A couple of former University of Tennessee Lady Vols are proving that there is life after college for women seeking a professional soccer career in Europe. Emily Dowd is having an outstanding season in Sweden, and Amy Harrison is set to begin playing in Scotland. They were teammates for three seasons with the Lady Vols. […]
Soccer in Tennessee
Hello……We’re The Memphis Tigers Introduction Campaign
With all of the movement from conference to conference by Division I universities, it is often difficult to know just who is who. The University of Memphis, which officially became a member of the American Athletic Conference on July 1, has taken a novel approach. The Tigers are introducing themselves, one sport at a time. […]
Tennessee Soccer
Cumberland University has hired Kyle Smith as the new men’s head soccer coach. Smith previously served two seasons as a full-time men’s assistant at NCAA D-I Drake University…..Summer Lanter, a Soddy-Daisy HS standout who is headed to Lee University this fall, has been called into the next U.S. Under-20 WNT training camp in Portland, Ore, […]
Hardin Master Kicker Of Footballs
Record Holder In Soccer & Football At Elizabethton HS The lead in a story last fall in the Johnson City Press read, “Give Christine Hardin a game, even one designed for the boys, and she will find a way to be good at it.” One thing for sure, Hardin can kick a football ….regardless of […]
Soccer Coach Arrested On Four Sex Charges
George “Rico” Laise was a highly respected soccer coach in and around Nashville, TN, since the 1990s. Respected until he was arrested and charged with rape. Initially Laise, 42, was charged by local law enforcement officials with four counts of rape after it was reported that he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year old […]
National Youth Coaching License Course Offered
Tennessee Soccer will host the National Youth License Coaching course. The course will be five days long and will run August 16-18 & August 24-25[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. It will be held at Drakes Creek Park in Hendersonville, TN. Candidates for the license must attend all sessions. This course is geared towards coaches who work mainly with […]
Tennessee Soccer
The Vanderbilt University women’s soccer team spent eight days in May on a trip to Brazil. Much of the activity was centered around Rio de Janeiro, including training sessions, cultural activities and two exhibition games against local club teams….The University of Memphis is moving to a new conference, the American Athletic Conference, and will have […]
The Drought Is Over For Franklin
Rebels Win First State Title With 18-0-2 Season In 1987 Franklin HS was beaten in the TSSAA boys state championship soccer game 2-0 by Knoxville’s Farragut. That’s 26 years ago, and in that span Franklin had never gotten back to the championship. In 2013 they got back and road an unbeaten season to a 3-1 […]
ETSU’s Geno Scores Four In Open Cup
David Geno (Kingsport, TN), a rising senior at East Tennessee State, recently made soccer noise at the national level. He scored four goals to lead the Seattle Sounders Under-23s to a 5-1 win over Doxa Italia in the first round of the U.S. Open Cup. All four came in the first half. They came in […]
Two Americans Take A Long Trip To Next Level
When Emily Dowd completed her collegiate soccer career with the Tennessee Lady Vols, she didn’t consider that the end of her soccer career. She probably thought she’d go “halfway around the world” for a chance to continue playing at a high level. Well, that is exactly what she did. The Gainesville, FL, native is playing […]