NCCAA Men D-I. NCCAA Men First Team GK: Joseph Pacheco, Jr., California Baptist. D: Steve Ellis*, Sr., Cedarville University; Carlos Figueroa, Sr., California Baptist University; Andrew Webster**, Sr., Mid-America Christian University. MF: Lucas Almeida, Jr., Oklahoma Wesleyan University; David Edwardson, Fr., Spring Arbor Universty; Marco Likos, Sr, Nyack College; Cole Schmit, Jr., California Baptist University. […]
Issues
Hexagonal Game With Honduras Bigger Than One In Mexico
Hexagonal Game With Honduras Bigger Than One In Mexico. The serious business of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil begins next month. Over the coming year the U.S. will play 10 games in the final round of regional qualifying. The Hexagonal! Six CONCACAF teams are still in the hunt for three guaranteed spots. […]
Tar Heels Capture 21st NCAA Title
Tar Heels Capture 21st NCAA Title. The UNC Tar Heels struck quickly to take a 1-0 first-half lead in the Division I women’s College Cup championship game, played before a crowd of 6,930 fans at Torero Stadium on the campus of the University of San Diego. They also struck quickly in the second half to […]
MLS, NWSL Hold Drafts At NACAA
MLS, NWSL Hold Drafts At NACAA. The 2013 MLS SuperDraft is scheduled to be held on Thursday, Jan. 17, in conjunction with the NSCAA convention in Indianapolis, IN. This marks the 11th consecutive year the draft has been held at the convention. Barring trades, Toronto FC will have the first pick in the draft, followed […]
Roanoke College Hires New Men’s Coach
Roanoke College Hires New Men’s Coach. A former Roanoke player, Ryan Pflugrad (Class of 2002), returns to his alma mater as the new men’s head soccer coach. He replaces Scott Allison, who stepped down after 27 years at the helm of the men’s program, but remains as Director of Athletics. Pflugrad returns to Roanoke College […]
Opara To Kansas City
Opara To Kansas City. Sporting Kansas City acquired defender Ike Opara, Durham, NC, native who played collegiate soccer at Wake Forest, in exchange for KC’s second round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. The Earthquakes took Opara third overall in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, but injuries and inconsistencies have marred his time in MLS. The […]
What Soccer People Are Saying!
“Surgery all done and a success! Day 1 on the road to recovery and I’m more than up for the fight!.” U.S.. MNT midfielder Stuart Holden, letting his fans know by Twitter that his surgery had been completed successfully. (@stuholden) ••••••• “The ACC is certainly going to be a test from top to bottom. There […]
What Soccer People Are Saying!
What Soccer People Are Saying!. “Playing this match was so important to me I would have still done it without legs.” Brazilian star Ronaldo, who played in the United Nations Development Programme’s 10th Annual Match Against Poverty despite suffering from leg injuries. Ronaldo’s team beat Zinedine Zidane’s team 3-2 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (United Nations […]
NAIA Men
NAIA Men. NAIA Men First Team GK: Vignir Johannesson , Jr., Auburn University Montgomery. Backs: Fernando Galvan, Sr., Benedictine College; Scott Parkinson,Jr.,University of Science & Arts Oklahoma; Nikola Velickovic, Sr.,Columbia College. MF: Stephen Okai**, Sr., University of Mobile; Miguel Jimenez, Jr., Missouri Valley College; Lebogang Moloto**, Sr., Lindsey WilNAIA Men Third Team GK: Jack Marchant, […]
U.S. U-20s Off To Mexico
U.S. U-20s Off To Mexico. It is not a coincidence that the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National team coach Tab Ramos has scheduled a training camp from Jan. 14-22 in Puebla, Mexico. That just happens to be the host site for the upcoming 2013 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship. That is set for Feb. 18-March 3. The U.S. […]