Take The Time To Be Responsible We’d hope that no one would intentionally harm a child. But it happens. It happens on playgrounds and on soccer fields. It happens when adults fail to anchor soccer goals. The intent was not to harm, but tradgically, harm is the result of negligence. The fact is soccer goals […]
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Secured Soccer Goals Are Safer Soccer Goals
• Securely anchor or counter-weight movable goals at all times. • Never climb on the net or the goal framework. • Remove nets when goals are not in use[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. • Anchor or chain goals facing a nearby fence post when not in use. • Check all connecting hardware before every use. Replace damaged or […]
D.C. United Breaks Winless Streak
D.C. United might have hit rock bottom when they lost 2-1 to Trononto FC at RFK Stadium in a battle of the two worst teams in Major League Soccer. That stretched the winless streak to 13 games, going back to March 9. That streak, which lasted 105 days, did not reach 14 games. Chris Pontius […]
Pro Soccer Notes
A Gentlemen’s Agreement! When Sporting Kansas City loaned four players to their USL PRO affiliate Orlando City, KC owner Robb Heinerman didn’t want to see those players on the opposite bench should the two teams play in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Especially Dom Dwyer, who has been scoring against everyone since joining […]
Where There’s Thunder….Lightning Is Close
I became frustrated, exasperated and annoyed. Earlier that week, I had told the home team coach that I would be a little late as my previous game was going to finish a few minutes before the kickoff time of his game and that game was four miles away. When I got into my car after […]
Oh! My Aching Shin Splints….Prevent Them
Sports Medicine Corner Summer is a double-edged sword. On one hand, the weather offers lots of opportunity to play. On the other hand, the weather (at least here in the southeast) is so blasted hot that even thinking about exercise causes some to break out in a sweat. I may be odd, but I worry […]
National Polls
McIntosh HS, Georgia’s Class ? boys state champion, and N.C[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Girls 4-A champion Green Hope HS, have earned the top national rankings for spring high school soccer in the final NSCAA prep poll. North Carolina plays girls soccer in the spring, while Tennessee’s boys programs play in the spring. Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia and […]
Alabama Soccer
Amy Cochran, a two-time first-team NAIA All-American at Lee University, has been named to coaching staff of University of North Alabama’s new women’s head coach Chris Walker as a graduate assistant coach. Walker was hired by North Alabama from Lee, where he was an assistant coach for the past three years….Former University of North Alabama […]
Alabama’s Van Dongen Gets The Call
SEC Freshman Of Year To Dutch WNT How do you put a cap on an outstanding year of collegiate soccer at the University of Alabama. Merel Van Dongen hopes that cap will come with an appearance with her country’s full national team. In early June, she was selected one of 31 players invited to a […]
Montevallo Finds New Head Coaches Already There
Bruce Dietterle and Jeremy Hampton had the responsibilities, and now they have the titles. The University of Montevallo took away the word “interim” from their job descriptions and officially named them the new men’s and women’s head soccer coaches, respectively. Dietterle is the fourth full-time head coach in the 19-year history of the men’s program. […]