Former Florida State Seminole Amanda DaCosta, who won the inau- gural National Women’s Soccer League championship with the Port- land Thorns, has also won the Women’s Super League championship in England with Liverpool Football Club. Liverpool finished with 12 wins, two losses and no draws, with DaCosta starting every game as an attacking midfielder, handing out 12 assists…..The 2014 USL Pro Combine will return to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., January 23-26. The event, now in its eighth year, will feature 102 players from North America and overseas hoping to land a professional contract. The USL PRO Combine will again be directed by USL National Tech- nical Director Peter Mellor, who will oversee the combine’s curricu- lum. Coaches expected to participate in the event will include those from USL PRO, MLS and several current PDL coaches and executives…..Florida Gulf Coast’s Tabitha Tindell and North Florida’s Megan Dorsey each earned A-Sun weekly honors. Tindell (Ocala, Fla., was the Player of the Week after scoring her 11th goal of the season, while Dorsey, the Ospreys’ goalkeeper, was named A-Sun Defensive Player of the Week after a record-breaking 20 saves against East Tennessee State….The Florida Gulf Coast men take a seven-game unbeaten streak into their A-Sun game against Stetson. It is the second longest in a single season in
program history….Jacksonville’s Guilherme Brandao was named Player of the Week in the A-Sun with a goal and an assist in JU’s 2-0 win over USC Upstate….Stetson’s Andreas Schnabl had eight saves in a 1-0 vic- tory over Mercer….Florida sophomore defender Luren Smith (Eustis, Fla.) was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week after anchoring a defense that posted shutouts against #23 Kentucky and LSU. She had her first career multi-goal game in the 3-0 win over Kentucky……Stephen Ross, owner of the NFL Miami Dolphins, speaking at the recent Bloomberg Sports Business Summit, said that he has thrown his hat into the MLS expansion game. Ross’ RSE Ventures has brought European friendlies into Sun Life Stadium, which he has offered as an venue while a soccer specific stadium is built in Dade County.