Senior forward Salomon Lorenzano (McIntosh HS/Peachtree City) has been selected 2013 Gatorade Boys State Player of the Year for Georgia. The Boys Gatorade Player of the Year for South Carolina is senior Koty Millard (Cardinal Newman School/Columbia,) and for North Carolina junior Ade Taiwo (Cardinal Gibbons HS/Raleigh), who has already committed to N.C. State. Thales […]
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Berkmar, Parkview Capture Georgia State Soccer Titles
Gwinnett County swept the Georgia High School Association’s state championships for the boys and girls AAAAAA classification. Berkmar High captured its first boys state soccer title by upsetting defending champion Collins Hill, 2-0, at Kennesaw State. Previously, the only state titles for Berkmar had been two boys basketball championships. Parkview, no stranger to state championship […]
National Rankings
In the latest NSCAA Spring High School national rankings McIntosh was the #1 team in the boys poll and the Marist girls were ranked #2. St. Pius X was the #4 ranked boys team, wth East Coweta ranked #6. Dalton received the #15 national boys ranking and Marietta’s Lassiter HS was #17. Norcross’ Greater Atlanta […]
Corner Kicks
MNT Camp Odds & Ends Clint Dempsey has seven goals in World Cup Qualifying in this cycle and 12 overall, and is now tied for first place on the USA’s all-time list. Dempsey has 32 international goals and is two behind second-place Eric Wynalda on the all-time list. …..Jozy Altidore scored 31 goals in all […]
First Friendlies, Then Qualifiers, Then Gold Cup
Two attractive international friendlies will proceed three very important CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers for the U.S. Men’s National team. The U.S. will play Belgium on May 29 in Cleveland, OH, and then take on Germany June 2, at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. Both are among the top teams in Europe. Germany is #2 in […]
When Will Abby Wambach Pass Mia’s All-Time Mark?
It isn’t a matter of if, but when. It’s been that way for a long time. Abby Wambach has said that she would like to break Mia Hamm’s all-time goals record on home soil. Unless she is spectacular in Toronto in the upcoming international friendly with Canada on June 2, she will get two shots […]
Ramos And U. S. U20s Headed to Turkey For World Cup In June
Tab Ramos has played in World Cups before, and he knows what it means to be prepared and ready to play, and also what it means not to be as ready as possible. The U.S. is headed to the 2013 FIFA Under-20 Men’s World Cup in Turkey, June 21-July 13. The team has a challenging […]
N.C. Soccer
The Carolina RailHawks opened the 2013 NASL season in the newly renovated WakeMed Soccer Park stadium, which has added 3,000 permanent seats, bringing seating capacity to near 10,000. Half of those went into the north end zone and the other half to upper-level stands on the east side of the stadium. The town of Cary […]
Jury Awards $8.3 In NCYSA Suit
Two ODP Boys Died In 2004 Accident In France A jury has found the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association negligent in the death of two young soccer players in a 2004 bus accident in France. The jury awarded about $8.3 million in compensatory damages to be divided between the parents of Onslow County’s Matt Helms […]
Unbeaten Eagles Will Host Sounders FC In Open Cup
The USL PRO Charlotte Eagles kept their 2013 unbeaten streak alive with a 3-0 victory over Sounders FC U-23s in the second round of U.S. Open Cup play. The win sets up a “home” third round game with the Chicago Fire on May 29. That home game will be played at Winthrop University in Rock […]