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 […]
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The Toe-Poke Can Be Very Effective!
Goals are counted, they aren’t critiqued! A 40-yard first-time laser deposited by a full volley into the back of the net, counts no more than a toe-poke past the goalkeeper. They all cout…….ONE! Toe-poke? Isn’t that a no-no? Don’t we teach players to never strike the ball with the toe of their foot? Sadly that […]
Berbary, Walton Off To Hoosier Land
New Women’s Head Coach For BSC Benji Walton is no longer the women’s head coach at Birmingham Southern College. The announcement came not from BSC, but rather by Indiana University where he joins the coaching staff of Amy Berbary, as a Hoosiers assistant coach. BSC did mention his leaving the Panthers in an announcement that […]
Home From Russia With Championship Medals
Region I U-17 ODP Team Wins In Sochi If you are going halfway around the world to play in a soccer tournament, you might as well go to win it. That’s exactly what the US Youth Soccer Girls U-17 Region I team did earlier this month! Ninteen players, including five from Virginia, competed in the […]
National League Adds 14s
The US Youth Soccer National League has added the Under-14 Boys and Girls age groups for the 2013-2014 season. Like the current U-15 through U18 age groups, the U-14s will consist of 16 teams divided into two divisions, with each team playing a round robin schedule against the other seven teams in their division.
They Came To Greensboro To Honor Captain Kirk
Most of the people Kirk Urso cared about and loved were there. So were others who were fans, but never personally knew the former UNC Tar Heel. His family was there, along with teammates from both the UNC men’s soccer team, and the Columbus Crew, for whom he was beginning a professional career when he […]
U-17 FIFA Cup Qualifier
The U.S. Men’s National Team has been drawn into Group C for the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, which will be held, April 6-19 in Panama City, Panama. The U.S. will face Guatemala and Haiti in group play. The top two teams from the four three-team groups will advance to the quarterfinals, along with the best […]
U-23 WNTs Win In Spain
The U.S. Under-23 women swept the competition at the Four Nations Tournament in LaManga, Spain, finishing off the championships with a 2-1 victory against England. The U.S. had previously defeated Norway (3-1) and Sweden (6-0) and got a winning goal against England from forward Stephanie Ochs in the 71st minute. Ochs, who had two assists […]
Kickers Get D.C. United Player Loans
Ownby Returns From Houston Dynamo The partnership between the Richmond Kickers and D.C. United has paid its first player dividends. D.C. United has announced that the club willloan four players to the Kickers this season as part of the two clubs’ landmark affiliation agreement. Heading to Richmond are a pair of University of Maryland teammates, […]
Blank Will Test Your ‘Soccer IQ’
Coaching Tips From Georgia Bulldogs Coach “Dan Blank is the Associate Head Coach of the Georgia Bulldogs women’s soccer team. His new book, Soccer IQ, covers 54 topics in 54 chapters, all in 119 pages. It is a small book filled with coaching tips, observations, critiques, suggestions and guides to make young soccer players be […]