Macdonald Out At MSU. According to Director of Athletics Scott Stricklin, Mississippi State University women’s soccer coach Neil Macdonald has been re-assigned within the university’s athletic department. The search for a new coach to lead the Bulldog soccer program will begin immediately. Macdonald led Mississippi State to a 58-103-14 record during hi… Subscribe to Southern […]
Archives for January 2012
ACC Losing StreakOver For Clemson
ACC Losing Streak Over For Clemson. The losing streak for the Clemson women ended at historic Riggs Field on Senior Day with a 1-0 ACC victory over N.C. State on the final day of the 2012 season. Freshman Jenna Polonsky scored the second-half game-winner that snapped a Clemson streak of 45 consecutive conference … Subscribe […]
Tar Heels, Seminoles Advance To College Cup
UNC Knocks Off BYU In PKs The UNC Tar Heels and Florida State Seminoles are off to the “Big Dance”, having advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I College Cup. The Duke Blue Devils, who lost in the championship game a year ago, came up short, dropping a quarterfinal game to Penn State. […]
Beckham’s Last MLS Game
Beckham’s Last MLS Game. David Beckham has announced that the 2013 MLS Cup game between his Los Angeles Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo on Dec. 1 will be his final competitive appearance for the Galaxy. Beckham originally signed a five-year deal in 2007, and then re-signed for two seasons after helping the Galaxy win MLS […]
Wesleyan Trojans Finish Undefeated Season
Fayetteville Academy, Greenfield Win Again A year had passed since Hudson Owens stood over a kick from the penalty mark that would give High Point Wesleyan Christian Academy the N.C. Independent Athletic Association 3-A boys state championship. As a junior, he had taken and made the deciding shot in the sixth round of a penalty […]
Winkworth Leaves Lions To Take USA Top Job
Winkworth Leaves Lions To Take USA Top Job. After the University of South Alabama fired women’s head soccer coach Mike Varga in early November, the position didn’t stay open long. USA hired Graham Winkworth, who has taken North Alabama to the NCAA Division II tourname… Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to get all the news […]
List Of Suggestions For NSCAA Convention Sessions
Sports Medicine Corner My (nearly) annual trips to NSCAA/USYS (convention and workshop) are always a highlight of the year because it takes me to the sidelines, so to speak, where I get to talk with practicing coaches of all levels (and see some long time friends, too). I also take advantage of some of the […]
Honduras
Honduras. Semifinals…First Place Group C Founded: 1951 (Joined FIFA in 1951). Head Coach: Luis Fernandez Suárez. FIFA Ranking: 56. Highest FIFA Ranking: 20 (2001). Lowest FIFA Ranking: 95 (1998). Best World Cup Finish: Group Stage (1982, 2010). Key Players: Boniek Garcia (Houston Dynamo), Jerry Bengston (New England Revolution), Carlo Costly… Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene […]
Gators Win SEC, Advance To NCAA Round Of 16
Gators Win SEC, Advance To NCAA Round Of 16. The 2012 season ended at home for the Florida Gators with a 2-0 loss to Notre Dame in the Round of 16 in the NCAA D-I tournament. Gators coach Becky Burleigh spoke about the closeness of her team after the game when she said ‘this team […]
Nike Friendlies
Nike Friendlies. The U. S. Under-17 MNT will play Brazil, Turkey and Portugal in the 10th edition of the Nike International Friendlies, Nov. 28-Dec. 2 at Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, FL. The U.S. is the defending champion, having defeated Brazil, 3-1, last year on goals from Rubio Rubin, Tyler Turner and Wesley Wade […]