The NSCAA has announced the Regional Coaches of the Year for fall girls high school programs competing during the 2015 calendar year. 2015 NSCAA Regional Coachesof the Year High School Girls (Large School) Central: Jeff Hart — Penn School (Ind.) East: Tara Madigan — Northern Highlands (N.J.) New England: ScottTaggart — Algonquin Regional (Mass.) Northwest: […]
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NSCAA 2015 Girls Fall High School All-America Team
The 43 girls named to the NSCAA’s 2015 High School All-America Team will be recognized at the All-America luncheon during the 2016 NSCAA Convention in Baltimore on Jan. 16. NSCAA 2015 Girls Fall High School All-AmericaGOALKEEPERS Toni Bizzarro Sr. Mason Mason, Ohio Lauren Gallagher* Sr. Pearl River PearlRiver, N.Y. Brooke Heinsohn Sr. The Rivers School […]
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Rankings: Top 25 Fall High School Girls
New Jersey’s Northern Highlands leads the USA TODAY/NSCAA Super 25 girls Fall High School Rankings. USA TODAY/NSCAA Super 25 Fall Girls High SchoolRankings Rank School W-L-T 1 Northern Highlands (Allendale, N.J.) 14-0-0 2 McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Md.) 9-0-0 2 Somers (Somers, N.Y.) 13-0-0 4 Bow (Bow, N.H.) 14-0-0 4 Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) […]
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NSCAA High School Girls All-Americans (winter-spring)
Jamie Kutey of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Kansas earned NSCAA All-America honors for the third straight year. Two-time honorees on the winter-spring team were Treva Aycock,Parker Roberts, Jenna Szczesny and Mackenzie Manuel. NSCAA High School Girls All-Americans (winter-spring) TrevaAycock* Jr. F Harrison High School — Marietta, Ga. Dorian Bailey* Sr. F St. Teresa’s Academy — […]
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Hazing horrors — and how to prevent them
By Mike Woitalla Last year, the University of New Mexico women’s team made nationalnews for hazing that resulted in two players hospitalized. This year, among reports of hazing in high school soccer, an expert on hazing said it “is becoming more violent andsexualized.” A brutal Southern California high school incident resulted in felony assault charges […]
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High School vs. Club: Can this storm be sent out to sea?
By Greg Winkler Whether it is a major blizzard moving through the Midwest and East Coast, a tornado ripping through the plains, or a tropical storm forming on the way to the Gulf coast, weknow how devastating a major storm can be to our communities. We may or not be aware that there is a […]
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College Recruiting: ECNL Class of 2015
Almost 89 percent of all seniors playing in the Elite Clubs National League have plans to play women’s soccer in college. For all the college-bound members of the ECNL Class of 2015, including theseven players who represented the USA in 2013 U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying and the one player who represented the USA in […]
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NSCAA Coach of the Year winners
Longtime UMBC coach Pete Caringi, who led the Retrievers to their first Men’s College Cup, and Mark Krikorian, whocoached Florida State to its first women’s national championship, are among the 2014 NSCAA Coach of the Year winners. For all the coach, high school and youth recipients. Men’s/Boys’ Coaches of the Year NCAA Division I: Pete […]
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NSCAA High School All-American teams
For the first time in NSCAA history, players hailing from the same school were named High School Players of the Year. Earning 2014 Fall High School Player of the Year honors were senior midfielderConnor Smith and junior forward Bridgette Andrzejewski of Maryland’s McDonogh School. For all the NSCAA FallAll-Americans. *Previous selections. 2014 NSCAA Fall Boys […]
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High school vs. club debate rages in New Jersey
High school vs. club has long been an issue on the boys side, culminating with the decision of the Development Academy to require that players skip high school soccer, but the conflicts are also anissue on the girls side. Saturday’s group finals in New Jersey — the state championship matches — conflicted with the popular […]