Longwood On Track For Division I. FARMVILLE, Va. — Longwood University enters the second year of its four-year NCAA Division I reclassification period during 2004-05 toward official certification in September 2007, operating under all Division I rules and regulations, including the scheduling requirements. This fact has 11th-year women’s soccer head coach Todd Dyer ’93 excited […]
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Virginia Wesleyan Picked to Repeat in ODAC Men’s Soccer Poll
Virginia Wesleyan Picked to Repeat in ODAC Men’s Soccer Poll. SALEM , VA. – Virginia Wesleyan College has been picked to repeat as Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men’s soccer champions in a poll voted on by the league’s head coaches. The Marlins earned seven of a possible 10 first-place votes and totaled 96 points […]
Virginia Women Conclude Preseason Trip To Brazil
Virginia Women Conclude Preseason Trip To Brazil. Some college coaches schedule a couple of preseason games and like to play those at home. In recent years, collegiate teams have begun to take their preseason training to Europe. This year the University of Virginia women headed South…..as in South America. The Virginia women’s soccer team returned […]
Virginia Wesleyan Picked to Repeat in ODAC Men’s Soccer Poll
Virginia Wesleyan Picked to Repeat inODAC Men’s Soccer Poll. SALEM , VA. – Virginia Wesleyan College has been picked to repeat as Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men’s soccer champions in a poll voted on by the league’s head coaches. The Marlins earned seven of a possible 10 first-place votes and totaled 96 points overall. […]
Rivera Has Become A Solid FSU Defender
Rivera Has Become A Solid FSU Defender. When Teresa Rivera committed to Florida State while the Seminoles were down in South Florida to play FIU in 2001, it was a big deal. Any time a Gatorade Player of the Year commits it is huge but when the player is your first Gatorade Player of the […]
FIFA Fair Play
FIFA Fair Play. Before every international match under the auspices of FIFA, you see the teams enter the field, sometimes escorted by children and led to the center of the field before kickoff. Behind the players there will be a large yellow flag with the insignia of the FIFA Fair Play for all to see. […]
You Need Water
You Need Water. The national news shows are reporting the drought across the desert southwest is the worst on record. Lake Powell water levels are down an astonishing 115 feet. Hollywood is remaking the classic football movie The Longest Yard (why I wonder, but I digress) …at a New Mexico detention center, the producers want […]
Research You Can Use – Further refinements in sport drinks
Research You Can Use – Further refinements in sport drinks. When new sports science information is published that might be pertinent to the game, I like to alert the coaches because new data typically is published in a place that is advantageous to the author (promotion and tenure considerations), but not in a place where […]
2004 Florida All-State Soccer Teams
2004 Florida All-State Soccer Teams. The 2004 Florida State high school All-State teams, selected by the Florida Sports Writers Association, have been released and the Class 6A first team is headed by three players from state champion Miami Sunset High School. Those include senior D Andres Osorio and senior striker Luis Perea, and junior midfielder […]
Is A-League Coming To Lockhart
Is A-League Coming To Lockhart. The U.S. Under-20 team will return to Fort Lauderdale’s Lockhart Stadium next month for a game against Brazil, and the word is out in Broward County that soccer will return to Lockhart on a regular basis in the summer of 2005. Soccer promoter Eddie Rodger, who is handling the game […]