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The season opening match for the Glendale Falcons will be against the Kickapoo Chiefs on Wednesday March 31st. The game will be a cancer awareness event to support Kickapoo basketball coach Stephanie Phillips. As you are probably aware, Coach Phillips is fighting cancer. The soccer community’s support for Coach Phillips was mentioned last week in [...]
As I approach my 5th anniversary running this website, with the Catholic vs Kickapoo game coming up this Friday, I’ve had a chance to reflect and look at some of the things I’ve learned about the game. One that I’m fond of repeating to anyone who will listen is “if you want to play soccer [...]
ALAJUELA, Costa Rica (March 10, 2010) – The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team opened the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championships with a 9-0 victory against Haiti as forward Lindsey Horan led the team with four goals and two assists. While the USA scored several artistic goals, the most amazing moment from the game came after the [...]
Well, this is pretty cool. I sent out a couple of tweets from Coach Jon Leamy when he attended an indoor adult men’s tournament in St Louis recently that included a team made up of Missouri State Bear’s men’s soccer alumni. Well, check out the latest note from Coach Leamy: It is with both a [...]
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. I had the good fortune to attend the Missouri State Sports Hall of Fame banquet on Saturday afternoon, where Dr Frank Dinka was installed for his work in bringing the beautiful game to Southwest Missouri State and more importantly, to Springfield and it’s [...]
Earlier today, the 24 hour Marathon soccer match opened at the Springfield SC facilities. The 4pm opener was made up of SSC players along with Champion Athletes of the Ozarks, a local nonprofit that will be the beneficiary of the fundraising efforts by SSC. Here are more details from the Club: On Friday January 22, [...]
As Jozy noted on Twitter two days ago My roots was just hit by an 5.9 earthquake, please have the people of Haiti in your heart. Wikipedia indicates that Altidore’s parents, Joseph and Giselle, were both born in Haiti. Altidore is the youngest of four children. In November 2006 Altidore, along with New York Red [...]
There are some major structural upgrades coming to the Cooper Soccer Complex thanks to major contributions by Rick McQueary and his family and Harry Cooper and his family. A recent News-Leader article highlights some of the details: Harry Cooper and Rick McQueary each donated $400,000 to help install artificial grass on one and possibly two [...]
Springfield Catholic – 4 Nixa Eagles – 1 On Senior night, the Irish got the game winner midway through the first half when Nick Kofron, playing in the central midfield, ripped a shot from the left just outside that box that caught everyone in the park flat-footed with it’s pace and sudden result. While Nixa [...]
The St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame is sponsoring 3 Soccer games on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Midwest Soccer Academy. The College Women (Tyler Jr. College from Tyler, Texas plays Forest Park Community College) game starts at 11:00 am. The College Mens (Crowder College from Neosha, MO plays Forest Park Community College) game starts [...]
For those of you who pay attention to these details, you know that I maintain several calendars for my use and yours. I collect, and input, all of the high school and college team schedules from the area and publish them under a high school or a college calendar. There’s also a general calendar where [...]
Tomorrow (Thursday) is moving day for me. After 5 1/2 years downtown I’m headed for Commercial Street. Posting will be light or non-existant until Friday. Enjoy this quiet period before the game takes over our lives with the 1st high school games on Friday. Watch the Twitter feed in the center column or sign up [...]
Another sign that the regular season is just around the corner was Wednesday night’s alumni game for the Parkview Vikings. The friendly match between the alumni and the current boys team players that are in town prior to the start of the season was held at the YMCA facilities on Republic Road. There was a [...]
Come out and enjoy a Cardinal’s game the week before classes start again in the Springfield area. You’ll also be supporting local filmmakers by joining the Missouri Film Alliance of Springfield (MFAS) for an evening at Hammon’s Field on Wednesday August 19th. The Cardinal’s are hosting the San Antonio Mission’s AND it’s Star Wars Night [...]
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 [...]
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