ASU Men’s Coach Dead At 49. Shaun Pendleton, the men’s soccer coach at Appalachian State, was found dead Tuesday at his home in Boone, athletics-department officials said in a release Wednesday. He was 49. Foul play was not suspected. “The entire Appalachian family is stunned and saddened by the loss of Coach Pendleton,” athletics director […]
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UNC’s Billy Schuler Named National POW
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Dynamo Game With U.S. U-17s Cancelled
Dynamo Game With U.S. U-17s Cancelled. Due to unforeseen circumstances the Carolina Dynamo Exhibition Match vs. The U.S. Soccer U-17 Men’s National Team has been canceled. Anyone who has purchased tickets for the event will either have the opportunity to trade in tickets for any other 2011 Carolina Dynamo game or will be issued a […]
Adu Scores First Goal For Turkish Team
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Dynamo Host U.S. U-17 Men
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Somoano Replaces Bolowich At UNC
Somoano Replaces Bolowich At UNC. University of North Carolina Athletic Director Dick Baddour has announced the hiring of Carlos Somoano as the fifth head coach in men’s soccer program history. Somoano, the 2011 National Soccer Coaches Association of America South Region Assistant Coach of the Year, has served as the top assistant at North Carolina […]
Tick, tick, tick
Tick, tick, tick. Mike Getman knows it is less than three months before the city of Hoover, the state of Alabama, the Alabama Sports Foundation, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham will take center stage in playing host to the Men’s College Cup. The veteran coach knows a lot of time and effort already […]
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Silverbacks Win W-League Championship
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