Former University of Florida standout Erika Tymrak has been named the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Rookie of the year for the 2013 season. Tytmrak (Bradenton, FL) started 16 games and finished with six goals and four assists in 21 appearances for FC Kansas City….Former University of North Florida women’s soccer defender Kristin Lazowick (Parkland, […]
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Regional Odds & End Briefs From The Southeast USA
Soccer In Arkansas Arkansas State was picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Preseason women’s soccer coaches poll, and placed sophomore forward Loren Mitchell and junior midfielder Christina Fink on the SBC preseason all-conference team….The Arkansas Razorbacks are coming off their best SEC season in school history when they won six league games and […]
Soccer Notes
FC Kansas City goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart, 31, has been named the NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year, finishing ahead of Western New York’s Adrianna Franch and Portland’s Karina LeBlanc, who tied for second in the voting. Barnhart’s FC Kansas City teammate Becky Sauerbrunn was voted 2013 NWSL Defender of the Year. Sky Blue FC’s Christie Rampone […]
S.C. Soccer
Carley Victor, a Texas native and former standout player at Southern Methodist University, has been named the new girls soccer coach at Riverside HS. She replaces Terry Archenhold, who stepped down after 17 seasons and 374 victories- the most ever for a girls soccer coach in South Carolina. Victor spent the past two seasons coaching […]
N.C. Soccer
The NASL Carolina RailHawks will be without former N.C, State defender Justin Willis, a Raleigh native, for the rest of the season after he suffered a torn ACL injury that will require knee surgery….Three new members will be added to the Wingate University Sports Hall of Fame during induction ceremonies on Saturday morning, Oct. 19. […]
Tennessee Soccer
Joanna Russell, a graduate of Dade Christian HS in Miami Lakes, Fla, is a late signing for the Carson-Newman women’s soccer team. A left back, she decided to attend Carson-Newman after attending one of the program’s summer ID camps…..Martin Methodist and Cumberland are ranked #12 and #13, respectively in the 2013 NAIA women’s preseason national […]
Virginia Soccer
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber has announced that D.C. United Head Coach Ben Olsen’s automatic one-game suspension and fine from his ejection against Montreal has been rescinded. As such, Olsen will be available at the sideline of United’s game against Toronto FC at RFK Stadium this Saturday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. Olsen and […]
Early Release Of Injury Research On Grass vs. Turf
Early Release Of Injury Research On Grass vs. Turf. Most medical journals will publish findings online ahead of the actual print version of the journal becomes available. Subscribers get an email listing new papers weeks ahead of the print version. These prerelease emails from the orthopaedic corner of sports medicine are largely surgical (“Fixation of […]
So Who’s On Deck?
“In My Opinion…” Pia Sundhage, the “singing Swede” often set the mood for her U.S. Women’s National Team with a song. One of Sweden’s great women’s soccer stars before becoming the U.S. coach five years ago, she heard the Star Spangled Banner played 107 times before sending her team out to play. Her country has […]
Florida Soccer
Former Florida State Seminole Amanda DaCosta, who won the inau- gural National Women’s Soccer League championship with the Port- land Thorns, has also won the Women’s Super League championship in England with Liverpool Football Club. Liverpool finished with 12 wins, two losses and no draws, with DaCosta starting every game as an attacking midfielder, handing […]