Noonan and Florez Recognized For High School Refeering

The Southwest Missouri Boys Soccer Official of the Year Voting produced a tie, so we will have Southwest Missouri Boys Soccer Co-Officials of the Year. Bob Florez and Tim Noonan will share the honor for the Fall 2010 Season. Congratulations to Bob and Tim. Thanks again for your participation and feel free to share this [...]

U17 MNT Qualify For World Cup In June

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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (Feb. 22, 2011) – A goal in the 112th minute by Marc Pelosi proved decisive as the United States collected a hard-fought 3-2 win against El Salvador in the quarterfinals of the 2011 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship. There were 3 goals scored in the extra time period, so the highlight video is worth [...]

ESPN3.com Streaming Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic

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Defending MLS Western Conference Champion FC Dallas, the Houston Dynamo and Toronto FC as well as USL PRO upstart, Orlando City are set to play in the second annual Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic Feb. 24 and 26, at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World. On Thursday, FC Dallas will [...]

Total Demize Prodigy Finish Season at Super F Futsal Tourney

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Congratulations to the Total Prodigy High School Girls teams who went 2-1 and finished second in their 4 team group at the Super F Champions Cup Futsal Tournament in Kansas City last weekend. The girls scored 11 goals and gave up 8 while beating a Massachusetts U16 Girls team as well as a KC Futura [...]

Jack Jewsbury Inducted Into SLU Billikens Hall of Fame

Jack Jewsbury, SLU Billiken Hall Of Fame 2011

Congratulations to Jackie, Kickapoo Class of 1999 and SLU Billikens Class of 2003. From the Sporting KC blog comes the details Sporting Kansas City midfielder Jack Jewsbury was inducted into the Saint Louis University Billikens Hall of Fame on Friday night at the Busch Student Center on SLU’s campus. One of 11 new members, Jewsbury [...]

U17 MNT Live On ESPN3 Tuesday – A Win Sends Them To World Cup

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The U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team is set for the quarterfinal match of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship against El Salvador that will send one team to the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico. The U.S. has its record as the only team to qualify for every FIFA U-17 World Cup on the line against El [...]

Lance Parker Signs With FC Edmonton in NASL

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Former Missouri State Bear goalkeeper Lance Parker is trading in his flip flops and shorts for the cooler environs of Edmonton, Canada. Parker has signed with FC Edmonton, one of eight teams in the North American Soccer League (NASL) that has been provisionally-add Parker moves to Edmonton from NASL team Miami FC, soon to be [...]

Alex Riggs Signed By Columbus Crew

Missouri State, Alex Riggs (2011)

Congratulations to Missouri State University goalkeeping standout Alex Riggs on turning professional. Following a tryout in Arizona with the team, Alex has signed a contract with the Columbus Crew of the MLS. The conversation leading up to the signing, according to the Crew Extra Blog went along these lines: The Crew continues to mull its [...]

Southwest Missouri Soccer Officials Recognition Program

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High School Soccer Coaches in Southwest Missouri have initiated a recognition program for Referees that will culminate in the naming of the Soccer Referee of the Year at the end of the month. Here is background on the program, initiated by Nick Schmitt, West Plains Zizzers: Officials are an integral part of high school soccer. [...]

Joe Curti and Jackson Patillo Will Play College Soccer In The United Kingdom

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Joe Curti (Carthage) and Jackson Patillo (Willard) have committed to attend Richmond, The American International University of London. at the Leeds England campus and will play Soccer for The International Academic and Soccer Academy (IASA). Joe and Jackson are teammates on Springfield SC as well as the Missouri State ODP program. The opportunity to move [...]

Sporting KC Pre-Academy Camp – March 14-16

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The Sporting Kansas City Juniors will host a Pre-Academy Camp March 14-16. This camp is open to all boys 9-16 years old who are currently a part of or interested in becoming part of the Sporting Juniors program in the future. All players will be evaluated by the Sporting Juniors coaching staff and possibly invited [...]

Southwest Baptist Bearcats Sign Braun, Cantrell, White, Gelsheimer and Copeland

Jayme Braun, Ozark Tigers (2011)

Bolivar, Mo. – SBU Head Women’s Soccer Coach has announced the signing of nine players to National Letters of Intent. “We are very excited about the addition of these young ladies and what they bring to our program. We felt we were close to being one of the top teams in our conference, but we [...]

Kurt Waterman A USYSA Goal of the Year Candidate – Vote!

Kurt Waterman, Glendale Falcons (2011)

This is worth the watch, what a set of goals scored by everyone from a U11 game up to U19. Sweet stuff! Be sure and vote!

Champions League Knockout Stage Returns

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Considered by many the best soccer available, the European Champions League tournament returns today with the Round of 16 1st leg. There are two games, both available on Fox Soccer Channel. 1:45 pm – AC Milan hosts Tottenham Hotspur 5:00 pm – Valencia hosts Schalke (delayed) Tomorrow’s games include 1:45 pm – Arsenal hosts Barcelona [...]

Chelsea vs Fulham (Clint Dempsey) Monday at 2pm on ESPN2

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It’s the Champions versus Fulham, a West London derby that should be interesting as Phil Mison, the Fulham correspondent for ESPN notes Belief Will Beat The Blues Why? At home Fulham’s defence is back to its miserly best. Roy’s fortress has been well and truly restored. The side are going for their 6th straight home [...]