It had been a historic season for the University of South Alabama Jaguars when the final whistle sounded in a 5-0 loss to Florida State in Tallahassee. However, the loss came in the opening round of NCAA Division I postseason. For the Jaguars, that was uncharted water. Six seniors led USA to the team’s first-ever […]
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Vestavia Captures Four D1 State Titles
Vestavia Hills Soccer Club captured four fall Alabama Youth Division I Powerade State Cup championship, two each for boys and girls teams[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Vestavia Steamers 99 Black won the U15 boys title over USC 99 Boys Premier, and Vestavia Steamers 98 Black finished ahead of Homewood Freedom 98 in the U16 division. The other two […]
AUM’s Championship Run Falls One Win Short Of Title
Auburn University Montgomery has never won a NAIA men’s national soccer championship. Four times the Warhawks have reached the title game, coming up a little short each time. It happened again in the 2013 final, as the Warhawks lost 2-1 in overtime to Martin Methodist College at Emory Folmar Soccer Complex in Montgomery, Ala. Overtime […]
It’s Official…….Orlando City Is In!
Major League Soccer Returns To The Sunshine State It is official! Orlando City Soccer Club will be the Major League Soccer’s 21st team. Orlando City will play one more season in the USL PRO and take the field as a MLS club in 2015. Other news coming from MLS commissioner Dan Garber as part of […]
Women’s College Cup Coming To Orlando
Orlando City Stadium has not yet been built, but two major soccer events have already been booked[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The NCAA has awarded the Division I Women’s Soccer College Cup to Orlando for 2016 and 2017. The championships will be co-hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Central Florida Sports Commission, and will be […]
West Florida Argos Runnerup In D-II
Being #2 shouldn’t feel all that bad, unless you’ve been #1 for the past 12 months. The University of West Florida Argonaunts won it all in 2012, and came within one win of doing it again[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Disappointment came in the form of a 2-0 loss to Grand Valley State in the NCAA Division II […]
Cosmos Win NASL Soccer Bowl
Silverbacks Come Up Short In Title Game On balance, by most standards, the 2013 North American Soccer League season was a success for the Atlanta Silverbacks. And a failure. In the new split-season format for the league, the Silverbacks won the spring season and earned the right to host the season-ending Soccer Bowl championship against […]
Josh Wolff Takes New Coaching Step
Josh Wolff began his transition from player to coach with D.C. United. He retired as a professional player in November of 2012. Last year he was a fulltime assistant on Ben Olsen’s staff. It was a difficult year as the team won only three games, the fewest any team has ever won in the history […]
January Coaching Courses In Florida
All USSF National A/B/C coaching license courses. scheduled for Jan. 4-12 in Bradenton FL, are sold out[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The Jan. 20-28 National “A” Renewal is also sold out. Registration is still open for the National Goalkeeper License Course in Bradenton, Feb. 2-9. The next National “A” License Course in Florida will be April 5-13 in […]
The Infamous Other Ref
Ages ago, I was assigned officiate a men’s amateur cup match between two teams who had played one another in a league match the Sunday before. As that league game had just concluded, two players got into a fistfight. They were eventually separated, but the referee did not send off the players for violent conduct. […]