Chris Albright never had the high profile national team persona that his fellow University of Virginia alums, John Harkes, Tony Meola and Ben Olsen enjoyed. He did play for the USA 22 times in international competitions. His professional career included 235 Major League Soccer games over 15 seasons. He played with D.C. United, the LA […]
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Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber has announced that D.C. United Head Coach Ben Olsen’s automatic one-game suspension and fine from his ejection against Montreal has been rescinded. As such, Olsen will be available at the sideline of United’s game against Toronto FC at RFK Stadium this Saturday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. Olsen and […]
Virginia Soccer
Virginia Soccer. Richmond Kickers’ Nozomi Hiroyama, 35, a veteran of 15 professional seasons on four continents, announced his retirement after the Kickers’ playoff loss to the Wilmington Hammerheads. Hiroyama, a former member of the Japanese national team, played his final two seasons in Richmond. He appeared in 47 matches for the Kickers, logged nearly 2,000 […]
UVa’s Ari Dimas Is Ruled Ineligible
UVa’s Ari Dimas Is Ruled Ineligible. Chesapeake’s Ari Dimas enrolled at the University of Virginia in the fall of 2008 as just another first-year student, without any plan to play intercollegiate soccer for the Cavaliers. But the game pulled the Indian River HS graduate to the university’s men’s club soccer team, where he excelled. The […]
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The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have signed midfielder Joseph Ngwenya, who played the 2013 season with the Richmond Kickers, where he had nine goals and five assists and 23 points in 20 appearances. He was named first team USL PRO All-League and one of three finalists for league MVP…..The Kickers have announced a couple of new player […]
Duffy Selected For ECU’s HOF
Duffy Selected For ECU’s HOF. Amanda Duffy, Senior Director of the USL W-League and a W-League alum with the Hampton Roads Piranhas, who graduated as the school’s all-time leader in points and goals, will be inducted during a banquet on November 2. A four-year letterman and former assistant coach at ECU, Duffy is the first […]
Kickers Flame Out In First Round
Richmond Eliminated By Hammerheads The last couple of weeks of the season was a wild roller coaster ride for the Richmond Kickers. First they defeated Antigua in the first of two games on the road to close out the regular season. That set up a scenario where they could finish second in the USL PRO […]
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The Washngotn Area Girls Soccer League has announced the selection of David Noyes as its first-ever Executive Director. Noy[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]es is a Northern Virginia resident and had a pivotal role in founding and administering the Future Soccer Club in Maryland, which he built out of Real Maryland FC, which was a USL club operated in […]