With a rash of injuries limiting his options, U.S. MNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann has called in a 23-player roster to prepare for two key CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers. The defense especially, took a hit without the inclusion of outside backs Fabian Johnson and Timmy Chandler. Also missing is midfielder Jose Torres, like Chandler, out with […]
Issue-35-03
Jozy’s Goals Record Not A Surprise
Discovered By Schulz In Boca Raton Park Jozy Alltidore recently broke Clint Dempsey’s single season record of 23 goals for an American playing in a European League. He scored his 24th of the season for his Dutch club AZ Alkmaar in a 2-1 loss to AKC Waalwikk. He’s been in Europe since 2008 and AZ […]
WNT Europe Bound
Coming off a championship at the 2013 Algarve Cup in Portugal, U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Tom Sermanni has named a 23-player roster that will travel to Germany and the Netherlands for friendly matches against two teams preparing for this summer’s European Womens Championship. After facing Germany in the Algarve Cup Final on March […]
Dixon, Brazell Named National Player Of Week
Bria Dixon, a senior forward at Cary High School (Cary, N.C.) and Tyler Brazell, a junior midfielder at Brookland-Cayce High School (Cayce, S.C.) have been selected as the NSCAA/TopDrawer Soccer.com High School Players of the Week. Dixon was crucial in three Cary HS victories. The senior forward scored a goal in a 2-0 victory over […]
Tennessee Soccer
The Tennessee State Soccer Association has presented the following annual awards. Boys Competitive Coach of the Year – Carl Schmitt (Mid-South Futbol Club), Girls Competitive Coach of the Year – Laban DeFriese (Tennessee Soccer Club), Recreation Coach of the Year – Dave Cleary, TOPS Buddy of the Year – Jed Holstine (US Youth National Award […]
Patrick Baker Returns As FAU Women’s Coach
After spending the past two years on the West Coast as the Associate Head Coach at Cal Berkley, Patrick Baker is back in Florida. Late last month he was named the head women’s soccer coach at Florida Atlantic University. Baker is a familiar figure in collegiate soccer in Florida, having served as head coach at […]
Ottawa Fury FC
The Ottawa Fury FC is the most recent North American Soccer League expansion team, and will begin play in the 2014 season. Also taking the field for the first time will be the Virginia Calvary and the new franchise in Indianapolis, IN.
No Shortcuts In Warmups……Complete It All!
Sports Medicine Corner One of the most requested presentations of those of us within FIFA’s Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC) is about injury prevention – a topic that is at the core of F-MARC’s mission. In fact, during the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the US, then vice president Sepp Blatter casually commented something […]
Hometown Guy Begins A New Career In Coaching
Richard Mulrooney is a Memphis guy, born and bred. Leaned to play soccer at Memphis FC and was an All-America recruit at Christian Brothers high school. For college he headed for Omaha, Nebraska, where he was a four-year starter at midfield for the Creighton University Blue Jays. Twelve years of Major League Soccer took him […]
Georgia Soccer
Henry Zapata has joined the University of Georgia soccer staff as a volunteer coach and will work primarily with the goalkeepers. Zapata comes to Athens after serving as an assistant women’s soccer coach at the College of Charleston since the spring of 2011…..The Richmond Kickers recently signed former Georgia Perimeter defender Juan Arbelaez. After completing […]