Virginia Cavaliers Win Championship. The # 2 Virginia men’s soccer team captured its sixth NCAA Championship, and first since 1994, with a 3-2 penalty kick shootout win over #1 Akron following a 0-0 draw in the NCAA Championship final at WakeMed Soccer Park. The Cavaliers (19-3-3) ended the season on a 16-game unbeaten streak. The […]
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Young Georgia Star Signs MLS Contract
Young Georgia Star Signs MLS Contract. Jack McInerney has wanted to be a professional soccer player ever since he joined Coach Steve Gummer’s Under-12 boys team at Cobb FC in suburban Atlanta. He has realized the first steps in fulfilling that dream by becoming one of the top forwards in the U.S. national player pool […]
Blackhawks Take Flight In Atlanta
Blackhawks Take Flight In Atlanta. FC Atlanta Blackhawks have announced the launch of a United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL) franchise for the 2009 season. The Blackhawks will begin league play in May. “With the number of quality college players coming out of the state of Georgia every year, a PDL team is a […]
Battery Drops To USL-2
Battery Drops To USL-2. The team that was absent in recent announcements about the USL First Division and the new Second Division professional team has been the Charleston Battery. Which way would they go? Well, the answer is in, and it is neither. The Battery will stay in the United Soccer Leagues, but will drop […]
2009 Carolina Challenge Cup Teams Set
2009 Carolina Challenge Cup Teams Set. Charleston, SC. The Charleston Battery will square off with DC United in a re-match of the 2008 U.S. Open Cup final during the 2009 Carolina Challenge Cup to be held at Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston SC, March 7 – 14. United defeated the Battery 2-1 in last year’s national championship […]
Georgia High School Championships
Georgia High School Championships. The Parkview Panthers won their third consecutive Class AAAAA girls state championship in a penalty kick shootout, and Collins Hill HS won the AAAAA boys title 1-0 over Centennial. Marist and St. Pius X swept the boys and girls Class AAAA and Class AAA state championships, while the Walker School girls […]
Spain Park Leads Alabama State Title Runs
Spain Park Leads Alabama State Title Runs. Spain Park HS was 3-1-2 back on February 21 after dropping a 2-0 shutout to Oak Mountain in the Lakeshore Shootout, but the Jags would not lose again. They wrapped 20 more wins around a 1-1 draw against Grissom to win the 6A girls state championship. The title […]
D.C. United Blanks Battery
D.C. United Blanks Battery. CHARLESTON, SC — The Charleston Battery closed out the 2009 Carolina Challenge Cup falling to Major League Soccer’s D.C. United 2-0 Saturday night at Blackbaud Stadium. Real Salt Lake claimed the tournament title in the night’s opening match, topping Toronto FC 2-1. “Overall, I’m pleased,” said Battery coach Mike Anhaeuser. “We […]
Clemson’s Trevor Adair Resigns
Clemson’s Trevor Adair Resigns. Clemson, SC – Clemson men’s soccer coach Trevor Adair has announced his resignation after 14 years as the school’s head coach. Adair posted a record of 174-91-26 in his Clemson career that included nine trips to the NCAA Tournament and eight top 12 national poll finishes. “After a great deal of […]
Battery fall 2-1 to RSL in CCC
Battery fall 2-1 to RSL in CCC. CHARLESTON, SC — The Charleston Battery fell to Real Salt Lake Wednesday night 2-1 at Blackbaud Stadium in the second round of Carolina Challenge Cup play. In the night’s opening match, Toronto F.C. topped D.C. United 2-1 in a match that was very much the story of two […]