“Once I realized I wouldn’t want to drive over any bridge that I designed, I knew that coaching is where I should be.” Georgetown men’s head coach Brian Weise, who earned his undergraduate degree in Engineering. (NSCAA.com) ••••••• “In a locker room where the offensive egos of players are struggling to live, the arrival of […]
Issues
Tennessee Soccer
Emily Dowd, a native of Gainesville, FL, who scored 22 career goals with 12 assists for the University of Tennessee Lady Vols (2008-2011) has signed to play professionally in Sweden with Division I TGierps IF……U.S. WNT forward Alex Morgan was forced to sit out the USA’s match with Scotland at LP Field in Nashville. She […]
Keegan, MarcantelNSCAA Prep POW
Will Keegan, a junior midfielder at Pensacola Catholic High School (Pensacola, Fla.) and Laura Marcantel, a senior forward at St. Joseph’s Academy (Baton Rouge, La.) were selected of Feb. 6 as the NSCAA National High School Players of the Week. Keegan lead Pensacola Catholic to the District 1-2A championship with a goal and two assists […]
Georgia Soccer
Chris Davidovicz has been named the new head coach of the University of West Georgia women’s soccer program. Davidovicz comes to UWG after two seasons as head coach at Thomas University…..Kennesaw’s Jane Campbell (Concorde Fire South) was one of five goalkeepers called up by new U.S. WNT coach Tom Serminni for training before playing Scotland […]
Soccer Notes
Former University of Maryland and D.C. United forward Alecko Eskandarian has joined the NASL New York Cosmos as an assistant coach. Alecko, the 2002 Hermann Award winner with the Cavaliers, ended his pro career after playing 136 matches with 36 goals, after suffering concussion syndrome. Eskandarian’s father Andranik played for the Cosmos during their glory […]
Florida Soccer
Brian Dooley, head women’s soccer coach at Florida Atlantic for the past 14 years, has resigned to accept the position of assistant women’s coach at the University of Missouri. Also joining the Missouri coaching staff is Katie Ely, who has been the assistant coach for goalkeepers the past two seasons at Duke….The Florida Youth Soccer […]
N.C. Soccer
N.C. State’s new head women’s coach Tim Santoro has announced that Mike Barrogueiro, head coach at Iona College the past two years, has been named Associate Head Coach of the Wolfpack women’s soccer team….The Charlotte Eagles of USL PRO have added Dave Dixon to the staff as an assistant coach. Dixon played for Eagles head […]
Alabama Soccer
University of South Alabama women’s head soccer coach Graham Winkworth has added Keyton Wheelock to his staff as an assistant coach. Wheelock joins USA from Tusculum College in Tennessee, where she served as an assistant coach since 2008…..The 2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Alabama Youth Soccer Association is set for February 23 at […]
Two Points Well Taken
Speaking of broken legs, Pelosi’s injury calls to mind the broken leg Stuart Holden suffered in 2011, from which he is just coming back. Both were the result of flagrant tackles. Hoilden finally returned to the field for Bolton in the EPL coming in as a 16-minute substitute in a 2-0 win over Sunderland. It […]
A Win Against Costa Rica Critical For U.S. Men’s National Team
The result in Honduras wasn’t what U.S. soccer fans expected. A difficult game, yes, but a loss? That kick started the final round of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The 2-1 loss left the U.S. at the bottom of the six-team standings. That’s the bad thing. The good thing is only Honduras […]