If the Peach Belt Conference preseason ranking run true to form, the race for the women’s soccer championship will be as much about instate rivalries as it is about league placement. The top four slots in the preseason coaches poll are filled by Georgia programs, with Columbus State tapped in at #1 with 111 points. […]
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Evans To Host D-II Soccer
The NCAA Division II men’s and women’s soccer championships will be held at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, GA[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The semifinal games for both will be played on Dec. 5, with the title matches scheduled for Dec. 7. The University of West Florida is the defending Division II national champion. Messiah won the 2012 […]
The Scoring Beat Goes On For Shriver
Unbeaten Since NASL Midseason Break Brian Shriver has always been a goal scorer. He scored goals growing up playing club and high school soccer in Clearwater, Fla. He was a NSCAA Youth All-America and three-year team captain at Clearwater HS. He finished his collegiate soccer career at UNC Chapel Hill with 22 career goals, 14 […]
Aggies To Add Soccer
N.C[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, has announced that it will drop women’s swimming from the athletic program and add men’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf and women’s soccer. The soccer program will be the last to phase in by 2020. [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Your subscription has expired please Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to […]
It Was A Season To Remember For Lake Norman Soccer
When the Lake Norman SC U20 Eclipse bowed out of the USL W-20 League national championships with a 1-2 mark in group play, the club completed what has arguably been the best run of results in the club’s history. And they all came from the girls side of the program. Included was LNSC’s first ever […]
Puebla FC Game Set For Next March
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Two-time Mexican Premier Division Champion, Puebla FC, was scheduled to come to WakeMed Soccer Park for an exhibition friendly on July 6. However, the game was postponed due to a eruption by the Popocatepetl Volcano which closed down the Mexico City and Toluca airports preventing Puebla from traveling. No suitable date could be […]
National Soccer Hall Of Fame In Hillsborough Warehouse
Treasure Trove Of American Soccer History By Neil Morris (First Of Two Parts) More than 30 years have passed since the New York Cosmos last packed upward of 70,000 fans into Giants Stadium for soccer matches as part of the North American Soccer League. Yes, soccer matches, featuring the legendary likes of Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, […]
Battery Two Wins Away From Repeat
USL PRO Semifinals Set The Charleston Battery had an edge going into the first round of the USL Pro playoffs. They were playing at home in Blackbaud Stadium. They had lost only once this season at Blackbaud, running up a 9-1-4 mark. Now make that 10 wins on home turf. The defending USL PRO champions […]
Bad Luck Seems To Follow One Of The Good Guys
Stuart Holden isn’t one to complain. But if he did, one could understand his frustration. Holden recently underwent his third knee operation in the past three years. Just when it looked like he was ready to return to full speed for the U.S. Men’s National Team, he fell to the turf at Chicago’s Soldier Field, […]
South Carolina Youth Soccer AGM
On Saturday August 3rd, SC Youth Soccer held its Annual General Meeting and Presidents Workshop[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Award winners this year included. Publix Parent of the Year Ron Tryon; Boys Coach of the Year John Devereux; Girls Coach of the Year Gary Olivier; Upstate Youth Male Referee of the Year Ross Lordo; Lower State Youth Male […]