The Wilmington Hammerheads have signed veteran Paul Nicholson (Whitehaven, England) for two more seasons, which will extend his career with the Hammerheads through the 2015 USL PRO regular season. This past season Nicholson appeared in 21 regular season matches, with three goals and one assist. The Hammerheads have also re-signed defender Tom Parratt for his […]
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Undefeated Green Hope #1
Undefeated Green Hope #1. Green Hope High School lost a number of outstanding seniors from last year’s state championship team, and others who passed up high school soccer this fall, opting to play Academy club soccer. Still, the Falcons, under first-year head coach Richard Huxford, are undefeated (10-0) and ranked #1 in the N.C. 4-A […]
U.S. Women Beat Germany In U-20 World Cup Final
U.S. Women Beat Germany In U-20 World Cup Final. Without a doubt the two best teams played in the 2012 FIFA Under-20 World Cup championship game. A close game was expected by most, and a close game is what the 31,114 fans got on Sept. 8 in Tokyo National Stadium; Tokyo, Japan. Germany gave up […]
AEG Up For Sale!
AEG Up For Sale!. One wonders if there would still be Major League Soccer had it not been for Philip Anschutz and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). One of the original MLS investors/owners, AEG helped keep the league afloat in the early years, owning six of the league’s 10 teams at one point. It has been […]
Maryland Teams Highly Ranked In Fall NSCAA Prep Polls
Maryland Teams Highly Ranked In Fall NSCAA Prep Polls. Olney’s Our Lady of Good Counsel was ranked #1 in the national girls NSCAA high school poll for the fall season of 2012. At the time of the rankings, Good Counsel was off to a 4-0-0 start. Farragut from Knoxville, TN, off to an 11-0-0-0 start, […]
Jozy On A Scoring Tear
Jozy On A Scoring Tear. U.S. national team forward Jozy Altidore netted his first professional hat trick at the club level on Sept. 15, as AZ Alkmaar routed Roda JC 4-0 in a Dutch Eredivisie game. Altidore, who just returned to the Netherlands from World Cup qualifying duty, struck in the 12th, 40th and 65th […]
Ranked In NCAA III
Ranked In NCAA III. Emory University was ranked #2 in the NCAA Division III women’s national poll at mid-September after opening the season 4-0-2. Wheaton from Illinois is the top-ranked D-III team. Emory is coached by former Georgia head coach Sue Patberg, who recently claimed her 100th Emory victory in her eight seasons. She got […]
S.C. Soccer
Winthrop junior forward Krystyna Feda (Sommerset, NJ) was named the 2013 Big South Women’s Soccer Attacking Player of the Year. She led the BSC in scoring with 38 points, including 17 goals….The Congaree Rapid Soccer Association and the West Metro Soccer Club have joined forces to develop CRSA West Metro beginning in the spring of […]
Battery Perfect Four-For-Four In Titles
Battery Beats Hammerheads For USL PRO Title Jose Cuevas knows hard work. There was a time where he made his living picking peaches in California. Cuevas has also learned to deal with disappointment. He didn’t make the Charleston roster a year ago, but went back to California and put in the hard work to make […]
McInerney Stuggling In Scoring Slump
Young Philly In Search Of A Win The Philadelphia Union is young and inexperienced at the professional level, and near the bottom of the standings in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer. After a coaching change on June 13, with Union assistant John Hackworth replacing Peter Nowak, the Union responded early on to a […]