Two key U.S. MNT players have recovered from injuries and are back on the field with their respective professional teams. Goalkeeper Tim Howard was sharp in shutting out Queens Park Rangers in a 2-0 Everton win. He made three saves. Outside right back Steve Cherundolo went the distance for Hannover 96 in a 3-1 loss […]
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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. […]
Lee Reloads Roster For Transition To NCAA
Lee University begins its transition from NAIA to NCAA next fall, and Lady Flames women’s head coach has signed his first NCAA Division II recruiting class. Four players from Colorado, Ohio, Tennessee and Illinois will join a program that won four consecutive NAIA national championship.[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Kinsey Cichowitz (Buena Vista, Colo.), Haley Gribler (Springboro, Ohio, […]
What Soccer People Are Saying!
“When I think of a lasting league, I think of the dreams that a little girl has, the dreams that I had when I was a little girl – when I was watching WUSA, when I became a part of WPS and now being a part of NWSL.” U.S. WNT forward Alex Morgan, speaking of […]
Harvey And Fair Make State Department Soccer Trip To Iraq
Mary Harvey and Lorrie Fair, two former U.S. WNT players, visited Iraq in early April to work with, and motivate Iraqi girls and women interested in soccer and team sports as part of the U.S. Department of State’s “Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports” initiative. Both Harvey and Fair are former FIFA World Cup champions […]
City Of Orlando Purchases Land For New Soccer Stadium
The city of Orlando has taken a major step towards building a downtown soccer stadium that would be the home of a future Major League Soccer team. Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer has confirmed in a local radio interview that the city made the purchase for $8.2 million. The land would be the site of a […]
Charlotte Eagles Show Strong Defense To Open Season
The season is only two games old for the USL PRO Charlotte Eagles, but thus far they have demonstrated a very stingy defense. [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] In posting a 2-0 win over Antigua and a scoreless draw against the Rochester Rhinos, the Eagles have allowed a total of five shots. Antigua managed only one shot on […]
Goulet Scouts For Academy Prospects
American With German Coaching Experience It really wasn’t a tryout. More of an evaluation. But call it a training session. It was actually all of those. It took place on March 20 at Lipscomb University. Attending were 29 of the best teenage boys soccer players in Tennessee, in the birth years from 1999-2000, all recommended […]
Jack, FC Dallas And Landon
Attendance is down in Major League Soccer, FC Dallas is winning, Landon is back and the kid in Philadelphia is leading the league in scoring. Georgia native Jack McInerney, a 20-year-old pro, scored a pair of goals before halftime to pace the Philadelphia Union to a 3-2 win over D.C. United and was named the […]
Another Title For UWF’s Malvassi
In just over three months time, University of West Florida women’s soccer alum Monica Malavssi has helped lead her teams to two major championships. [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] While the midfielder helped the Argos win their first women’s Division II national championship last fall, in early March she led her country’s women’s basketball team to a gold […]