For Battery’s Wilson, Title #4 Is The Best Ever. CHARLESTON, S.C. The last time John Wilson walked off Blackbaud Stadium’s field as a champion in 2010, he announced his retirement from professional soccer. On Saturday night (Sept. 8), after he had helped the Charleston Battery claim the club’s fourth title, the veteran defender wasn’t in […]
Recent Articles and Features
Furman’s Burr Enjoys Recruiting Local Players
Nine Paladins Played Club Soccer At CESA The lifeblood of a good Major League Baseball franchise – unless it’s the New York Yankees – is a productive farm system where talent is groomed for the future. Teams spend millions of dollars annually in player development. Furman women’s soccer coach Andrew Burr has come across a […]
Four Former CofC Cougars Selected In First Soccer HOF Class
Four Former CofC Cougars Selected In First Soccer HOF Class. The College of Charleston has established a College of Charleston Soccer Hall of Fame. Included in the inaugural class are three players already in the CofC Athletics HOF; David Jordan (Class of ’85), Kirk Kessler (Class of ’81) and Doug Puffenbarger (Class of ’80). The […]
Tennessee Soccer
Tennessee Soccer. Luke Mishu, a junior from Knoxville, TN, at Notre Dame University, has been named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Irish to shutout wins over Michigan State and Michigan. The former Knoxville Catholic defender led an Irish defense that limited both opponents to just two shots on goal […]
Virginia Soccer
Virginia Soccer. Richmond Kickers’ Nozomi Hiroyama, 35, a veteran of 15 professional seasons on four continents, announced his retirement after the Kickers’ playoff loss to the Wilmington Hammerheads. Hiroyama, a former member of the Japanese national team, played his final two seasons in Richmond. He appeared in 47 matches for the Kickers, logged nearly 2,000 […]
Lady Vols Roll Over MSU ‘Dogs
Moore Leads Tennessee with seven-point game A lot of things have changed in Knoxville since last fall’s soccer season. The Lady Vols have a new coach, a #23 national ranking and they are playing well. Brian Pensky’s team is off to a 7-2-2 start and coming off a 6-0 SEC win over Mississppi State. Sophoore […]
RedHawks Sofer Honored
RedHawks Sofer Honored. Martin Methodist midfielder Daniel Sofer has been named the TranSouth Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week. Sofer, a 5-foot-6 senior from Hadera, Israel, scored two goals in a come-from-behind, double-overtime 2-1 victory over #20 William Carey University. After pulling the RedHawks level with a goal at the 63:03 mark, Sofer […]
Lee Rebounds From Loss With Lindsey Wilson Win
Lee Rebounds From Loss With Lindsey Wilson Win. There is always a certain amount of pressure with winning streaks and unbeaten seasons. Well, the pressure if off on the unbeaten season thing for Lee University, after the women’s soccer team dropped a 3-1 decision to Embry-Riddle. The Lady Flames have won the last four NAIA […]
Pia’s Last Day On The Job
Pia’s Last Day On The Job. Pia Sundhage had three games to say her good-byes as U.S. WNT head coach after the team returned from London with Olympic gold medals. All three turned out to be wins, closing out her five-year record as the U.S. coach at 91-6-10. It began in an 8-0 rout of […]
An Appropriate Gift To Pia
An Appropriate Gift To Pia. The U.S. women’s national team presented outgoing U.S. coach Pia Sundhage with the gift of a brand new Taylor guitar, which the “Singing Swede” quickly put to good use with a locker room chorus of Elvis Pressley’s “Jail House Rock.” All of the players from the 2012 Olympic team signed […]