By Ray Alley, Publisher Most people who will read this story never heard of Randell Farley, but if you’ve been involved in youth soccer at least 25-30 years you surely knew someone like him. Farley passed away in mid-December at the age of 61 in Gardendale, Ala. Sarah A. McCarty wrote about his passing on […]
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Prelude To Showtime Begins In January Camp!
While there have been some bumps along the way since Jurgen Klinsmann took over the U.S. Men’s National Team in July of 2011, most will admit that there has been positive progress. There have been impressive results, like wins in Europe over Italy and Bosnia Herzegvino, both of whom are headed to the 2014 World […]
Lessons Learned During The 2013 U-17 Nike Friendlies
The U.S. Under-17s won the 2013 Nike International Friendlies in December. It was the second time in three years. This time was different as it ended with the U.S. team beating Brazil 4-1 in a game the Brazilians only needed to draw to win the title. It also ended with Brazil’s players standing at the […]
French Selects Strong Team For U20 CONCACAF
U.S. Under-20 WNT Gathers To Go To Cayman Islands U.S. Under-20 WNT head coach Michelle French will have a very talented team at her disposal at the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championships, which begin Jan. 9 in the Cayman Islands. French selected a 20-player squad that is made up of 18 collegiate players, one professional […]
Rowdies Reloading For 2014
Brian Shriver Returns Home To The Sunshine State At the conclusion of the 2013 North American Soccer League season Brian Shriver said he was excited to enter free agency. He was coming off a season in which he scored 15 goals for the Carolina RailHawks and led the league in scoring. His contract with the […]
Central Florida Knights Roll Despite A Coaching Change
Amanda Cromwell left the University of Central Florida last April after 14 seasons to become the head coach of the UCLA Bruins. In her first season in Loa Angeles, her Bruins won the national championship. For 11 of those 14 seasons, UCF advanced to NCAA postseason play. Cromwell didn’t leave a cupboard bare of talent […]
Dramatic Rally Highlights ‘Canes Season
The Miami Hurricanes won nine soccer games last fall. The dramatic finish of win #9 was the highlight of the season. Clemson held a 1-0 lead on Senior Night at Cobb Stadium in Coral Gables with about four minutes left to play[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Then the heroics began for the Hurricanes. Senior Blake Stockton (Lindwood, NJ) […]
Silverbacks Back To Local Owners
Atlanta In Market For A New Coach The Atlanta Silverbacks will begin 2014 with local owners, part old and part new. Traffic Sports is out and a new ownership group consisting of longtime chairman Boris Jerkunica, longtime vice chairman John Latham and Henry and John Hardin. The Hardin brothers are local businessmen who run SCI […]
Campbell Answered When Opportunity Called
Jane Campbell didn’t expect to be the starting goalkeeper last fall as a freshman at Stanford. The Cardinal was expecting that job to be owned by senior Emily Oliver, one of the top goalkeepers in collegiate soccer. But Oliver’s senior season lasted just three games. Her career was over after the third game, when she […]
There Are Way Too Many Non-Competitive Games
By Randy Vogt I hate to be a Grinch during this Christmas season but there’s a problem with a good minority of college and high school games, at least the ones that I have been officiating. Earlier this year, I wrote about Preventing Lopsided Scores in which I partly took leagues and tournaments to task for grouping […]