Teams from Southern California swept the four US Youth Soccer ODP national championships, played the first weekend in March at the FC Dallas Stadium Complex in Frisco, TX. Cal South’s 1996 Girls earned their second consecutive national title with a 3-0 win over Indiana. A year ago they beat Virginia’s ODP team 1-0 in the […]
Archives for March 2013
Vestavia Hill Boys Unbeaten, #1 In Alabama
The Vestavia Hills boys soccer team is 15-0 and #1 in Alabama just past the midpoint of their 2013 regular season. They jumped from #22 to fifth in the Elite Soccer Report national spring prep poll. Being undefeated and nationally ranked is nothing new for the Rebels. But a hard lesson learned by past teams, […]
Former Spiders Sign With Chelsea Ladies
Former University of Richmond standouts Edda Gardarsdottir ’03 and Olina Vidarsdottir ’04 have signed professional contracts to play for the Chelsea Ladies Football Club in the English FA Women’s Professional League. Both regulars on the full National Team of Iceland, Edda and Olina were standouts on the 2002 Richmond women’s soccer team that advanced to […]
Spirit Hires Parsons
Mark Parsons will serve as the head coach for Washington Spirit Reserves W-League team for the 2013 season. Following a successful stint at the helm of D.C. United Women Super-20 squad last year, Parsons assumes the lead role in developing the direct feeder team for the professional NWSL Washington Spirit.
National League Adds 14s
The US Youth Soccer National League has added the Under-14 Boys and Girls age groups for the 2013-2014 season. Like the current U-15 through U18 age groups, the U-14s will consist of 16 teams divided into two divisions, with each team playing a round robin schedule against the other seven teams in their division.
Blank Will Test Your ‘Soccer IQ’
Coaching Tips From Georgia Bulldogs Coach “Dan Blank is the Associate Head Coach of the Georgia Bulldogs women’s soccer team. His new book, Soccer IQ, covers 54 topics in 54 chapters, all in 119 pages. It is a small book filled with coaching tips, observations, critiques, suggestions and guides to make young soccer players be […]
U.S. U-15 BNT Camp
U.S. under-15 BNT coach Tony Lepore called up 32 players (1998 age group) for an eight-day training camp at the Home Depot Center. Included is Joe Gallardo Jr., who was previously a member of Nomads SC before moving to Monterrey in Mexico, and Joshua Perez, who recently trained at AC Milan.
Free Concussion Seminar Offered
The Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center will hold two free seminars on Sports Concussion Education, on Tuesday, April 30, on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville TN, Two sessions will be held, one in the morning from 10:00-12:00 a.m., and the second in the evening from 5:30-7:30 p.m. These sessions are open to parents, coaches […]
Chicago Wins Challenge; Battery Beats Houston
The Chicago Fire captured the 2013 Carolina Challenge Cup weeklong round-robin championship for the first time. The Fire won the preseason tournament with a 1-0 tie with the Vancouver Whitecaps on the last night of the tournament hosted by the Charleston Battery. The host Battery, the only non-Major League Soccer club in the group, finished […]
Paralympic Soccer Roster
U.S. Paralympic Soccer National Team head coach Jay Hoffman named a 17-player roster for a March 16-24 domestic training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. Goalkeepers selected were Alex Hendricks and Keith Johnson, with four defenders, Chris Ahrens, Bryce Borman, Chad Jones, and Gavin Sibayan, picked by Hoffman. Eight midfieldrs, […]