An early second-half goal from Richmond Kickers veteran midfielder Matthew Delicate was enough to bring Richmond level and walk away with a point after earning a 1-1 draw in the club’s first match against new USL club Louisville City FC on Saturday afternoon at City Stadium. While defense played a major role in the […]
Soccer in Virginia
Lynchburg Hornets Won 22
Unbeaten In ODAC Since 2009 While the University of Virginia was running to a 24-win season, another Virginia women’s collegiate team was winning 22. A potent offense led by a junior named Dessi Dupuy fired the Lynchburg Hornets to 22 wins playing a couple of divisions below the Cavaliers. No other Lynchburg women’s team had […]
Diverse Group Slated For Virginia/DC HOF
Wade Barrett grew up playing soccer at the beach. That would be Virginia Beach. For college, he didn’t go far from home, traveling just down the road to Williamsburg. He played four years at the College of William & Mary for Al Albert. Staci Wilson graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology […]
Scurry Is Set For Virginia Convention
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Briana Scurry, the U.S. WNT goalkeeper from 1994-2008, will be the featured speaker at the Awards Reception at the Virginia Youth Soccer Convention, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, in Richmond, VA. Scurry, with 173 interntional career appearances, was in goal for the U.S. in the dramatic championship shootout over China in the 1999 FIFA Women’s […]
Cavaliers Experienced The ‘Agony Of Defeat’
Season Near Perfection Ends In Semifinals By Jeff White VirginiaSports.com Three times as women’s soccer coach at the University of Virginia, Steve Swanson had experienced the pain of losing in the NCAA quarterfinals. He’s had other teams at UVa that were ousted in the Sweet Sixteen. “That’s hard,” Swanson said Monday after the recent College […]
Three Runs Short Of Glory
Virginia Teams Lose In College Cup Semis It was three impressive runs by three Division I teams from the Old Dominion. All three advanced to the semifinals of their respective NCAA Division I College Cups. And each had shot at winning a national championship. But in the end, each came up a win short of […]
DC United Borrows Kickers For Far East Trip
D.C. United selected six players from the Richmond Kickers’, their USL PRO affiliate, to join the 15-player roster in Indonesia for a December 3-9 trip to Indonesia[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. While it is officially a D.C. United trip, the product on the field will certainly have a Richmond Kickers’ look to it. The team dropped the first […]
Pereira Steps Down As Lady Monarchs Coach
For the first time in 19 years, Old Dominion University is looking for a new women’s head soccer coach. Shortly after the end of the 2014 season, Joe Pereira resigned as head coach of the Lady Monarchs. In an oddly worded news release, ODU announced that “Pereira Vacates Soccer Position.” Pereira has been the ODU […]
Virginia Calvary FC Delays It’s Charge Until 2015 Season
Northern Virginia-based Virginia Calvary FC will delay the launch of its entry into the North American Soccer League for another year[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Delays in completing a 5,500-seat stadium in Loudoun County, which would also be home to a baseball team, has resulted in both teams withdrawing for another year. The Loudoun County club had considered […]
Count Tech Among ‘Big Girl’ Teams
The Nationally Ranked Hokies Jazmine Reeves knows the pecking order in women’s college soccer. For years, Atlantic Coast Conference programs like North Carolina, Florida State, Duke, Virginia, and Wake Forest have been regulars in the national title discussion. When it came to Virginia Tech’s place on the national stage, Reeves realized even before she arrived […]