“Once I realized I wouldn’t want to drive over any bridge that I designed, I knew that coaching is where I should be.” Georgetown men’s head coach Brian Weise, who earned his undergraduate degree in Engineering. (NSCAA.com) ••••••• “In a locker room where the offensive egos of players are struggling to live, the arrival of […]
Archives for February 2013
U.S. Under-17 MNT Loses
The U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team took on Nike’s The Chance Team in a domestic friendly at The Home Depot Center. Behind a first half brace by Bubakary Sonko, who was assisted by Development Academy product Brian Iloski on both goals, The Chance took a 2-0 lead into halftime. The U-17’s got on the score […]
U.S. Women Set To Meet Pia’s Sweden In Algarve Cup
The U.S. Women’s National team has had a lot of success at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. The Americans have won the tournament eight times. The tournament, which doesn’t attract a lot of attention in Portugal, usually attracts most of the top women’s national teams in the world. This year the U.S. WNT has been […]
2013 Major League Soccer SuperDraft
First Round 1. New England Revs – Andrew Ferrell (Louisville), D 2. Chivas USA – Carlos Alvarez (UConn), MF 3. Toronto FC – Kyle Bekker (Boston College), MF 4. Vancouver Whitecaps – Kekuta Manneh (Austin Aztec), F 5. Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Erik Hurtado (Santa Clara), F 6. Colorado Rapids – Deshorn Brown (Central Florida) […]
So Who Went Where In Allocation?
A total of 55 players from the American, Mexican and Canadian national team player pools were split between eight National Women’s Soccer League teams. Personal preferences were taken into consideration, and an effort was made to spread the talent and positions out as much as possible. Not unlike the 21 players who were on the […]
U-18 MNT To Europe
The U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team will gather for the first time since late November of 2012 to take part in a 10-day trip, from March 15-25 to France and Romania. The trip will include three matches. First the U.S. U-18s will face France in Clairefontaine, outside of Paris on March 19. Then they will […]
Keegan, Marcantel NSCAA Prep POW
Will Keegan, a junior midfielder at Pensacola Catholic High School (Pensacola, Fla.) and Laura Marcantel, a senior forward at St. Joseph’s Academy (Baton Rouge, La.) were selected of Feb. 6 as the NSCAA National High School Players of the Week. Keegan lead Pensaco… Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to get all the news in your […]
A Night For Records When Nashville Was The Winner
The U.S. Women’s National Team won the game. They beat Scotland’s WNT 3-1 in an international friendly. But the real winners on a cold Feb. 13 Wednesday evening might have been Nashville and the fans who turned out in record numbers to see the #1 ranked women’s soccer team in the world play. It was […]
Whitecaps Top Battery In Opener
The Vancouver Whitecaps took advantage of the Charleston Battery’s loose marking for a pair of early goals in the opening game of the 2013 Carolina Challenge Cup. Kekuta Mennah scored two goals for Vancouver and Daigo Kobayashi added a third to lead the Whitecaps to a 3-2 win past Charleston before a Blackbaud crowd in […]
Hall Of Fame Balloting
Ballots have been distributed to a panel of voters for the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2013 elections. The voting process began in January for the Player, Veteran Player and Builder categories. Voting will continue through Feb. 22, and the election results will be announced shortly after. The induction of the Class of […]