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United Soccer Coaches Announces Annual Media Contest Award Recipients
BALTIMORE, Md. (Jan. 18, 2019) - United Soccer Coaches announced on Saturday the following award recipients in the association's annual Media Contest: Deadline/Game Story: Meg Linehan, The Athletic, “The USWNT beat Thailand 13-0 because you don’t win World Cups by...
Friday at Convention – Psychology and Technology
By Sam Polak Coaches wear no shortage of hats. Running training sessions, preparing game plans, managing individuals, managing a collective team, recruiting, talking to parents or fans, teaching, setting a good example as often as possible, scouting, and that’s just...
Rusty Oglesby elected to United Soccer Coaches Board of Directors
BALTIMORE, Md. (Jan. 17, 2020) -- It was announced on Friday at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Baltimore that Rusty Oglesby has been elected to the association’s Board of Directors. Oglesby will serve a six-year term on the United Soccer Coaches Board of...
President’s Corner: Ensuring the Beautiful Game
As coaches of the game, we share a sacred obligation to ensure the beautiful game is just that. No small task, the implications run to the quality of play; exquisite mastery of the ball to deliver brilliant dribbling, passing, shooting and saving; exhilarating skill...
Thursday, January 16th at the United Soccer Coaches Convention
Through the lens of developing our players tactically, technically, physically, and psycho-socially By Sam Polak There’s no short supply of different models for player development. One such approach that we have all probably seen is to segment the game and help...
United Soccer Coaches, U.S. Soccer Foundation, and Musco Lighting Donate Mini-Pitch to City of Baltimore
BALTIMORE, Md. (Jan. 16, 2020) – United Soccer Coaches, the U.S. Soccer Foundation, and Musco Lighting announced on Thursday the donation of a new Mini-Pitch SystemTM to the city of Baltimore to be installed at Hampden Elementary as part of the 2020 United Soccer...
United Soccer Coaches/MaxPreps High School Players of the Week Announced for Jan.6-12
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan. 15, 2020) - United Soccer Coaches and MaxPreps announced today the seven boys and seven girls who have been named the Winter United Soccer Coaches/MaxPreps High School State Players of the Week for their on-field efforts from Jan. 6-12. United...
United Soccer Coaches/MaxPreps High School Players of the Week Announced for Dec. 30-Jan.5
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan. 8, 2020) - United Soccer Coaches and MaxPreps announced today the six boys and seven girls who have been named the Winter United Soccer Coaches/MaxPreps High School State Players of the Week for their on-field efforts from Dec. 30-Jan. 5. United...
United Soccer Coaches Releases First Winter High School Rankings
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan. 7, 2020) — United Soccer Coaches and USA Today High School Sports released the first boys’ and girls’ winter season soccer polls on Tuesday. Lee (San Antonio, Texas) jumped five spots from the preseason poll to sit atop the boys' poll, while...
United Soccer Coaches Announces Strategic Partnership with EDP
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan. 7, 2020) -- United Soccer Coaches is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with the Elite Development Program (EDP) to support college soccer and college soccer coaches. EDP offers top-tier tournaments and leagues that create important...
