Old Dominion
D - David Worthen - UNC Greensboro
M - Andy Wright - West Virginia
D - Michael Zaher - UCLA
M - Cesar Zambrano - Illinois - Chicago
US U-20 World Cup History
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In 1977 the USSR won the first FIFA World Youth Championship. This event has been played every two years since and is now called the U-20 World Cup.
- 1983 - 3rd in Group stage, did not advance. Key players: Hugo Perez, George Gelnovatch
- 1985 - Did not qualify
- 1987 - 3rd in Group stage, did not advance
- 1989 - 2nd in Group stage, Semifinals. Key players: Steve Snow, Eric Wynalda, Kasey Keller
- 1991 - Did not qualify
- 1993 - 2nd in Group stage, Quarterfinals. Key Players: Imad Baba, Miles Joseph, Kerry Zavagnan
- 1995 - Did not qualify
- 1997 - 3rd in Group stage, 2nd best 3rd place team - advanced. LOST in Round of 16. Key players: Ben Olsen, Brian West, Josh Wolff, John O'Brien
- 1999 - 2nd in Group Stage, Lost in Round of 16. Key players: Taylor Twellman, Carlos Bocanegra, Cory Gibbs, Tim Howard
- 2001 - 2nd in Group stage, Lost in Round of 16. Key players: Landon Donovan, DaMarcus Beasley, Bobby Convey
- 2003 - Won Group, Quarterfinals. Key players: Eddie Johnson (Golden ball winner), Clint Dempsey, Bobby Convey
- 2005 - Won Group, Lost in Round of 16. Key players: Freddy Adu, Benny Feilhaber, Lee Nguyen, Jonathan Spector
- 2007 - Won Group, Quarterfinals. Key Players: Freddy Adu, Josmer Altidore, Danny Szetela, Michael Bradley, Robbie Rogers
Here is the history of the US in the U-20 World Cup:
US U-17 World Cup History
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In 1985 Nigeria won the first FIFA U-17 World Cup. This event has been played every two years since.
- 1985 - 3rd in Group stage, did not advance.
- 1987 - 4th in Group stage, did not advance.
- 1989 - 3rd in Group stage, did not advance.
- 1991 - 1st in Group stage, lost in Quarterfinals to Qatar.
- 1993 - 2nd in Group stage, lost in Quarterfinals to Poland.
- 1995 - 4th in Group stage, did not advance.
- 1997 - 3rd in Group stage, did not advance.
- 1999 - 1st in Group stage, lost in Semifinals to Australia in a penalty shootout, then lost in 3rd place match to Ghana. Awards: Landon Donovan - Golden Ball, DaMarcus Beasley - Golden Ball runner up.
- 2001 - 4th in Group stage, did not advance.
- 2003 - 2nd in Group stage, lost in Quarterfinals to Brazil.
- 2005 - 1st in Group stage, lost in Quarterfinals to The Netherlands.
- 2007 - 2nd in Group stage, lost in first knock out match to Germany.
Here is the history of the US in the U-17 World Cup:
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