America is obsessed with rankings. From NCAA football and basketball to top high school recruits across the sporting spectrum, the American sports fan has no shortage of statistics and ratings in every professional and college sport. Unfortunately, team rankings have leached into youth sports as well, where any benefit they bring is far outweighed by […]
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Count Tech Among ‘Big Girl’ Teams
The Nationally Ranked Hokies Jazmine Reeves knows the pecking order in women’s college soccer. For years, Atlantic Coast Conference programs like North Carolina, Florida State, Duke, Virginia, and Wake Forest have been regulars in the national title discussion. When it came to Virginia Tech’s place on the national stage, Reeves realized even before she arrived […]
Cavs 17-0 And Still Have Things To Work On!
Seventeen straight wins to open the 2013 season! The Virginia Cavaliers, ranked #1 in the nation, are the last unbeaten, untied women’s collegiate soccer team in the United States. Those 17 consecutive wins are a new school record for Virginia, which opened the 1990 season with 16 straight. They set the new mark with a […]
Calvary FC Stadium Delayed
The Chantilly Youth Assocition and four individuals have been named in a suite filed by Soccer Performance International[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The Northern Virginia-based company, which supplies coaches and trainers to a number of area youth soccer clubs, has alleged that they attempted to “destroy’ the company’s business and reputation. The suit was biled in the Circuit […]
MLS’ ‘Unlikely’ US Open Cup Champion
Are you old enough to remember the old saying about blind squirrels finding acorns? Well, D.C. United isn’t called the “blind squirrels”, but they did find an acorn of such when they captured their third U.S. Open Cup in league history. The storied Major League Soccer franchise D.C. United seized the moment at the 100th […]
Are Champions Born Or Are They Made?
Sports Medicine Corner If you have even the remotest interest in sport sciences, I’ve got a new book for you. David Epstein, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, presents some pretty complex topics in the very readable “The Sports Gene” where he explores the concepts behind whether there is a genetic predisposition for sport (nature) […]
U.S. Men Earn World Cup ’14 Berth
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Thorns FC Capture Inaugural NWSL Title
Shutout Western NY Flash In Final Tobin Heath didn’t start the season with the Portland Thorns FC as she finished out her obligations with her French club, Paris Saint Germain. However, the former UNC midfielder was there when it counted. Her[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] free kick in the National Women’s Soccer League championship game broke the ice […]
‘Where’ You Head The Ball Is Important!
There are some “don’ts” in heading the ball that you should teach your players. 1. Don’t head the ball out of bounds unless you mean to do it! 2. Don’t head the ball over the cross bar! 3. Don’t head the ball into the hands of the goalkeeper. That should make sense to just about […]
Notre Dame Has Immediate ACC Impact
Draws Have ACC Teams All Tied Up It wasn’t a surprise that Notre Dame has planted its Fighting Irish brand on the Atlantic Coast Conference in their first season of conference affiliation. The ND women handed defending champion UNC Tar Heels their first loss of the season (1-0) and the Irish men played UNC’s men […]