[RANKINGS] Newark (N.J.) St. Benedict’s Prep, No. 1 in the NSCAA Boys High School Top 25 fall rankings, completed its second straight perfect season with a 3-0victory over Pennington in the NJISAA Prep “A” final. It was Gray Bees’ 54th straight victory and their 24th consecutive state title. Carmichael (Calif.) Jesuit, Louisville (Ky.) St. Xavier […]
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NSCAA Boys High School Top 25
[RANKINGS] Newark (N.J.) St. Benedict’s Prep, Brentwood (N.Y.), Carmichael (Calif.) Jesuit and Louisville (Ky.) St. Xavier remained 1-2-3-4 in the NSCAA BoysHigh School Top 25 fall rankings. For the complete Top 25 … Note: Records are as submitted by the NSCAA regional rankers and reflect the current2012 record through Nov. 4. RANK TEAM PREV. W-L-T […]
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NSCAA Boys High School Top 25
[RANKINGS] St. Benedict’s Prep of Newark, N.J., and Brentwood (N.Y.) High School remain 1-2 in the NSCAA Boys High School Top 25 fall rankings with 16-0-0records. Jesuit High School of Carmichael, Calif., and St. Xavier of Louisville, Ky., moved up one spot each to 4-5, while Chaminade College Prep (St. Louis, Mo.) climbed 14 spots […]
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NSCAA Boys High School Top 25
[RANKINGS] St. Benedict’s Prep, DeMatha Catholic and Brentwood High School remained 1-2-3 in the NSCAA Boys High School Top 25 fall rankings. Cicero (Ill.)Morton High School was the big climber in the top 10, jumping eight spots to No. 5. For the complete Top 25 … Note: Records are as submitted bythe NSCAA regional rankers […]
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Pros and Cons of Tournament Play & the U.S. Development Academy (Q&A with NSCAA's Ian Barker, Part 3)
Interview by Mike Woitalla Ian Barker became Director of Coaching of the 30,000-member National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) inFebruary 2012. A longtime ODP coach, he served as Minnesota Youth Soccer Association Director of Coaching (1997-2007) and spent more than two decades coaching college soccer. In Part 3 of ourinterview we asked Barker to […]
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U.S. coaching education must be unique (Q&A with NSCAA's Ian Barker, Part 2)
Interview by Mike Woitalla Ian Barker became Director of Coaching of the 30,000-member National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) inFebruary. A longtime ODP coach, he served as Minnesota Youth Soccer Association Director of Coaching (1997-2007) and spent more than two decades coaching college ball. In Part 2 of our interview we asked Barker about […]
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'Relate to the kids' (Q&A with NSCAA's Ian Barker, Part 1)
Interview by Mike Woitalla Ian Barker became Director of Coaching of the 30,000-member National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) in February. A longtime ODP coach, he served as Minnesota Youth Soccer Association Director of Coaching (1997-2007) and spent more than two decades coachingcollege ball. In Part 1 of our interview we spoke with Barker […]
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NSCAA Boys High School Top 25
[RANKINGS] St. Benedict’s Prep of Newark, N.J., remained No. 1 in the NSCAA Boys High School Top 25 fall rankings. Maryland’s DeMatha Catholic took over in theNo. 2 spot after Naperville (Ill.) Central fell for the first time, losing to Naperville North, 2-1 on Connor Sharples‘ overtime goal. For the complete Top 25… Note: Records […]
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NSCAA High School Boys Fall Top 25
[RANKINGS] Long-time prep power St. Benedict’s of Newark, N.J., is No. 1 in the NSCAA High School Boys Top 25 rankings. The Gray Bees won their first nine gamesby a margin of 47-1. Naperville Central of Illinois and Maryland’s DeMatha Catholic each climbed two spots to 2-3. For the complete Top 25 … RANK TEAMPREV. […]
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Keys to the Ref-Assignor Relationship
By Randy Vogt Assignors are the people who give referees and assistant referees their schedules every week so it’s imperative that an official maintains a positiverelationship with them. Some assignors are current or former soccer refs. Others have been involved with the game in some previous capacity such as player, coach or administrator. Some assignors,often […]