America is obsessed with rankings. From NCAA football and basketball to top high school recruits across the sporting spectrum, the American sports fan has no shortage of statistics and ratings in every professional and college sport. Unfortunately, team rankings have leached into youth sports as well, where any benefit they bring is far outweighed by […]
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Count Tech Among ‘Big Girl’ Teams
The Nationally Ranked Hokies Jazmine Reeves knows the pecking order in women’s college soccer. For years, Atlantic Coast Conference programs like North Carolina, Florida State, Duke, Virginia, and Wake Forest have been regulars in the national title discussion. When it came to Virginia Tech’s place on the national stage, Reeves realized even before she arrived […]
Cavs 17-0 And Still Have Things To Work On!
Seventeen straight wins to open the 2013 season! The Virginia Cavaliers, ranked #1 in the nation, are the last unbeaten, untied women’s collegiate soccer team in the United States. Those 17 consecutive wins are a new school record for Virginia, which opened the 1990 season with 16 straight. They set the new mark with a […]
Calvary FC Stadium Delayed
The Chantilly Youth Assocition and four individuals have been named in a suite filed by Soccer Performance International[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The Northern Virginia-based company, which supplies coaches and trainers to a number of area youth soccer clubs, has alleged that they attempted to “destroy’ the company’s business and reputation. The suit was biled in the Circuit […]
MLS’ ‘Unlikely’ US Open Cup Champion
Are you old enough to remember the old saying about blind squirrels finding acorns? Well, D.C. United isn’t called the “blind squirrels”, but they did find an acorn of such when they captured their third U.S. Open Cup in league history. The storied Major League Soccer franchise D.C. United seized the moment at the 100th […]
Are Champions Born Or Are They Made?
Sports Medicine Corner If you have even the remotest interest in sport sciences, I’ve got a new book for you. David Epstein, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, presents some pretty complex topics in the very readable “The Sports Gene” where he explores the concepts behind whether there is a genetic predisposition for sport (nature) […]
Upcoming Games & Events
2013 MLS Cup The 2013 MLS Cup champion- ship game is scheduled for Decem- ber 7 with kickoff set for 4:30 pm ET. The MLS Cup finalist with the best regular season record will host the championship game. The game will be televised live on ESPN. ACC & SEC The 2013 ACC women’s soccer tournament […]
Soccer Shorts
Tours & Travel Section Every year thousands of club and college soc- cer teams travel abroad for the opportunities to train with international staff coaches, play com- petitive matches against foreign competition, and to explore a variety of educational and historical sites. If planned when the professional leagues are in season, those trips can include […]
what Soccer People Are Saying!
“It definitely wasn’t my best half. I certainly didn’t play well, but I didn’t think I was the worst player on the field.” USA’s Landon Donovan, speaking about being subbed out of the game at halftime against Jamaica. (MLSSoccer.com) ••••••• “He tried to play on, play through it and Chara commits four fouls in the […]
Florida Soccer
Former Florida State Seminole Amanda DaCosta, who won the inau- gural National Women’s Soccer League championship with the Port- land Thorns, has also won the Women’s Super League championship in England with Liverpool Football Club. Liverpool finished with 12 wins, two losses and no draws, with DaCosta starting every game as an attacking midfielder, handing […]