Tim Weah is the son of a Ballon d’Or winner. Tim Weah is a Paris Saint-Germain player. Tim Weah is American. Tim Weah scored a hat trick on Monday. Tim Weah helped the U.S. into the U-17 World Cup quarterfinals. Tim Weah is, like, Weah good.
Being handed his Norwegian senior debut at 15 and promised first team training with Real Madrid at 16 was clearly too much too soon for the now 18-year-old Martin Odegaard, but to call the precociously talented midfielder a burn out for failing to disrupt the back-to-back European champions’ starting XI is obviously extremely harsh.
Tuesday was a nightmare for U.S. soccer, but soccer does not stop because the U.S. won’t be in the World Cup next summer in Russia. In fact, the U.S. is competing at a World Cup right now — the U-17 World Cup in India — and the team is doing quite well.
The USMNT’s failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup is nothing less than an abject failure. It’s a failure for U.S. soccer on so many levels, from player development and youth organization to individual performances and coaching decisions. It’s a failure that must be learned from so as to never repeat it again.
Cuando se trata de atraer a los mejores talentos a tu club o liga juvenil, controla lo que puedas controlar y el resto se encargará de sí mismo. Suena fácil, ¿verdad? Bueno, no siempre es sencillo saber dónde concentrarse para reclutar jugadores jóvenes, especialmente si quieres a los mejores.
Nos sentamos con varios directores de clubes experimentados para averiguar en qué se centran para reclutar a jóvenes jugadores con talento (y a sus familias) para sus organizaciones.
Because Christian Pulisic is too old and will never accomplish anything, we present to you the next American Messi: 9-year-old Alessandro Cupini (no relation to Cuphead). The Kansas City native will be moving to Italy next year to train with AS Roma according to a press release, an impressive step for a young American.
The U.S. U-17 World Cup Roster was released Thursday and it is loaded with talent, starting with forwards Tim Weah and Josh Sargent. The roster includes four players who are already playing abroad, not including Sargent, who signed with Werder Bremen on Wednesday.
Han pasado casi 15 años desde la última vez que Marvin Lee respiró en este planeta. Una vez capitán de la selección nacional juvenil de Trinidad y Tobago, Lee murió a la edad de 21 años en su casa en Arima después de sufrir una lesión en el cuello que puso fin a su carrera por una colisión con la leyenda estadounidense Landon Donovan dos años antes.