The father-in-law of veteran New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis, Bob Odom, was injured in the Boston Marathon explosion. Odom was near the finish line waiting for the arrival of his wife, Nicole, who was one of 34 members of the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation team of runners who signed up to raise funds […]
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Cobras Sign Former FSU Star India Trotter
The W-League Carolina Elite Cobras have signed former U.S. Women’s National Team player India Trotter for the 2013 season. Trotter, a NCAA Division I All-America at Florida State University, was a member of the senior national pool from 2006-09, an was an alternate for both the 2007 World Cup and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [show_disconnected][show_to […]
ODP Players On R-III Tours
From Lee Smith’s perspective “the talent pool that attended the event was very high” as he spoke about the U.S. Training Event in March. [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] “We had players from all over the state and it was great to see the players working together with tactical awareness, vision and speed even though they all play […]
Gold Cup Games Coming To Southeast
The United States will again host the CONCACAF Gold Cup championships for 2013. Games will be played in 13 cities. The 12-team tournament is scheduled from July 7-28, 2013. On the list of venues is the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX, BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston […]
NSCAA Symposium
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America will hold its inaugural Summer Symposium, Aug. 1-3, 2013 at the Orlando World Center in Orlando, FL. The event includes soccer education for coaches who coach boys and girls from ages 6-18. There will be nine lecture hours and 16 hours of field sessions. Presenters include NSCAA Director […]
Soccer Shorts
www.southernsoccerscene.com Southern Soccer Scene has a brand new re-designed website. Same place, but a new look with brand new features. Take a look at www.southernsoccerscene.com. Bookmark it and visit often. Much of the content is free, but each month, the current printed issue of Southern Soccer Scene will be up on the site on the […]
Battery To Host English Championship Portsmouth FC
Opening the season on the road in Richmond didn’t work out so well for the Charleston Battery. The Kickers got the best of the 2013 opening game, winning 4-1. However, the home opener was a different story as the Battery bounced back with a 4-0 shutout at Blackbaud Stadium before a crowd of 4,546 fans. […]
Kickers Sign Joseph Ngwenya
Scores In His Richmond Debut The Richmond Kickers continued to rebuild their 2013 roster with the addition of Zimbabwean international Joseph Ngwenya, and that move produced an immediate payoff early in his first USL PRO game. Ngwenya, a eight-year Major League Soccer veteran, opened the scoring in the Kickers’ 4-1 win over defending USL PRO […]
Alabama Soccer
Aron Johannson grew up in Iceland and the 21-year old forward who is Jozy Altidore’s teammate at AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) in the Eredivisie, the highest pro soccer league in the Netherlands. He moved to AZ in January of this year from a club in Denmark. But there is also a connection here with U.S. Soccer. […]
Fox Soccer Channel Days Are Numbered
The days of 24/7 soccer on FOX Soccer are about to come to an end. Fox has announced that its Speed Channel will be rebranded as FOX Sports 1, and all of FOX Soccer’s broadcast rights packages, including UEFA Champions League and Europa League Games, will be carried by the new sports network. That includes […]