Irish Will Bring Along Three Women’s Soccer Titles These days it seems, when conference affiliations change for colleges and universities, is usually is all about collegiate football. The impact on the respective leagues’ soccer competition isn’t a factor. The announcement that Notre Dame would join the Atlantic Coast Conference as it’s 15th member institution is […]
Brazil 2014 Mascot is An Armadillo
Brazil 2014 Mascot is An Armadillo. The mascot of the 2014 World Cup is a yet to-be-named Brazilian endangered armadillo. Brazilians will choose the mascot’s name from three choices — Amijubi, Fuleco and Zuzeco. The three-banded armadillo, commonly found in northeastern Brazil, rolls up into the shape of a ball when threatened. “The fact that […]
Soccer Notes
Soccer Notes. All through the offseason the talk was of Clint Dempsey going to Liverpool, but the U.S. star won’t be going to a UEFA Champions League team after all. He almost went to Aston Villa, a team more likely to end up in the League Championship than Champions League, until he put his foot […]
Sunshine Conference
Sunshine Conference. Tampa freshman Cici Gonzalez (Lutz, Fla.) and Eckerd sophomore goalkeeper Morgan Crescent (Land O’Lakes, Fla.) have been selected Sunshine State Conference Women’s Soccer Players of the Week. Gonzalez led the Spartans to a pair of wins, including a conference road victory at Saint Leo. In that match, Gonzalez scored the game-winning goal with […]
Southern Conference
Southern Conference. Davidson freshman forward Valeriy Sviderskiy (Richmond, VA) has been named Southern Conference men’s Player of the Week after scoring three of Davidson’s six goals during a pair of golden-goal wins. He came off the bench to score a pair of goals less than three minutes apart early in the second half of the […]
SAC Men and Women
SAC Men and Women. With conference play now underway, Wingate forward Peron Da Silva and Lenoir-Rhyne goalkeeper Caitlin Scruggs have been selected as the SAC Soccer Players of the Week. Da Silva had a pair of game-winning goals, leading Wingate to victories over Lander and Lenoir-Rhyne. For the season, Da Silva has three goals – […]
Conference USA
Conference USA. The Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week was Kentucky senior Matt Lodge (England), who scored one of the biggest goals of his decorated career in leading the Wildcats to a 1-0 win at Louisville. His third goal of the year came on a free kick from just outside of the 18-yard mark, […]
Charlotte 49ers Working Overtime For Wins In 2012
Charlotte 49ers Working Overtime For Wins In 2012. A year ago, winning the close ones became a Charlotte 49ers trademark in their run to the NCAA Division I championship game. No different this year, as the 49ers have played five overtime games to open the 2012 season. That’s five of the first seven in double […]
Terps Top Tar Heels
Terps Top Tar Heels. Sixth-ranked North Carolina was upset 2-1 by the Maryland Terrapins in their ACC openers before a crowd of 1,500 fans at Ludwig Field in College Park, MD. The win was the third in a row for Maryland over the Tar Heels. It is the first time UNC has ever lost three […]
High Point Panthers One Of Four Teams Nationally Still Unbeaten, Untied
High Point Panthers One Of Four Teams Nationally Still Unbeaten, Untied. The High Point Panthers have begun their 2012 season with nine straight wins, including two of those against Big South opponents. The Panthers joined Marquette, Cornell and UC Riverside as the only four teams in the nation to have yet to drop a point […]