The Clash of the Carolinas, the only cross-state high school soccer All-Star games in the country, willl be held July 6 at Blackbaud Stadium[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The boys and girls games feature some of the top graduated senior players from North Carolina and South Carolina. A total of 72 all-stars will play in the 2013 games. […]
Battery President Talks With USLsoccer.com About The Club
Having won two of the past three USL PRO titles and four championships overall, the Charleston Battery have been one of the most successful professional franchises in USL history, on and off the field. The Battery, founded in 1993, moved into Blackbaud Stadium – the first privately funded soccer specific stadium in the United States […]
Battery Close To Lead
Often the horse that wins the Kentucky Derby runs most of the race just off the pace. Close to the leaders and trying not to lose contact[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. You might say that about the Charleston Battery, which is in fourth place in the USL PRO with a week off before taking on the league leading […]
Tennessee Soccer
Cumberland University has hired Kyle Smith as the new men’s head soccer coach. Smith previously served two seasons as a full-time men’s assistant at NCAA D-I Drake University…..Summer Lanter, a Soddy-Daisy HS standout who is headed to Lee University this fall, has been called into the next U.S. Under-20 WNT training camp in Portland, Ore, […]
Hardin Master Kicker Of Footballs
Record Holder In Soccer & Football At Elizabethton HS The lead in a story last fall in the Johnson City Press read, “Give Christine Hardin a game, even one designed for the boys, and she will find a way to be good at it.” One thing for sure, Hardin can kick a football ….regardless of […]
Soccer Coach Arrested On Four Sex Charges
George “Rico” Laise was a highly respected soccer coach in and around Nashville, TN, since the 1990s. Respected until he was arrested and charged with rape. Initially Laise, 42, was charged by local law enforcement officials with four counts of rape after it was reported that he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year old […]
National Youth Coaching License Course Offered
Tennessee Soccer will host the National Youth License Coaching course. The course will be five days long and will run August 16-18 & August 24-25[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. It will be held at Drakes Creek Park in Hendersonville, TN. Candidates for the license must attend all sessions. This course is geared towards coaches who work mainly with […]
East Tennessee State Goes Back To The Future With SoCon
Record Holder In Soccer & Football At Elizabethton HS East Tennessee State is returning to the Southern Conference. So is Virginia Military Institute, along with newcomer Mercer University. The SoCon announced that those schools had accepted invitations, and the league hopes this will secure the league’s future. With the annual game of “musical chairs” by […]
Late C-N Signees
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Carson-Newman director of soccer Richard Moodie has announced the signing of three more student athletes to the C-N women’s soccer class of 2017. The signings bring the Eagles’ total to 12 for the year. Kendall Morrison, Aubree Cable and Susann Kneifel are C-N’s late signees. A geographically diverse lot, Morrison hails from White […]
Milligan Adds Woods
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Milligan College has announced the hiring of Chris Woods as an assistant coach for the women’s soccer program. Woods served as the head coach at Dobyns-Bennett High School, where he coached both the boys and girls soccer teams. He coached the boys team for four years, and the girls for three. [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] […]