I won’t defend the National Football League. For years, they denied any problems with head injury while seemingly aware that a problem did indeed exist. But give them credit, they are directly facing the problem. The EPL should consider following the NFL’s lead Three contrasting situations between Nov 3-10 caught my eye: • Tottenham vs. […]
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Not The Seasons Tigers, Tide Wanted
Iron Bowl Was For Played For Pride The goal of every collegiate soccer team is to end the season with a victory. For some, that means a national championship. For a much greater number, it is a positive finish to a less than satisfying season. The Auburn Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide played such […]
A Season To Remember For The USA Jaguars
It had been a historic season for the University of South Alabama Jaguars when the final whistle sounded in a 5-0 loss to Florida State in Tallahassee. However, the loss came in the opening round of NCAA Division I postseason. For the Jaguars, that was uncharted water. Six seniors led USA to the team’s first-ever […]
Vestavia Captures Four D1 State Titles
Vestavia Hills Soccer Club captured four fall Alabama Youth Division I Powerade State Cup championship, two each for boys and girls teams[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Vestavia Steamers 99 Black won the U15 boys title over USC 99 Boys Premier, and Vestavia Steamers 98 Black finished ahead of Homewood Freedom 98 in the U16 division. The other two […]
AUM’s Championship Run Falls One Win Short Of Title
Auburn University Montgomery has never won a NAIA men’s national soccer championship. Four times the Warhawks have reached the title game, coming up a little short each time. It happened again in the 2013 final, as the Warhawks lost 2-1 in overtime to Martin Methodist College at Emory Folmar Soccer Complex in Montgomery, Ala. Overtime […]
It’s Official…….Orlando City Is In!
Major League Soccer Returns To The Sunshine State It is official! Orlando City Soccer Club will be the Major League Soccer’s 21st team. Orlando City will play one more season in the USL PRO and take the field as a MLS club in 2015. Other news coming from MLS commissioner Dan Garber as part of […]
Women’s College Cup Coming To Orlando
Orlando City Stadium has not yet been built, but two major soccer events have already been booked[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The NCAA has awarded the Division I Women’s Soccer College Cup to Orlando for 2016 and 2017. The championships will be co-hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Central Florida Sports Commission, and will be […]
Orange Classic Is Where The Girls Are…….Again – By Ray Alley
One can trace the roots of the Orange Classic International tournament back to 1980. That first Florida girls-only soccer tournament was originally called the Junior Orange Bowl Soccer Tournament. That first year there were only 16 teams in the tournament, but that was a start. The late Don Tufts became the tournament director in 1983 […]
West Florida Argos Runnerup In D-II
Being #2 shouldn’t feel all that bad, unless you’ve been #1 for the past 12 months. The University of West Florida Argonaunts won it all in 2012, and came within one win of doing it again[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Disappointment came in the form of a 2-0 loss to Grand Valley State in the NCAA Division II […]
Cosmos Win NASL Soccer Bowl
Silverbacks Come Up Short In Title Game On balance, by most standards, the 2013 North American Soccer League season was a success for the Atlanta Silverbacks. And a failure. In the new split-season format for the league, the Silverbacks won the spring season and earned the right to host the season-ending Soccer Bowl championship against […]