In the preseason South Atlantic Conference poll, league coaches picked the Carson-Newman Eagles to finish #4 in the conference. They finished #2 in the country. They played in the Division II national championship game. They lost to Southern New Hampshire, but they were there. After a seven-game winning streak closed out the regular season, a […]
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The Houston Mustangs Complete Unbeaten Season
Harpeth Hall, Knox Catholic, St. George’s Win Titles Houston High School flirted with the pollsters and was ranked #1 in the nation midway through the fall girls soccer season in Tennessee. After winning the Tennessee State Secondary Athletics Association AAA championship, the Mustangs are still ranked #3 Knoxville Catholic and Harpeth Hall, and St. George’s, […]
Three Runs Short Of Glory
Virginia Teams Lose In College Cup Semis It was three impressive runs by three Division I teams from the Old Dominion. All three advanced to the semifinals of their respective NCAA Division I College Cups. And each had shot at winning a national championship. But in the end, each came up a win short of […]
DC United Borrows Kickers For Far East Trip
D.C. United selected six players from the Richmond Kickers’, their USL PRO affiliate, to join the 15-player roster in Indonesia for a December 3-9 trip to Indonesia[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. While it is officially a D.C. United trip, the product on the field will certainly have a Richmond Kickers’ look to it. The team dropped the first […]
Pereira Steps Down As Lady Monarchs Coach
For the first time in 19 years, Old Dominion University is looking for a new women’s head soccer coach. Shortly after the end of the 2014 season, Joe Pereira resigned as head coach of the Lady Monarchs. In an oddly worded news release, ODU announced that “Pereira Vacates Soccer Position.” Pereira has been the ODU […]
Virginia Calvary FC Delays It’s Charge Until 2015 Season
Northern Virginia-based Virginia Calvary FC will delay the launch of its entry into the North American Soccer League for another year[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Delays in completing a 5,500-seat stadium in Loudoun County, which would also be home to a baseball team, has resulted in both teams withdrawing for another year. The Loudoun County club had considered […]
D.C. United Makes Changes For 2013
When you struggle through the worst season in the history of Major League Soccer you can do one of three things in an effort to get better. Change the coach, change the players or change them both! D.C United has chosen to follow path #2. After winning only three regular season games, the roster remake […]
No ‘Gimmies’ In USA’s 2014 World Cup Draw
There are those who would say the USA has been drawn into the strongest group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Jurgen Klinsmann‘s team was drawn into Group G along with Ghana, Portugal and Germany at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final Draw that was held in Costa Do Sauipe, Brazil. But with […]
The Tipping Report…..Liverpool vs. Southhamption U18s
Jeff Tipping, Palm Beach Soccer Academy Technical Director and former Director of Education and Coaching Development wrote the following assessment of a Barclay’s I-18 Premier game between Liverpool FC and Southhampton at the Liverpool Training Ground. The report was made as a UEFA Assessor for the Irish FA. Tipping is a native of Liverpool. […]
Not All Soccer HOF Artifacts In Storage – By Ray Alley
NSCAA Has Displays In Kansas City The phone call was from Mickey Cochrane. No complaints from this faithful reader of Southern Soccer Scene. Just some observations and some suggestions. It was in reference to the first installment of Neil Morris’ outstanding two piece article about the demise of the National Soccer Hall of Fame that […]