Radford was the #1 pick to win the Big South Conference women’s championship in the coaches’ preseason poll[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The Highlanders received eight first place votes, while three went to second-place High Point and one to Wintrop, selected third. Rounding out the top 10 in order were Longwood, Coastal Carolina, Campbell, Liberty, Charleston Southern and […]
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Hofstra, W&M, UNCW Top CAA Women’s Poll
Hofstra has been picked to repeat as the CAA women’s soccer champion in 2013 according to a vote of the league’s head coaches. The Pride received six first-place votes and 61 total points to narrowly edge out defending regular-season champion William and Mary, which earned the other three first-place votes and had 59 total points[show_disconnected][show_to […]
Corner Kicks
U.S. U-15s Finish Third The U.S. Under-15 Boys’ National Team defeated Paraguay 7-6 in penalty kicks to earn third place at the 2013 Copa Mexico de Naciones. Paraguay was up 3-2 for much of the second half during the 70-minute regulation until the USA’s Joshua Perez tied the score at 3-3 two minutes into second-half […]
Corner Kicks
U.S. U-17s Over England The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team scored three times in each half to rout their counterparts from England 6-0 in the first of two matches between the teams. The USA went ahead just three minutes into the game when Madison Haley slipped a pass behind the England defense to Mallory Pugh […]
Soccer Shorts
Collegiate Coverage Begins Check the print date at the bottom of this copy of Southern Soccer Scene. You will see that we moved our print schedule back a week for a number of production considerations. This issue includes coverage of the start of the 2013 Collegiate soccer seasons. We include numerous preseason previews and rankings […]
Upcoming Games & Events
Mexico Qualifier Venue Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, has been selected for the September 10 CONCACAF Qualifying match against regional rival Mexico. The U.S. is 3-0-0 in qualifiers inside Crew Stadium, posting three consecutive shutouts against El Tri. Kickoff is set for 8:00 p.m. ET and the game will be televised on ESPN. The […]
What Soccer People Are Saying!
“Surgery all done and a success! Day 1 on the road to recovery and I’m more than up for the fight!.” U.S.. MNT midfielder Stuart Holden, letting his fans know by Twitter that his surgery had been completed successfully. (@stuholden) ••••••• “The ACC is certainly going to be a test from top to bottom. There […]
Tennessee Soccer
Joanna Russell, a graduate of Dade Christian HS in Miami Lakes, Fla, is a late signing for the Carson-Newman women’s soccer team. A left back, she decided to attend Carson-Newman after attending one of the program’s summer ID camps…..Martin Methodist and Cumberland are ranked #12 and #13, respectively in the 2013 NAIA women’s preseason national […]
Virginia Soccer
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber has announced that D.C. United Head Coach Ben Olsen’s automatic one-game suspension and fine from his ejection against Montreal has been rescinded. As such, Olsen will be available at the sideline of United’s game against Toronto FC at RFK Stadium this Saturday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. Olsen and […]
Alabama Soccer
UAB men’s coach Mike Getman has announced that juniors Alex Clay (Huntsville) and Darion Copeland (Stockbridge, GA) have been elected team captains by their teammates…..In the 2013 NAIA preseason soccer poll for women Mobile is ranked #7, one spot up from last year’s final ranking after a 15-4-2 season. Mobile,, coming off a 17-5-2 finished […]