Invited To MLS Combine Mark Sherrod played high school soccer at Carter High School in Knoxville. Good teams, but never a state championship. He was all-state for four years, and 2009 Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior. His game got a boost from two seasons with the Knoxville Football Club and he […]
Archives for January 2014
Buccaneers Were Led By Exceptional Senior Class
“This is a special group of players,” East Tennessee State head coach Scott Calabrese declared after his team beat North Florida 3-1 for its second Atlantic Sun Championship in four years. “They have worked extremely hard from day one and all of their hard work has paid off,” said the Bucs’ head coach. “It’s everything […]
‘C’ License Set For Hendersonville
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Tennessee State Soccer Association and US Soccer will host a USSF C License course in Hendersonville, TN, June 18-22, 25-29. This is a national course and candidates must complete all sessions, including testing, to complete the requirements for earning a license. Online information regarding qualifications for taking the course, cost, etc., will be […]
Former Vandy Commodore Endes Her Career With NCAA Title
Chelsea Stewart, who grew up in Colorado, was near the top of the list among Vanderbilt’s recruiting class for the fall of 2009. Her career in Nashville lasted 18 games. She will graduate from UCLA with a degree in economics and with a NCAA Division I championship memory. Stewart was a senior defender for the […]
Lynchburg Hornets Won 22
Unbeaten In ODAC Since 2009 While the University of Virginia was running to a 24-win season, another Virginia women’s collegiate team was winning 22. A potent offense led by a junior named Dessi Dupuy fired the Lynchburg Hornets to 22 wins playing a couple of divisions below the Cavaliers. No other Lynchburg women’s team had […]
Diverse Group Slated For Virginia/DC HOF
Wade Barrett grew up playing soccer at the beach. That would be Virginia Beach. For college, he didn’t go far from home, traveling just down the road to Williamsburg. He played four years at the College of William & Mary for Al Albert. Staci Wilson graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology […]
Scurry Is Set For Virginia Convention
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Briana Scurry, the U.S. WNT goalkeeper from 1994-2008, will be the featured speaker at the Awards Reception at the Virginia Youth Soccer Convention, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, in Richmond, VA. Scurry, with 173 interntional career appearances, was in goal for the U.S. in the dramatic championship shootout over China in the 1999 FIFA Women’s […]
Cavaliers Experienced The ‘Agony Of Defeat’
Season Near Perfection Ends In Semifinals By Jeff White VirginiaSports.com Three times as women’s soccer coach at the University of Virginia, Steve Swanson had experienced the pain of losing in the NCAA quarterfinals. He’s had other teams at UVa that were ousted in the Sweet Sixteen. “That’s hard,” Swanson said Monday after the recent College […]
Waldo In Unique Position
Jurgen Klinsmann once coached Germany’s MNT while commuting from California, and Eric Wynalda will do the same in 2014 for the Atlanta Silverbacks[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The Silverbacks will not hire a head coach to replace the fired Brian Haynes, and will rely on Wynalda, and a select staff of assistant coaches, during the 2014 NASL season. […]
Caringi Eager For Challenge Of Pro Ranks
Wherever Pete Caringi has played, he has found a way to score goals, the former Baltimore Bohemians and UMBC standout is ready to find out where he will get the chance to test himself in the professional ranks. “You wait your whole life for this moment to happen and to get to a professional team, […]