RedHawks Sofer Honored. Martin Methodist midfielder Daniel Sofer has been named the TranSouth Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week. Sofer, a 5-foot-6 senior from Hadera, Israel, scored two goals in a come-from-behind, double-overtime 2-1 victory over #20 William Carey University. After pulling the RedHawks level with a goal at the 63:03 mark, Sofer […]
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How Soccer Refs Prepare For Games
How Soccer Refs Prepare For Games. You have been assigned three games this Saturday and two on Sunday. The referee who physically trains for these games and watches officials during other soccer matches will most likely be a good deal more successful than the person who does not think about these assignments all week until […]
U.S. vs. Germany
U.S. vs. Germany. The U.S. Women’s National Team will host a pair of international friendlies against Germany in Chicago and in Connecticutt. They will play on Saturday, Oct. 20 at Toyota Park in Bridgview, IL, and again on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. Kickoff for both games is set for […]
UAB Blazers Win Their ‘Soccer For A Cure’ Classic
UAB Blazers Win Their ‘Soccer For A Cure’ Classic. The University of Alabama Birmingham is host to a men’s intercollegiate soccer tournament each year that raises money to help children and their families that are fighting cancer. The “Soccer For A Cure” Classic has raised a lot of money for local families affected by cancer, […]
Charlotte 49ers Working Overtime For Wins In 2012
Charlotte 49ers Working Overtime For Wins In 2012. A year ago, winning the close ones became a Charlotte 49ers trademark in their run to the NCAA Division I championship game. No different this year, as the 49ers have played five overtime games to open the 2012 season. That’s five of the first seven in double […]
Regional Odds & End Briefs From The Southeast USA
Soccer In Arkansas Arkansas State was picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Preseason women’s soccer coaches poll, and placed sophomore forward Loren Mitchell and junior midfielder Christina Fink on the SBC preseason all-conference team….The Arkansas Razorbacks are coming off their best SEC season in school history when they won six league games and […]
Alabama Soccer
Auburn’s Casie Ramsier (Dallas, TX) was named Southeastern Con- ference Freshman of the week after scoring both goals in 1-1 confer- ence draws against Tennessee and Missouri that kept the Tigers in the race to make the SEC Tournament. She now has team-leading seven goals on the season. Earlier, Tigers’ junior goalkeeper Alicen Wright (Chino […]
Soccer Notes
Former U.S. MNT defender Greg Berhalter has been named the seventh head coach of the MLS Columbus Crew. Berhalter, 40, who played collegiate soccer at UNC Chapel Hill, had an 18-year career as a professional player in Holland, England and Germany, and played his final two seasons in MLS with the Los Angeles Galaxy where […]
Florida Soccer
University of Georgia assistant coach Robin Confer (Clearwater, Fla.) has been named the new head coach at the University of North Florida where she replaces Linda Hamilton. Confer, a collegiate All-America for the UNC Tar Heels, had been on the Georgia staff for nine years. She played in 107 games for UNC, which is an […]
Lee Rebounds From Loss With Lindsey Wilson Win
Lee Rebounds From Loss With Lindsey Wilson Win. There is always a certain amount of pressure with winning streaks and unbeaten seasons. Well, the pressure if off on the unbeaten season thing for Lee University, after the women’s soccer team dropped a 3-1 decision to Embry-Riddle. The Lady Flames have won the last four NAIA […]