ACC Women’s Conference Champs It was an unusual season for the Virginia women’s soccer team. It turned out to be a championship season. It began with a loss in the season opener. A 3-1 setback to Penn State at home in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers would open the 2012 season without their head coach Steve Swanson, […]
Tennessee Teams Excel In NAIA National Poll
Tennessee Teams Excel In NAIA National Poll. The last time Christian Brothers and Delta State played the Buccaneers rallied to tie the game on an 87th minute goal and then scored again with 16 seconds remaining in the first overtime to claim a 2-1 Gulf South regular season win. In the Gulf South Conference champinship […]
Brentwood Lady Bruins Win State Title
CPK Tops CAK In Alphabet Class A/AA Final The Brentwood Lady Bruins slammed the door shut on the 2012 season shut on unbeaten Farragut in the semifinals of the TSSAA Class AAA state tournament, and then continued their run to the championship with a 1-0 victory over Siegel HS. Mary Stewart Schwarz broke the hearts […]
Nationally Ranked
Nationally Ranked. Brentwood’s Lady Bruins earned the #8 national ranking in the final NSCAA Fall Girls High School national poll. Farragutt, which had been ranked as high as #4, fell 14 places to #18 after losing in the semifinals of the state tournament to Brentwood. Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to get all the news […]
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers…..The Team Nobody Wants To Play!
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers…..The Team Nobody Wants To Play!. When teams look at the tournament draw, they often look for Coastal Carolina, and hope that the Chanticleers are not in their bracket. Not because there is anything bad about Coastal. It’s just that they can be scarey good, and capable of ending your soccer season. They […]
Eagles Behind…..Just Kept Playing
Major Comeback Ended With Winthrop BSC Title Once again the old adage, “a 2-0 lead is a dangerous lead” was proven to be true. Coastal Carolina, nationally ranked and riding a 15-game winning streak, held a 2-0 halftime lead over Winthrop in the Big South men’s championship game. The Chanticleers had control of the game. […]
Green Hope Repeats As 4-A Champs
Jacksonville Wins 3-A State Title Green Hope, despite significant losses from last year’s 4-A state championship team, fielded a younger team this season with the same results. The Falcons scored the only goals of the game in the final 14 minutes for a 2-0 victory over Charlotte Myers Park for the NCHSAA 4-A title. The […]
Former Paladin Named US Soccer Male Athlete Of Year
Former Paladin Named US Soccer Male Athlete Of Year. Clint Dempsey has kicked a lot of soccer balls since he kicked one for the Furman Paladins. The Nacogdoches, Texas, native left Furman after his junior season to turn professional. That journey has taken him on a tour of the United States with the New England […]
Wesleyan Trojans Finish Undefeated Season
Fayetteville Academy, Greenfield Win Again A year had passed since Hudson Owens stood over a kick from the penalty mark that would give High Point Wesleyan Christian Academy the N.C. Independent Athletic Association 3-A boys state championship. As a junior, he had taken and made the deciding shot in the sixth round of a penalty […]
Time For A Change!………….
“In My Opinion……….” By Ray Alley U.S. Soccer has a new Women’s National Team Coach. Tom Sermanni, a native of Scotland who has spent the past eight years as the national coach of Australia, replaces Pia Sundhage as the U.S. head coach. Sundhage announced her decision to not seek a new contract with U.S. Soccer […]