Auburn Falls 1-0 In Second Round. The Auburn Tigers’ defense endured an offensive onslaught from the #2 Brigham Young University offense, but never surrendered a goal in the run of play. Unfortunately for Auburn, the winning goal came with just 44 seconds left in regulation when BYU converted a penalty kick following an Auburn foul […]
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Game In Germany
Game In Germany. The 2013 schedule for the U.S. Women’s National team will include a match against Germany on German soil on April 5. Site for the match has not yet been announced. The game between the top two ranked teams in the world is schedule a little more than a month before Germany begins […]
Honduras
Honduras. Semifinals…First Place Group C Founded: 1951 (Joined FIFA in 1951). Head Coach: Luis Fernandez Suárez. FIFA Ranking: 56. Highest FIFA Ranking: 20 (2001). Lowest FIFA Ranking: 95 (1998). Best World Cup Finish: Group Stage (1982, 2010). Key Players: Boniek Garcia (Houston Dynamo), Jerry Bengston (New England Revolution), Carlo Costly… Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene […]
Gators Win SEC, Advance To NCAA Round Of 16
Gators Win SEC, Advance To NCAA Round Of 16. The 2012 season ended at home for the Florida Gators with a 2-0 loss to Notre Dame in the Round of 16 in the NCAA D-I tournament. Gators coach Becky Burleigh spoke about the closeness of her team after the game when she said ‘this team […]
Panama
Panama. Semifinals…2nd in Group C behind Honduras Founded: 1937 (Joined FIFA in 1918). Head Coach: Julio Dely Valdes. FIFA Ranking: 46. Highest FIFA Ranking: 43 (2012). Lowest FIFA Ranking: 150 (1995). Best World Cup Finish: Never qualified. Key Players: Blas Perez (FC Dallas), Felipe Baloy (Santos Laguna), Luis Tejada (Toluca) USA A… Subscribe to Southern […]
ACC Losing StreakOver For Clemson
ACC Losing Streak Over For Clemson. The losing streak for the Clemson women ended at historic Riggs Field on Senior Day with a 1-0 ACC victory over N.C. State on the final day of the 2012 season. Freshman Jenna Polonsky scored the second-half game-winner that snapped a Clemson streak of 45 consecutive conference … Subscribe […]
U.S. MNT vs. Germany
U.S. MNT vs. Germany. The German National team has announced that Germany will play a match on June 2 against the U.S. MNT in Washington, DC, as US Soccer celebrates its 100th anniversary. The German team will play another international friendly on the trip against a yet unnamed opponent. The June 2 game will be […]
Rowdies Win NASL Soccer Bowl After PKs
Rowdies Win NASL Soccer Bowl After PKs. The Tampa Bay Rowdies were crowned champions of the 2012 NASL Soccer Bowl after a thrilling shootout victory over the Minnesota Stars in front of a sellout crowd of 6,208 at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg. The two-game championship home-and-home series was tied after the Rowdies erased […]
Scotsman Tom Sermanni Named New U.S. Women’s Coach
Has A History Of Success At International Level When Pia Sundhage shook the hand of Tom Sermanni at the end of her last game as U.S. Women’s National Team coach, who would have known it would be a symbolic act. As it turned out it was the passing of the torch to the next U.S. […]
Time For A Change!………….
“In My Opinion……….” By Ray Alley U.S. Soccer has a new Women’s National Team Coach. Tom Sermanni, a native of Scotland who has spent the past eight years as the national coach of Australia, replaces Pia Sundhage as the U.S. head coach. Sundhage announced her decision to not seek a new contract with U.S. Soccer […]