Sports Medicine Corner A neighbor with kids in the local soccer leagues is concerned about injury and frequently knocks on my door. This time – artificial turf vs. natural grass. Two recent comparisons were published about college sports. One looked at ACL knee injuries in American football and the other was on overall injuries in […]
Issues
Fox Soccer Channel Days Are Numbered
The days of 24/7 soccer on FOX Soccer are about to come to an end. Fox has announced that its Speed Channel will be rebranded as FOX Sports 1, and all of FOX Soccer’s broadcast rights packages, including UEFA Champions League and Europa League Games, will be carried by the new sports network. That includes […]
A Simple Act Of Sportsmanship
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Randy Vogt, who writes our monthly referee column, and is the Director of Public Relations for the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association, passed this photo on to us from a girls Under-10 soccer game in Westchester New York. The Edgemont Fire goalkeeper could not tie her unlaced shoe since she was wearing […]
Development Academy
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] The U.S. Soccer Development Academy continues to expand as three elite clubs are joining the Academy starting in the 2013-14 season: Bethesda-Olney (West Bethesda/Olney, Md.), the Philadelphia Union and Phoenix FC (Az.) [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Your subscription has expired please Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to view full article and get all the news […]
S.C. Soccer
Last fall College of Charleston men’s head soccer coach Ralph Lundy completed his 37th collegiate season as a head coach, 24 of which have been in Charleston. His Cougars moved earned a spot the Division I national rankings, and also earned Lundy his 400th coaching victory…..University of South Carolina women head soccer coach Shelley Smith […]
Battery To Host English Championship Portsmouth FC
Opening the season on the road in Richmond didn’t work out so well for the Charleston Battery. The Kickers got the best of the 2013 opening game, winning 4-1. However, the home opener was a different story as the Battery bounced back with a 4-0 shutout at Blackbaud Stadium before a crowd of 4,546 fans. […]
NSCAA Symposium
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America will hold its inaugural Summer Symposium, Aug. 1-3, 2013 at the Orlando World Center in Orlando, FL. The event includes soccer education for coaches who coach boys and girls from ages 6-18. There will be nine lecture hours and 16 hours of field sessions. Presenters include NSCAA Director […]
Fotopoulos Named Coach
VSI Tampa Bay FC has named George Fotopoulos as its 2013 W-League head coach. [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Fotopoulos began his coaching career in 1995 as the director of coaching for the Heather Soccer Club and as a member of the Florida ODP staff. He has coached at the collegiate level, taking the lead for the University […]
Silverbacks Open Strong At Home
Hope To Continue Late-Season 2012 Success For the first two weeks of the 2013 season, the Atlanta Silverbacks have won Florida. First there was the 2-0 home opening victory over the Fort Lauderdale Strkers. A week later Atlanta went on the road and rallied for a 4-3 victory over the defending league champion Tampa Bay […]
N.C. Soccer
Bria Dixon, a senior forward at Cary High School has been selected as the girls NSCAA/TopDrawerSoccer.com High School Player of the Week (March 13)…..Freshman Cassie Pecht (Mechanicsburg, PA) received both the Most Valuable Player and Newcomer of the Year awards at the Duke women’s annual team banquet. Redshirt junior Kim DeCesare (Massapequa Park, NY), who […]