Florida narrowly edged Texas A&M as the favorite to claim the 2014 Southeastern Conference women’s soccer title in voting by the league’s 14 head coaches. This marks the 16th time that Florida has been tabbed by the coaches to win the title. The Gators received 164 points that included eight first-place votes, topping the Aggies’ […]
Archives for August 2014
Howard Will Step Away For A Year
Tim Howard, veteran U.S. MNT goalkeeper, will take a year off from international soccer duties to spend more time with his children and concentrate on his professional career with Everton in England. After discussions with U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann the Everton goalkeeper will not be available for selection until September of 2015. Howard is […]
Irving Steps Down As Hammerheads Head Coach
After 15 years as head coach of the Wilmington Hammerheads, David Irving has left the club and will no longer be involved in the day to day operation with the team. The press release said it was a mutual decision with Wilmington Hammerheads FC. Irving, who was inducted into the USL Hall of Fame in […]
U.S. U-20 Loss A Setback For U.S. WNT Future?
The matchup of the USA U-20 women with Germany in the first group game at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada raised some eyebrows. It was expected that these two teams would play in the championship game as they did two years ago when the U.S. won the world title. When the U.S. […]
FSU Top ACC Women’s Soccer Pick
GREENSBORO, NC – Coming off a national runner-up finish and a conference title, Florida State was chosen to repeat as the Atlantic Coast Conference women’s soccer champion in 2014 as voted on by the league’s 14 head coaches. The Seminoles received eight first-place votes en route to 189 total points, followed by Virginia (five first-place votes, […]
Horan Leads U.S. To U-20 Women’s World Cup
Lindsey Horan scored a pair of goals and assisted on Rose Lavelle’s goal to pace the U.S. U-20 WNT to a 3-0 win over China PR, advancing s the #2 team in Group B to the quarters of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Moncton, Canada. The USA wraps up the group stage with […]
Ellis Names Roster For WNT Roster Against Switzerland
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named 19 players for the meeting with Switzerland on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. The match, which has been sold out since July 25, will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on ussoccer.com. “With the very short […]
Savannah Prep Players Motivated By World Cup…….By Anthony Garzilli
On the television, live from Brazil, it was Michael Bradley passing to Chris Wondolowski, who touched the ball to Clint Dempsey, who had a chance to send American fans into delirium. In Savannah, Ga., the set play sure looked like it could have been Miguel Ulloa passing to Allen Parker, who would touch the ball to Jesus Ulloa. When […]
Women Threaten Lawsuit Over 2015 World Cup Surface
There is no player revolt at this point, but a complaint has been filed regarding the playing surface at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and that could be headed to court. A group of over 40 of the top female national team soccer players from about a dozen countries have signed a letter that […]