After spending the past two years on the West Coast as the Associate Head Coach at Cal Berkley, Patrick Baker is back in Florida. Late last month he was named the head women’s soccer coach at Florida Atlantic University. Baker is a familiar figure in collegiate soccer in Florida, having served as head coach at […]
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A familiar face will be returning to the sidelines in Oxford, Ohio, as Hugh Seyfarth has been named the new Miami University women’s soccer assistant coach, head coach Bobby Kramig announced. Seyfarth, who previously served as an assistant with the RedHawks, begins his duties immediately and replaces Nate Lie, who took a similar position at the University of […]
Florida Soccer
Brian Dooley, head women’s soccer coach at Florida Atlantic for the past 14 years, has resigned to accept the position of assistant women’s coach at the University of Missouri. Also joining the Missouri coaching staff is Katie Ely, who has been the assistant coach for goalkeepers the past two seasons at Duke….The Florida Youth Soccer […]
Seniors Drive Bolles Bulldogs To State Title
The Gulliver Prep Raiders knew the task against the Bolles Bulldogs would be difficult in the FHSAA Class 2-A state championship game. Nevertheless, they hoped to pull off an upset. They nearly did just that. However, experience proved to be too much, as senior Suneel Madaliar struck the game-winner in the second half to give […]
Oviedo, Melbourne Win On PKs
Revenge Is Sweet For Heritage-Plantation Oviedo and Melbourne were extended past overtime to win girls state championships, each winning the title with a penalty kick shootout. American Heritage Plantation, Trinity Catholic and St. Johns Country Day sealed their FHSAA state titles in regulation. PKs All The Way For Lions Oviedo completed an exciting postseason run […]
US Youth Soccer Awards
Two Floridians have been honored by US Youth Soccer with national awards. Bill Buren (Satellite Beach, Fla.) was presented the prestigious Dr. Tom Fleck Award, while Boca Raton’s Zoe Unger was named US Youth Soccer’s National Volunteer of the Year.
The Jeff Tipping Report: Observations Of Rangers U-11s
By Jeff Tipping
(Currently Technical Director of Palm Beach Soccer Academy in Florida. Former long-time Director of Education and Coaching Development for the NSCAA)
The staff of the Glasgow Rangers International Development Office invited me to tour Rangers Stadium and visit the Academy training ground to watch the teams of their youth academy. A number of the Glasgow Rangers youth academy staff worked for the Scottish FA at the time I was developing American educational coaching programming in the early ’90’s and I have stayed in touch with them to one degree or another. The Scots, led by coaching education director Andy Roxburgh at that time, had a superb coaching education program in place, certifying many of the Scottish coaches who arenowcoaching in high positions in the English Premier League and the rest of the world.
The Scottish system, impressive both for its content and progressive sequencing, provided the structure for much of the coaching education programming I introduced into the USA. The Scottish FA are still renowned for developing superb coach education programs to this very day.
Florida Soccer
Florida Soccer. The Fort Lauderdale Strikers will continue to play at Lockhart Stadium through 2013 after an agreement was unanimously approved by the Fort Lauderdale City Commission. The deal, also approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, allows the Strikers operational control of the stadium until the end of next year……The Tampa Bay Rowdies of the […]
Palmer’s Goals Spark Argos Title
Palmer’s Goals Spark Argos Title. Just as she had done in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II tournament, junior forward Chelsea Palmer scored the game-winner. In the semifinals it was a penalty kick in the 101st minute of a double overtime victory over defending national champion Saint Rose. In the final, it came in […]
Four Floridians Named All-America
Four Floridians Named All-America. Four Florida midfielders have been honored for their 2014 prep seasons by being selected to the 2012 NSCAA High School All-America teams. Sophomore Jacob Villa (Tampa’Jesuit HS) and senior Connor Wood (Orlando/Boone HS) were named to the boys team. Sophomore Ashley Calcagno (Vero Beach/Vero Beach HS) and junior Hannah DuBose (Mel-bourne/Melbourne […]