The head coach of the United States Women's Professional team, Pia Sundhage, is calling on all the 29 players to go to a camp, being held on January 7 to the 15, which there she will chose who gets to have the honor of representing the USA team for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Only 20 out of the 29 players that are going to this camp will be chosen to play in this tournament in Vancouver, Canada on January 19-29.
Voting is underway for the 2011 Best of USA Soccer and Athlete of the Year awards. These awards can go to any male, female, young male, or young female soccer player for the United States team. Voting will continue until January 13. These awards date back to 1984 for the men and 1985 for the women. The Young Female and Young Male award was added in 1998. The United States Women's National team is winning overall in the ballots so far because of their great performance during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. Some of the finalists include:
US Soccer Athlete of the Year Men's Finalists-
1. Jozy Altidore, Forward
2. Carlos Bocanegra, Defender
3. Steve Cherundolo, Defender
4. Clint Dempsey, Midfielder
5. Tim Howard, Goalkeeper
US Soccer Athlete of the Year Women's Finalists-
1. Lauren Cheney, Midfielder
2. Ali Krieger, Defender
3. Christine Rampone, Defender
4. Hope Solo, Goalkeeper
5. Abby Wambach, Forward
US Soccer Young Athlete of the Year Men's Finalists-
1. Kellyn Acosta, Defender
2. Juan Agudelo, Forward
3. Perry Kitchen, Defender
4. Marc Pelosi, Midfielder
5.Brek Shea, Midfielder
US Soccer Young Athlete of the Year Women's Finalists-
1. Morgan Andrews, Defender
2. Morgan Brian, Midfielder
3. Kelly Cobb, Forward
4. Melissa Henderson, Forward
5. Sydney Leroux, Forward
You can vote for your players and favorite soccer moments on the US Soccer offical facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/officialussoccer?sk=app_153503621416056
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