Following the departure of Richie Burke, the Northern Virginia Royals launched an expedited search to name a replacement head coach for the Premier Development League squad. After examining a large list of qualified applicants, Royals management decided to pursue a selection that was intimately familiar with the 16-year-old franchise. Northern Virginia has named veteran midfielder […]
National ‘C’ Course
The National “C” License course will be offered August 8-11 & 15-18 in Fredericksburg, Va. Gordon Miller is the lead instructor. The National “C” License course is designed to introduce concepts that are targeted toward coaching players ages 11-16. The key contact for this course is Jackie Burket. Jackie@vysa.com. Course fee is $810. Also, waivers […]
Regional Soccer Briefs From The Southeast USA
Soccer In Arkansas Senior forward Wes Carson (Southside HS/Fort Smith) has been selected 2013 Gatorade Boys State Player of the Year for Arkansas….University of Arkansas freshman defender Teni Butler (Chattanooga, Tenn.) has been named Freshman of the Year by the College of Engineering at the University. Butler started 15 of 19 games last fall for […]
Klinsmann Talks About Upcoming Player Selection
U.S. MNT Coach Jurgen Klinsmann recently discussed the spring scouting schedule on USSoccer.com. Included was the shape of the rosters for upcoming World Cup Qualifiers and the CONCACAF Gold Cup and his approach to the busy summer coming up for the Men’s National Team. On scouting weekend performances of National Team players: “Obviously every weekend […]
Keep The Ball Alive To Score More Goals
University of Georgia Associate Head Coach I believe that addressing and training this concept was a major turning point for us during the 2010 season at Georgia. It made such a profound impact that I plan on addressing it with every team I ever coach. Territorially we were dominant in nearly every game, but we […]
A Georgia Triple Sweep Of State Championships
St. Pius X, Westminster and Paideia swept the 2013 Georgia High School Association’s boys and girls Class AAA, AA and A state championships, respectively, in finals held on the campuses of Kennesaw State and West Georgia. In the AAA finals, the St. Pius girls got their championship first with a 1-0 victory over Blessed Trinity. […]
Klinsmann Names Roster For Upcoming Games
No Landon Donovan, no Timmy Chandler, no Steve Cherundolo, no Jose Torres, Most everyone else are there! U.S. MNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann called in 26 players for a training camp before playing a pair of friendlies against Belgium and Germany prior to resumiong CONCACAF World Cup qualifying on June 7 in Jamaica. The U.S. will […]
Jury Awards $8.3 Million In ODP Soccer Deaths
A jury has found the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association negligent in the death of two young soccer players in a 2004 bus accident in France. The jury awarded about $8.3 million in compensatory damages to be divided between the parents of Onslow County’s Matt Helms and Charlotte’s Julian Brown. Both boys, age 13, were […]
No World Cup For U.S. U-17 Men
PANAMA CITY, Panama — Honduras recorded a 3-1 quarterfinal win to stun the United States to qualify for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup and reach the semifinals of the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship on Sunday night. The result denied the Americans from qualifying for the U-17 World Cup for the first time. The U.S. was […]
National U14 Training
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Nicholas Taitague (Midlothian) and Jose Carranz (Manassas) are among the 29 players called up by U.S. U14 boys national coach Hugo Perez for a training camp in California. Also selected was John McCune (Bethesda, Md.). The camp is the last before Perez selects the U14 squad for a trip to Croatia later this […]