Charleston Returns Solid Roster From Title Team With the start of the 2013 USL PRO season rapidly approaching, the Charleston Battery hopes to draw strength from 2012 and the club’s league championship. Charleston Battery midfielder Nicki Paterson recalls one game in particular that was important to that championship run. “It just seemed to come to […]
Tennessee Soccer
The Tennessee State Soccer Association has presented the following annual awards. Boys Competitive Coach of the Year – Carl Schmitt (Mid-South Futbol Club), Girls Competitive Coach of the Year – Laban DeFriese (Tennessee Soccer Club), Recreation Coach of the Year – Dave Cleary, TOPS Buddy of the Year – Jed Holstine (US Youth National Award […]
Lloyd Injures Shoulder
U.S. veteran midfielder Carli Lloyd suffered a non-displaced greater tuberosity fracture of the left shoulder during the USA’s opening match of the 2013 Algarve Cup in Portugal. She suffered the injury during the second half of the USA’s opening victory over Iceland. Lloyd, allocated to Western New York Flash of the new National Women’s Soccer […]
Coaching Courses
The NSCAA Coaching Academy offers a wide range of educational opportunities to enhance the knowledge of soccer coaches. A two-day Level 2 Diploma course will be held in Wilson, NC, April 5-6, and a Level 6 Diploma course is set for Ellisville, Miss., April 12-14. A Level 3 Coaching Diploma Course, a nine-hour course held […]
Recruiting Release Links Found On www.southernsoccerscene.com
February 6 was the starting of the NCAA signing period for college soccer (among other sports). Beginning that day, and continuing through the spring, schools will be releasing their list of signed recruits for the fall of 2013. Southern Soccer Scene annually provides a link section to recruiting releases from over 100 collegiate programs on […]
Hometown Guy Begins A New Career In Coaching
Richard Mulrooney is a Memphis guy, born and bred. Leaned to play soccer at Memphis FC and was an All-America recruit at Christian Brothers high school. For college he headed for Omaha, Nebraska, where he was a four-year starter at midfield for the Creighton University Blue Jays. Twelve years of Major League Soccer took him […]
Law 15: Dealing With The Throw In
The throw-in is unique as it’s the only opportunity for players other than the goalkeeper to legally use their hands. It is also the most common restart in soccer. A goal cannot be scored directly on a throw-in. A player cannot be offside on a throw-in. A throw-in is awarded when the whole of the […]
Broward Boys & Girls Sweep Miami-Dade In Inaugural All-Star Games
It was a sweep for the Broward girls and boys in the First Annual Dade-Broward All-Star Games at Fort Lauderdale’s Lockhart Stadium on March 2. The Broward girls earned a 4-0 shutout, with the first goal coming in the game’s first minute of play by Cidney Moscovitch (Coral Glades). Moscovitch got her second goal midway […]
Georgia Soccer
Henry Zapata has joined the University of Georgia soccer staff as a volunteer coach and will work primarily with the goalkeepers. Zapata comes to Athens after serving as an assistant women’s soccer coach at the College of Charleston since the spring of 2011…..The Richmond Kickers recently signed former Georgia Perimeter defender Juan Arbelaez. After completing […]
Soccer Shorts
www.southernsoccerscene.com Southern Soccer Scene has a brand new re-designed website. Same place, but a new look with brand new features. Take a look at www.southernsoccerscene.com. Bookmark it and visit often. Much of the content is free, but starting with our April 15 issue, the current printed issue of Southern Soccer Scene will be up on […]