After an 11-year career in Major League Soccer, Eddie Robinson is using the U.S. Soccer Development Academy to revamp his career in the coaching ranks. Robinson, who grew up in Greensboro, NC, was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes in 2001, and moved with the team when it relocated to Houston in 2006 and became […]
Issues
Volcano Forces Puebla Postponement
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Two-time Mexican Premier Division Champion, Puebla FC, ws scheduled to come to WakeMed Soccer Park for an exhibition friendly on July 6. However, the game was postponed due to a eruption by the Popocatepetl Volcano closed down the Mexico City and Toluca airports preventing Puebla from traveling. The RailHawks are continuing to seek […]
Raleigh Team Takes US Club Title
US Club Soccer’s National Cup XII saw 18 teams representing 17 clubs from 11 different states claim national championships at the Aurora Sports Park in suburban Denver, Colorado. North Carolina was one of those 11 states represented by a championship team. Premier UK ’97 Elite captured the Under-15 Premier Group championship. The Raleigh-based team defeated […]
Cape Fear SC Partners With Philadelphia Union
The Cape Fear Soccer Club has a new partner. The club, one of the largest youth soccer organizations in North Carolina has joined the Philadelphia Union’s Development Affiliate Network. The agreement was finalized in mid-July when John Hackworth, head coach of the Major League Soccer Union, came to Wilmington to kick off the partnership. Hackworth, […]
Carolina Dynamo Advance To PDL Final
Coach Is Headed To Seattle The Carolina Dynamo rolled through the PDL regular season with only two losses. That was good enough to win the South Atlantic Division regular season title and top seed in the Division championship game. The team they would face would be the Virginia Beach Piranhas, who handed the Dynamo their […]
UNC Women’s Program Wins Capital One Cup Trophy
The women’s soccer program at the University of North Carolina has long been regarded as the benchmark for women’s collegiate soccer in the United States. The Tar Heels captured the 2012 NCAA Division I national championship, and helped the UNC women’s athletic program finish first in the annual Capital One Cup. That Cup is awarded […]
S.C. Soccer
The Charleston Battery will play England’s Portsmouth F.C. in an international exhibition on Wednesday, July 27 at Blackbaud Stadium. This marks the second consecutive year that the Battery has hosted an English team. Last July the Battery played the Bolton Wanderers in front of a sold out crowd of 5,249. Port[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]smouth plays in the […]
South Girls, North Boys Post N-S Wins
2013 North-South Classic When does a tie feel like a win? Ask the South Carolina girls who celebrated scoring the equalizer in stoppage time to tie the North Carolina all-stars 3-3 in the 2013 Clash of the Carolinas at Backbaud Stadium on Daniel Island, SC. The North Carolina boys posted a 2-0 win over the […]
Drennan, Millard Lead 14th Super XXII Teams
T.L Hanna’s Chelsea Drennan and Cardinal Newman’s Koty Millard have been named Players of the Year by SCSoccer.com for girls and boys, respectively. The senior midfielders headline the 2013 Super XXII Teams, selected for the 14th consecutive season. Both have signed to play collegiate soccer at the University of South Carolina. Millard has also been […]
Erik Clark Looking Forward To Another Freshman Year
As a senior, Erik Clark turned out to be the star of his high school team. That might have been difficult to imagine when he enrolled four years earlier at Wando High School. He was a good player as a freshman. Not that big or strong, but he worked at his game. He got better, […]