Maryland Teams Lead The Way In Nationals. The four teams hailing from Maryland posted a record of 2-1-1 on the first day of the 2003 SNICKERS® US Youth Soccer National Championships at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, MD, while the two defending National Champions suffered losses. The Casa Mia Bays of the Boys Under-15 division […]
Florida Rallies For Four Goals To Advance
Florida Rallies For Four Goals To Advance. Junior striker Ashley Kellgren’s second consecutive NCAA tournament golden goal capped # 7 Florida’s rally from three goals down to a 4-3 triumph over Mississippi before 1,223 who witnessed the thrilling second-round match at Percy Beard Stadium. Senior midfielder Megan MacMillan scored twice as Florida (18-3-2) found net […]
Virginia Upsets Maryland On PKs
Virginia Upsets Maryland On PKs. The third-seeded Virginia Cavaliers claimed the 2003 ACC men’s soccer championship over the top-seeded Maryland Terrapins on nine rounds of penalty kicks Sunday afternoon at the SAS Soccer Complex in Cary, N.C. The match will be recorded as a tie with Maryland’s record becoming 17-2-1 and Virginia 9-9-2. Maryland struck […]
Adu Leads List Of Youth All-Americans
Adu Leads List Of Youth All-Americans. Freddy Adu, who is the youngest player in the U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team residential program in Bradenton, FL, was named to the NSCAA Boys Under-15 All-America Team. Heather O’Reilly, and Ashlyn Harris, who led the U.S. to the FIFA Under-19 Women’s World Championship, were named to the Under-17 […]
FSU Waits Out Rain For A Win
FSU Waits Out Rain For A Win. The #22 ranked Florida State Seminoles (7-5-0, 1-1-0) not only had to fight a tough University of Central Florida squad (9-4-0) trying to protect a five game winning streak, but they also had to take on mother nature. After a 1:45 delay for lightning, the Tribe scored three […]
Virginia Women Escape Upset
Virginia Women Escape Upset. Midfielder Sarah Huffman (Flower Mound, TX) first goal of the season came in the 82nd minute, allowing No. 3 Virginia to stave off an upset and win its eighth straight outing 1-0 over James Madison before 210 at the Reservoir Street Fields. Virginia (10-1-1) controlled the action in the non-conference match, […]
Arsenal say Yanks very much
Arsenal say Yanks very much. Like the 19th-century landrushers, Premiership clubs have decided to go west. Manchester United’s trailblazing-tour of America may have hogged the headlines, but Arsenal have stolen a march on recruiting young talent from the States. While Sir Alex Ferguson’s extensive and expensive courtship of 14-year-old wonderkid Freddy Adu is continuing, Arsene […]
Birmingham Southern Upsets #5 UAB
Birmingham Southern Upsets #5 UAB. Freshman striker Karim Dietz’s late goal proved to be decisive, lifting Birmingham Southern to a 2-1 upset of No. 5 and previously undefeated Alabama-Birmingham before 1,036 who witnessed the non-conference battle of crosstown rivals at BSC Soccer Park. Birmingham Southern beat a member of the national rankings for the first […]
Brazil Beats U.S. U20s In Title Match
Brazil Beats U.S. U20s In Title Match. L’ALCUDIA, Spain Tavares scored early to send a slightly older Brazil to a 1-0 victory over the United States under-20 men in the championship match of the C.O.T.I.F XIX Torneig Internaciona. A sloppy giveaway by the U.S. in its defensive end allowed Edno to find Tavares free in […]
Atlanta Fire Captures National Title
Atlanta Fire Captures National Title. The Atlanta Fire capturned the Under 16 boys national title Sunday at the SNICKERS® US Youth Soccer National Championships (SNICKERS® Cupat the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, MD, with a 2-1 win over FC Delco Dynamo II from Downingtown, PA. It was the Atlanta team’s first national championship Joe Howie gave […]