Bob Bradley is an Americn soccer success story. He grew up in New Jersey and was an outstanding high school player at West Essex HS. He played collegiate soccer at nearby Princeton. Rather than go off into the corportate world like many of his Princeton classmates, he decided he wanted to be a soccer coach. […]
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Gene Chyzowych To Receive ‘Walt Award’
Walt Chyzowych Lifetime Achievement Award One of the most decorated coaches in the history of US Soccer, Gene Chyzowych, will be honored as the 2014 recipient of the Walt Chyzowych Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, sponsored by the Philadelphia Union at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention in Philadelphia. […]
Encouraging Young Players To Dribble!
When is too much of a good thing too much? That is a question that can be applied to a lot of things. It certainly can be applied to dribbling in soccer. Dribbling is a critical soccer skill, and should be part of player training from an early age. Players learn to keep position of […]
NSCAA Convention Merger With USYS Workshop Was Seamless
Two Big Events, One Site, One Week In January It just made sense when discussions were held to merge the US Youth Soccer Workshop into the NSCAA Convention. Both are large annual events, and there was significant overlap among the attendees. A year ago in Indinapolis, In., the first combined event was held. It seemed […]
Stop Wasting Your Money On………..
Sports Medicine Corner By Dr. Don Kirkendall I’m kind of an infographics junkie, always interested in seeing how creative people present data (especially BIG DATA) in a meaningful design. My favorite book is The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless. Great visuals. Worth a look. One of his most widely circulated designs is entitled Snake Oil […]
US Youth Soccer National Championship Series
The 2014 US Youth Soccer National Championship will be held at the Maryland Soccer Plex in Germantown, MD, July 21-27[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Included will be US Youth Soccer Regional Champions in U-13-U-19 Boys and Girls as well as the US Youth Soccer National League qualifiers in the U-14 thrugh U-18 Boys and Girls age groups to […]
Notre Dame Nips Terps
First Men’s National Title Notre Dame’s fight song “Victory March” rang out and the celebration began after the Fighting Irish captured their first men’s soccer national championship at PPL Park in Chester, Pa. [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Victory came 2-1 on two-unanswered goals after the Maryland Terrapins (17-4-5) had taken an early 1-0 lead. “We’re all smiling […]
2013 National Champs
Division II Women Grand Valley State (24-0-1) claimed its third NCAA Division II national championship in the past five seasons by clamping down on the offense of the defending champion West Florida Argos. It was the Lakers’ 21st shutout of the season and 24th victory. The winning goal came early in the second half on […]
UCLA Over ‘Noles In Overtime
2013 NCAA Division I Women’s Champions…..UCLA Bruins No one can say the UCLA Bruins had an easy road to their first NCAA Division I College Cup championship. In the quarterfinals,t hey beat defending champion UNC in overtime, edged #1 ranked Virginia in the semifinals in a penalty kick shootout and defeated Florida State 1-0 in […]
No College Cup Return To Hoover
Will NCAA Find Success In MLS Stadiums? They didn’t sell all of the 13,000 or so seats at Region Park in Hoover, for the 2012 NCAA Division I College Cup championship game, but the crowd of 9,242 was the second largest since 2004 when 13,601 turned out at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. […]