Youth Soccer Briefs From Across The USA. Volunteer Of Year Four regional Volunteer of the Year winners are candidates for the US Youth Soccer National Volunteer of the Year awards. Delaware Soccer’s Melody McNulty of Newark, Del., is the Region I winner, while Minnesota Soccer’s Abdirizak Said (St. Paul, Minn.) is the Region II winner. […]
Archives for January 2013
US Youth Soccer Honors Eight Regional Competitive COYs
US Youth Soccer Honors Eight Regional Competitive COYs. Eight outstanding youth soccer coaches, who have received their respective regional Competitive Coach of the Year awards, will be honored this year at the US Youth Soccer Awards Gala in Indianapolis, IN. From these coaches, the National Competitive Coach of the Year for boys and girls will […]
NCAA Completes Successful Hoover Cups
Getman Championed Championships at Region Park HOOVER, Ala. — Mike Getman gets it. As the de facto ambassador for Division I men’s soccer in this part of the country, the University of Alabama at Birmingham coach couldn’t help but smile. His work was done. He and a crowd of 9,242 had just watched Indiana University […]
VYSA Convention
VYSA Convention. The 2013 Virginia Youth Soccer Convention will be held Feb. 1-2 at the Richmond Convention Center. The weekend will include clinics, seminars, meetings, vendors and the Annual General Meeting. The 2013 Virginia/DC Soccer Hall of Fame inductions will also be held that weekend
2013 Presidents Cup
2013 Presidents Cup. The Florida Youth Soccer Association has been selected to host the 2013 US Youth National Presidents Cup, July 11-14, at the Lake Myrtle Sports Park in Auburndale, FL.
Beckham Era Ends With MLS Title
But What’s Up With Landon Donovan? David Beckham closed out his six seasons with the Los Angeles Galaxy by standing on the championship podium for the second time. The Galaxy won their second straight MLS Cup titles with a 3-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo. Beckham will seek to extend his playing career with another […]
2012 National Champs
2012 National Champs. Division II Men Champs When Lynn lost in the NCAA men’s Division II national championship game a year ago, Coach John Rootes had a photograph taken of the scoreboard that illuminated the final score. The photo, and the painful memory it evoked, served as motivation for the Fighting Knights to finish the […]
Gain An Advantage With Quick Restarts
Gain An Advantage With Quick Restarts. Transition in soccer is the action of going from defense to offense when your team wins possession of the ball, and vice-versa when you lose possession. Some teams take longer to make the transition, both physically and mentally. You should teach your team to take advantage of this. Sorta […]
2012 NCAA National NSCAA Rankings
2012 NCAA National NSCAA Rankings. NCAA I Men Final Ranking 1. Indiana 18-5-3 2. Georgetown 19-4-3 3. Maryland 20-1-3 4. Creighton 17-4-3 5. North Carolina 16-4-3 6. Connecticut 17-4-1 7. Akron 18-1-3 8. Notre Dame 17-4-1 9. Louisville 14-6-1 10. New Mexico 17-4-1 11. Coastal Carolina 20-3-2 12. San Diego 14-9-0 13. UCLA 13-3-3 14. […]
Hoosiers Top Georgetown
Eighth National Title Indiana University got a goal from Nikita Kotlov in the 64th minute and the stifling Hoosier defense made it stick to defeat Georgetown 1-0 at Regions Park in Hoover, AL, to claim its eighth national championship. The goal came after a kick from near the corner spot came in to Eriq Zavaleta. […]