Jeff Attinella is a Florida guy, who thought he might spend the 2003 Major League Soccer season in Salt Lake City. But he’s back in the Sunshine State, on loan from Real Salt Lake for the NASL season with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. A year ago the 24-year old Clearwater native, lined up in goal […]
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Strikers, Rowdies To Host MLS In Open Cup
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Tampa Bay Rowdies have earned games against Major Soccer League clubs in the third round of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Strikers won a dramatic penalty shootout (7-6) after a 1-1 draw with Laredo Heat, who played much of the second half and extra time a man […]
Roberts Shaydak Replaces Cromwell
Tiffany Roberts Shaydak has become the fifth women’s head soccer coach at the University of Central Florida. She replaces Amanada Cromwell as the Knights’ head coach after spending the last six years as head coach at VCU, alongside her husband Tim Sahaydak, who will join her on the UCF staff. Cromwell resigned earlier to become […]
Soccer Has Helped UCF’s Rodrigues Find Her Way
UCFAthletics.com ORLANDO, Fla. – Andrea Rodrigues was raised in a culturally immersed home and one that put family first. Her parents are Rio de Janeiro natives and shared their Brazilian roots with Rodrigues and her younger sister, Adriana. As a senior at the University of Central Florida, Rodrigues has used the game of soccer as […]
Georgia Soccer
South Gwinnett got the winning goal with two minutes left in regulation to upset Lassiter 2-1 in the first round of the Class AAAAAA Georgia high school state playoffs. Lassiter was unbeaten and ranked #1 in the state classification and nationally ranked in the NSCAA Spring Boys National High School poll. Austin Varney gave South […]
It The Mac & Zac Show In Philly
Young Pros Leading Charge For The Union In the 1960s it was Philadelphia that brought teen-oriented American Bandstand to U.S. afternoon television audiences. Now it is the MLS Philadelphia Union featuring another youth movement one might call “The Mac & Zac Show.” Jack McInerney and Zac MacMath have played key roles in recent Union successes. […]
Expectations High In 2013 For Silverbacks
The Atlanta Silverbacks are off to a strong start in 2013, sitting in third place in the NASL standings. That start could get even better as the ‘Backs advance to the third round of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against Real Salt Lake. Atlanta didn’t get a home match against an MLS team […]
McIntosh Senior Picked Gatorade POY
Senior forward Salomon Lorenzano (McIntosh HS/Peachtree City) has been selected 2013 Gatorade Boys State Player of the Year for Georgia. The Boys Gatorade Player of the Year for South Carolina is senior Koty Millard (Cardinal Newman School/Columbia,) and for North Carolina junior Ade Taiwo (Cardinal Gibbons HS/Raleigh), who has already committed to N.C. State. Thales […]
Berkmar, Parkview Capture Georgia State Soccer Titles
Gwinnett County swept the Georgia High School Association’s state championships for the boys and girls AAAAAA classification. Berkmar High captured its first boys state soccer title by upsetting defending champion Collins Hill, 2-0, at Kennesaw State. Previously, the only state titles for Berkmar had been two boys basketball championships. Parkview, no stranger to state championship […]
National Rankings
In the latest NSCAA Spring High School national rankings McIntosh was the #1 team in the boys poll and the Marist girls were ranked #2. St. Pius X was the #4 ranked boys team, wth East Coweta ranked #6. Dalton received the #15 national boys ranking and Marietta’s Lassiter HS was #17. Norcross’ Greater Atlanta […]