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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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 [...]
The KC Star points to some good news for the Wizards on their primary target for a new stadium in KC
A proposal to redevelop the Bannister Mall area with a project anchored by a Wizards soccer stadium was endorsed today following a compromise that won support from Mayor Mark Funkhouser.
The Kansas City Council’s Finance [...]
From the Joplin Globe on Sunday:
The general idea is to install turf at Bulldog Stadium and hold almost all of the district’s athletic activities on the new field. Those sports include football, soccer and track and field for both high school and junior high teams.
From the BBC
Fans’ community website MyFootballClub has agreed a deal to take over Blue Square Premier outfit Ebbsfleet United. The 20,000 MyFootballClub members have each paid £35 to provide a £700,000 takeover pot and they will all own an equal share in the club.
In a landmark for English football, members will vote on player [...]
The Bears face off against Missouri Valley Conference foe the Drake Bulldogs tomorrow (Saturday) evening at 7:00 pm.
The six-team field for the 2007 State Farm MVC Tournament is taking shape, with Bradley, Creighton, Drake, Eastern Illinois and Evansville already clinching spots. Missouri State can earn the final spot with a win in its [...]
