UNC Knocks Off BYU In PKs The UNC Tar Heels and Florida State Seminoles are off to the “Big Dance”, having advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I College Cup. The Duke Blue Devils, who lost in the championship game a year ago, came up short, dropping a quarterfinal game to Penn State. […]
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U.S. Soccer Announces New Women’s Pro League For ’13
U.S. Soccer Announces New Women’s Pro League For ’13. The announcement came the day before Thanksgiving, late in the afternoon and not in time for significant media exposure. It was just as well, for the announcement that a new women’s professional soccer league was being launched had little in the way of news other than […]
College Of Charleston Is In SoCon Driver’s Seat
Elon Second In Race To The Top Competion for the Southern Conference men’s championship in recent years has been a close and competitive chase to the top. Going into the closing weeks of the 2012 season the College of Charleston Cougars have the lead in the standings. The once-beaten Cougars are just ahead of Elon. […]
The Referee’s Pre-Game Instructions
The Referee’s Pre-Game Instructions. The teams spend time training and working on teamwork in practice. Their coaches go over tactics before the game. Doesn’t it logically follow that the officiating team needs to spend some time before the game discussing how they will work as a team? The referee should go over what is expected […]
2013 Will Be Busy For U.S. Soccer
Big Games Ahead In Hexagonal And Gold Cup Advancing to the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying for the U.S. Men’s National Team has loaded up the calender in 2013. It’s not a World Cup year. That comes in 2014 when the World Cup will be played in Brazil. But whether or not the […]
NSCAA National Rankings
NSCAA National Rankings. Fall Girls Oct. 15, 2012 Top 10 1. Peabody (Peabody, Mass) 11-0-0 2. Maria Carillo (Santa Rosa, CA) 14-0-0 3. Nisayuna (Niskayuna, NY) 11-0-0 4. Farragut (Knoxville,4 TN) 17-0-1 5. Perrysburg (Perrysburg, Ohio) 16-0-0 6. Exeter (Exeter, NH) 13-0-0 7. Northern Highlands (Allendale, NJ) 11-0-0 8. Our Lady Good Counsel (Olney, MD) […]
Geiger, Marrufo On Early WC List
Geiger, Marrufo On Early WC List. Two Americans, Mark Geiger and Jair Marruto are on the provisional “open list” of referee prospects for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Geiger is from Beechwood, NJ, and has been a FIFA referee since 2008 Marrufo, a El Paso, Texas, native, has been a FIFA referee since 2007. Both […]
Eurosport Scoreboard Tennessee High School Rank
Eurosport Scoreboard Tennessee High School Rank. Class AAA Girls 1. Farragut (19-0-1), 2. Franklin (16-1-2), 3. Houston (16-1-2), 4. Oak Ridge (18-1-1), 5. Hendersonville (15-2-3), 6. Ravenwood (11-2-2, 8. Brentwood (9-3-1), 9. Hardin Valley (13-4-2), 10. Bearden (13-7-2), 11. Soddy Daisy (15-2-3). Class A/AA Girls 1. Christian Academy Knoxville (17-0-3), 2. Chattanooga Christian (12-3-4), 3. […]
D.C. United Earns First Playoff Spot Since 2005
D.C. United Earns First Playoff Spot Since 2005. D.C. United needed only a draw, but settled for a win. Lewis Neal scored the game-winner in stoppage time for a 3-2 win over the Columbus Crew. With the ensuing celebration a number of good things happened for the winner. D.C. United moved to second in the […]
Rowdies Reach NASL Championship Series
Rowdies Reach NASL Championship Series. The pairing of the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the Minnesota Stars in the NASL championship series goes against the results of the regular season. The Rowdies finished second in the final standings, only two points out of first place, and the Stars were #6, the last team to make postseason […]