Alabama Soccer

Auburn sophomore Kala Faulker (Alpharetta, GA) was invited to the U.S. National Under-20 Team training camp in Carson, Calif. She was named All-SEC First Team as a defender, and made her first appearance on the national squad, which is training for the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship in January….Decatur, Ala, has been named the host for the 2014 US Youth Soccer Region III Presidents Cup championships, June 6-9, 2014. The[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] regional winners in the boys and girls U13/U17 age groups will advance to the national championships, July 10-13, 2014, in Greenville, SC. Games will be played at the Jack Allen Soccer Complex…..The Alabama Soccer Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) is set for Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham-The Wynfrey. Jim Cosgrove, Executive Director for US Youth Soccer, will be the Keynote Speaker at the AGM….The University of Montavello Falcons captured their third Peach Belt Conference tournament championship in four years with a 2-0 victory over Francis Marion. Leading scorer Ricky Davey scored the game-winner and was named the tournament’s MVP…..Samford senior midfielder Michelle Moll (Evansville, Ind.) was named All-SoCon for a third straight season. She was joined on the first team by fellow senior Trine Taule (Norway) and freshman Malanisha Kelly (Childersburg, Ala.). The Bulldogs lost 2-0 in the Southern Conference semifinals to top-seeded Furman to finish the season 13-6-2…..Birmingham Southern’s senior soccer standouts forward Amanda Babbin (Carmel, Ind.) and defender Cory Gonzalez (Birmingham, Ala.) were both named First-Team All-Southern Athletic Association…..Senator Tammy Irons (Florence, Ala.) recently awarded a $1,000 grant to the North Alabama University women’s soccer program to be used to purchase equipment and uniforms…..West Alabama sophomore Thirbault Charmey (France), the Gulf South Conference Player of the Year, has been named NSCAA D-II All-South Region first team. The West Alabama Tigers lost 2-1 in the GSC men’s championship game.