In just his 11th season at reigning national champion Florida State, head coach Mark Krikorian earned win No. 200 on Thursday night with a 6-0 victory at UNCGreensboro. Sign up (free eletter): College Soccer Reporter Follow on Twitter: @SoccerAmerica Friend on Facebook: Soccer America “It was a good, solid performance start to finish,” said […]
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NCAA forces 13 women's college stars out of FIFA 16
Electronic Arts’ introduction of women’s players in its FIFA 16 video game, set to be released Tuesday, hit a snag after the NCAA told the game maker the eligibility of 13 current or future collegeplayers in the game would be compromised if they included them in the game. “We do not agree with the position,” […]
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POTW: Laryea and Buehler honored with weekly awards
Akron sophomore Richie Laryea was named the NSCAA Men’s Division I Player of the Week after helping the Zips win a pair of 3-2 decisions over Top 25 teamsMaryland and Saint Louis. Chloe Buehler, UNC Greensboro’s sophomore goalkeeper, was the NSCAA Women’s Division I recipient. In the Zips’ 3-2 road win over Maryland, Laryearegistered two […]
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British players flock to U.S. college programs
More and more British players are flocking to U.S. colleges. An estimated 600 young men and women will cross the Atlantic and begin their college soccer careers on scholarships this fall. A big factoris the rise of companies who — for a fee — arrange soccer scholarships. “It seems in the past 12 years they’ve […]
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Van der Veen brings Dutch soccer culture to Utah
Dutch youth international Paola van der Veen, the first player Utah ever recruited from outside North America, has made an immediate impact on the 3-2-2 Utes.It took all of 28 minutes in the home opener against Houston to set up teammate Taylor Slattery for a goal after her shot ricocheted off the crossbar. She comesto […]
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Soccer America Women's Top 25
Virginia returned to the top spot in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 rankings after Stanford’s 2-0 loss to Penn State. The Cavaliers are followed by four other ACC teams, North Carolina, Notre Dame,Florida State and Virginia Tech. West Virginia climbed to No. 6. Washington returned to the Top 25 while USF and Washington State […]
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Loaded West Virginia hands another team first defeat
A year after beating Penn State, No. 10 West Virginia picked up another big win, a 2-0 victory at Ohio State. The Mountaineers dominated with a 23-5 edge in shots as Ohio State became the fifth teamto suffer its first loss at their hands. “I have to give West Virginia credit because we’ve been playing […]
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Women's Week 4: Three things we learned this weekend
Penn State used the lessons it learned from its first loss of the season a week earlier to great effect on its trip to the Bay Area, knocking off No. 1 Stanford for the first time and beating SantaClara. North Carolina has the makings of a new superstar in sophomore Jessie Scarpa. Rutgers — Carli […]
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Thursday Night: Aggies give Guerrieri 400th win
The 2015 SEC season opened with a big one: No. 5 Florida vs. No. 14 Texas A&M, which have been first or second in the conference each of the last three years. The Aggies jumped out to a 2-0 leadin Gainesville and held on to win 2-1 before 1,057 fans at Donald R. Dizney Stadium. […]
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'Little tips lead to more confidence' (Q&A with McGuire Cup-winning coach Tobias Bischof)
Interview by Olivia Ruiz In July, Massapequa Arsenal became the first New York team since 1959 to win the McGuire Cup, the U-19 boys nationalchampionship that launched in 1935. Massapequa Arsenal coach Tobias Bischof, who is also a Massapequa SC director and theassociate head coach of the Hofstra University women’s team, spoke with us about […]