The Richmond Kickers have signed former FC Richmond goalkeeper Ryan Taylor and former Michigan Bucs midfielder Nate Robinson. Taylor, a Midlothian, VA, native, played collegiate soccer at Radford University, where he posted a 0.99 goals allowed average….James Madison freshman Bjarki Oalsteinsson (Iceland) was named Virginia men’s soccer Rookie of the Year by the Virginia Sports […]
Soccer in Virginia
Home From Russia With Championship Medals
Region I U-17 ODP Team Wins In Sochi If you are going halfway around the world to play in a soccer tournament, you might as well go to win it. That’s exactly what the US Youth Soccer Girls U-17 Region I team did earlier this month! Ninteen players, including five from Virginia, competed in the […]
Northern Virginia Royals Without A Coach
The USL Premier Development League regular season doesn’t begin until mid-May, but the Northern Virginia Royals are still looking for a coach for 2013! Richie Burke’s two-year stint with the Royals came to an end last fall when he accepted a coaching spot at Livingston FC in Scotland. Prior to that, the position was held […]
Former Spiders Sign With Chelsea Ladies
Former University of Richmond standouts Edda Gardarsdottir ’03 and Olina Vidarsdottir ’04 have signed professional contracts to play for the Chelsea Ladies Football Club in the English FA Women’s Professional League. Both regulars on the full National Team of Iceland, Edda and Olina were standouts on the 2002 Richmond women’s soccer team that advanced to […]
Kickers Get D.C. United Player Loans
Ownby Returns From Houston Dynamo The partnership between the Richmond Kickers and D.C. United has paid its first player dividends. D.C. United has announced that the club willloan four players to the Kickers this season as part of the two clubs’ landmark affiliation agreement. Heading to Richmond are a pair of University of Maryland teammates, […]
Virginia Soccer
Timothy Keegan (‘ 94) was one of six former athletes inducted into the Georgetown Athletics Hall of Fame in February. A three-time first team all-BIG EAST selection, Keegan was named twice to the All-South Atlantic team. A recipient of team outstanding offensive player honors, he graduated as Georgetown’s all-time leader in assists and total points. […]
Virginia Soccer
The Washington Spirit of the Women’s National Soccer League have signed a pair of players with local ties. Virginia native Chantel Jones, a goalkeeper who played for the Virginia Cavaliers, signed along with midfielder Ingrid Wells, who was known as “the Little General” when she played at Georgetown. Jones earned the NCAA career shutout record […]
Here Comes The Calvary……..In 2014
Northern Virginia NASL Pro Team Blow the bugle and sound the charge, Northern Virginia has a new professional soccer team named Virginia Calvary FC. The team will take the field in 2014 as one of three new North American Soccer League franchises, joining teams a year from now based in Indianapolis, IN, and Ottawa, Canada. […]
Freedom May Be Gone, But Spirit Lives On
The Washington Freedom is but a memory, but there is another professional soccer team playing at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown. It’s the Washington Spirit, one of eight teams in the new National Women’s Soccer League. It is an organization with links to the past, including the W-League years of the Freedom and D.C. United […]
WAGS To HireExecutive Director
WAGS To Hire Executive Director. With the explosion of youth soccer in the greater Washington, DC, area, the Washington Area Girls Soccer League (WAGS) has begun an operations overhaul and will seek to hire an Executive Director. The organization, drawing teams from Northern Virginia and Maryland, conducted a large-scale membership survey to gather information from […]