[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Birmingham Southern opened its men’s season with six straight wins, but has dropped to 6-2 after losses to Covenant (2-1) and Emory (4-2). The Panthers had been ranked #22 nationally in the NSCAA D-III rankings before the first loss. [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Your subscription has expired please Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to view […]
Issue-35-09
Warren Has His Blazers Ready For C-USA
A year ago the Alabama Birmingham women struggled to a 2-17 season, winning only one game in Conference USA play. That squad had 12 new players, including two true freshmen. UAB head coach Harold Warren returned nine players who were regular starters from that team. Eight freshmen were welcomed to the squad during preseason. The […]
All ACL Rehabs Are Not The Same
Sports Medicine Corner Go ahead and admit it, you really ARE impressed with Adrian Peterson. Unless you make it your mission in life to ignore the NFL, you know that Peterson, running back for the Minnesota Vikings, tore his ACL and MCL on December 24, 2011. Surgery was December 30. Eight months later, having not […]
The Dominator Led Lions To Victory
Four Goals For Championship MVP The Dominator returned to Orlando’s Citrus Bowl. Straight out of Hollywood, Dom Dwyer slipped on the Orlando City Lions jersey he had left behind when he returned to Major League Soccer and Sporting Kansas City just 13 games into the season. When he scored Orlando City’s first goal in the […]
Summer Play Paying Dividens For Gators’ Jordan
When University of Florida coach Becky Burleigh and her associate head coach Vic Campbell were recruiting Savannah Jordan, something they were told by Jordan’s club coach Brian Moore stayed with them. “He always talked about how she liked to challenge herself,” Burleigh said recently. A standout in the youth ranks thanks to the work of […]
USL Pro Combine Will Return To IMG
The 2014 USL Pro Combine will return to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., January 23-26[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The event, now in its eighth year, will feature 102 players from North America and overseas hoping to land a professional contract. The USL PRO Combine will again be directed by USL National Technical Director Peter Mellor, who will […]
Tampa Bay Rowdies On Second Half Roll
There is an old saying in sports about how you should respect your opponents…..but don’t respect them too much. The Atlanta Silverbacks may have finished first in the spring half of the North American Soccer League Season, but didn’t get a lot of respect from Tampa Bay in their last outing. The Rowdies lead the […]
USL Returns To The Beach For 2013 AGM
The United Soccer Leagues’ 2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will return to the beach this year. This event is scheduled for Dec. 11-15 at the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach. The AGM draws hundreds of owners, executives and coaches from over 100 USL professional and amateur teams, and will feature a new group of USL franchises […]
How Referees Apply The Advantage Clause
Advantage is a wonderful clause in the rules in which whistling the foul would actually be hurting the team being fouled by not letting play continue. Let’s say the white midfielder is dribbling the ball outside the blue penalty area when a blue player pushes white. Yet white does not fall down and is still […]
Klinsmann’s Bonuses
Jurgen Klinsmann’s annual salary of $2.5 million could get a boost with pending bonuses available as high as $10.5 million, depending on how well the U.S. does in Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. His minimum bonus is a half million dollars. When the new contract of U.S WNT coach Tom Sermanni is […]