24-Season Run Of Soccer In Nashville Is Over Although seldom a team that earned postseason play, the Nashville Metros were there every spring, ready to begin a new USL season. After 24 seasons, that is no longer the case. Long known as “North America’s oldest continuously owned and operated soccer franchise”, the Metros are not […]
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Paralympic Soccer Roster
U.S. Paralympic Soccer National Team head coach Jay Hoffman named a 17-player roster for a March 16-24 domestic training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. Goalkeepers selected were Alex Hendricks and Keith Johnson, with four defenders, Chris Ahrens, Bryce Borman, Chad Jones, and Gavin Sibayan, picked by Hoffman. Eight midfieldrs, […]
Eckerd Player Killed By Drunk Driver
Former Melbourne HS soccer star Rachel Price (see photo Florida Notes) a freshman member of Eckerd College’s women’s soccer team, was killed, along with a friend, in a fiery crash when struck by a truck driven by a drunk driver. The accident occured on U.S. Highway 192 on February 28 as Price, who was killed […]
Boys East-West All-Star Rosters Are Announced
Boys rosters for the 2013 East-West Soccer all-star game, July 23, at UNCG soccer stadium, have been released. The girls teams will be announced at the end of their spring high school season. 2013 East Boys All-Star Team Roster Ian Cole (Swansboro), Connor Francis (Sanderson), Tyler Hawley (Green Hope), Blake Heatherly (Jacksonville), Joshua Kennedy (Green […]
What Soccer People Are Saying!
“The key is longevity. You can only survive the early challenges if people stay committed and if the losses are manageable.” US Soccer President Sunil Gulati, on the approach taken with the new women’s pro league (National Women’s Soccer League). (FIFA World) ••••••• “In a locker room where the offensive egos of players are struggling […]
Dixon, Brazell Named National Player Of Week
Bria Dixon, a senior forward at Cary High School (Cary, N.C.) and Tyler Brazell, a junior midfielder at Brookland-Cayce High School (Cayce, S.C.) have been selected as the NSCAA/TopDrawer Soccer.com High School Players of the Week. Dixon was crucial in three Cary HS victories. The senior forward scored a goal in a 2-0 victory over […]
Paterson Poised To Lead Battery In ’13
Charleston Returns Solid Roster From Title Team With the start of the 2013 USL PRO season rapidly approaching, the Charleston Battery hopes to draw strength from 2012 and the club’s league championship. Charleston Battery midfielder Nicki Paterson recalls one game in particular that was important to that championship run. “It just seemed to come to […]
Vestavia Hills Hosts Adult State Finals
The 2013 Adult State Championships of the Alabama Soccer Association is scheduled be held March 23-24 at Sicard Hollow Athletic Complex in Vestavia Hills, Ala. Championships will be held in both 11 v. 11 and 7 v. 7 divisions. In the 11 v. 11 division, competition will be held in Division I and Division 2 […]
Mulholland Working His Way Up The Professional Ladder
Former Wingate All-America Seeking Quick Start With Tampa Bay Luke Mulholland came to the United States in 2007 from his native England to play study and play soccer at Wingate University. Four years later he had earned first team Division II All-America honors and was headed to a professional soccer career. He played in the […]
US. Under-20 MNT Roster
Goalkeepers (3): 1-Cody Cropper (Southampton; Maple Grove, Minn.), 12-Kendall McIntosh (Santa Clara; Santa Rosa, Calif.), 22-Zack Steffen (FC DELCO Academy; Downington, Pa.) Defenders (6): 18-Eric Miller (Creighton; Woodbury, Minn.), 3-Juan Pablo Ocegueda (C.D. Guadalajara; Riverside, Calif.), 2-Boyd Okwuonu (North Carolina; Edmund, Okla.), 5-Shane O’Neill (Colorado Rapids; Boulder, Colo.), 4-Caleb Stanko (Freiburg; Holly, Mich.), 14-Javan Torre […]