[RECRUITING] LSU, which finished the 2008 season with the top defensive unit in the SEC, will look to be even stronger on the back line in 2009 as sophomore transfer Allysha Chapman has elected to join the program for the start of the spring season.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
N.C. State hires Fresno State’s Springthorpe
For the second year in a row, a Florida State star is headed to Sweden’s Damallsvenskan. Finnish international Sanna Talonen joined KIF Orebro, marking her return to Sweden. She had played for Balinge in the first half of the 2007 Swedish league season. Also back in Sweden: Oklahoma State’s Yolanda Odenyo.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
Winningest coach lands Navy job
[WOMEN’S COACHING MOVES] N.C. State tapped Fresno State head coach Steve Springthorpe as the new head coach of the Wolfpack women’s program, while Erin Aubry, who led Morehead State to its first conference title in 2008, has been named the new head coach at Arkansas. Both coaches took their teams to the NCAA Tournament in the fall.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
NSCAA/adidas Regional Coaches of the Year
[MEN’S COACHING MOVES] Dave Brandt, who led Messiah to six NCAA Division I men’s titles in 12 years, has been named the new Navy head men’s coach. In other East Coast coaching moves, former MLS player Kevin Anderson returns to Columbia as head coach, and former U.S. international Elvis Comrie has left Holy Cross.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
Villegas takes top JC honor
Regional Coaches of the Year are finalists for the NSCAA/adidas National Coach of the Year award at their respective levels. In NCAA play, any coach who is not selected a Regional Coach of the Year but advances to the national tournament semifinals is added to the ballot for National Coach of the Year. The national awards will be announced at the annual NSCAA Awards Banquet, which will be held Friday evening in St. Louis as part of the 2009 NSCAA Convention. For all the regional winners …
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Messiah players sweep small college awards
Cerritos College’s Corina Villegas, a two-time NSCAA/adidas All-America, heads this year’s winners of NSCAA/adidas Junior College Player of the Year. Villegas led her team to its second consecutive California state title and earned tournament MVP honors this year, concluding her career with 53 goals. For all the winners …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Offseason MLS Player Moves
[MAKING A LIST] Players on the move in late pre-draft deals included Mike Magee (going from New York to Los Angeles) and Steve Purdy (returning from Germany to play for FC Dallas). For all the team-by-team moves …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
SuperDraft Selection Order
[MLS] Toronto FC holds the key to the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, possessing the second, fourth and 13th picks.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Mock Women’s Professional Soccer draft
[WPS] The Women’s Professional Soccer’s draft of college players and other unclaimed players on Friday at the NSCAA Convention in St. Louis (Room 276) represents the league’s fourth assignment of players. Many of the college game’s biggest stars will be available. Soccer America projects who will go where in the first two rounds …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Special Edition: MLS SuperDraft
MEMBERSHIP ALERT: Soccer America editors Ridge Mahoney and Paul Kennedy are in St. Louis covering the MLS SuperDraft. A special edition of SoccerAmericaDaily will appear later today with coverage of Thursday’s SuperDraft.
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Flurry of activity intensifies
The clock is ticking, the laptops are clicking, and coaches have only a few hours left to nail down their picking for the 2009 MLS SuperDraft (TV: ESPN2, live, 2 pm ET). Questions abound. Will Seattle keep or trade the No. 1 pick. If the Sounders keep the top choice, will they take Akron’s Steve Zakuani, making him the first non-U.S. resident to go as the No. 1 MLS pick. How early will highly regarded keeper Stefan Frei go? How much are teams with holes at key positions willing to give up to move up in the draft order? For a look at all the major pre-draft questions …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Donovan is ‘Klinsi’s New Darling’
[AMERICANS ABROAD] He’s only played in two friendlies, against modest opposition, but by creating two goals and scoring a fine one on his own, Landon Donovan has the German press raving and is drawing praise from Bayern coach Juergen Klinsmann. Bild newspaper dubbed the loaned L.A. player “Klinsi’s Liebling” and speculated he could even challenge veteran striker Miroslav Klose for playing time.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“Gremio would never use professional athletes to experiment with a drug. If it is proven that it enhances an athlete’s performance, its use will be immediately considered as doping.”
— Marcio Bolzoni, team physician of Brazilian club Gremio, denies reports that the club was going to have its players take Viagra to cope with the high altitude when they play Libertadores Cup games in Bolivia. (AP)
Posted inSoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Story
Visiting the Coaches – Virtually
I shan’t be getting to St. Louis, so I’m afraid the coaches’ convention will have to muddle through without me. Quite possibly the organizers prefer it that way, but I have some regrets, regrets that I’ve managed to somewhat appease by visiting the convention online.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Norwich Sacks Roeder
After sweeping the Division III men’s and women’s titles, Messiah did the same with the NSCAA/adidas National Player of the Year awards. Senior defender J.D. Binger claimed the men’s honor, while junior midfielder Amanda Naeher, whose twin sister Alyssa is a two-time Soccer America MVP for Penn State, took the women’s award. For all the winners, who will be recognized at the annual All-America Luncheon Saturday in St. Louis as part of the 2009 NSCAA Convention …
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Ref Webb Sorry He Got Tangled Up In Play
Another managerial victim in the second-tier English Championship as former Premier League clubs fail to deliver on expectations of big money, top-flight soccer — Norwich City, the former team of San Jose Quakes striker Darren Huckerby, has sacked Glenn Roeder after being eliminated from the FA Cup Tuesday at home to Charlton, and with a […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Being A Non-Major League In A Major Recession
“I am disappointed to have an influence on a goal like that and it is probably the lowest point of my professional refereeing career.” English referee Howard Webb apologizes to Birmingham City after he inadvertently deflected a pass that helped set up Wolverhampton Wanderers’ second goal in its 2-0 road win in Tuesday’s FA Cup […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Cristiano Ronaldo Says United Future ‘Looks Good’
“The average American sports fan may not be traditionally as we have come to know him. He may be more prone to explore niche interests in non-major sports. And franchises in non-major sports that don’t have the insulation — or curse — of billion-dollar television contracts don’t necessarily have to cater to the traditional fan.” […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Giggs Keeps On Giving
“We can dominate. Manchester [United] has a lot of young players — myself included — so the future for the club looks good. I want to be here, to be a part of the success that I believe lies ahead. For me, it’s great to be a part of this fantastic club and my motivation […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Marta Carries Weight Of League’s Potential Success
There has been a tide of appreciative articles in the UK sporting press since Ryan Giggs. 35, engineered Manchester United’s 3-0 win over Chelsea at the weekend from the center of midfield. According to Rob Bagchi, the former left-winger “thrillingly rolled back the years against Chelsea in a performance that made the true football romantic […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Five Better Ways To Spend $133 Million
Comparing the arrival of Marta in Los Angeles with the coming of David Beckham two years ago is too difficult for Martin Rogers to resist, as “one of the world’s highest-profile players moves from a European league to Los Angeles in an attempt to ignite interest in American soccer.” The importance of her signing to […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
ESPN Planning Bid For EPL Rights
In the light of reports that Manchester City has offered AC Milan $133 million for Brazilian playmaker Kaka, Kaveh Solhekol offers the EPL team some alternative ways to spend such a huge amount. City manager Mark Hughes also “needs a goalkeeper, some defenders, a couple of midfield players and a target man,” he says, before […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Ahn the Bubble
ESPN is planning to bid for some of the rights to broadcast English Premier League games live, writes Simon Thiel. The league sent out invitations last month to tender for the rights for the three seasons from mid-2010 to 2013. He quoted one unidentified source as saying the broadcaster is considering bids for one or […]
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Quakes negotiating to keep veteran midfield
[MLS] South Korean 2002 World Cup star Ahn Jung Hwan may be itching to play in MLS but interest from the league has been tepid at best.
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Dynamo rebuilding in flux
[MLS] Apparently, goalkeeper Joe Cannon isn’t the only player feeling management’s salary pinch in San Jose.