By Ray Alley High Point University gave up two second-half goals in a two minute span of time which led to a 2-1 loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers at home in Vert Stadium. But it was the Panthers’ single goal in that game that set a new record in HPU Division I soccer […]
Archives for September 2014
Nathan Sturgis Is Soccer’s ‘Traveling Man’
Back in 1961 pop singer Ricky Nelson had a hit song entitled Traveling Man. That was 26 years before Nathan Sturgis was born in St. Augustine, Fla., but it could be Sturgis’ signature theme song. The former Clemson Tigers defender/midfielder is currently playing for Chivas USA, his seventh Major League Soccer team. Actually, Sturgis’s professional […]
Former Clemson Player Files Hazing Lawsuit
Fourteen upperclassmen of Clemson University’s women’s soccer team, three coaches and other officials in the school’s athletic department have been named in a lawsuit filed by a former player stemming from an alleged 2011 hazing incident, according to The Greenville Times website. Haley Ellen Hunt, a freshman from Aiken, SC, at the time of […]
WNT World Cup Qualifying Begins Oct. 15
Victory is never guaranteed in a competitive game. But things look very good for the U.S. Women’s National team as they begin qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The U.S. WNT, ranked #1 in the world, opens the CONCACAF Women’s Championship tournament against Trinidad & Tobago on Oct. 15 at Sporting Park in […]
German U-20 Scoring Star Departs UCF
Lena Petermann was a rising sophomore at the University of Central Florida when her native Germany called her to play last month in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. It certainly wasn’t her first national team appearance for Germany. She was with the U-20 team in the Six Nations Tournament in Spain last […]
Young U.S. Team Beats Czech Republic
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Sept. 3, 2014) – Midfielder Alejandro Bedoya scored a 39th-minute goal, Nick Rimando made four saves in the second half and the U.S. Men’s National Team earned a 1-0 victory against the Czech Republic at Generali Arena. It was the USA’s first-ever victory against the Czech Republic. The match also represented the first of […]
Irish Picked #1 Among ACC Men
A year ago Notre Dame joined the Atlantic Coast Conference and won the NCAA Division I men’s national championship. The Irish are the 2014 men’s soccer preseason favorite, according to a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches. This year Louisville joins the ACC and the Cardinal men are picked to finish first in the […]