March 10, 2010 SUPER Y TRYOUTS In Ocean City Saturday & Sunday
OCEAN CITY, NJ---Ocean City FC will continue their Super Y-League tryouts this weekend on Saturday March 13 and Sunday March 14. Then, the final round of tryouts will be held during the last weekend of the month on Saturday March 27 and Sunday March 28.
March 10, 2010 MORE SNOW TRYOUTS Pocono club heads outdoors March 21
The Pocono Snow of the National Premier Soccer league will be holding tryouts on Sunday, March 21st at East Stroudsburg Universit . The tryouts will be held at 12 noon at the Mary Street fields located behind (East Stroudsburg University’s) Kemp library, just off of Normal Street.
March 10, 2010 NEW ASSISTANT Bucknell hires Patrick Long
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Patrick Long, a former team captain and all-region selection at Lock Haven, has been named an assistant coach with the Bucknell men’s soccer program. Long, who most recently had been an assistant coach at East Stroudsburg, joins a Bison program coming off a Patriot League championship season.
March 9, 2010 SOL SURVIVOR LeBlanc eager to begin new season with Independence
You would think that a native Canadian who played college soccer at the University of Nebraska would not mind cold weather, but that is Karina LeBlanc’s one complaint about Philadelphia.
March 8, 2010 TO THE RAFTERS Pappas jersey will be retired by KiXX
The Philadelphia KiXX will retire the #22 jersey of former goalkeeper Peter Pappas, who stared for the team during its first 13 years of play. The ceremony will take place when the KiXX host the Baltimore Blast in its season finale on Sunday, March 21st, while a Pappas replica t-shirt will be given to the first 2,000 fans to walk through the gates at The Liacouras Center that day, courtesy of NBC-10 Philadelphia.
March 8, 2010 FROM TOBACCO ROAD Duke, UNC players commit to Reading United
READING, Pa. – Reading United has dipped into the heart of Tobacco Road for it first two player announcements of 2010, gaining commitments from Duke’s Andrew Wegner and North Carolina’s Billy Schuler.
March 8, 2010 LOANER Union get Torres from America de Cali
Chester, Pa. - Philadelphia Union announced the signing of Colombian midfielder Roger Torres on loan from América de Cali of the Columbian First Division. Torres has been with the club in training camp and will be officially added to the roster pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate .
March 8, 2010 CALLED AGAIN National Team selects three from Independence
CHICAGO ---Fresh off their championship at the Algarve Cup in Portugal, three players from the Philadelphia Independence, Amy Rodriguez, Heather Mitts and Lori Lindsey were called into the U.S. Women’s National Team camp in preparation for a pair of friendless against Mexico taking place on March 28 at Torero Stadium on the campus of the University of San Diego and March 31 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.
March 7, 2010 STAYIN’ ALIVE KiXX stay in playoff hunt with win over La Raza
PHILADELPHIA—Newcomer Semir Mesanovic had a hat trick and one assist, including the game-winning goal at 2:48 of the fourth quarter, to lead the Philadelphia KiXX past Monterrey La Raza 20-13 Sunday before 4,668 at the Liacouras Center.
March 7, 2010 BIG GUNS COMING IN National Teamers join Independence training on Monday
After holding optional workouts for the past week, Philadelphia Independence coach Paul Riley gets most of his full team together for the first time on Monday as National Team members Heather Mitts, Amy Rodriguez, Lori Lindsey (USA), Karina Leblanc (Canada), Caroline Seger (Weden) and Lianne Sanderson (England) report to camp following the Algavre and Cyprus Cups.
March 6, 2010 GOING ORANGE PA. player of the year to Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pennsylvania high school soccer star Brett Jankouskas has signed a National Letter-of-Intent to play for Syracuse University next season.
March 5, 2010 MORE OF THE SAME Slow start dooms KiXX against Blast–again
BALTIMORE—For the second time in as many games, the Philadelphia KiXX (5-9) let the Baltimore Blast run away from them in the first quarter and were never able to catch up, falling 12-8 Friday in front of 5,324 at 1st Mariner Arena.
March 5, 2010 MEDIATOR CALLED IN For Talks between MLS, players union
NEW YORK -- A mediator has been called in to help with the stalled Collective Bargaining Agreement talks next week between Major League Soccer and the MLS players union, the league said Friday.
