Two 2011 Semifinalists Already Eliminated No games are easy games in the NCAA Division I tournament. Even the ones that would appear not to be close on paper can turn out to be tight on the field. It has been said that the quarterfinal round is the most difficult. Perhaps it is from a psychological […]
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Coastal Carolina Chanticleers…..The Team Nobody Wants To Play!
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers…..The Team Nobody Wants To Play!. When teams look at the tournament draw, they often look for Coastal Carolina, and hope that the Chanticleers are not in their bracket. Not because there is anything bad about Coastal. It’s just that they can be scarey good, and capable of ending your soccer season. They […]
Green Hope Repeats As 4-A Champs
Jacksonville Wins 3-A State Title Green Hope, despite significant losses from last year’s 4-A state championship team, fielded a younger team this season with the same results. The Falcons scored the only goals of the game in the final 14 minutes for a 2-0 victory over Charlotte Myers Park for the NCHSAA 4-A title. The […]
Beckham’s Last MLS Game
Beckham’s Last MLS Game. David Beckham has announced that the 2013 MLS Cup game between his Los Angeles Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo on Dec. 1 will be his final competitive appearance for the Galaxy. Beckham originally signed a five-year deal in 2007, and then re-signed for two seasons after helping the Galaxy win MLS […]
Macdonald Out At MSU
Macdonald Out At MSU. According to Director of Athletics Scott Stricklin, Mississippi State University women’s soccer coach Neil Macdonald has been re-assigned within the university’s athletic department. The search for a new coach to lead the Bulldog soccer program will begin immediately. Macdonald led Mississippi State to a 58-103-14 record during hi… Subscribe to Southern […]
Tennessee Teams Excel In NAIA National Poll
Tennessee Teams Excel In NAIA National Poll. The last time Christian Brothers and Delta State played the Buccaneers rallied to tie the game on an 87th minute goal and then scored again with 16 seconds remaining in the first overtime to claim a 2-1 Gulf South regular season win. In the Gulf South Conference champinship […]
U.S. Soccer Announces New Women’s Pro League For ’13
U.S. Soccer Announces New Women’s Pro League For ’13. The announcement came the day before Thanksgiving, late in the afternoon and not in time for significant media exposure. It was just as well, for the announcement that a new women’s professional soccer league was being launched had little in the way of news other than […]
Two Hammerheads Sign Contracts To Play In MISL
Two Hammerheads Sign Contracts To Play In MISL. Two Wilmington Hammerheads players have officially signed to play in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for the 2012-2013 season. The Rochester Lancers signed Troy Cole to their player roster while his Hammerheads teammate, goalkeeper Troy Hernandez, also signed to play in the indoor league professionally with […]
Tar Heels, Seminoles Advance To College Cup
UNC Knocks Off BYU In PKs The UNC Tar Heels and Florida State Seminoles are off to the “Big Dance”, having advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I College Cup. The Duke Blue Devils, who lost in the championship game a year ago, came up short, dropping a quarterfinal game to Penn State. […]
List Of Suggestions For NSCAA Convention Sessions
Sports Medicine Corner My (nearly) annual trips to NSCAA/USYS (convention and workshop) are always a highlight of the year because it takes me to the sidelines, so to speak, where I get to talk with practicing coaches of all levels (and see some long time friends, too). I also take advantage of some of the […]