While most colleges and universities in the Carolinas and Georgia have moved to the NCAA, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics still has a number of outstanding teams in Florida and Tennessee, as well as a competitive presence in Georgia[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Between the men’s and women’s NAIA national soccer polls, Florida is represented by three […]
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Three Big SEC Wins For Bulldogs
‘Those Aren’t Shabby Wins’…….Samford’s Todd Yelton Six games into the season, if the Samford Bulldogs were members of the Southeastern Conference they would be leading that league with 3-0 record. A sweep of SEC teams in the non-conference portion of the Bulldogs’ schedule was capped with a 3-2 double-overtime win over Vanderbilt, their first-ever win […]
Blazers Fired Blanks In Their Tournament
The Soccer For A Cure Tournament at the University of Alabama Birmingham is about good soccer games and a worthwhile cause. The Blazers, who have held the tournament for 16 years, were joined this year by East Tennessee State, Charlotte and the University of Memphis. Proceeds from the two-day tournament go to help support the […]
Soccer For A Cure
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] The UAB Soccer For A Cure tournament raised more than $1,500 for the foundation started six years ago by Charlie Corbett, with proceeds going to Children’s of Alabama hospital. See Page 17 for more about this foundation and who it supports. Read about Corbett, a cancer survivor from Alpharetta, GA, and his goal […]
Region III In Decatur
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Decatur, Ala, has been named the host for the 2014 US Youth Soccer Region III Presidents Cup championships, June 6-9, 2014. The regional winners in the boys and girls U13/U17 age groups will advance to the national championships, July 10-13, 2014, in Greenville, SC. Games will be played at the Jack Allen Soccer […]
West Alabama #25 In National Poll, #3 In Gulf South
The West Alabama Tigers are off to a 3-1-1 Gulf South Conference start and 5-1-1 overall, and are ranked #25 in the most recent NSCAA Division II men’s national soccer rankings. The Tigers are third in the Gulf South Conference standings, behind conference leader Shorter (5-0-0) and West Florida (4-1-0)[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. West Alabama’s Thibault Charmey, […]
BSC Men Open Strong
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Birmingham Southern opened its men’s season with six straight wins, but has dropped to 6-2 after losses to Covenant (2-1) and Emory (4-2). The Panthers had been ranked #22 nationally in the NSCAA D-III rankings before the first loss. [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Your subscription has expired please Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to view […]
Warren Has His Blazers Ready For C-USA
A year ago the Alabama Birmingham women struggled to a 2-17 season, winning only one game in Conference USA play. That squad had 12 new players, including two true freshmen. UAB head coach Harold Warren returned nine players who were regular starters from that team. Eight freshmen were welcomed to the squad during preseason. The […]
All ACL Rehabs Are Not The Same
Sports Medicine Corner Go ahead and admit it, you really ARE impressed with Adrian Peterson. Unless you make it your mission in life to ignore the NFL, you know that Peterson, running back for the Minnesota Vikings, tore his ACL and MCL on December 24, 2011. Surgery was December 30. Eight months later, having not […]
The Dominator Led Lions To Victory
Four Goals For Championship MVP The Dominator returned to Orlando’s Citrus Bowl. Straight out of Hollywood, Dom Dwyer slipped on the Orlando City Lions jersey he had left behind when he returned to Major League Soccer and Sporting Kansas City just 13 games into the season. When he scored Orlando City’s first goal in the […]