A jury has found the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association negligent in the death of two young soccer players in a 2004 bus accident in France. The jury awarded about $8.3 million in compensatory damages to be divided between the parents of Onslow County’s Matt Helms and Charlotte’s Julian Brown. Both boys, age 13, were […]
Archives for April 2013
No World Cup For U.S. U-17 Men
PANAMA CITY, Panama — Honduras recorded a 3-1 quarterfinal win to stun the United States to qualify for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup and reach the semifinals of the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship on Sunday night. The result denied the Americans from qualifying for the U-17 World Cup for the first time. The U.S. was […]
Fox Soccer Channel Days Are Numbered
The days of 24/7 soccer on FOX Soccer are about to come to an end. Fox has announced that its Speed Channel will be rebranded as FOX Sports 1, and all of FOX Soccer’s broadcast rights packages, including UEFA Champions League and Europa League Games, will be carried by the new sports network. That includes […]
How To Referee ‘Boring’ Games!
Not every game that a referee is assigned will be for teams whose ability is comparable to Barcelona or Manchester United. Over the course of a referee career, an official will be assigned games where the teams struggle to put three passes together. Many times, I have spoken to my officiating colleagues at halftime and […]
High School Playoffs Beginning In Alabama
Oak Mountain is #1 and Vestavia Hills is #2 in the Alabama Class 6A boys high school rankings. They have played three times this season, Vestavia has won twice, but Oak Mountain has won the most recent. Their only losses have been against each other. They could meet again, and if they do it will […]
Pro Soccer Notes
Lahoud Helping Homeland Michael Lahoud was born in Sierra Leone, a country of more than six millions residents in western Africa. He left for the U.S. when he was six, departing just ahead of a civil war that would last 11 years. Lahoud puts a high priority on education. He wants to build a school […]
Harvey And Fair Make State Department Soccer Trip To Iraq
Mary Harvey and Lorrie Fair, two former U.S. WNT players, visited Iraq in early April to work with, and motivate Iraqi girls and women interested in soccer and team sports as part of the U.S. Department of State’s “Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports” initiative. Both Harvey and Fair are former FIFA World Cup champions […]
Jack, FC Dallas And Landon
Attendance is down in Major League Soccer, FC Dallas is winning, Landon is back and the kid in Philadelphia is leading the league in scoring. Georgia native Jack McInerney, a 20-year-old pro, scored a pair of goals before halftime to pace the Philadelphia Union to a 3-2 win over D.C. United and was named the […]
National Women’s Soccer League Launches With One Win In Low Scoring Openers
Four games, one victory marked the first weekend of National Women’s Soccer League play. No team scored more than one goal. Sky Blue FC edged the Western New York Flash 1-0, while the Boston Breakers and Washington Spirit tied 1-1 as did the Chicago Red Stars against the Seattle Reign FC. Portland Thorns FC traveled […]
A Long Journey From Conyers To LA
The Boys From Georgia Certainly Did It His Way! By Brian Trusdell U.S. MNT Forward Clint Mathis is most remembered for his appearance at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and fantastic goal against Korea Republic. U.S. Soccer is celebrating its Centennial year in 2013 and throughout the year ussoccer.com is providing historical content to commemorate […]