Montevallo Names Jeremy Hampton Interim Head Coach. University of Montevallo has promoted women’s soccer assistant coach Jeremy Hampton to interim head coach. Hampton takes over the program from coach Patricia Hughes, who was recently promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations after leading the women’s soccer program for 12 seasons. Hampton is a former […]
Soccer in Alabama
Winkworth Leaves Lions To Take USA Top Job
Winkworth Leaves Lions To Take USA Top Job. After the University of South Alabama fired women’s head soccer coach Mike Varga in early November, the position didn’t stay open long. USA hired Graham Winkworth, who has taken North Alabama to the NCAA Division II tourname… Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to get all the news […]
Auburn Falls 1-0 In Second Round
Auburn Falls 1-0 In Second Round. The Auburn Tigers’ defense endured an offensive onslaught from the #2 Brigham Young University offense, but never surrendered a goal in the run of play. Unfortunately for Auburn, the winning goal came with just 44 seconds left in regulation when BYU converted a penalty kick following an Auburn foul […]
Alabama’s ‘PAINFUL’ Losing Season
Tide Played Well Without Getting Wins The pain lingers for Todd Bramble. The veteran coach can point to the statistics to show the progress the University of Alabama women’s soccer team made in his fifth season at the school. He also can talk about how the Crimson Tide elevated their level of play and possessed […]
Blazers Never Got To Come ‘Home’ To Hoover
Blazers Never Got To Come ‘Home’ To Hoover. When Hoover, AL, was awarded the NCAA Men’s Division I College Cup two years ago, the University of Alabama Birmingham was named the host institution. Not just because UAB has the only Division I soccer program in the state. UAB head coach Mike Getman was a primary […]
Tide Rolls Over Gators
Tide Rolls Over Gators. Alabama freshman Katie Bourgeois (Katy, TX) scored a historic goal in the first half and the Crimson Tide played shutout soccer in the second to upset the #11 ranked Florida Gators. It was the first time in program istory that Alabama had defeated Florida and it was also the highest ranked […]
UAB’s Miraculous Win Over Gamecocks
A Bummer Against The Wildcats It didn’t take long for the euphoria of a miraculous comeback win to disappear with a thud. The miracle for the University of Alabama Birmingham Blazers came in the form of a three-goal comeback in the final eight minutes to pull out a 4-3 Conference USA victory over the South […]
SSAC Is The Home Of Top NAIA Soccer
SSAC Is The Home Of Top NAIA Soccer. One could easily make the case that the Southern States Athletic Conference is the best men’s soccer conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Five SSAC teams are in the NAIA’s recent national men’s soccer poll. Mississippi’s Belhaven College is ranked fifth, Auburn Montgomery is […]
NAIA Returning To Orange Beach
NAIA Returning To Orange Beach. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) will hold its Women’s Soccer National Championships to Orange Beach, Ala. The national finals will take place at the Orange Beach Sportsplex and will be co-hosted by the Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Sports Commission and the University of Mobile. The 2012 National […]
Alabama Soccer
Auburn’s Casie Ramsier (Dallas, TX) was named Southeastern Con- ference Freshman of the week after scoring both goals in 1-1 confer- ence draws against Tennessee and Missouri that kept the Tigers in the race to make the SEC Tournament. She now has team-leading seven goals on the season. Earlier, Tigers’ junior goalkeeper Alicen Wright (Chino […]