If you aren’t from Charlotte, NC, or a follower of Elon University soccer, you might not know who Clint Irwin is. He grew up playing club soccer for Charlotte United, and was a standout high school goalkeeper at Charlotte Christian. He played two seasons of summer soccer with the Carolina Dynamo during his four years […]
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North Meck SC Is Now Carolina Rapids SC
North Meck Soccer Club has a new name and new colors. The club will team with the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer to create the Carolina Rapids Soccer Club. The Cornelius-based club is the second club as part of the Rapids adidas Alliance, joining the Downtown Las Vegas Soccer Club. [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] “We are […]
A Dozen Former Tar Heels Open Inaugural NWSL Season
The inaugural season of the National Women’s Soccer League began with 12 former North Carolina Tar Heels on opening day rosters. The league begins its first year when the Cindy Cone-coached Portland Thorns FC played at FC Kansas City in a 1-1 draw. [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] A dozen Tar Heels dotted the rosters of five of […]
Development Academy Makes Waves With Prep Soccer
By Stephen Black Score Atlanta The 2012-13 school year has brought major changes to the world of Georgia high school soccer. The U.S. Development Soccer Academy is now requiring selected prep players to leave their high school soccer teams to join the academy, which has two teams based in Atlanta. Selecting players on an invite-only […]
U-15 BNT Off To Italy
U.S. Under-15 Boys’ National Team head coach Tony Lepore has called 19 players for the Tournament Delle Nazioni in Grandisca, Italy, from April 26 – May 6. All of the players in camp were born in 1998, with the exception of Malcolm Jones, Erik Palmer-Brown and Ben Swanson who were born in ’97 and are […]
Development Academy
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] The U.S. Soccer Development Academy continues to expand as three elite clubs are joining the Academy starting in the 2013-14 season: Bethesda-Olney (West Bethesda/Olney, Md.), the Philadelphia Union and Phoenix FC (Az.) [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Your subscription has expired please Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to view full article and get all the news […]
Silverbacks Open Strong At Home
Hope To Continue Late-Season 2012 Success For the first two weeks of the 2013 season, the Atlanta Silverbacks have won Florida. First there was the 2-0 home opening victory over the Fort Lauderdale Strkers. A week later Atlanta went on the road and rallied for a 4-3 victory over the defending league champion Tampa Bay […]
Father/Son MNT Duos
Most soccer fans recognize Taylor Twellman either as a MLS player with New England, or a member of the U.S. Men’s National Team. Or perhaps even that “soccer guy on television.” But did you know there was another Twellman with a U.S. MNT history. No he’s not Taylor’s older brother. [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Tim Twellman is […]
National U14 Training
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Nicholas Taitague (Midlothian) and Jose Carranz (Manassas) are among the 29 players called up by U.S. U14 boys national coach Hugo Perez for a training camp in California. Also selected was John McCune (Bethesda, Md.). The camp is the last before Perez selects the U14 squad for a trip to Croatia later this […]
Bates Signs MLS Pact
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Former University of Virginia standout Will Bates, a Chester, VA, native, has signed a contract with Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer. Bates, 22, was selected by Sounders FC as the fifth overall selection in the 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft. He has been training with Seattle since early February. Bates appears in […]