Nobody saw it coming! Just another disappointing result in Europe for the U.S. Men’s National Team. Forty-five minutes and the U.S. walked off the field in Sarajevo. Jurgen Klinsmann’s team trailed #16 world ranked Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2-0. It had been a less than stellar first half for the Americans. But the comeback began when Jozy Altidore […]
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Georgia Teams Pick Up Hardware At US Youth Nationals
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Eight teams from Georgia advanced to the US Youth Soccer National Championships in Overland Park, KS, and the U19 NASA girls took home a national championship, beating SoCal Blues-Dido , 2-1 in the title game in OT. The U13 boys United FA 00 Elite and U14 girls Tophat 17 Gold both won bronze […]
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The Scoring Beat Goes On For Shriver
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N.C[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, has announced that it will drop women’s swimming from the athletic program and add men’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf and women’s soccer. The soccer program will be the last to phase in by 2020. [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Your subscription has expired please Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to […]