Florida State, the winner of the last four Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Soccer Championships, is preseason favorite to win yet another ACC title in a vote of the league’s 14 head coaches. The Seminoles received eight first-place votes and 186 points, followed by North Carolina (two first-place votes, 172 points), Duke (one first-place vote, 170 […]
Arena’s Team Captures 2017 Gold Cup Title
The U.S. Men’s National Team utilized goals from Jozy Altidore and Jordan Morris to defeat Jamaica 2-1 and claim the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup in front of 63,032 fans at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. The victory marks the USA’s sixth all-time confederation championship and makes Bruce Arena the first head coach to win […]
‘Cool Hand Clint’ Helps USMNT Reach Title Game
The U.S. Men’s National Team utilized two second-half goals in the span of 10 minutes from Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey to defeat Costa Rica 2-0 in the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Semifinal in front of 45,516 fans at AT&T Stadium. Dempsey’s 82nd minute strike was the 57th of his international career, tying him with Landon Donovan […]
Ellis Names Roster For Tournament Of Champions
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named the 23-player roster for the 2017 Tournament of Nations that will feature the USA, Japan, Australia and Brazil playing in three doubleheader events at three different venues over an eight-day period. For the second time this year, after the staging of the SheBelieves Cup in March, U.S. […]
Arena Makes Six Gold Cup Roster Changes
U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Bruce Arena has made six changes to the 23-player 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup roster. Per tournament regulations, teams have the opportunity to make up to six changes to the roster in the 24 hours following the completion of the Group Stage. Goalkeepers Tim Howard and Jesse Gonzalez, midfielders Michael […]
USMNT Advance, And Help is On The Way
The U.S. Men’s National Team utilized goals from Joe Corona, Kelyn Rowe and Matt Miazga to earn a 3-0 victory against Nicaragua in front of 27,934 fans at FirstEnergy Stadium. With the win, the U.S. MNT finishes on top of its group for the 13th time in 14 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments and will await Sunday’s […]
Jordan Morris Fuels 3-2 Gold Cup Victory
No, it wasn’t a thing of beauty. USMNT coach Bruce Arena fielded essentially a “B” lineup of players who had never before played together. All were playing to make the case for their selection on the next U.S. World Cup team. While several may achieve a roster spot, the reality is that none are likely to be […]
USMNT Draws 1-1 With Panama In Nashville
The U.S. Men’s National Team used Dom Dwyer’s first-time effort in the 50th minute to earn a 1-1 draw with Panama in front of a Tennesse-state record crowd of 47,622 in its opening match of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup in Nashville. The USA moves on to its second Group B encounter where it will face Martinique […]
Is it Wise to Specialize?
By John O’Sullivan The greatest difference between our children’s sporting experience and our own is the rise of year round, sport specific organizations that ask – even require – season after season of participation in order to stay in the player development pipeline. The pressure to have your child specialize in a single sport at […]
Explosion Of Research On Concussions
By Dr. Don Kirkendall To say that our understanding of sport-related concussive injury continues to evolve is an understatement. The number of research articles has exploded. A mere 176 papers were published in 2000. In 2016, a total of 1310 papers on ‘concussion OR mild traumatic brain injury’ were published – a nearly 650% increase […]