The Atlanta Silverbacks are off to a strong start in 2013, sitting in third place in the NASL standings. That start could get even better as the ‘Backs advance to the third round of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against Real Salt Lake. Atlanta didn’t get a home match against an MLS team […]
Archives for May 2013
McIntosh Senior Picked Gatorade POY
Senior forward Salomon Lorenzano (McIntosh HS/Peachtree City) has been selected 2013 Gatorade Boys State Player of the Year for Georgia. The Boys Gatorade Player of the Year for South Carolina is senior Koty Millard (Cardinal Newman School/Columbia,) and for North Carolina junior Ade Taiwo (Cardinal Gibbons HS/Raleigh), who has already committed to N.C. State. Thales […]
Berkmar, Parkview Capture Georgia State Soccer Titles
Gwinnett County swept the Georgia High School Association’s state championships for the boys and girls AAAAAA classification. Berkmar High captured its first boys state soccer title by upsetting defending champion Collins Hill, 2-0, at Kennesaw State. Previously, the only state titles for Berkmar had been two boys basketball championships. Parkview, no stranger to state championship […]
National Rankings
In the latest NSCAA Spring High School national rankings McIntosh was the #1 team in the boys poll and the Marist girls were ranked #2. St. Pius X was the #4 ranked boys team, wth East Coweta ranked #6. Dalton received the #15 national boys ranking and Marietta’s Lassiter HS was #17. Norcross’ Greater Atlanta […]
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MNT Camp Odds & Ends Clint Dempsey has seven goals in World Cup Qualifying in this cycle and 12 overall, and is now tied for first place on the USA’s all-time list. Dempsey has 32 international goals and is two behind second-place Eric Wynalda on the all-time list. …..Jozy Altidore scored 31 goals in all […]
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U.S. U-17s Over England The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team scored three times in each half to rout their counterparts from England 6-0 in the first of two matches between the teams. The USA went ahead just three minutes into the game when Madison Haley slipped a pass behind the England defense to Mallory Pugh […]
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U.S. U-15s Finish Third The U.S. Under-15 Boys’ National Team defeated Paraguay 7-6 in penalty kicks to earn third place at the 2013 Copa Mexico de Naciones. Paraguay was up 3-2 for much of the second half during the 70-minute regulation until the USA’s Joshua Perez tied the score at 3-3 two minutes into second-half […]
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USA Women Host Canada The U.S. Women’s National Team will be back in action on Jan. 31, 2014 in Frisco, Texas against CONCACAF rival Canada.The game will be televised on FOX Sports 1. The game will showcase two of the top goalscorers in the world in USA’s Abby Wambach and Canada’s Christine Sinclaire. Wambach is […]
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Under-18 MNT Camp U.S. Coach Javier Perez called 24 up players for a week-long U.S. Under-18 men’s national team training camp at Lakewood Ranch, Fla., to prepare for the upcoming Copa del Atlantico Feb. 4-7 in the Canary Islands. The lone pro in camp is Sporting Kansas City’s Erik Palmer-Brown. Besides Palmer-Brown, four players — […]
First Friendlies, Then Qualifiers, Then Gold Cup
Two attractive international friendlies will proceed three very important CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers for the U.S. Men’s National team. The U.S. will play Belgium on May 29 in Cleveland, OH, and then take on Germany June 2, at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. Both are among the top teams in Europe. Germany is #2 in […]