The Soccer For A Cure Tournament at the University of Alabama Birmingham is about good soccer games and a worthwhile cause. The Blazers, who have held the tournament for 16 years, were joined this year by East Tennessee State, Charlotte and the University of Memphis. Proceeds from the two-day tournament go to help support the […]
Soccer in Alabama
Soccer For A Cure
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] The UAB Soccer For A Cure tournament raised more than $1,500 for the foundation started six years ago by Charlie Corbett, with proceeds going to Children’s of Alabama hospital. See Page 17 for more about this foundation and who it supports. Read about Corbett, a cancer survivor from Alpharetta, GA, and his goal […]
Region III In Decatur
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Decatur, Ala, has been named the host for the 2014 US Youth Soccer Region III Presidents Cup championships, June 6-9, 2014. The regional winners in the boys and girls U13/U17 age groups will advance to the national championships, July 10-13, 2014, in Greenville, SC. Games will be played at the Jack Allen Soccer […]
Tide, Tigers Finished ’12 Differ
SEC Tougher Now, Deeper In Quality Teams Consistency is the key for Karen Hoppa and Todd Bramble. Entering her 15th season at Auburn University, Hoppa has built one of the Southeastern Conference’s most stable programs. The Tigers have posted double-digit victories in each of the past seven seasons and have advanced to the NCAA tournament […]
What Do Mia And Aron Have In Common?
One was born in Selma. Ala., daughter of a Air Force father, she lived there for only about a year before her father was transferred to a base in Italy. The other was born in Mobile, son of students from Iceland. He lived there for only three years before his parents returned to their homeland. […]
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Troy University’s soccer team has created a new initiative #Project19 to help with teammate Kailani Decock’s (Alberta, Canada) battle with cancer. She was diagnosed in June with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and has begun treatment. If interested in helping, you may follow #Project19 on Troy’s social media by using hashtgag #Project 19 on Twitter, Facebook […]
Alabama Soccer
Alabama midfielder Merel Van Dongen was one of 23 players named to the Netherlands National Women’s Soccer Team roster for the 2013 European Championships in Sweden. The Dutch were eliminated from advancing to the knockout phase of the tournament by Iceland. Van Dongen will be a sophomore for the Crimson Tide this fall…..Ali Sadler, a […]
How My Perceptions Changed
Ana Cate’s Soccer Without Borders Experience As the daughter, granddaughter, niece and cousin of Nicaraguans, yet born and raised in the United States, my perception of the country had always been through what I would describe now as rose-colored glasses. Family trips to Nicaragua were typical. Weekends at the beach, pickup soccer games in the […]
UAB Will Host Defending National Champ In Opener
Mike Getman begins his 22nd season as the men’s head coach of the Alabama Birmingham men’s soccer team. He believes if you want to be one of the top teams in the country, you have to play the top teams in the country. The Blazers 2013 schedule includes seven teams that played in the 2012 […]
Auburn Picked #3
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] The Auburn Tigers have been picked by the SEC coaches to finish third in the Western Division of the SEC, five points behind LSU, which received one first-place vote. Alabama was picked fourth, three points behind the Tigers. Texas A&M was the top pick with 13 first-place votes in the Western Division. Ole […]