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By BENJAMIN GOSS, Assistant Professor Sports Management, Missouri State University Before a crowd of over 200 attendees, on last Thursday, the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University hosted a panel called Sport Business & Soccer. The panel helped SLU mark 50 years since the inception of its powerhouse men’s collegiate soccer program, [...]
From the Joplin Globe: McAuley, College Heights athletes to participate together By Richard Polen Students at McAuley Catholic and College Heights Christian schools will be allowed to participate together in certain sports beginning next fall. McAuley will open its football and girls soccer programs to student athletes from College Heights, said McAuley Athletic Director Chelsea [...]
St. Louis junior colleges to cut 7 of 22 sports programs in 2010-11 By Kathleen Nelson of the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Seven of the 22 intercollegiate athletic programs offered this year in the St. Louis Community College district will be cut beginning next fall. The programs to be eliminated: wrestling, women’s volleyball and men’s soccer [...]
St. Louis will host a site visit Monday by a key member of the national bid committee attempting to lure the World Cup soccer tournament to the United States in either 2018 or 2022. John Kristick, managing director of bid planning and operations for the USA Bid Committee, will evaluate St. Louis and the Edward [...]
Haven’t had much to report regarding Major League Soccer recently, primarily due to the lack of positive results in Kansas City. Mama taught me that if you don’t have something good to say, then shut up. Or something along those lines… Regarding the Wizards, this is a pretty strong message from a major supporter, Down [...]
Folks, this request comes to you from Ann Cook, the assistant coach at Penn State University and the finest soccer player Springfield has produced (she’s a Glendale graduate and former national champion with JB Marine) I reproduce it here in the hopes that some of you will be interested in assisting her and the organization [...]
The Missouri State Bears have announced that while all Fall sports that play in Plaster Stadium, including Men’s and Women’s Soccer, will remain at the Stadium the start times have been changed to address the loss of four lighting standards. The University had a light pole, located at the northwest corner, fall unexpectedly on July [...]
Greetings, I am pleased to announce an endowed scholarship has recently been established in honor of Dr. Frank “Doc” Dinka, who established the soccer program and became the first soccer coach at Missouri State University. Jan Stahle (former MSU coach), Dr. Bill O’Neill (former MSU Associate AD), and myself recently visited with Mrs. Sally Dinka [...]
From the KC Star comes this announcement – The United States Youth Soccer Association is planning to hold its national youth soccer championships in Kansas City’s biggest suburb from July 20-25 2010. An official announcement about the tourney is expected next month. The national championships are the culmination in a series of events known as [...]
From the BBC comes an article on Sentanta, who owns the broadcast rights for the English Premier League: Last-ditch effort to save Setanta Setanta executives are locked in an emergency board meeting to discuss a rescue package in attempt to stave off administration, the BBC has learned. The sports broadcaster could face administration “within days” [...]
If you are looking for somewhere to have dinner on Monday night (June 8th), I would like to suggest the Panera Bread Company on National. The Drury University Men’s Soccer team is hosting a fundraising event from 5:00pm – 8:00pm. All you have to do is tell your cashier that you are supporting Drury University [...]
The Missouri Youth Soccer Association is pleased to announce the following changes to the State Association. Effective June 1, 2009, Jacob Griesenauer will be joining us as the Executive Director. Jacob comes to us with extensive resume. Jacob holds a Master of Science, emphasis in Sports Management from Texas A & M University, 2008 as [...]
MAY 28, 2009 English Soccer’s Morning After – Years of Unrestrained Growth Brought Heaps of Glory — and Debt; ‘We Are in Serious Trouble’ As the Premier League vaulted to prominence with a frothy mix of TV money, rising ticket prices and a devoted — and increasingly international — fan base, it became a status [...]
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