Major Comeback Ended With Winthrop BSC Title Once again the old adage, “a 2-0 lead is a dangerous lead” was proven to be true. Coastal Carolina, nationally ranked and riding a 15-game winning streak, held a 2-0 halftime lead over Winthrop in the Big South men’s championship game. The Chanticleers had control of the game. […]
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A Trip To Afghanistan
A Trip To Afghanistan. Former U.S. Women’s National Team midfielder Lorrie Fair recently traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports initiative, which aims to increase the number of women and girls who participate in all aspects of sports. Fair, a former All-America at the […]
High Flying Hoyas Reach Elite Eight
High Flying Hoyas Reach Elite Eight. For the first time in the history of Georgetown soccer, the Hoyas are in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I tournament. When the season is over they will figure up how many records this team has set, but for now, they are one more win away from a […]
Nine ACC Teams Picked
Nine ACC Teams Picked. The Atlantic Coast Conference led all conferences in placing nine teams in the Division I postseason women’s tournament. Florida State was one of four #1 seeds, while Virginia and UNC were #2 seeds along with Florida and San Diego State. Duke and Wake Forest were #3 seeds and Maryland was a […]
Green Hope Repeats As 4-A Champs
Jacksonville Wins 3-A State Title Green Hope, despite significant losses from last year’s 4-A state championship team, fielded a younger team this season with the same results. The Falcons scored the only goals of the game in the final 14 minutes for a 2-0 victory over Charlotte Myers Park for the NCHSAA 4-A title. The […]
Continued From Left Column
Continued From Left Column. Spot ahead of Guatemala based on goal differential. After opening with a win at home againt Guatemala and a stumble in Antigua with a 0-0 draw, Jamaica responded at home with one of the biggest wins in the country’s history when they took advantage of two free kick opportunities to defeat […]
Auburn Falls 1-0 In Second Round
Auburn Falls 1-0 In Second Round. The Auburn Tigers’ defense endured an offensive onslaught from the #2 Brigham Young University offense, but never surrendered a goal in the run of play. Unfortunately for Auburn, the winning goal came with just 44 seconds left in regulation when BYU converted a penalty kick following an Auburn foul […]
Tar Heels, Seminoles Advance To College Cup
UNC Knocks Off BYU In PKs The UNC Tar Heels and Florida State Seminoles are off to the “Big Dance”, having advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I College Cup. The Duke Blue Devils, who lost in the championship game a year ago, came up short, dropping a quarterfinal game to Penn State. […]
Former Paladin Named US Soccer Male Athlete Of Year
Former Paladin Named US Soccer Male Athlete Of Year. Clint Dempsey has kicked a lot of soccer balls since he kicked one for the Furman Paladins. The Nacogdoches, Texas, native left Furman after his junior season to turn professional. That journey has taken him on a tour of the United States with the New England […]
U.S. Soccer Announces New Women’s Pro League For ’13
U.S. Soccer Announces New Women’s Pro League For ’13. The announcement came the day before Thanksgiving, late in the afternoon and not in time for significant media exposure. It was just as well, for the announcement that a new women’s professional soccer league was being launched had little in the way of news other than […]