Montoya Picks U17 Squad. U.S. Under-17 WNT head coach Albertin Montoya named his 21-player roster for the 2012 FIOFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan, Sept. 22-Oct. 13. The core of the team has risen through the ranks together in the U.S. youth national teams, starting at the U.S. U-14 Identification Camp in 2009. Montoya […]
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U.S. Women Beat Germany In U-20 World Cup Final
U.S. Women Beat Germany In U-20 World Cup Final. Without a doubt the two best teams played in the 2012 FIFA Under-20 World Cup championship game. A close game was expected by most, and a close game is what the 31,114 fans got on Sept. 8 in Tokyo National Stadium; Tokyo, Japan. Germany gave up […]
McInerney Stuggling In Scoring Slump
Young Philly In Search Of A Win The Philadelphia Union is young and inexperienced at the professional level, and near the bottom of the standings in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer. After a coaching change on June 13, with Union assistant John Hackworth replacing Peter Nowak, the Union responded early on to a […]
Pia Sundhage Talks About Winning Olympic Gold
Pia Sundhage Talks About Winning Olympic Gold. U.S. WNT head coach Pia Sundhage spoke with ussoccer.com about her experience during the journey to gold in London 2012 Olympics. Sundhage explains some of the difficult decisions she had to make as well as how she feels she helped the team simply “enjoy the moment.” Sundhage announced […]
U.S. Men Salvage World Cup Qualifier Split With Jamaica
Lose On Road, Win In Columbus Crew Stadium For four days, the U.S. Men’s National Team faced the unthinkable. Another loss in the CONCACAF semifinal round of World Cup 2014 qualifying, and the Americans might not get through to the next round. They would be eliminated! That had been setup by a 2-1 road loss […]
Georgia Soccer
Georgia Soccer. After spending the last three seasons developing his game at Ispwich, U.S. U-20 goalkeeper Cody Cropper (Athens, GA) is ready for the challenge of a Premier League club after joining Southampton. Cropper, 19, signed a two-year contract with a club option for an additional year with newly promoted Southampton last month after a […]
Silverbacks Finish The 2012 Season With Strong Run
Silverbacks Finish The 2012 Season With Strong Run. Atlanta Silverbacks will remember 2012 as the season when Eric Wynalda came to town as the team’s head coach, at least for a few games. It will be remembered as another season when the team finished near the bottom of the NASL standings and out of the […]
Georgia College Upsets National Ranked Saints
Georgia College Upsets National Ranked Saints. The undefeated start to the 2012 season ended for North Georgia College and State University, with a 3-2 upset to the Georgia College Saints. The victory was powered by the first hat trick for Georgia College soccer. Sophomore Ashley Veilleux (Monroe, GA) scored a pair of goals in the […]
Fans To Pick Chiefs Or Silverbacks
Fans To Pick Chiefs Or Silverbacks. The Atlanta Silverbacks are taking their next big decision to the fans. The organization has announced the launch of “Decision 2012: Silverbacks or Chiefs” campaign, which will give fans and others in the community the opportunity to decide the team’s name for the future. The unique campaign will feature […]
Young Harris Mountain Lions Ranked #6
Young Harris Mountain Lions Ranked #6. The Mountain Lions of Young Harris College riding their first-ever Top 25 national ranking, moved up 12 spots in the NSCAA Division II poll to #6. At the time of the rankings the Mountain Lions were 5-0-0. Since then they have moved to 7-1-0, the latest win 2-1 over […]