The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is launching a study of up to 3,000 high school soccer players to examine whether headgear can reduce concussions in soccer. “The rate of concussion in girls high school soccer is 4th highest, behind only football, boys ice hockey and lacrosse, and high-school girls soccer […]
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A $3 million project promises to build 50 fields in New York City
MLS club New York City FC, along with the city of New York, adidas and the U.S. Soccer Foundation, will build 50 junior-sized soccer fields in New York City’s five boroughs over the next fiveyears in a $3 million partnership. The four partners will contribute $750,000 apiece and the $3 million will also cover maintenance […]
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Charleston Battery leaves Development Academy, cites high school ban
South Carolina’s only U.S. Soccer Development Academy club is leaving the program after nine years, because of its inability to “consistently provide practice and game fields and the recent defectionof players back to the high school or local academy ranks,” reports of The Post and Courier’s Andrew Miller. “We’re really hoping that we cancome back […]
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Families denied apartment leases after kids play soccer on grounds
Families in a Northeast Atlanta apartment building have had their lease renewals denied, reportedly because their children played soccer on the grounds. Management told the FranciscoIgnacio‘s family that his son’s soccer playing on common areas was the reason they couldn’t renew, Channel 2 Action News reported. “These kids are not allowed to playsoccer,” said Atlanta […]
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Report: ECNL planning to launch boys league
Charles Boehm reports that the ECNL, a national girls league since 2009 sanctioned by U.S. Club Soccer, is planning to launch a boys league. “Our membership hasbeen asking about a boys ECNL for a long time, and we’ve also heard from a lot of great boys clubs from outside of the girls ECNL,” ECNL president […]
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Turf war in San Francisco youth soccer
The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department has sent a letter sent to San Francisco Youth Soccer league supporters threatening to bring in an outside expert to mediate the conflict betweensoccer clubs if the league cannot “resolve its internal dispute quickly and fairly on its own.” According to Rec and Parks, the number of kids […]
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Synthetic turf safety study launched by federal government
The Obama administration has announced a multi-agency federal study to look into the safety of recycled tire material used on synthetic turf fields. “We know people are concerned about artificialturf fields, and players and their families want answers,” said EPA spokeswoman Laura Allen. “Limited studies have not shown an elevated health risk from playing onfields […]
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Embezzlement arrest: Former Fullerton Rangers treasurer accused of stealing $174,000
Laura Zellerbach, 41, a treasurer for the Fullerton Rangers Soccer League from 2012 to 2014, was arrested on suspicion of stealing more than $174,000 from the nonprofit. The LongBeach resident is accused of money laundering, forgery of records, grand theft, misappropriation of property, and embezzlement, Sgt. Kathryn Hamel said. The Orange CountyRegister’s Scott Reid and […]
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San Jose Earthquakes offer fields to Santa Clara youth league
The San Jose Earthquakes have pledged to open two fields at Avaya Stadium to young Santa Clara players displaced by Super Bowl 50, a gesture that could end nearly two weeks of bitter litigation andfinger-pointing between the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League, the NFL and the city of Santa Clara.
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Santa Clara youth league sues NFL as work begins on soccer fields
As workers for the NFL dug holes Monday in the meticulously groomed turf of a youth soccer complex next to Levi’s Stadium, the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League added the mighty NFL to a lawsuitfighting the league’s plan to use the fields for media broadcasts of Super Bowl 50. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge […]