RailHawks Take Lead In Second Half Of Season The Atlanta Silverbacks closed out the first half of the North American Soccer League season on the last weekend of play to earn the spring championship. That gave the Silverbacks a spot in the league championship game, regardless of how they play in the fall half of […]
Archives for August 2013
Kennesaw’s Nelson Led U.S. To Deaflympic Gold
SOFIA, Bulgaria-Kennesaw State’s rising junior Julia Nelson came away with a gold medal in the 2013 Deaflympics, scoring seven goals over the course of the tournament. The U.S. women’s soccer team used a strong, cohesive attack to control the entire gold-medal match against the Russian Federation, winning its third straight Deaflympic gold medal, 2-1, at […]
Georgia Teams Pick Up Hardware At US Youth Nationals
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Eight teams from Georgia advanced to the US Youth Soccer National Championships in Overland Park, KS, and the U19 NASA girls took home a national championship, beating SoCal Blues-Dido , 2-1 in the title game in OT. The U13 boys United FA 00 Elite and U14 girls Tophat 17 Gold both won bronze […]
The Peach State Tops Peach Belt Preseason Picks
If the Peach Belt Conference preseason ranking run true to form, the race for the women’s soccer championship will be as much about instate rivalries as it is about league placement. The top four slots in the preseason coaches poll are filled by Georgia programs, with Columbus State tapped in at #1 with 111 points. […]
Evans To Host D-II Soccer
The NCAA Division II men’s and women’s soccer championships will be held at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, GA[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The semifinal games for both will be played on Dec. 5, with the title matches scheduled for Dec. 7. The University of West Florida is the defending Division II national champion. Messiah won the 2012 […]
The Scoring Beat Goes On For Shriver
Unbeaten Since NASL Midseason Break Brian Shriver has always been a goal scorer. He scored goals growing up playing club and high school soccer in Clearwater, Fla. He was a NSCAA Youth All-America and three-year team captain at Clearwater HS. He finished his collegiate soccer career at UNC Chapel Hill with 22 career goals, 14 […]
Aggies To Add Soccer
N.C[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, has announced that it will drop women’s swimming from the athletic program and add men’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf and women’s soccer. The soccer program will be the last to phase in by 2020. [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Your subscription has expired please Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to […]
It Was A Season To Remember For Lake Norman Soccer
When the Lake Norman SC U20 Eclipse bowed out of the USL W-20 League national championships with a 1-2 mark in group play, the club completed what has arguably been the best run of results in the club’s history. And they all came from the girls side of the program. Included was LNSC’s first ever […]
Puebla FC Game Set For Next March
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Two-time Mexican Premier Division Champion, Puebla FC, was scheduled to come to WakeMed Soccer Park for an exhibition friendly on July 6. However, the game was postponed due to a eruption by the Popocatepetl Volcano which closed down the Mexico City and Toluca airports preventing Puebla from traveling. No suitable date could be […]
National Soccer Hall Of Fame In Hillsborough Warehouse
Treasure Trove Of American Soccer History By Neil Morris (First Of Two Parts) More than 30 years have passed since the New York Cosmos last packed upward of 70,000 fans into Giants Stadium for soccer matches as part of the North American Soccer League. Yes, soccer matches, featuring the legendary likes of Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, […]