U.S. veteran midfielder Carli Lloyd suffered a non-displaced greater tuberosity fracture of the left shoulder during the USA’s opening match of the 2013 Algarve Cup in Portugal. She suffered the injury during the second half of the USA’s opening victory over Iceland. Lloyd, allocated to Western New York Flash of the new National Women’s Soccer […]
Archives for March 2013
Paterson Poised To Lead Battery In ’13
Charleston Returns Solid Roster From Title Team With the start of the 2013 USL PRO season rapidly approaching, the Charleston Battery hopes to draw strength from 2012 and the club’s league championship. Charleston Battery midfielder Nicki Paterson recalls one game in particular that was important to that championship run. “It just seemed to come to […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. WNT Opens Algarve With 3-0 Win Over Iceland
ALBUFEIRA, Portugal (March 6, 2013) – The U.S. Women’s National Team overcame a subpar first half to defeat Iceland 3-0 with all three goals coming in the second half. U.S. defender Rachel Buehler tallied in her 100th career cap and forward Abby Wambach’s 154th goal moved her closer to Mia Hamm’s all-time international scoring record […]
100th Edition of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Includes Increased Number of Teams and Prize Money
The 2013 tournament features 68 teams, an increase from the 64 that competed last year, marking the largest field in the modern era (1995-present). This year also marks the second-consecutive year in which all U.S. based Division I, II and III teams will participate in the tournament proper: 16 from Major League Soccer, six from […]
USA Men’s CONCACAF Under-17 Draw
The U.S. under-17 national team faces a potentially tricky path to this fall’s Under-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates as it was drawn in the same half of the bracket with Mexico, winner of the world championship two years ago in this category. The USA will open against Haiti — just like it […]
U.S. U-20s Fall To Mexico In Final
PUEBLA, Mexico (March 3, 2013) – Despite an impressive effort, an under-strength U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team fell 3-1 to Mexico in overtime of the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship final this evening in front of a sold-out crowd at Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla. Tab Ramos’ young team fell behind early, but rebounded with a first-half […]