U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team head coach B.J. Snow has named the roster for the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship to be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, from Oct. 30-Nov. 9. The Final Draw for the eight-team tournament will be held in early October. The U.S. team will have one more event before departing for […]
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An American Coach In Land Of The Pharaohs
It’s hard to imagine what has prepared Bob Bradley for the job he now has. Coaching the U.S. Men’s National Team through a World Cup cycle with a disappointing result was difficult, but no one was actually shooting anyone. Getting fired by US Soccer early in the second World Cup cycle wasn’t a career-ender. Coaches […]
Soccer For Kids With Cancer Is Charlie Corbitt’s Dream
Alpharetta’s Charlie Corbitt is a soccer guy. He got that way as a soccer parent. Lots of Georgia folks will remember that he was a pioneer in developing a system of soccer results and rankings for high schools in Georgia. He is also an internet guy, and his Soccer Information Systems was his way to […]
Two Halls Of Fame 15 Miles Apart…….One Thrived, One Failed
Why The National Soccer Hall OF Fame Closed In Oneonta (Second In Three-Part Series) The largest city in Otsego County, N.Y. is Oneonta, situated amid the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. While the Susquehanna River forms Oneonta’s southern spine, the waterway’s source flows from 23 miles north in Cooperstown, Otsego’s county seat and, since […]
The First Basketball Was A Soccer Ball!
Designed and built in 1855 by Charles Goodyear, the ball was made of vulcanized rubber panels glued at the seams. Panels were shaped similar to today’s basketball. The ball was used for a game between the Oneida Football Club, the first organized team in the U.S. and a team of players from Boston Latin and […]
N.C. Soccer HOF To Honor UNC Tar Heels
The North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame will recognize the women’s soccer program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill at the annual Hall of Fame banquet scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 2014, at the North Raleigh Hilton in Raleigh, NC. The Tar Heels will be the third honoree into the NCSHOF National Champions […]
USC Men & Women Begin Conference Play
Coach Shelley Smith’s USC team is ranked #22 in the NSCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Poll after a 8-1-1 start. The lone loss was a 2-0 setback against the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens, GA. The tie was a 0-0 draw at Boston University in the fourth game of the season. From now on, what is […]
Conference Carolinas
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Erskine has taken an early lead in the Conference Carolinas men’s soccer race with a pair of wins. Belmont Abbey and Pfeiffer, both 2-0, are the early leaders in the conference women’s soccer standings. Belmont Abbey is 6-1 overall. [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Your subscription has expired please Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to view […]
‘Hampden-Sydney Seeking To Regain ‘Their Edge’
The preseason and non-conference games are history for another year. The conference portion of collegiate soccer schedules are now underway all over the country. For the Division I power conferences, being competitive within a conference also means being competitive at a national level. Not so much different for the top teams in Division III, which […]
From Uruguay To U.S. To Spain And Everywhere In Between
First U.S. Star To Come Home To Play In Major League Soccer Charlie Stillitano stood across from Tab Ramos and was taken aback. The guy he was about to introduce as the N.Y./N.J. MetroStars’ (and Major League Soccer’s) first player was no longer the scrawny teenager he remembered from St. Benedict’s Prep. “What struck me […]