N.C. East-West All-Star Games In Greensboro In all-star games the Most Valuable Player award usually goes to players who score goals. But when the award was given at the end of the boys N.C. Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game in Greensboro, it went to a goalkeeper. And deservedly so.[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Durham School of the Arts’ […]
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East-West Girls Play 2-2 Draw In All-Star Game
Rachel Cox’s final high school soccer game was an MVP performance. The Greensboro Grimsley grad had a hand, or rather a foot, in both goals as the West claimed a 2-2 draw with the East in the annual N.C. Coaches Association East-West All-Star girls soccer game at UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro. Cox, who will […]
Piranhas Pace W-League Postseason Nominations
Among the finalists for the 2013 individual W-League regular season honors are three nominees from the Virginia Beach Piranhas, the most named from any W-League team. Virginia Beach’s Shan Jones is nominated for both the MVP award and Rookie of the Year, along with Emily Gielnik of the Ottaway Fury[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Jones led the league […]
VMI Captains
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] VMI men’s head soccer coach Richie Rose has announced that Daniel Kitchen and Blake McCauley have been named team captains for the Keydets for the upcoming 2013 season. A senior goalkeeper from Richmond, Kitchen saw nearly 1,000 minutes in goal in 2012, making 12 starts. McCauley is a rising junior from Fuquey Varina, […]
Building A Team In Any Sport Begins With Mutual Trust
Lessons From A Legendary Coach In Another Sport The NSCAA’s Soccer Journal has recently published a series of articles about coaches from other sports than soccer. This article about Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski appeared in the July/August 2013 issue of the Soccer Journal. It was originally published in PGA Magazine. Ten years ago, […]
One More Time For Coach K
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Mike Krzyzewski has re-committed to continue as the USA Basketball head coach through the next 2016 Olympic Games cycle. He would join the late Henry Iba as the only basketball coaches in U.S. history to coach in three Olympic Games. [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Your subscription has expired please Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to […]
A Momentum Killer, Or Gold Cup Opportunity?
When you are on a roll, you would always like to keep on rolling.The U.S. Men’s National Team is on a roll, and so is striker Jozy Altidore. The Americans put together three consecutive wins in World Cup qualifiers, and Altidore, who hadn’t scored for the U.S. for a year and a half, has now […]
World Cup 2014 Almost In Sight!
USA’s Fabian Johnson (R, #23) And Honduras’ Andy Najar (#19) Have Their Eyes On A Loose Ball In CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Action In Sandy, Utah. The U.S. Won The Game 1-0 On A Jozy Altidore Goal. Three World Cup qualifiers in the CONCACAF Hexagonal, three wins and nine points! That was the best-case sceneerio […]
Soccer Shorts
New Print Date On This Issue Check the print date at the bottom of this copy of Southern Soccer Scene. You will see that we moved our print schedule back a week for a number of production considerations. This has allowed us to include championship results for high school playoffs in North Carolina and Virginia, […]
Hand Over His Heart……. By Ray Alley
“In My Opinion……….” It was easy to criticize Jozy Altidore when he was playing for the U.S. Men’s National Team when he wasn’t scoring goals. He scored for his Dutch professional team at a record rate this past season, but had not scored for the U.S. since 2011. Now he has four goals in four […]