Four Teams Receive First Place Votes Northeastern, which returns eight starters from last year’s 14-3-4 team that captured its first CAA men’s soccer championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, is favored to capture the conference title again in 2013 according to a vote of the league’s men’s soccer coaches. The […]
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Highlanders Get Nod For #1 In Big South
Radford was the #1 pick to win the Big South Conference women’s championship in the coaches’ preseason poll[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The Highlanders received eight first place votes, while three went to second-place High Point and one to Wintrop, selected third. Rounding out the top 10 in order were Longwood, Coastal Carolina, Campbell, Liberty, Charleston Southern and […]
Hofstra, W&M, UNCW Top CAA Women’s Poll
Hofstra has been picked to repeat as the CAA women’s soccer champion in 2013 according to a vote of the league’s head coaches. The Pride received six first-place votes and 61 total points to narrowly edge out defending regular-season champion William and Mary, which earned the other three first-place votes and had 59 total points[show_disconnected][show_to […]
Jozy’s Hat Trick Rallies U.S. To Big Victory
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Aug. 14, 2013) – U.S. Men’s National Team forward Jozy Altidore notched his second career hat trick and became the first USA player to score a goal in five straight games as the Americans rallied for a 4-3 victory against No. 13-ranked Bosnia-Herzegovina in the first-ever meeting between the two countries. Down 2-0 at halftime, […]
USA Gold Cup…….In It, To Win It!
Landon Donovan has called every game in the CONCACAF a personal audition. He’s passing the test with flying colors…..red, white and blue. So are the others on the U.S. MNT Gold Cup squad. The[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]y roared through four games without a loss and meet Honduras in the semis at Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, TX. Jurgen […]
What ‑Soccer People Are Saying!
“I’m 100% Salvadoran. That’s my country who I play for. Just because I was born and raised here doesn’t mean I’m going to show any mercy against the U.S. In fact, I was a part of the El Salvador team that knocked them out of Olympic Qualifying, and I’m not going to lie – it […]
Soccer Notes
The name of the newest USL PRO team in Sacramento, CA, is Sacramento Republic FC. The club, which will begin play in the 2014 season, has hired National Hall of Famer Predrag Radosavlijevic (Preki) as its first head coach. Preki made 28 international appearances for the U.S. MNT and is the only MLS player to […]
R-III Teams At US Youth Nationals
Championships To Be Held In Overland Park, Kansas Region III will be represented by 14 regional representatives at the US Youth Soccer National Championships, July 23-28 in at the Overland Park Soccer Complex in Overland Park, Kansas. This tournament and its Under-19 boys championship marks the 78th anniversary of the James P. McGuire Cup, which […]
Referees Selected For Nationals
Eighty-eight referees, 22 from each of four regions, have been selected to officiate games at the 2013 US Youth Soccer National Championships in Overland Park, Kansas (July 23-28). Selection was based on performance throughout the championship series at the state and regional levels[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Twenty referees, five from each region, are returning for the second […]
Despite Progress, Unanchored Goals Still A Problem
Publisher, Southern Soccer Scene The message that unsecured soccer goals can be dangerous has gotten out to coaches, club officials and facility managers over the past 15 years or so. However, there is still work to be done to make our soccer facilities absolutely safe for children, many of whom are not actively engaged in […]