There is no player revolt at this point, but a complaint has been filed regarding the playing surface at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and that could be headed to court. A group of over 40 of the top female national team soccer players from about a dozen countries have signed a letter that […]
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Two Touches That Changed The USA’s World Cup……by Ray Alley
The U.S. World Cup team played four games in Brazil, a total of 390-plus minutes. There were thousands of touches and mis-touches. The ball moves and opportunities come and go. That is the game. Over the four games the U.S. won only once and was eliminated from the 2014 World Cup. But there were two […]
USA Eliminated By Belgium 2-1 In OT
SALVADOR, Brazil (July 1, 2014) – The U.S. Men’s National Team nearly pulled off the most dramatic of late comebacks, but Belgium held off the vigorous late efforts to earn a 2-1 victory against the USA in the Round of 16 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup at Arena Fonte Nova. Tim Howard had one of […]
Woody Harrison’s at the World Cup
Woody Harrison and his son Reggie have traveled to the last six FIFA World Cups. He¹s been to Korea/Japan, Germany, France, South Africa and is in Brazil for World Cup 2014. The shortest World Cup trip was in 1994 when the U.S. hosted. Games were a reasonable drive from Woody’s home in Wilson, N.C. An […]
Georgia Teams Top USYS R-III Champs
The 2014 US Youth Soccer Region III (South) Championships came to an exciting conclusion In Baton Rouge, La., as 10 teams claimed titles. Not only will the 10 sides leave as Regional Champions, but they join the four previous title winners in securing a most desired berth to the 2014 US Youth Soccer National Championships, […]
U.S. Advances Despite 1-0 Loss To Germany
They called Group G the “Group of Death”, mostly because it contained Germany, Portugal and Ghana, along with the United States. Logic can be deceiving, as Portugal and Ghana are going home and the USA joins Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup’s knockout round of 16. The U.S., which traveled over 9,000 miles for […]
Suarez Put “Bite” In Uruguayan Offense
Luis Suarez just didn’t get the memo. No biting allowed. The star forward for Uruguay appeared to chomp down on the shoulder of Italy’s Giorgio Chinellini in the closing minutes of the teams final World Cup group game. Television replays showed the apparent bite, and Chinellini had the marks on his shoulder to prove it. […]
Albert To Be Inducted Into HRSHOF
It was recently announced that former College of William and Mary men’s soccer coach Al Albert will be inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame. The induction will be on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at a banquet at the Norfolk Scope. Albert coached the Tribe for 33 seasons, and was the eighth NCAA coach […]
The U.S. MNT Still Has Paths To Advance
The disappointment was sudden and it was powerful as Portugal snatched victory away from the U.S. MNT with a diving header 30 seconds from the end of five minutes of added time. A 2-1 win over Portugal would have put the U.S. through to the second round of the 2014 FIOFA World Cup. The 2-2 […]
Morgan Scores A Pair As U.S. Ties France
She’s Baccccccccck! Two goals to lead U.S. in East Hartford, Ct. U.S. Women’s National Team forward Alex Morgan scored her first international goals in seven months as she helped FIFA’s # 1-ranked USA overcome two deficits to earn a 2-2 draw against #4 France in front of 14,695 fans at Rentschler Field. The U.S. WNT […]