How Soccer Refs Prepare For Games. You have been assigned three games this Saturday and two on Sunday. The referee who physically trains for these games and watches officials during other soccer matches will most likely be a good deal more successful than the person who does not think about these assignments all week until […]
Issue-34-09
U.S. vs. Germany
U.S. vs. Germany. The U.S. Women’s National Team will host a pair of international friendlies against Germany in Chicago and in Connecticutt. They will play on Saturday, Oct. 20 at Toyota Park in Bridgview, IL, and again on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. Kickoff for both games is set for […]
Eurosport Scoreboard H.S. State Rankings
Eurosport Scoreboard H.S. State Rankings. NCHSAA Class 4A Boys 1. Green Hope (10-0-0), 2. Mt. Tabor (5-1-2), 3. Sanderson (13-0-1), 4. Jordan (6-1-3), 5. Leesville Road (7-4-0), 8. D.W. Butler (9-1-1), 7. East Chapel Hill (6-1-2), 8. Apex (7-4-0), 9. Western Guilford (7-2-4), 10. Enloe (7-3-1), 12. Myers Park (6-2-0), 13. Middle Creek (7-2-2), 14. […]
Soccer Notes
Soccer Notes. All through the offseason the talk was of Clint Dempsey going to Liverpool, but the U.S. star won’t be going to a UEFA Champions League team after all. He almost went to Aston Villa, a team more likely to end up in the League Championship than Champions League, until he put his foot […]
Lee Rebounds From Loss With Lindsey Wilson Win
Lee Rebounds From Loss With Lindsey Wilson Win. There is always a certain amount of pressure with winning streaks and unbeaten seasons. Well, the pressure if off on the unbeaten season thing for Lee University, after the women’s soccer team dropped a 3-1 decision to Embry-Riddle. The Lady Flames have won the last four NAIA […]
N.C. Soccer
N.C. Soccer. In her first game back with Wake Forest after winning the FIFA U-20 World Cup, Katie Stengel picked up right where she left off last year, scoring the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win at Miami and in the process tying the Demon Deacons’ career goal-scoring record. Playing in only the first game […]
UVa’s Ari Dimas Is Ruled Ineligible
UVa’s Ari Dimas Is Ruled Ineligible. Chesapeake’s Ari Dimas enrolled at the University of Virginia in the fall of 2008 as just another first-year student, without any plan to play intercollegiate soccer for the Cavaliers. But the game pulled the Indian River HS graduate to the university’s men’s club soccer team, where he excelled. The […]
Hammerheads Great Playoff Run Comes Up One Win Short
Hammerheads Great Playoff Run Comes Up One Win Short. As the Wilmington Hammerheads players sat near their bench, watching the Charleston Battery’s players accept the 2012 USL PRO Championship Trophy, the sense of disappointment was evident. “It was tough,” said defender Gareth Evans. “I think as a team we didn’t show up today. I don’t […]
Sunshine Conference
Sunshine Conference. Tampa freshman Cici Gonzalez (Lutz, Fla.) and Eckerd sophomore goalkeeper Morgan Crescent (Land O’Lakes, Fla.) have been selected Sunshine State Conference Women’s Soccer Players of the Week. Gonzalez led the Spartans to a pair of wins, including a conference road victory at Saint Leo. In that match, Gonzalez scored the game-winning goal with […]
Pia’s Last Day On The Job
Pia’s Last Day On The Job. Pia Sundhage had three games to say her good-byes as U.S. WNT head coach after the team returned from London with Olympic gold medals. All three turned out to be wins, closing out her five-year record as the U.S. coach at 91-6-10. It began in an 8-0 rout of […]