Amy Cochran, a two-time first-team NAIA All-American at Lee University, has been named to coaching staff of University of North Alabama’s new women’s head coach Chris Walker as a graduate assistant coach. Walker was hired by North Alabama from Lee, where he was an assistant coach for the past three years….Former University of North Alabama […]
Soccer in Alabama
Alabama’s Van Dongen Gets The Call
SEC Freshman Of Year To Dutch WNT How do you put a cap on an outstanding year of collegiate soccer at the University of Alabama. Merel Van Dongen hopes that cap will come with an appearance with her country’s full national team. In early June, she was selected one of 31 players invited to a […]
Montevallo Finds New Head Coaches Already There
Bruce Dietterle and Jeremy Hampton had the responsibilities, and now they have the titles. The University of Montevallo took away the word “interim” from their job descriptions and officially named them the new men’s and women’s head soccer coaches, respectively. Dietterle is the fourth full-time head coach in the 19-year history of the men’s program. […]
Soccer’s Howard Receives Top Auburn Award
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Amy Howard, a senior from Mandeville, Louisiana, closed out her four-year career at Auburn when she was one of three undergraduate athletes to be selected for the annual President’s Award. The award is presented to one graduating student in each college/school for a given academic year to a graduate with a high grade-point […]
Alabama Soccer
Oak Mountain senior defender Chandler Stroupe, who is headed to UAB in the fall, has been named 2012-2013 Gatorade Alabama Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Stroupe had 13 goals and 12 assists for the state championship runnerup Eagles. Stroupe is the second player from the Oak Mountain program to earn the Gatorade honor. Former […]
Mountain Brook, Vestavia Defense Rules
Spartans, Rebels Win Class 6A State Titles Defense ruled the day for the 2013 Alabama 6A state champions. Mountain Brook (22-3-2) allowed only one goal and posted four shutouts in postseason play to win the first championship. The Spartans blanked #1 Huntsville (1-0) in the semifinals and Oak Mountain (2-0) in the title match at […]
Briarwood Christian, Athens Win 5A Titles
Briarwood Christian and Athens captured the 2013 Alabama Class 5A boys and girls state championships, respectively. The Lions, with 13 seniors, won their fourth boys state title with a 3-0 victory over Saint Paul’s behind a pair of goals from Grant Janich. Saint Paul’s lost in the state finals for the third straight year, but […]
North-South All-Star Teams Announced
Alabama’s North-South All-Star boys and girls soccer games differ from most other high school all-star events. The Alabama games, July 16 at Emory Folmar Soccer Complex are for rising juniors. The games are sponsored by the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association and will be held during the 17th Annual Alabama All-Star Sports […]
Alabama Soccer
Aron Johannson grew up in Iceland and the 21-year old forward who is Jozy Altidore’s teammate at AZ (Alkmaar Zaanstreek) in the Eredivisie, the highest pro soccer league in the Netherlands. He moved to AZ in January of this year from a club in Denmark. But there is also a connection here with U.S. Soccer. […]
High School Playoffs Beginning In Alabama
Oak Mountain is #1 and Vestavia Hills is #2 in the Alabama Class 6A boys high school rankings. They have played three times this season, Vestavia has won twice, but Oak Mountain has won the most recent. Their only losses have been against each other. They could meet again, and if they do it will […]