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 […]
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 […]
Pelosi Suffers Broken Leg
Tab Ramos had hoped to have Marc Pelosi available for the U.S. Under-20 team in CONCACAF Under-20 World Cup qualifying. However, his professional EPL club, Liverpool, would not release him. Now he will miss the World Cup even if the Americans qualify. Pelosi suffered a broken tibia and fibula in his right leg while playing […]
Professional Briefs
Red Bulls Hire Petke The New York Red Bulls ended their search for a new head coach by hiring former player and assistant coach Mike Petke. Petke is the latest American to be named head coach of a Major League Soccer team after playing professionally in the league. He joins D.C. United’s Ben Olsen, New […]
U.S. Women Sweep Scotland
The U.S. Women’s National Team got 2013 off to a good start with a pair of international friendly victories over Scotland. The first was a 4-1 win in Jacksonville, FL, followed by a 3-1 win in Nashville, TN. The games were the first under the direction of new WNT coach Tom Sermanni, who incidentally is […]
Four New Members Inducted Into HOF
The Virginia/DC Soccer Hall of Fame inducted the class of 2013 at the annual HOF Dinner in Richmond on Feb. 1. Inducted were former William & Mary All-America and Major League Soccer veteran Steve Jolley in the Player Category, and Jim Ferguson, Steve Goff and Anne Thompson in the Meritorious Category. Ferguson and Thompson are […]
Battery Seeks To Defend USL PRO Title
Hosting 10th Annual Carolina Challenge Cup The Charleston Battery is coming off a championship season, and this is a very important preseason before beginning defense of their USL PRO title. Preseason camp began only seven days ahead of the 10th annual Carolina Challenge Cup, a week-long round robin of preseason games between the Battery and […]
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 […]