Category: College Soccer Reporter

Howard men’s soccer coach Joseph Okoh was arrested on a felony charge last Friday after police said he went online to solicit a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sexual purposes.

[MEN’S RECRUITING] In one of the first major signing announcements of the 2008 men’s recruiting season, Maryland signed Michigan prep star Casey Townsend, who has graduated a semester early and will join the Terrapins in the spring semester.

[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] Soccer America provides the latest on employment opportunities for soccer-related positions: college coaching opportunities, positions in the pros, youth soccer, the soccer industry, even television.

Concord University is adding men’s soccer and women’s golf, starting next fall. CU women’s soccer coach Steve Barrett will take the reigns of the fledgling men’s program.

Connecticut’s O’Brian White became only the second who had not previously resided in the United States before entering college to win the Men’s Hermann Trophy.

Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi won the 2007 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, edging UCLA’s Lauren Cheney and Texas A&M’s Ashlee Pistorius.<

Five first-team members of the 2007 Soccer America MVPs head the players called into the first-ever U.S. under-23 women’s camp being held this week at the Home Depot Center.

Tom Carlin (Villanona), Gareth Elliott (Siena) and Ralph Polson (Wofford) landed NCAA Division I men’s head coaching positions. On the women’s side, Hershey Strosberg (Virginia assistant) was named Clemson’s new head coach, and Ball State head coach Michelle Salmon filled the Cincinnati vacancy. For all the coaching moves …

Almost 10 years after the lawsuit was initiated, University of North Carolina women’s head coach Anson Dorrance settled a sexual harassment suit filed by former Tar Heel Melissa Jennings.

Long Island University, Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach and Assistant Equipment Manager. Position: 12 month – Full-time position. Responsibilities include assisting the Head Coach in all aspects of an NCAA Division I soccer program. Including, but not limited to, coaching, recruiting, scheduling, travel management and academic monitoring and development of student-athletes. Additionally responsibilities will include assisting […]

Meghan Kelly, a junior on Florida Southern women’s team, was killed and twin sister Melissa Kelly, also a member of the Moccasins’ team, seriously injured Monday when the car Meghan was driving was hit by a semi truck that ran a red light on U.S. 27, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Red-shirt juniors Doug Rappaport and Chris Brown, both standouts on the Massachusetts team that was the surprise of the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament, must decide whether to return in 2008 or pursue their post-graduate careers … It is rare that a women’s program is dropped, so members of the Western Nevada women’s JC program thought athletic director John Kinkella was joking when he called the players together in November to tell them the school was dropping the program … At 71, NJCAA Hall of Famer George Vizvary is still going strong at Ulster County Community College

West Virginia midfielder Andy Wright has signed with the Scunthorpe United of the English League Championship (second-level).

Texas assistant Nicole Nelson has crossed the Red River to become the new head soccer coach at Oklahoma.

More than two dozen NCAA Division I men’s and women’s head coaches have left their positions since the end of the 2007 season. For all the coaching moves …

NSCAA/adidas National Players of the Year for the 2007 small-college season include four-time All-American Kai Kasiguran of Messiah and Haitian international Ricardo Pierre-Louis. All the winners will be recognized at the NSCAA/adidas All-America Luncheon, to be held Jan. 19 in Baltimore.

National champions Shaneka Gordon and Emily Dixon were among the NSCAA/adidas National Players of the Year for the 2007 junior-college season. All the winners will be recognized during the NSCAA Convention in Baltimore.

[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] Soccer America provides the latest on employment opportunities for soccer-related positions: college coaching oportunities, positions in the pros, youth soccer, the soccer industry, even television.

Major League Soccer / Soccer United Marketing Job Title Coordinator of New Media Public Relations Summary The Coordinator, New Media Public Relations increases the profile and improves the reputation of Major League Soccer and Soccer United Marketing through proactive public relations focused on emerging media.  The ideal candidate is someone with an understanding of the […]

Long Island University, Graduate Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach Position: 9 month – part-time position. Responsiblities include assisting the development and coordination of a Division I program. Primary responsibilities include goalkeeper training, development and management of a year round strength training and conditioning program, game day videotaping and editing, recruitment and development of student-athletes Salary: Graduate […]

[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] In the long and storied history of Connecticut soccer, there has never been a striker like O’Brian White. Born in Jamaica and now residing in Scarborough, Ont., White was named Soccer America’s 2007 Men’s Player of the Year after a record-setting season.

[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] Joseph Lapira, the 2006 Soccer America Men’s Player of the Year, is lone holdover from the 2006 MVPs to be selected to the 2007 first team.

[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] There was nothing in any coaching manual that could have prepared Bradley men’s coach Jim DeRose for the 2007 season.

[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] Wake Forest’s Corben Bone lived up to his billing as the top-ranked recruit in the 2007 freshman class by earning 2007 Soccer America Freshman of the Year honors.

[SOCCER AMERICA AWARDS] Soccer America Freshman of the Year Corben Bone was joined by Wake Forest teammate Ike Opara on the 2007 Soccer America All-Freshman first team. For all the All-Freshman selections …