Soccer Briefs

Men’s 2013 College Cup In Philly… Women College Cup In Cary. After a couple of years at a minor league baseball stadium, the men’s College Cup is returning to soccer-specific grounds. The NCAA has announced that PPL Park, home of the MLS Philadelphia Union, will host the 2013 men’s College Cup. This past year’s tournament […]

Meola, Reyna Selected For HOF Induction. Former Virginia men’s soccer players Tony Meola and Claudio Reyna each have been named to the national Soccer Hall of Fame. Meola played at Virginia from 1988-89, while Reyna helped lead UVa to three-straight national titles from 1991-93. The players are joined in the 2012 class by Desmond Armstrong […]

Hale Hired As Razorbacks’ Head Coach. UCF women’s soccer associate head coach Colby Hale has accepted the first head coaching position of his career as he will take over at the University of Arkansas. Hale has been a member of Amanda Cromwell’s coaching staff the past nine seasons at the University of South Florida. “Colby […]

Kelly Leaves Lady Vols For Longhorns. AUSTIN, Texas — Angela Kelly, who spent the last 12 years at the University of Tennessee building the Lady Vols into a national contender, has been named women’s soccer head coach at The University of Texas. Kelly’s appointment is effective Monday, December 19 and involves an agreement of five-and-a-half […]

Pope, Stewart, Jones Selected To USA Soccer Hall Of Fame. CHICAGO – Three-time World Cup player and three-time MLS Champion Eddie Pope was named to the USA Soccer Hall of Fame on Tuesday as he appeared on 74 percent of ballots. Pope starred for the Tar Heels from 1992-95 who earned All-America honors as a […]

ACC Gets Nine, SEC Eight In NCAAs. The field of 64 teams, which will compete for the 30th NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship, includes a record nine teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and eight teams from the Southeastern Conference. Previously, the most SEC teams in the national tournament was six. Five teams enter […]

Eddie Pope Inducted Into National Soccer HOF. The National Soccer Hall of Fame inducted five new members in a ceremony that took place June 4 before the U.S. Men’s National Team’s match against Spain at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The 2011 Induction Class includes Cobi Jones, Eddie Pope and Earnie Stewart in the Player […]

ASU Men’s Coach Dead At 49. Shaun Pendleton, the men’s soccer coach at Appalachian State, was found dead Tuesday at his home in Boone, athletics-department officials said in a release Wednesday. He was 49. Foul play was not suspected. “The entire Appalachian family is stunned and saddened by the loss of Coach Pendleton,” athletics director […]

Adu Scores First Goal For Turkish Team. Freddy Adu scored his first goal for Turkish club Rizespor with an excellent strike from 20 yards in its 1-0 victory over Gaziantep. Adu took a ball at the edge of the right side of the penalty area, turned away from his defender and fired a curling shot […]

Tick, tick, tick. Mike Getman knows it is less than three months before the city of Hoover, the state of Alabama, the Alabama Sports Foundation, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham will take center stage in playing host to the Men’s College Cup. The veteran coach knows a lot of time and effort already […]