academy Stories - Bitter and Blue
Sounders Academies Transition to 2011-12 Season
It was only 11 days ago that the Sounders U16 team finished 5th in the country at the US Soccer Development Academy Finals and only a couple of weeks before that the Sounders U18s were eliminated from the Playoff groups in Frisco, Texas. But the Sounders Academy didn't get much of a break before...
Chicago Fire Academy Update
The Chicago Fire academy returned to game action on April 2 after being on a break since December. The biggest news from the academy is a couple of players got into the Chicago Fire Reserves 3-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo Reserves yesterday. Peter Beasley (U-17/18), Manuel Rios (U-15/16),...
The Right To Dream...
African football is in a boom period right now, and Sunderland have been blessed to have some of the best from the continent gracing our club at the moment; Asamoah Gyan, John Mensah, Sulley Muntari & Stephane Sessegnon. However, for all these star names, spare a thought for the likes of...
Today the Academy; Tomorrow the World
Sunday seems to have become reading day for me, you know, besides the non-blogging stuff that Sunday requires that I call "life maintenance." Out there in the ether of the interwebs one can find a lot of great stories, oftentimes disconnected from the Sounders, or from my intentional writings (Am...
Sounders Academy in Tie for First in Group
You may have read this in the comments of the last post, but the Sounders won last night 2-1 over the Philadelphia Union. Seattle Sounders 2, Philadelphia Union 1 Seattle continued its strong play with a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union thanks to a strong defensive effort from the...
Sounders Academy at SUM Cup in Houston
SUM Cup you say? That's one of the Academy competitions that MLS teams participate in during a given year. This one is a U-17 competition, which means that the Sounders team won't be one of their two official academy teams as they operate a U-16 and U-18 team right now. And honestly do we really...
Hey Big Spender
Excerpts from an interview with Chief Executive Alistair Mackintosh have appeared in the press over the past few days and as well as trumpeting the fact that we kept hold of Micah Richards and Daniel Sturridge when 'we could have cashed in', but the main thread that has been picked up was the clubs...
Youth team lose in semi's
City's youth team have been knocked out of the Dallas Cup on penalties after drawing their semi-final with Sao Paulo 0-0, but Academy Manager Jim Cassell is proud of the mark the lads have left on the tournament.It was an entertaining affair at the Pizza Hut Park Stadium, with City trading blows...
Hughes looking to blood youngsters
"There are a number of players who are very much in my thoughts. It's about circumstances leading into games, and the expectations, and whether or not we get into the position in games where we can bring players on in a positive atmosphere and allow them to develop slowly in the correct manner."We...
Academy to expand globally
The major success story of the past decade at the club has undoubtedly been the emergence of the Academy, and the procession of players brought through to senior leve, which shows no sign of abating.The club today announced plans to expand the Academy on a global scale, with an initial Academy in...
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