This week The New York Times has run a three-part series called “The Scholarship Divide.” The series examines the chase for athletic scholarships from the perspective of athletes and coaches. The focus is on non-revenue producing sports like soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, and baseball. The series supports the comments recently made by Dan Donigan at [...]
The same week the girls begin regular season play, Drury University is offering an ACT Preparation Workshop. From the website:
We would like to invite guidance counselors to register your students to attend Drury University’s ACT preparation workshop. The purpose of this workshop is to provide high school students with specific test-taking strategies [...]
From the Ozark Tiger Soccer website
UPDATE - TONIGHT’S EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL THURSDAY MARCH 6TH!
Please join the Lady Tigers Monday, March 3rd from 5:00 - 8:00 pm at Rosie Jo’s Cafe in Ozark for a great home cooked meal! 10% of sales and all tips during that time period have generously been pledged to support [...]
Courtesy of Kelly Ross, Executive Director of Lake Country Soccer and newly appointed Southern District Commissioner. Thanks!
Missouri Youth Soccer held its 2008 annual general meeting and coaches workshop this past weekend in Independence, MO.
Coaching seminars were well run with the usual focus on small sided play and organization for the offense, midfield and [...]
Plenty of news to get caught up on from both sides of the state but I’m going North East first, to Quincy where the following update came out last week. From the Quincy Soccer Classic website:
An agreement was recently reached for the Quincy Soccer Classic and St. Louis Soccer United to partner for the [...]
The Hilltoppers ended a 26 year old program on Friday due to budget cuts. Men’s soccer is the only sport of the 20 on campus that did not compete in the Sun Belt Conference and was eliminated in order to ensure the other programs were as competitive as possible in the face of funding [...]
I recently spent some time with Ron Prenger and Dr Russell Bond at Cox Health being introduced to a new community program they have launched to help prevent ACL injuries in female soccer players. The Glendale Soccer website first pointed to the issue last September when webmaster Bob Jordan linked to a story in [...]
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Tagged , ACL, Athletic Advantage, Dr Russell Bond, Glendale Falcons, JB Marine, Lindsay Paulsell, Mike Gunnels, PEP Program, Ron Prenger
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Just got word that the Springfield SC has partnered with a pair of organizations in town to hold a fund raiser. They are going to play a 24 hour Marathon match. The game begins this Friday the 11th at 4pm and will finish on Saturday at 4pm. Anyone in the Springfield soccer [...]
Good news from Western Missouri - the Division I UMKC Kangaroo’s are adding Women’s soccer, beginning with the Fall 2009 season.
Position Description: The University of Missouri Kansas City, a member of The Summit League and the NCAA, is accepting applications for the Division I Head Coach position for its Women’s Soccer program.
Requirements: [...]
From Yahoo Search
Always lacking in sports searches is soccer. Sure, we saw spikes for UEFA, Euro 2008, and Copa America, but nothing that indicated feverish interest from American shores. Well, that changed this summer when ultra-famous footballer David Beckham came to America. Becks’ on-field accomplishments weren’t so hot, but he did manage to warm a [...]
