A first half goal by Carson Pickett was all second-ranked Florida State (18-1-1) needed as the Seminoles defeated fourth-ranked Virginia (18-2-0) 1-0 in the finals of the 2014 ACC Women’s Soccer Championship inside the UNCG Soccer Stadium. The Seminoles captured the league title for the second straight year and third time in the last four […]
Soccer in Florida
Rowdies Reloading For 2014
Brian Shriver Returns Home To The Sunshine State At the conclusion of the 2013 North American Soccer League season Brian Shriver said he was excited to enter free agency. He was coming off a season in which he scored 15 goals for the Carolina RailHawks and led the league in scoring. His contract with the […]
Central Florida Knights Roll Despite A Coaching Change
Amanda Cromwell left the University of Central Florida last April after 14 seasons to become the head coach of the UCLA Bruins. In her first season in Loa Angeles, her Bruins won the national championship. For 11 of those 14 seasons, UCF advanced to NCAA postseason play. Cromwell didn’t leave a cupboard bare of talent […]
Dramatic Rally Highlights ‘Canes Season
The Miami Hurricanes won nine soccer games last fall. The dramatic finish of win #9 was the highlight of the season. Clemson held a 1-0 lead on Senior Night at Cobb Stadium in Coral Gables with about four minutes left to play[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Then the heroics began for the Hurricanes. Senior Blake Stockton (Lindwood, NJ) […]
It’s Official…….Orlando City Is In!
Major League Soccer Returns To The Sunshine State It is official! Orlando City Soccer Club will be the Major League Soccer’s 21st team. Orlando City will play one more season in the USL PRO and take the field as a MLS club in 2015. Other news coming from MLS commissioner Dan Garber as part of […]
Women’s College Cup Coming To Orlando
Orlando City Stadium has not yet been built, but two major soccer events have already been booked[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The NCAA has awarded the Division I Women’s Soccer College Cup to Orlando for 2016 and 2017. The championships will be co-hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Central Florida Sports Commission, and will be […]
Orange Classic Is Where The Girls Are…….Again – By Ray Alley
One can trace the roots of the Orange Classic International tournament back to 1980. That first Florida girls-only soccer tournament was originally called the Junior Orange Bowl Soccer Tournament. That first year there were only 16 teams in the tournament, but that was a start. The late Don Tufts became the tournament director in 1983 […]
West Florida Argos Runnerup In D-II
Being #2 shouldn’t feel all that bad, unless you’ve been #1 for the past 12 months. The University of West Florida Argonaunts won it all in 2012, and came within one win of doing it again[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Disappointment came in the form of a 2-0 loss to Grand Valley State in the NCAA Division II […]
Orlando City Gets Tax Money, Soon To Get MLS Team
While news swirled around reports of David Beckham backing a MLS franchise in Dade County and South Florida, Orlando City president Phil Rawlins, and his supporters, never faltered in their quest to bring an expansion franchise to Central Florida. It was close to a “done deal” after the City of Orlando Board of Commissioners voted […]
Orlando Stadium Funding Approved
A MLS Team By Thanksgiving? While news swirled around reports of David Beckham backing a MLS franchise in Dade County and South Florida, Orlando City president Phil Rawlins, and his supporters, never faltered in their quest to bring an expansion franchise to Central Florida.[show_to] It was close to a “done deal” after the City of […]