Our archive of 2020 Q&As includes interviews with men and women who play a variety of roles at several levels of the game. Oscar ParejaOn his Orlando start, MLS vs. Liga MX, and U.S.youth soccer Gregg BerhalterOn Pulisic, Adams, and impendingtransfers Melizabeth SantosMask-maker to frontline workers,combines passion for sewing and soccer Lance ReichOn the progress […]
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What They're Saying: Shane Lyons
“We have to look at what was right for the student-athlete for this situation. The eligibility piece, without question in my mind, this is a win for them. As administrators, as coaches, we’re going tohave to deal with a potential backlog on the back end, but I’m very confident that we’ve done it in other […]
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What They're Saying: Catarina Macario
“Even here sometimes it just felt like I was doing the same things, like a robot, and I wouldn’t have time to do much other than play soccer and study. I’m glad I’ve had this time to connect withpeople and check in with friends and family. Almost just have a time to sit down and […]
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Tuesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. COVID-19 cases at UNC are ‘cluster@#$%,’ student newspaper says in scathing editorial By Hayley Fowler (Raleigh News & Observer) 2. RB Leipzig ultras: German soccer’s great contradictionBy Rory Smith (New York Times) 3. Billy Gazonas helped put U.S. on soccer map anddidn’t go by the book By Kevin Baxter (Los Angeles Times)
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Soccer America's 2020 Interviews: Insight from various levels
Last week’s interviews offer insight into the unique challenges COVID has forced on the youth, college and pro levels. Our archive of 2020 Q&As includes interviews with men and women who play avariety of roles at several levels of the game. Sasho CirovskiHopes for spring college soccer, players’ key questions, and activism in sports Adrian […]
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NCAA's Board of Governors will meet on Aug. 21 to consider moving postponed fall championships to the spring
It’s all but a formality that the NCAA won’t hold fall championships. All but six Division I conferences have shut down fall sports. The others are football conferences, mostly in theSouth. Postponed fall sports: Conferences: 23 of 32. Conferences with women’s soccer: 25 of 31.Conferences with men’s soccer: 20 of 24. Conferences with football: 13 of […]
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What They're Saying: Dr. Carlos del Rio
“We have hit the iceberg, and we’re trying to make decisions of what time should we have the band play. We need to focus on what’s important. What’s important right now is that we need tocontrol this virus. And not having fall sports this year and controlling this virus, to me, would be the No. […]
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Saturday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. U.S. Open Cup canceled as a result of pandemic By Brian Straus (SI.com)2. Gamecocks fall sports coaches left in limbo after NCAA cancels fall championships By David Cloninger (Charleston Post & Courier) 3. Mass. teen who played hockey out of state contractsCOVID-19 By Bob Hohler (Boston Globe)
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NCAA: No fall soccer championships
NCAA President Mark Emmert confirmed on Thursday that the NCAA will not offer fall sports championships at any level (besides a possible FBS championship in college football). “We cannot, at this point, have fall NCAA championships.” NCAA President Mark Emmert discusses the latest developments in fall sports and looksahead to winter and spring championships. Hear […]
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College: More than half of NCAA DI conferences have postponed fall sports
The Big East and Big South are the latest conferences that have postponed fall sports. The Big East stated that it “will assess alternative options to stage fall sports contests duringthe spring of 2021.” The Big East’s “intention is to shift these fall seasons to the spring as we would like nothing more than to […]