Soccer In Arkansas Bentonville High School girls soccer coach Kristina Henry was selected as the Southwest Regional Women’s Coach of the Year for Division I High School Girls. Henry is also a club coach with NWA Lightning SC and a member of the ASSA Olympic Development Program (ODP) coaching staff…..University of Arkansas head coach Colby […]
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Former University of Maryland and D.C. United forward Alecko Eskandarian has joined the NASL New York Cosmos as an assistant coach. Alecko, the 2002 Hermann Award winner with the Cavaliers, ended his pro career after playing 136 matches with 36 goals, after suffering concussion syndrome. Eskandarian’s father Andranik played for the Cosmos during their glory […]
Law 12: Fouls And Misconduct
Law 12 on Fouls and Misconduct is the most important rule in soccer. Referees who have played soccer have an initial advantage in spotting fouls over those refs who never played the game. After all, the official who played knows what a foul feels like and might even know what a cautionable or sending off […]
A Win Against Costa Rica Critical For U.S. Men’s National Team
The result in Honduras wasn’t what U.S. soccer fans expected. A difficult game, yes, but a loss? That kick started the final round of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The 2-1 loss left the U.S. at the bottom of the six-team standings. That’s the bad thing. The good thing is only Honduras […]
MLS, USL PRO Forge Unique Partnership
The USL Pro league and Major League Soccer announced a historic partnership, which will be a boost to the MLS Reserve League. The multi-year partnership allows direct affiliate partnerships between USL Pro and MLS teams. Currently announced are direct affiliations between the Richmond Kickers and D.C. United, the Orlando City Lions and Sporting Kansas City, […]
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 […]
Nowhere To Go But Up, In CONCACAF
One game into the final round of CONCACAF qualifying for a berth in World Cup 2014 in Brazil, Jurgen Klinsmann and his U.S. MNT find them- selves at the bottom of the six-team stand- ings. The U.S., which dropped a 2-1 decision on the road in Honduras to open the Hex- agonal, was the only […]
Soccer Shorts
www.southernsoccerscene.com Southern Soccer Scene has a brand new re-designed website. Same place, but a new look with brand new features. Take a look at www.southernsoccerscene.com. Bookmark it and visit often. Much of the content is free, but each month, the current printed issue of Southern Soccer Scene will be up on the site on the […]
2013 Major League Soccer SuperDraft
First Round 1. New England Revs – Andrew Ferrell (Louisville), D 2. Chivas USA – Carlos Alvarez (UConn), MF 3. Toronto FC – Kyle Bekker (Boston College), MF 4. Vancouver Whitecaps – Kekuta Manneh (Austin Aztec), F 5. Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Erik Hurtado (Santa Clara), F 6. Colorado Rapids – Deshorn Brown (Central Florida) […]
2013 National Women’s Soccer League Draft
First Round 1. Zakiya Bywaters, F, Chicago Red Stats (UCLA) 2. Tiffany McCarty, F, Washington Spirit (Florida State) 3. Kristen Mewis, MF, FC Kansas City (Boston College) 4. Lindsi Lisonsbee-Cutshal, D, Sky Blue FC (BYU) 5. Casey Short, MF/D, Boston Breakers (Florida State) 6. Adrianna French, GK, WNY Flast (Oklahoma State) 7. Christine Nair, MF, […]