U.S. Escapes With World Cup Qualifier Win. It has been a number of years since the U.S. Men’s National Team faced a must-win situation in the semifinal round of regional World Cup qualifying. But that was exactly the case on Sept. 11 when Jamaica came into Columbus Crew Stadium after beating the Americans, 2-1, four […]
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Duffy Selected For ECU’s HOF
Duffy Selected For ECU’s HOF. Amanda Duffy, Senior Director of the USL W-League and a W-League alum with the Hampton Roads Piranhas, who graduated as the school’s all-time leader in points and goals, will be inducted during a banquet on November 2. A four-year letterman and former assistant coach at ECU, Duffy is the first […]
S.C. Soccer
S.C. Soccer. An 81st minute goal by Mariana Garcia (Colombia) opened up the scoring frenzy for Bulldogs as The Citadel posted three goals in the final 10 minutes of play to top Charleston Southern 3-2. Vanessa Aponte (Orlando, FL) scored the second goal and Nicole Levermann (New Braunfelds, TX) got the game-winner in the 84th […]
Southern Conference
Southern Conference. Davidson freshman forward Valeriy Sviderskiy (Richmond, VA) has been named Southern Conference men’s Player of the Week after scoring three of Davidson’s six goals during a pair of golden-goal wins. He came off the bench to score a pair of goals less than three minutes apart early in the second half of the […]
An Appropriate Gift To Pia
An Appropriate Gift To Pia. The U.S. women’s national team presented outgoing U.S. coach Pia Sundhage with the gift of a brand new Taylor guitar, which the “Singing Swede” quickly put to good use with a locker room chorus of Elvis Pressley’s “Jail House Rock.” All of the players from the 2012 Olympic team signed […]
New Look For Soccer Scene
New Look For Soccer Scene. Readers will find something new in this issue of Southern Soccer Scene. A change of printers now allows us to have color on every page! We hope that you enjoy the additional color for photographs and advertising layouts. This change has required some adjustments in our production process, which has […]
Kickers Flame Out In First Round
Richmond Eliminated By Hammerheads The last couple of weeks of the season was a wild roller coaster ride for the Richmond Kickers. First they defeated Antigua in the first of two games on the road to close out the regular season. That set up a scenario where they could finish second in the USL PRO […]
NCAA College Cup Returns To Hoover
NCAA College Cup Returns To Hoover. The 2012 NCAA Men’s College Cup returns for its second year at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala. Semifinals will be played on Friday, Dec. 7 with the championship game set for Sunday afternoon, Dec. 9. The championship event is hosted by UAB and the Alabama Sports Foundation. Tickets for […]
SAC Men and Women
SAC Men and Women. With conference play now underway, Wingate forward Peron Da Silva and Lenoir-Rhyne goalkeeper Caitlin Scruggs have been selected as the SAC Soccer Players of the Week. Da Silva had a pair of game-winning goals, leading Wingate to victories over Lander and Lenoir-Rhyne. For the season, Da Silva has three goals – […]