Cumberland University has hired Kyle Smith as the new men’s head soccer coach. Smith previously served two seasons as a full-time men’s assistant at NCAA D-I Drake University…..Summer Lanter, a Soddy-Daisy HS standout who is headed to Lee University this fall, has been called into the next U.S. Under-20 WNT training camp in Portland, Ore, […]
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Hardin Master Kicker Of Footballs
Record Holder In Soccer & Football At Elizabethton HS The lead in a story last fall in the Johnson City Press read, “Give Christine Hardin a game, even one designed for the boys, and she will find a way to be good at it.” One thing for sure, Hardin can kick a football ….regardless of […]
Soccer Coach Arrested On Four Sex Charges
George “Rico” Laise was a highly respected soccer coach in and around Nashville, TN, since the 1990s. Respected until he was arrested and charged with rape. Initially Laise, 42, was charged by local law enforcement officials with four counts of rape after it was reported that he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year old […]
National Youth Coaching License Course Offered
Tennessee Soccer will host the National Youth License Coaching course. The course will be five days long and will run August 16-18 & August 24-25[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. It will be held at Drakes Creek Park in Hendersonville, TN. Candidates for the license must attend all sessions. This course is geared towards coaches who work mainly with […]
East Tennessee State Goes Back To The Future With SoCon
Record Holder In Soccer & Football At Elizabethton HS East Tennessee State is returning to the Southern Conference. So is Virginia Military Institute, along with newcomer Mercer University. The SoCon announced that those schools had accepted invitations, and the league hopes this will secure the league’s future. With the annual game of “musical chairs” by […]
Late C-N Signees
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Carson-Newman director of soccer Richard Moodie has announced the signing of three more student athletes to the C-N women’s soccer class of 2017. The signings bring the Eagles’ total to 12 for the year. Kendall Morrison, Aubree Cable and Susann Kneifel are C-N’s late signees. A geographically diverse lot, Morrison hails from White […]
Milligan Adds Woods
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Milligan College has announced the hiring of Chris Woods as an assistant coach for the women’s soccer program. Woods served as the head coach at Dobyns-Bennett High School, where he coached both the boys and girls soccer teams. He coached the boys team for four years, and the girls for three. [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] […]
Regional Odds & End Briefs From The Southeast USA
Soccer In Arkansas After both Central Arkansas soccer programs experienced record setting seasons, coaches on both teams received job title changes. Derek Nichols and Ryan Webb, assistant coaches for the women’s and men’s programs, respectively, will assume the title of Associate Head Coach moving forward…..Sixteen Arkansas State Champions competed in the US Youth Soccer Region […]
Virginia Soccer
Virginia native Lindsey Vanderspiegel has been named the new VCU women’s head soccer coach. She joins VCU after two seasons as the head coach at Georgia Southern where she guided the Eagles to their first Southern Conference Tournament title and NCAA appearance last fall. She replaces co-head coaches Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak and Tim Sahaydak, who […]
D.C. United Playing From Cellar
Is Olsen On The Coaching Hot Seat? When D.C. United lost 2-1 to the next worst team in Major League Soccer in mid-June, Toronto FC, Ben Olsen’s club dropped even deeper into the league cellar. The Black & White let their most recent best chance at a victory slip away after taking an early 1-0 […]