Tide Played Well Without Getting Wins The pain lingers for Todd Bramble. The veteran coach can point to the statistics to show the progress the University of Alabama women’s soccer team made in his fifth season at the school. He also can talk about how the Crimson Tide elevated their level of play and possessed […]
Archives for January 2012
U.S. Hosts China
U.S. Hosts China. The U.S. Women’s National Team will conclude the 2012 season with three games against China. First will be a Dec. 8 game at Ford Field in Detroit, followed by a Dec. 12 game at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, TX. The series will come to an end on Dec. 15 at Florida […]
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 […]
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 […]
Blazers Never Got To Come ‘Home’ To Hoover
Blazers Never Got To Come ‘Home’ To Hoover. When Hoover, AL, was awarded the NCAA Men’s Division I College Cup two years ago, the University of Alabama Birmingham was named the host institution. Not just because UAB has the only Division I soccer program in the state. UAB head coach Mike Getman was a primary […]
Jamaica
Jamaica. Semifinals…2nd in Group B behind USA Founded: 1910 (Joined FIFA in 1962). Head Coach: Theodore Whitmore. FIFA Ranking: 50. Highest FIFA Ranking: 27 (1998). Lowest FIFA Ranking: 116 (2008). Best World Cup Finish: Group Stage (1998). Key Players: Luton Shelton (Karabükspor), Nyron Nosworthy (Watford), JeVaughn Watson (Houston Dynamo) USA All-Time vs. Jamaica: 11-1-8 How […]
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 […]
Traffic Sports Gets Gold Cup
Traffic Sports Gets Gold Cup. The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCA-CAF) has announced that it has accepted a bid from Miami-based Traffic Sports for the commercial partnership rights to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2013/14 and 2014/15 CONCACAF Champions League tournaments. Under terms of the deal, Traffic Sports […]
U.S. MNT vs. Germany
U.S. MNT vs. Germany. The German National team has announced that Germany will play a match on June 2 against the U.S. MNT in Washington, DC, as US Soccer celebrates its 100th anniversary. The German team will play another international friendly on the trip against a yet unnamed opponent. The June 2 game will be […]
Time For A Change!………….
“In My Opinion……….” By Ray Alley U.S. Soccer has a new Women’s National Team Coach. Tom Sermanni, a native of Scotland who has spent the past eight years as the national coach of Australia, replaces Pia Sundhage as the U.S. head coach. Sundhage announced her decision to not seek a new contract with U.S. Soccer […]