Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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MLS Power Rankings: FC Dallas stays on top
The only two teams still unbeaten, FC Dallas and Sporting Kansas City, occupy the top two spots in Soccer America’s MLS Power Rankings after getting results on the road. FCD gave up alast-second goal but still came home from San Jose with a 1-1 tie and SKC turned in an impressive performance to prevail against […]
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USL Roundup: S2 teen Anderson ready for Haiti test
Like most of the tiny nations that dot the Caribbean, St. Vincent & the Grenadines has never qualified for a World Cup or an Olympic Games soccer tournament Yet when it takes the fieldagainst host Haiti in Port-au-Prince on Friday, it will do so knowing the winner advances to the final round of 2016 Concacaf […]
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D2 soccer loses its shine
[MY VIEW] Once the only pro game in town, second division soccer appears to be on its way out in the United States. And it’s too bad. D2 leagues propped up U.S.pro soccer in the lean years after the North American Soccer League folded in 1985 and before MLS launched in 1996. Without D2 soccer, […]
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Provisional Division II sanctioning granted
[NASL] U.S. Soccer’s board of directors gave the North American Soccer League was provisionally approval as the 2011 Division II men’s outdoorprofessional soccer league. The sanctioning requires approval by the National Council of the USSF. This approval is expected to be forthcoming at the USSF Annual General Meeting inFebruary, 2011 in Las Vegas. The NASL […]
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Islanders capture first title
[D-2 PRO LEAGUE] The Puerto Rico Islanders won their first title, claiming the USSF D-2 Pro League championship 3-1 on aggregate after a 1-1 tie with theCarolina RailHawks Saturday in the second leg of their two-game series. Sandy Gbandi, who scored Puerto Rico’s first goal in its 2-0 win inBayamon, put the Islanders ahead in […]
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Rhinos switch to new league
[USL PRO] The Rochester Rhinos, the 2010 USSF D-2 Pro League regular-season champions, are leaving the NASL for USL PRO, the United Soccer Leagues’ newprofessional division, where they will be joined by the Austin Aztex, who were second in the overall D-2 Pro League standings and will move to Orlando, where they will be known […]
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Islanders stake out two-goal advantage
[D-2 PRO LEAGUE] The Puerto Rico Islanders got goals from Sandy Gbandi and JonathanFana to defeat the Carolina RailHawks, 2-0, on Sunday night in the first leg of the D-2 Pro League final. Gbandi put the Islanders ahead in the 49th minute when he gainedpossession of a long throw-in from Marco Velez and fired the […]
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Pore named D-2 Pro League MVP
[AWARDS] The Portland Timbers’ Ryan Pore, who led the USSF D-2 Pro League in scoring with 15 goals, was named theleague’s MVP. Pore and Austin’s Eddie Johnson, who joined him on the Best XI, have signed with the Timbers for their 2011 MLS season. Another Best XI selection, young Brazilian Paulo Araujo Jr., has already […]
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Portland inks quartet for inaugural season
[MLS] The expansion Portland Timbers signed their first four players for the 2011 season, retaining Bright Dike, Steve Cronin and Ryan Pore from their D-2 Pro League team and picking up Englishman EddieJohnson from the Austin Aztez, their D-2 rival. Pore, Johnson and Dike combined for 41 goals in 2010, while Cronin, still only 27, […]