Tennessee Soccer

In November, Tennessee SC 16 Premier player Maya Wright participated as a member of the US Virgin Islands U17 Women’s National team in the Caribbean Football union qualifier of the Women’s U-17 World Cup tournament. She started all six international matches…Former Belmont men’s soccer standout defender JP Rodriguez has signed to play with the Rochester Lancers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Rodriguez was the 2005 A-Sun Defender of the Year. He [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]has played professionally indoors with the Milwaukee Wave, and outdoors with the Tampa Bay Rowdies and D.C. United of MLS…..Omar Djabi, a junior at Lipscomb University was named Atlantic Sun Player of the Year for the 2013 season. The former Tennessee SC standout, scored nine goals with three assists, and his four game-winning goals were best in the A-Sun…..The 2014 Tennessee State Soccer Association’s Annual General Meeting will be held Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Embassy Suites – Cool Springs, Nashville, TN. Sessions will begin at 8:20 am……Earle Davidson, the only head coach in the Belmont University Bruins NCAA era, has resigned. He had been the Belmont head coach since 1997…..Former N.C. State head soccer coach Steve Springthorpe is the new head coach of the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. He replaces Daniel Brizard who resigned at the end of the 2013 season. Springthorpe was a women’s assistant at Duke University last fall….Lee University senior MF Chevon Roberts has been named first-team NCCAA Division I All-America, and sophomore Gabe Franco was selected second team All-America. Roberts and Franco helped Coach Paul Furey’s club to a 13-5-6 season and runnerup finish as a first-year member of the Gulf South Conference…..Czubik Allen, arguably the most decorate women’s soccer player in Belmont University history, is one of four inductees in the Class of 2014 for the BU Athletic Hall of Fame. Allen is the career leader in total points (75), assists (31) and shots (160), and her 76 career games is fifth highest in team history.