N.C. Soccer HOF The 2014 North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame induction dinner will be held Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the North Raleigh Hilton in Raleigh, NC. The induction dinner, which is held during the annual Southern Soccer Show, has traditionally been held in Greensboro, N.C. N.C. Soccer has moved its youth and adult […]
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Soccer Shorts
January 2014 Issue Our January, 2014 issue will again contain a special section for the NSCAA Convention, which will be held in Philadelphia, Pa. A copy of that issue is distributed to every convention participant, including those attending the four-day event for the US Youth Soccer Workshop, the SAY AGM and other meetings and conferences […]
What Soccer People Are Saying!
“I love it here, and hopefully things work out. But in the end it is a business, so we’ll see what happens.” Carolina RailHawks’ Brian Shriver (NASL’s leading scorer) who is out of contract and a free agent talking about where he will play next season. (IndyWeek.com) ••••••• “I did laugh, because I’m looking right […]
Alabama Soccer
Auburn sophomore Kala Faulker (Alpharetta, GA) was invited to the U.S. National Under-20 Team training camp in Carson, Calif. She was named All-SEC First Team as a defender, and made her first appearance on the national squad, which is training for the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship in January….Decatur, Ala, has been named the host for […]
Virginia Soccer
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have signed midfielder Joseph Ngwenya, who played the 2013 season with the Richmond Kickers, where he had nine goals and five assists and 23 points in 20 appearances. He was named first team USL PRO All-League and one of three finalists for league MVP…..The Kickers have announced a couple of new player […]
Soccer Notes
Former U.S. MNT defender Greg Berhalter has been named the seventh head coach of the MLS Columbus Crew. Berhalter, 40, who played collegiate soccer at UNC Chapel Hill, had an 18-year career as a professional player in Holland, England and Germany, and played his final two seasons in MLS with the Los Angeles Galaxy where […]
Tennessee Soccer
Earle Davidson, the only men’s soccer head coach in the NCAA era for the Belmont Bruins’ has resigned his position. He has directed the Belmont program since 1997, but was 6-10-2 overall this fall….. Steve Springthorpe, former women’s head soccer coach at N.C. State University, has accepted the head coaching position at Tennessee Tech University. […]
Regional Odds & End Briefs From The Southeast USA
Soccer In Arkansas The Arkansas Razorbacks tied Duke 2-2 in the NCAA Sweet 16 before falling in penalty kicks (5-3). It was the Razorbacks’ first shootout this season. The Razorbacks advanced to the third round of the NCAAs for the first time in the 28-year program history, advancing with wins over Oklahoma State (2-1) and […]
Georgia Soccer
Georgia Soccer has hired Greg Griffith as its new Executive Director. Griffith comes to Georgia Soccer from The US Soccer Foundation where he was the Director of Development. In his position with the Foundation, he increased revenues from $1 million in 2008 to an anticipated $7 for fiscal 2014. Griffith, who was a four-year player […]
N.C. Soccer
The Wilmington Hammerheads have signed veteran Paul Nicholson (Whitehaven, England) for two more seasons, which will extend his career with the Hammerheads through the 2015 USL PRO regular season. This past season Nicholson appeared in 21 regular season matches, with three goals and one assist. The Hammerheads have also re-signed defender Tom Parratt for his […]