Limestone Wins CC Title. Limestone College scored five second half goals to capture the Conference Carolinas Tournament Championship with a 6-1 win over Barton College (8-9-2). It was the second CC title for the Saints, who also finished in a tie for the regular season championship before routing the Bulldogs. Limestone finished the year 13-5-1. […]
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USL Will Hold AGM In Tampa
USL Will Hold AGM In Tampa. The United Soccer Leagues’ Annual General Meeting will be held Dec. 13-16 at the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa in Tampa, FL. In addition to the league meetings, the annual Hall of Fame Banquet is set for Friday, Dec. 14 at which time the annual individual and […]
Tragedy In South Africa
Tragedy In South Africa. The South African soccer federation has reported that four second-tier playes were killed in a car accident in the same area where a South African national team assistant coach died in a crash in October. Early police reports indicated the players from the Polokwane City club died while returning from a […]
U.S. U20s Draw Costa Rica, Haiti
U.S. U20s Draw Costa Rica, Haiti. Tab Ramos’ first major international competition as the U.S. Men’s Under-20 National Team coach comes in February at the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Puebla, Mexico. The tounament will run from Feb. 18-March 3, with the top four finishers qualifying for the … Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to get […]
Death By Penalty Kicks
Death By Penalty Kicks. In a quarterfinal between Pennsylvania rivals, the Messiah Falcons earned a trip to the NCAA Division III sectional final by winning a 4-2 penalty kick decision against instate rival York. Messiah looked to have the game in hand with a 2-0 lead, but that was quickly negated by a pair of […]
Playing Soccer Is All About Angles
Playing Soccer Is All About Angles. Good soccer players have a good working knowledge of geometry. There is a time when good coaches become geometry teachers. That’s because the game of soccer is played at angles. Watch two top professional teams play and one soon becomes aware that players move at angles to one another, […]
Wesleyan Trojans Finish Undefeated Season
Fayetteville Academy, Greenfield Win Again A year had passed since Hudson Owens stood over a kick from the penalty mark that would give High Point Wesleyan Christian Academy the N.C. Independent Athletic Association 3-A boys state championship. As a junior, he had taken and made the deciding shot in the sixth round of a penalty […]
U.S. Men To Begin Hexagonal With Three Early On The Road
U.S. Men To Begin Hexagonal With Three Early On The Road. With the semifinal round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying in the rear view mirror, the U.S. Men’s National Team learned who it will play and when in next year’s regional Hexagonal. Six teams will play a round robin schedule. Three will advance to the […]
Fighting Irish Seeded #1
Fighting Irish Seeded #1. Notre Dame was the #1 seed in the Men’s Division I tournament. The Big East Conference placed seven other teams in the field, including third-seeded Georgetown (17-3-1), #4 Connecticut (15-3-1), seventh-seeded Marquette (16-3-1) and #10 Louisville (12-5-1). Marquette made its second tournament appearance, with the first one coming in 1997. Other […]
Averett, Lynchburg Win Titles
Averett, Lynchburg Win Titles. The third-seeded Lynchburg College Hornets successfully defended their Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) with a 2-0 victory over #4 Bridgewater College in the conference tournament finals. The victory gave the Hornets their third-straight Old Dominion Athletic Conference title, the fifth in the last six seasons, and the 11th in program history. […]