2012 NSCAA/Continental Tire All-America Collegiate Teams. Eight players are earning their second NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Men’s Division I All-America honors. They include Connecticut’s Andre Blake and Carlos Alvarez, Akron’s Scott Caldwell, Coastal Carolina’s Ashton Bennett, Furman’s Walker Zimmerman, Sacred Heart’s Marcello Castro, New Mexico’s Kyle Venter, and Maryland’s John Stertzer . Additionally, this year’s First […]
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NCCAA Men D-I
NCCAA Men D-I. NCCAA Men First Team GK: Joseph Pacheco, Jr., California Baptist. D: Steve Ellis*, Sr., Cedarville University; Carlos Figueroa, Sr., California Baptist University; Andrew Webster**, Sr., Mid-America Christian University. MF: Lucas Almeida, Jr., Oklahoma Wesleyan University; David Edwardson, Fr., Spring Arbor Universty; Marco Likos, Sr, Nyack College; Cole Schmit, Jr., California Baptist University. […]
Gain An Advantage With Quick Restarts
Gain An Advantage With Quick Restarts. Transition in soccer is the action of going from defense to offense when your team wins possession of the ball, and vice-versa when you lose possession. Some teams take longer to make the transition, both physically and mentally. You should teach your team to take advantage of this. Sorta […]
Here’s What Garber Said…
Here’s What Garber Said…. When MLS Commissioner Don Garber spoke with Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl after learning of Sepp Blatter’s criticism of Major League Soccer, he said he was “a bit surprised.” He went on to say, “I know he’s aware of the progress being made. I look forward to inviting the (FIFA) president to […]
Referee The Game Like Willy Wonka!
Referee The Game Like Willy Wonka!. Officiating professional soccer is definitely not for the faint of heart. This is not surprising as people’s livelihoods are based on the results. Officiating youth soccer is sometimes not for the faint-hearted either. The majority of youth soccer referees quit within their first two years with verbal abuse by […]
It Started With The Final Question
Is College Soccer Still Relevant In The Growth Of The Game?
Terps Sasho Cirovski
By Adam Minichino
HOOVER, Ala. — It was a throwaway question at the end of a press conference.
University of Maryland men’s soccer coach Sasho Cirovski didn’t take it that way. He took the question about the possible waning relevancy of his sport at the college level as a challenge and responded in support.
“It’s embarrassing for anyone to think that the college game is not relevant,” Cirovski said. “I take it personally when someone says to me that college is not relevant. It is the glue that has kept soccer going in this country.
VYSA Convention
VYSA Convention. The 2013 Virginia Youth Soccer Convention will be held Feb. 1-2 at the Richmond Convention Center. The weekend will include clinics, seminars, meetings, vendors and the Annual General Meeting. The 2013 Virginia/DC Soccer Hall of Fame inductions will also be held that weekend
Hoosiers Top Georgetown
Eighth National Title Indiana University got a goal from Nikita Kotlov in the 64th minute and the stifling Hoosier defense made it stick to defeat Georgetown 1-0 at Regions Park in Hoover, AL, to claim its eighth national championship. The goal came after a kick from near the corner spot came in to Eriq Zavaleta. […]
NCAA Completes Successful Hoover Cups
Getman Championed Championships at Region Park HOOVER, Ala. — Mike Getman gets it. As the de facto ambassador for Division I men’s soccer in this part of the country, the University of Alabama at Birmingham coach couldn’t help but smile. His work was done. He and a crowd of 9,242 had just watched Indiana University […]