Yardbarker: College Soccer

Tar Heels Complete Holy Trinity

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:53:22 -0500

It's only 17 days until Christmas, and the Pope is not at all happy with with UNC. The Tar Heel's victory in the Women's Soccer College Cup 2-1 yesterday completed the Carolina Trifecta over the Pontiff's boys and girls from Notre Dame. Before the Lady Heels notched their 19th National Championship, the football ...

UNC Women's Soccer team to Sweet Sixteen

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:38:21 -0500

In the first round of the NCAA Tournament for Women's Soccer North Carolina (20-1-2) showed why they are a number one seed, and why their head coach is one of the best and also finest people in the game.

UNC Women's Soccer #1 seed and hosting first two rounds

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:57:50 -0500

After a great season by the Lady Heels in Women's Soccer, they are now one of the four #1 seed in this year's tournament. In all there will be 64 squads going for the title of national champions, which is at its 27th edition, and North Carolina is the only team that has been to each and every one of them.

Yael Averbuch a finalist in the Lowe's Senior Award

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:30:32 -0500

Yael Averbuch, a senior midfielder, who has been a captain for Anson Dorrance's squad both last year and this one, is in the running for the Lowe's Senor Class Award. You can vote for her right here, or by texting WS1 to 839863.

Hot Tips On How Any Soccer Goalkeeper Can Better Read The Game

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:38:13 -0500

Easy goals slipping between your hands? Soccer goalkeeping trainer for Roberts Wesleyan College, Peter Mastrogiovanni, drills down into how the soccer goalkeeper can maximize their potential, reduce the amount of goals against them, by reading the game more effectively.

5 Super Circuit Routines for Soccer Goalkeeping Strength

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:34:05 -0500

Goalkeeping expert Dr Craig Duncan shows how college soccer goalkeepers can maximize their strength with 5 simple circuit training routines...and you don;t need any weights!

UNC Men's Soccer team beats Va Tech 3-2

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:01:15 -0500

In a up and down game 10th ranked North Carolina (11-2-1, 3-2 in the ACC) is able to get past Virginia Tech (5-8-1, 0-6 in the ACC) by the score of 3-2. It wasn't easy for the Heels, who had a wide lead, but let it slip away in the early part of the second half.

UNC Men's Soccer beats Duke and is in Top 10

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:30:39 -0500

After a great game, where the North Carolina (9-2-1) Men's Soccer team beat arch rival Duke 2-0, it moves up from the 16th to the 10th spot of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) rankings.

Insider View On How Girl Goalkeepers Train

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:08:14 -0500

Ever wonder how your male goalkeepers stack up to women goalkeepers in their training and development? This interview with goalkeeper trainer and assistant coach, Catherine Gordon of Farleigh Dickinson University gives you the insider smarts on how girl goalkeepers are trained, and what are the best goalkeeping drills used by the top flight college goalkeeper trainers.

UNC Women's soccer still second in the polls, beat BC 3-2

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:06:28 -0500

North Carolina (11-1-1) Women's Soccer team is still second in the national ranking from the NSCAA. Notre Dame is still the number one team in the country, while Portland is still third.

UNC Men's Soccer team slides in polls

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:28:05 -0500

In this week's national rankings at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, the Heels once again fall a bit, after suffering a lost last week to ACC foe Virginia.

Casey Nogueira receives more accolades

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:21:36 -0500

More accolades arrive for junior striker Casey Nogueira, who was selected earlier as co-Progress Energy Performers Of The Week, along side Bruce Carter of the football team.

UNC Women's Soccer beats Duke in a Top 10 match up

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:58:11 -0500

Yesterday I had the possibility, thanks to Fox Soccer Channel, to watch the third ranked North Carolina (10-1-1, 3-0-0 in the ACC) Women's soccer play against conference rival ninth ranked Duke (9-2-1, 1-1-1 in the ACC).

UNC Women's Soccer team 2nd in NSCAA Poll

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:53:33 -0500

After two great games, where North Carolina (9-1-1) Women's Soccer team outscored their opponents by 10-2, and had two of its players have hat tricks, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) rewarded them by moving the Heels up a spot from last week in the National Rankings.

UNC Men's Soccer team moves up in the NSCAA rankings

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:06:11 -0500

North Carolina (7-1-1) Men's Soccer team moved up a bit in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Rankings, going from 15th to 12th.

Heath named TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Week

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:18:59 -0500

Thanks to two outstanding games last week, against Clemson and Maryland, junior middi Tobin Heath was named TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Week.

UNC Women's Soccer team wins 5-0

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:09:02 -0500

In the ACC home opener, the third ranked North Carolina (9-1-1, 2-0 in the ACC) Women's Soccer team scored five goals for the second game in a row. UNC beat Maryland (4-5-1, 0-2 in the ACC) 5-0, behind a hat trick by one of the many talented freshmen on Anson Dorrance's squad.

SU Men's Soccer team beat Marquette and lose to Notre Dame

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:33:56 -0500

I am a bit late in updating the Syracuse Men's Soccer team, mainly because of some family things, so I am going to deal with the last two games for this team.

UNC Women's Soccer moves up in the rankings once again

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:39:01 -0500

After slipping a bit last week the North Carolina (5-1-1) Women's Soccer team is once again on an upswing. In the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for this week the Lady Heels are third in the national rankings.

UNC Men's Soccer team moving up the NSCAA rankings

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:26:15 -0500

This year the North Carolina Men's Soccer team started out of the Top 25 of the rankings. Now, just a few weeks into the season, with a 4-0-1 record, the Heels have moved well into the rankings.

SU Men's Soccer ties Monmouth

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:18:27 -0500

Another game for Syracuse (3-0-2) Men's Soccer team and another game in their unbeaten streak against non-conference foes.

UNC Men's Soccer ranked in Top 25

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:41:56 -0500

As I wrote a couple of days ago, the North Carolina Men's Soccer team is setting itself up for a comeback season after a below .500 record and not making the post season in `07. Today, as I looked around the Internet regarding the college soccer world I saw from both the ACC media and the nationwide one, that it seems I'm not the only one that believes in the Heels turnaround for 2008.

U.S. Development Academy - Wednesday & Thursday results

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:18:05 -0500

Results from Wednesday and Thursday at the U.S. Development Academy. The finals for the u17/u18 are to be held today - Friday, 18th and the u15/u16 finals on Saturday, 19th July. Wednesday, July 16 Results U-17/18 Chicago Fire 2-0 FC Westchester U-17/18 Baltimore Bays 2-1 Colorado Rush U-17/18 CASL 2-5 LAFC U-17/18 Columbus Crew 2-1 Concorde Fire Thursday, July 17 Results U-15/16 Albertson 0-0 Schulz Academy U-15/16 LAFC 2-2 Carmel United U-15/16 Chicago Magic 1-1 PDA U-15/16 CASL 1-2 Real Colorado Friday, July 18 Fixtures U-17/18 FC Westchester vs CASL U-17/18 Chicago Fire vs Concorde Fire U-17/18 Colorado Rush vs Columbus Crew U-17/18 Baltimore Bays vs LAFC Saturday, July 19 fixtures U-15/16 Albertson vs CASL U-15/16 LAFC vs Chicago Magic U-15/16 Schulz Academy vs Real Colorado U-15/16 Carmel United vs PDA

Mia Hamm coming back to the Soccer Hall of Fame

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:43:57 -0500

Being a Tar Heel, loving the game of soccer and living in upstate New York gives me reason to be really happy this year. Why is that you ask? Because once again Mia Hamm is coming back to my part of the country.

Beaver soccer players to take on Italian U-21 team

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:06:54 -0500

If the Beaver football team played the New England Patriots, Beaver tickets would sell out immediately. On June 17, Eugene Metro FC Select, a men's team of former club players from this area, will be taking on Juventus, the most successful soccer club in Italy. It's a correct simile. There will be three Oregon State players in the game ? Tracy Hasson, Daniel Leach and Robbie Christner. They are excited to lace up against the best. "Primavera is one of the top 5 clubs in the...

Top 12 Assistant Coaches in College Soccer

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:12:33 -0500

After the 2007 season, collegesoccernews.com recognized the 12 best assistant coaches in college soccer. After covering San Diego State soccer in 2006, I'm happy to see Matt Hall get credit for all the work he's done over there. He coached goalie Tally Hall in 2006, who made it to the European leagues the next year.

Is This Love That I'm Feeling

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:18:40 -0500

Howard University Men's Soccer Coach Joseph Okoh thought he made a love connection over the interwebs after previous attempts on J-Date (Juvenile not Jewish) didn't work out. Too bad it turned out to be a cop instead of a 13-year old girl.

To Catch a Soccer Coach

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:37:23 -0500

AP: Howard University head soccer coach arrested "The head coach of Howard University's men's soccer team was arrested after police said he used the Internet to solicit a person he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sexual purposes."

UConn's White Wins MAC Hermann Trophy

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:28:25 -0500

A little while back, I wrote a post about how UConn soccer stud O'Brian White was a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy as the top collegiate soccer player in the land. For those who don't know, the Hermann Trophy is the equivalent of the Heisman Trophy in soccer.

8 Easy Steps to Vick's Long Sentence

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:14:23 -0500

Here's what not to do if you don't enjoy federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.