Through good times and not so good times, a constant in Tidewater Virginia soccer over the past 18 seasons has been the W-League Virginia Beach Piranhas. Make that 19 seasons, as the Piranhas, one of the W-League’s original franchises, opened their 2013 season with a 2-1 home opener victory over the Fredericksburg Impact. The Piranhas’ […]
Issue-35-05
Grady Renfrow…….New PDL Royals Player/Coach
Following the departure of Richie Burke, the Northern Virginia Royals launched an expedited search to name a replacement head coach for the Premier Development League squad. After examining a large list of qualified applicants, Royals management decided to pursue a selection that was intimately familiar with the 16-year-old franchise. Northern Virginia has named veteran midfielder […]
National ‘C’ Course
The National “C” License course will be offered August 8-11 & 15-18 in Fredericksburg, Va. Gordon Miller is the lead instructor. The National “C” License course is designed to introduce concepts that are targeted toward coaching players ages 11-16. The key contact for this course is Jackie Burket. Jackie@vysa.com. Course fee is $810. Also, waivers […]
Regional Soccer Briefs From The Southeast USA
Soccer In Arkansas Senior forward Wes Carson (Southside HS/Fort Smith) has been selected 2013 Gatorade Boys State Player of the Year for Arkansas….University of Arkansas freshman defender Teni Butler (Chattanooga, Tenn.) has been named Freshman of the Year by the College of Engineering at the University. Butler started 15 of 19 games last fall for […]
Klinsmann Talks About Upcoming Player Selection
U.S. MNT Coach Jurgen Klinsmann recently discussed the spring scouting schedule on USSoccer.com. Included was the shape of the rosters for upcoming World Cup Qualifiers and the CONCACAF Gold Cup and his approach to the busy summer coming up for the Men’s National Team. On scouting weekend performances of National Team players: “Obviously every weekend […]
Keep The Ball Alive To Score More Goals
University of Georgia Associate Head Coach I believe that addressing and training this concept was a major turning point for us during the 2010 season at Georgia. It made such a profound impact that I plan on addressing it with every team I ever coach. Territorially we were dominant in nearly every game, but we […]
A Georgia Triple Sweep Of State Championships
St. Pius X, Westminster and Paideia swept the 2013 Georgia High School Association’s boys and girls Class AAA, AA and A state championships, respectively, in finals held on the campuses of Kennesaw State and West Georgia. In the AAA finals, the St. Pius girls got their championship first with a 1-0 victory over Blessed Trinity. […]