U.S. Soccer referee Kari Seitz, 42, the most decorated and experienced international referee in U.S. Soccer history worked the middle of the U.S. WNT’s 4-0 victory over Australia, Oct. 20, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX. It was her final game, as she retired from a 28-year career as a referee, which started when […]
Alabama Soccer
Auburn’s Casie Ramsier (Dallas, TX) was named Southeastern Con- ference Freshman of the week after scoring both goals in 1-1 confer- ence draws against Tennessee and Missouri that kept the Tigers in the race to make the SEC Tournament. She now has team-leading seven goals on the season. Earlier, Tigers’ junior goalkeeper Alicen Wright (Chino […]
S.C. Soccer
Coastal Carolina junior forward Kacey Kelley (Ashburn, Va.) has been named the Big South Conference Attacking Player of the Week, while Liberty defender Maddie Boone was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Week. Kelley had three goals and an assist in helping Coastal to a pair of wins over Campbell and UNC Asheville. Boone, […]
Regional Odds & End Briefs From The Southeast USA
Soccer In Arkansas Senior Evan Palmer found the back of the net for the fifth time of the season in the 88th minute to lift the University of Arkansas soccer team (11-5, 4-4) over Tennessee (7-6-3, 2-4-2), 2-1, at Razorback Field. Trailing 1-0, sophomore Ashleigh Ellenwood scored the equalizer in the 28th minute of the […]
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 […]
Virginia Soccer
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have signed midfielder Joseph Ngwenya, who played the 2013 season with the Richmond Kickers, where he had nine goals and five assists and 23 points in 20 appearances. He was named first team USL PRO All-League and one of three finalists for league MVP…..The Kickers have announced a couple of new player […]
Soccer Notes
Former U.S. MNT defender Greg Berhalter has been named the seventh head coach of the MLS Columbus Crew. Berhalter, 40, who played collegiate soccer at UNC Chapel Hill, had an 18-year career as a professional player in Holland, England and Germany, and played his final two seasons in MLS with the Los Angeles Galaxy where […]
Tennessee Soccer
Earle Davidson, the only men’s soccer head coach in the NCAA era for the Belmont Bruins’ has resigned his position. He has directed the Belmont program since 1997, but was 6-10-2 overall this fall….. Steve Springthorpe, former women’s head soccer coach at N.C. State University, has accepted the head coaching position at Tennessee Tech University. […]
Regional Odds & End Briefs From The Southeast USA
Soccer In Arkansas The Arkansas Razorbacks tied Duke 2-2 in the NCAA Sweet 16 before falling in penalty kicks (5-3). It was the Razorbacks’ first shootout this season. The Razorbacks advanced to the third round of the NCAAs for the first time in the 28-year program history, advancing with wins over Oklahoma State (2-1) and […]
Georgia Soccer
Georgia Soccer has hired Greg Griffith as its new Executive Director. Griffith comes to Georgia Soccer from The US Soccer Foundation where he was the Director of Development. In his position with the Foundation, he increased revenues from $1 million in 2008 to an anticipated $7 for fiscal 2014. Griffith, who was a four-year player […]