Taiwo Selected N.C. Player Of Year. Cardinal Gibbons junior forward Ade Taiwo was named the 2012 North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year. Taiwo scored 11 goals with 11 assists in leading Cardinal Gibbons to the NCHSAA 3-A state c… Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to get all the news in your mailbox!
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UNC’s Parlow Cone Named Thorns FC Head Coach
UNC’s Parlow Cone Named Thorns FC Head Coach. Cindy Parlow Cone has spent many afternoons in her adult life on the sidelines of UNC’s Fetzer Field, first as a player for the Tar Heels and then as an assistant coach. She played 158 times for the U.S. WNT, helped her team win the 1999 FIFA […]
Louisburg Runnerup For JUCO Title
Louisburg Runnerup For JUCO Title. One of the challenging aspects of coaching at the collegiate level is the demand of recruiting new players every year. It is difficult enough for four-year colleges and universities to “refresh” the program with an infusion of talented newcomers, but recruiting at the junior college level means over half your […]
Wesleyan Trojans Finish Undefeated Season
Fayetteville Academy, Greenfield Win Again A year had passed since Hudson Owens stood over a kick from the penalty mark that would give High Point Wesleyan Christian Academy the N.C. Independent Athletic Association 3-A boys state championship. As a junior, he had taken and made the deciding shot in the sixth round of a penalty […]
Rudisill, Swinehart Selected For USL HOF
Rudisill, Swinehart Selected For USL HOF. Wilmington Hammerheads owner Bill Rudisill will be inducted into the USL Hall of Fame on December 14 at the USL Hall of Fame Banquet at the Hyatt Clearwater Beach in Tampa, FL. He will be inducted in the Builder category. Former Charlotte Eagles star Dustin Swinehart will be inducted […]
UNC’s ‘Money Man’ In Goal
Saves Three In UMBC Shootout If you want to win a national championship, you had better have an exceptional goalkeeper. The UNC Tar Heels had one last year in Scott Goodwin when they captured the Division I national title. And they have an even better one this year. Same guy, Scott Goodwin, now a senior […]
Two Hammerheads Sign Contracts To Play In MISL
Two Hammerheads Sign Contracts To Play In MISL. Two Wilmington Hammerheads players have officially signed to play in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for the 2012-2013 season. The Rochester Lancers signed Troy Cole to their player roster while his Hammerheads teammate, goalkeeper Troy Hernandez, also signed to play in the indoor league professionally with […]
Green Hope Repeats As 4-A Champs
Jacksonville Wins 3-A State Title Green Hope, despite significant losses from last year’s 4-A state championship team, fielded a younger team this season with the same results. The Falcons scored the only goals of the game in the final 14 minutes for a 2-0 victory over Charlotte Myers Park for the NCHSAA 4-A title. The […]
RailHawks Come Up Short In Playoffs
Eliminated On Aggregate Score The Carolina RailHawks dug a hole for themselves by losing 2-1 at home in a two-game NASL semifinal playoff series with the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Needing to win by two goals, the RailHawks took a 2-0 lead in the second game on the Rowdies home field. But it would prove to […]
CSA’s Brad Wylde Completes UEFA ‘A’ Course
CSA’s Brad Wylde Completes UEFA ‘A’ Course. Charlotte Soccer Academy Executive Director Brad Wylde successfully completed the UEFA “A” license course. The license, offered by the Union of European Football Associations, is the highest practical coaching license in the world. Wylde had to travel to and from Europe several times and complete more than 240 […]