Virginia Teams Lose In College Cup Semis It was three impressive runs by three Division I teams from the Old Dominion. All three advanced to the semifinals of their respective NCAA Division I College Cups. And each had shot at winning a national championship. But in the end, each came up a win short of […]
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DC United Borrows Kickers For Far East Trip
D.C. United selected six players from the Richmond Kickers’, their USL PRO affiliate, to join the 15-player roster in Indonesia for a December 3-9 trip to Indonesia[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. While it is officially a D.C. United trip, the product on the field will certainly have a Richmond Kickers’ look to it. The team dropped the first […]
Pereira Steps Down As Lady Monarchs Coach
For the first time in 19 years, Old Dominion University is looking for a new women’s head soccer coach. Shortly after the end of the 2014 season, Joe Pereira resigned as head coach of the Lady Monarchs. In an oddly worded news release, ODU announced that “Pereira Vacates Soccer Position.” Pereira has been the ODU […]
Virginia Calvary FC Delays It’s Charge Until 2015 Season
Northern Virginia-based Virginia Calvary FC will delay the launch of its entry into the North American Soccer League for another year[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Delays in completing a 5,500-seat stadium in Loudoun County, which would also be home to a baseball team, has resulted in both teams withdrawing for another year. The Loudoun County club had considered […]
D.C. United Makes Changes For 2013
When you struggle through the worst season in the history of Major League Soccer you can do one of three things in an effort to get better. Change the coach, change the players or change them both! D.C United has chosen to follow path #2. After winning only three regular season games, the roster remake […]
Corner Kicks
USA Women Host Canada The U.S. Women’s National Team will be back in action on Jan. 31, 2014 in Frisco, Texas against CONCACAF rival Canada.The game will be televised on FOX Sports 1. The game will showcase two of the top goalscorers in the world in USA’s Abby Wambach and Canada’s Christine Sinclaire. Wambach is […]
Upcoming Games & Events
N.C. Soccer HOF The 2014 North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame induction dinner will be held Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the North Raleigh Hilton in Raleigh, NC. The induction dinner, which is held during the annual Southern Soccer Show, has traditionally been held in Greensboro, N.C. N.C. Soccer has moved its youth and adult […]
Soccer Shorts
January 2014 Issue Our January, 2014 issue will again contain a special section for the NSCAA Convention, which will be held in Philadelphia, Pa. A copy of that issue is distributed to every convention participant, including those attending the four-day event for the US Youth Soccer Workshop, the SAY AGM and other meetings and conferences […]
What Soccer People Are Saying!
“I love it here, and hopefully things work out. But in the end it is a business, so we’ll see what happens.” Carolina RailHawks’ Brian Shriver (NASL’s leading scorer) who is out of contract and a free agent talking about where he will play next season. (IndyWeek.com) ••••••• “I did laugh, because I’m looking right […]
Tennessee Soccer
Earle Davidson, the only men’s soccer head coach in the NCAA era for the Belmont Bruins’ has resigned his position. He has directed the Belmont program since 1997, but was 6-10-2 overall this fall….. Steve Springthorpe, former women’s head soccer coach at N.C. State University, has accepted the head coaching position at Tennessee Tech University. […]