Yet Unnamed Team To Play In 2014 The first “heads up” that a Northern Virginia group was planning to buy a North American Soccer League franchise and put it in Loudoun County came from The Washington Posts’ Steven Goff last summer. It is now official. Virginia Investment Partnership LLC will be owner/operator of the club, […]
Archives for January 2013
Roanoke College Hires New Men’s Coach
Roanoke College Hires New Men’s Coach. A former Roanoke player, Ryan Pflugrad (Class of 2002), returns to his alma mater as the new men’s head soccer coach. He replaces Scott Allison, who stepped down after 27 years at the helm of the men’s program, but remains as Director of Athletics. Pflugrad returns to Roanoke College […]
WAGS To Hire Executive Director
WAGS To Hire Executive Director. With the explosion of youth soccer in the greater Washington, DC, area, the Washington Area Girls Soccer League (WAGS) has begun an operations overhaul and will seek to hire an Executive Director. The organization, drawing teams from Northern Virginia and Maryland, conducted a large-scale membership survey to gather information from […]
Virginia/DC Soccer HOF To Induct Four
Virginia/DC Soccer HOF To Induct Four. The Virginia/DC Soccer Hall of Fame has selected four new members, who will be inducted on Feb. 1 at the annual HOF Dinner in Richmond, VA. Steve Jolley, who played collegiate soccer at the College of William & Mary and went on to a 10-year professional career in Major […]
Two Tough Games….With Far Different Outcomes For Gomez
Big Saves In Shootout Win Over Terps HOOVER, Ala. — The endings couldn’t have been any different for Tomas Gomez. On the first night, the Georgetown University goalkeeper took center stage, stopping the University of Maryland’s final two penalty kicks in the shootout and then racing to the far corner of Regions Park with a slide […]
Referee The Game Like Willy Wonka!
Referee The Game Like Willy Wonka!. Officiating professional soccer is definitely not for the faint of heart. This is not surprising as people’s livelihoods are based on the results. Officiating youth soccer is sometimes not for the faint-hearted either. The majority of youth soccer referees quit within their first two years with verbal abuse by […]
MLS Sets New Attendance Mark
MLS Sets New Attendance Mark. For the second consecutive year, Major League Soccer set new attendance records. The league averaged 18,807, which bettered the 2011 record of 17,844 by nearly 1,000 per game. Regular season attendance in 2012 topped 8 million for the first-time ever for a total of 6,074,729 fans. For the fourth consecutive […]
Eagles Fly From Last To First For 2012 SoCon Title
Eagles Fly From Last To First For 2012 SoCon Title. How did that song go that the Grateful Dead used to sing? What a long, strange trip it’s been! When Georgia Southern’s women’s team dropped a 2-0 decision to Furman in mid-October, it appeared the Eagles were headed nowhere. But appearances can be deceiving. From […]
54 Seniors Invited To 2013 adidas MLS Combine
54 Seniors Invited To 2013 adidas MLS Combine. Major League Soccer invited 54 NCAA Division I seniors to take part in the 2013 adidas MLS Player Combine, January 11-15 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The combine takes place right before the 2013 MLS Superdraft, which will be held on Thursday, Jan. 17 in Indianapolis, IN, during […]
Silverbacks Offer New Logo Options
Silverbacks Offer New Logo Options. The Atlanta Silverbacks fans have an opportunity to have their voices heard on the selection of a new team logo. Four new logo designs have been selected and the Silverbacks are currently holding a “pick the logo” contest. Fans can go online at www.atlantasilver backs.com and cast their vote. Earlier […]