All of the five 2013 Florida State High School Athletic Assocition’s boys state championships were won by shutouts in regulation. Cyrpress Bay (Weston) took the Class 5A title with a 1-0 win over West Orange (Winter Garden). Daniel Gutierrez scored the game’s only goal in the 26th minute off an as… Subscribe to Southern Soccer […]
Archives for February 2013
Cal South Sends Four To ODP Championships
Cal South swept Region IV ODP championships for boys and girls in the 1996 and 1997 age groups to advance teams to the 2013 U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Championships March 1-3 at the FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The ODP state teams competing for the national championship are as follows: 1996 Girls: New Jersey, […]
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 […]
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 […]