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The U.S. Under-17 residency program in Bradenton, Florida has produced many of the best players in American soccer and the next crop of would-be Freddy Adus, Jozy Altidores and Michael Bradleys is set to be revealed.

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Over the next five days more than 25 of the nation's best girls youth teams will play over 40 games in the 2008 Women's Nike Friendlies at Home Depot Center.

Teams will participate in the Under-15, Under-16 and Under-17 age categories, although the Under-14 Girls' National Team will participate in the Under-16 age group, and the U.

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After a convincing 2-0 thumping of Russia on Thursday, the US U-17's faced the two concluding matches of the Nike Friendlies this past weekend. After the first-teamers bagged a somewhat fortunate 2-0 win over Brazil, the second team got keelhauled by the Turks and were fortunate to only go down by a 0-2 scoreline. Click to continue reading...

You know, with the future being so bright and all after that 2-0 spanking of Russia yesterday. Pardon my sarcasm, but haven't we seen this once or twice before--the U-17's looking a real force in international competition, then by the time they're U-20's they've dropped down to merely competitive, and finally they get to the senior stage and it's all modest upgrades here and a slightly better Click to continue reading...