It isn’t a matter of if, but when. It’s been that way for a long time. Abby Wambach has said that she would like to break Mia Hamm’s all-time goals record on home soil. Unless she is spectacular in Toronto in the upcoming international friendly with Canada on June 2, she will get two shots […]
Archives for May 2013
Ramos And U. S. U20s Headed to Turkey For World Cup In June
Tab Ramos has played in World Cups before, and he knows what it means to be prepared and ready to play, and also what it means not to be as ready as possible. The U.S. is headed to the 2013 FIFA Under-20 Men’s World Cup in Turkey, June 21-July 13. The team has a challenging […]
N.C. Soccer
The Carolina RailHawks opened the 2013 NASL season in the newly renovated WakeMed Soccer Park stadium, which has added 3,000 permanent seats, bringing seating capacity to near 10,000. Half of those went into the north end zone and the other half to upper-level stands on the east side of the stadium. The town of Cary […]
Jury Awards $8.3 In NCYSA Suit
Two ODP Boys Died In 2004 Accident In France A jury has found the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association negligent in the death of two young soccer players in a 2004 bus accident in France. The jury awarded about $8.3 million in compensatory damages to be divided between the parents of Onslow County’s Matt Helms […]
Unbeaten Eagles Will Host Sounders FC In Open Cup
The USL PRO Charlotte Eagles kept their 2013 unbeaten streak alive with a 3-0 victory over Sounders FC U-23s in the second round of U.S. Open Cup play. The win sets up a “home” third round game with the Chicago Fire on May 29. That home game will be played at Winthrop University in Rock […]
RailHawks Win To Host Los Angeles Galaxy In Open Cup
The PDL Carolina Dynamo played the NASL Carolina RailHawks close for the first half, but wilted in the second. The RailHawks’ 3-1 victory advanced them to the third round of the 2013 U.S. Open Cup and gave them a home game against MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday, May 29. A year ago the […]
Providence Day Tops GDS For NCISAA 3-A Soccer Championship
The Greensboro Day School Bengals may have felt they had passed their biggest hurdle in their run for the NCISAA Class 3A girls soccer championship when they survived a wild semifinal finish against Charlotte Latin. After all, Latin had knocked the Bengals out of the 2012 playoffs and they had not lost since that game. […]
NCHSAA Finals Set To Be Played At N.C. State Stadium
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association 4A championship finals features undefeated and #1 ranked Green Hope (27-0-0) against Hough HS (21-2-0). The 3-A title will be contested by Cardinal Gibbons (21-2-1) and St. Stephens (21-3-2). South Iredell (22-2-0) will take on Swansdboro (22-5-1) for the 2A championship. Once-beaten Raleigh Charter (20-1-0) will play Lake […]
Dynamo vs. RailHawks Winner Gets LA Galaxy
Will Host In U.S. Open Cup Third Round A year ago the NASL Carolina RailHawks turned their season around with a 2-1 victory over the defending MSL champion Los Angeles Galaxy before a soldout crowd at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. They would like to have another shot at the Galaxy again on home turf […]
N.C. Girls Prep Top Ten
NCHSAA Class AAAA 1. Green Hope (27-0-0), 2. Hough (21-2-0), 3. Myers Park (18-2-1), 4. New Bern (14-7-1), 5. Lake Norman (24-1-0), 6. Leesville Road (18-5-1), 7. West Forsyth (15-4-1), 8. New Hanover (14-6-2), 9.Millbrook (21-2-1), 10. East Forsyth (16-2-2). NCHSAA Class AAA 1. Cardinal Gibbons (21-2-1), 2. Chrlotte Catholic (20-3-3), 3. St. Stephens (21-3-2), […]