Freshman Crowder Leading The Georgia Offense It had never happened before in the history of the women’s soccer program at the University of Georgia. An eight-game winning streak! It began in the season’s second game, rebounding from a 2-0 opening loss to Texas. Eight straight ran the record to 8-1-0. Freshman Marion Crowder (Madison, Miss.) […]
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Darton Gets Win When Opponent Was Short On Players
Darton State College is ranked #5 nationally among NJCAA (junior college) women’s teams with a 9-1 overall record[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Head coach Ken Veilands recently reached a coaching milestone in a very unusual route. His 224th coaching victory came on a forfeit! Andrews College only brought seven players to play Darton, and when one went down […]
A New Kind Of Bowl Game For Atlanta
Like the Rose Bowl, the Orange Bowl and Super Bowl, the NASL Soccer Bowl has a history. It is a football game. Just not one of the traditional holiday football affairs. The 2013 NASL Soccer Bowl will be played on Nov. 9 in Atlanta. One of the two finalists will be the hometown Atlanta Silverbacks, […]
Soccer For Kids With Cancer Is Charlie Corbitt’s Dream
Alpharetta’s Charlie Corbitt is a soccer guy. He got that way as a soccer parent. Lots of Georgia folks will remember that he was a pioneer in developing a system of soccer results and rankings for high schools in Georgia. He is also an internet guy, and his Soccer Information Systems was his way to […]
Unbeaten Tar Heels Working Overtime
UNC’s Four Consecutive Overtime Games The UNC Tar Heels have been living dangerously thus far in the 2013 season, but are still unbeaten and ranked #1 in the national NSCAA Division I men’s soccer poll. For just the second time in program history, Carolina has played in four-consecutive overtime matches. Last time out was a […]
High Point Weslyan Winning Steak Is Over At 42 Straight
The Greensboro Day School Bengals were playing the #2 team in the country, but all they needed to know was they were hosting a local rival from ? miles away. The High Point Wesleyan Christian Academy was riding a 42-game winning streak. That run is over after Janse Schermerhorn stuck in a goal in the […]
RailHawks Unbeaten Home Streak At 13
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] The Carolina RailHawks will defend their 13-game home unbeaten streak when they host the Fort Lauderdale Strikers on Sept. 28 at WakeMed Soccer Park. The RailHawks have 11 wins, a pair of draws and no losses this season at home in NASL and U.S. Open Cup matches. Carolina is tied for third in […]
Two Halls Of Fame 15 Miles Apart…….One Thrived, One Failed
Why The National Soccer Hall OF Fame Closed In Oneonta (Second In Three-Part Series) The largest city in Otsego County, N.Y. is Oneonta, situated amid the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. While the Susquehanna River forms Oneonta’s southern spine, the waterway’s source flows from 23 miles north in Cooperstown, Otsego’s county seat and, since […]
The First Basketball Was A Soccer Ball!
Designed and built in 1855 by Charles Goodyear, the ball was made of vulcanized rubber panels glued at the seams. Panels were shaped similar to today’s basketball. The ball was used for a game between the Oneida Football Club, the first organized team in the U.S. and a team of players from Boston Latin and […]
N.C. Soccer HOF To Honor UNC Tar Heels
The North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame will recognize the women’s soccer program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill at the annual Hall of Fame banquet scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 2014, at the North Raleigh Hilton in Raleigh, NC. The Tar Heels will be the third honoree into the NCSHOF National Champions […]