When the schedule for the final round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was announced, many felt four points out of the first three games would be an acceptable haul. Of course, they expressed hopes of winning all three, but a win, a loss and a tie would be a scenario […]
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ASU Coach Has It All…….Soccer Mom, Soccer Coach
Credits NSCAA, Friends And Family With Providing Support Appalachian State University head women’s soccer coach Sarah Churchill Strickland always knew she wanted to be a mom. Perhaps, even a soccer mom. She didn’t think she could also be a head soccer coach. However, as Strickland, who starred as a player at George Mason University, enters […]
ODP Players On R-III Tours
From Lee Smith’s perspective “the talent pool that attended the event was very high” as he spoke about the U.S. Training Event in March. [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] “We had players from all over the state and it was great to see the players working together with tactical awareness, vision and speed even though they all play […]
Gold Cup Games Coming To Southeast
The United States will again host the CONCACAF Gold Cup championships for 2013. Games will be played in 13 cities. The 12-team tournament is scheduled from July 7-28, 2013. On the list of venues is the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX, BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston […]
High School Playoffs Beginning In Alabama
Oak Mountain is #1 and Vestavia Hills is #2 in the Alabama Class 6A boys high school rankings. They have played three times this season, Vestavia has won twice, but Oak Mountain has won the most recent. Their only losses have been against each other. They could meet again, and if they do it will […]
Ramos Calls U.S. U20 Camp
U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team coach Tab Ramos has called 24 players for a very important April 22-29 training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The team is preparing for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which will be held June 21-July 13 in Turkey. This will be the first camp for […]
Cobras Sign Former FSU Star India Trotter
The W-League Carolina Elite Cobras have signed former U.S. Women’s National Team player India Trotter for the 2013 season. Trotter, a NCAA Division I All-America at Florida State University, was a member of the senior national pool from 2006-09, an was an alternate for both the 2007 World Cup and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [show_disconnected][show_to […]
Kickers Sign Joseph Ngwenya
Scores In His Richmond Debut The Richmond Kickers continued to rebuild their 2013 roster with the addition of Zimbabwean international Joseph Ngwenya, and that move produced an immediate payoff early in his first USL PRO game. Ngwenya, a eight-year Major League Soccer veteran, opened the scoring in the Kickers’ 4-1 win over defending USL PRO […]
Recruiting Release Links Found on www.southernsoccerscene.com
February 6 was the starting of the NCAA signing period for college soccer (among other sports). Beginning that day, and continuing through the spring, schools will be releasing their list of signed recruits for the fall of 2013. Southern Soccer Scene annually provides a link section to recruiting releases from over 100 collegiate programs on […]
Pro Soccer Notes
Lahoud Helping Homeland Michael Lahoud was born in Sierra Leone, a country of more than six millions residents in western Africa. He left for the U.S. when he was six, departing just ahead of a civil war that would last 11 years. Lahoud puts a high priority on education. He wants to build a school […]