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From the State-Register Journal in Springfield, IL comes news that Jesse Miech has been named the men’s head soccer coach at the University of Illinois Springfield. UIS is a D2 program that competes in the Great Lakes Valley Conference which will bring Jesse to Springfield, MO every other year. He is the second former regional [...]
Current SLU Billikens, Ryan Moses and Devon Newport, have advanced to the Semifinals at the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regionals. Their U19 team went undefeated in group play and are facing the KC Wizard Juniors today. Video highlights for all Age Groups on US Youth Soccer website Moses (Kickapoo Chiefs) and Newport (Glendale Falcons) both [...]
Beautiful night on a beautiful pitch at Robert E Hermann Stadium in St Louis Wednesday. Missouri State and St Louis University, last seen battling for the opportunity to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament, renewed acquaintances for a Spring exhibition match. As a player and a coach, once you reach this level [...]
From the SLU Billiken website: Alex Sweetin’s goal in the 79th minute against SIUE broke a scoreless tie and lifted the Saint Louis Billikens to a 1-0 win Saturday in a men’s soccer exhibition match at AB Soccer Park in Fenton, Mo. “It’s always positive to get a win, but I don’t think we started [...]
The Trenton New Jersey native, pictured here during a game against Missouri State in August 2009 patting Springfield native Devon Newport on the back, heads home: Dan Donigan was named the new Rutgers men’s soccer coach, Scarlet Knights athletics director Tim Pernetti said Friday morning. Pernetti offered the job to the ninth-year Saint Louis coach [...]
The Atlantic 10 Conference has released their Preseason All-Conference list. SLU had two players, Senior midfielder Kyle Hayes (St. Louis, Mo./CBC) and senior defender Tim Ream (St. Louis, Mo./St. Dominic) named to the 11-player preseason All-Conference list. The Billikens also placed a league-high four players on the All-Rookie team – Benny Estes (Santa Margarita, Calif./ [...]
Soccer America (a subscription only site) recently ranked the college recruiting classes for the top programs in the country. They had some nice things to say about the SLU Billikens (from their website) Soccer America Ranks Billikens’ Recruiting Class 10th in Nation ST. LOUIS – According to Soccer America, Saint Louis men’s soccer has turned [...]
Our regional mega-club, Springfield Soccer Club, held their 5th annual banquet at the end of February. As part of the celebrations, they name a male and female Player of the Year. Past winners include current Missouri State Bear players Heath Melugin and Tara Bailes, as well as All-American Patrick Carver (2005). The 2008-09 Springfield Soccer [...]
A short interview with Ryan Moses, U18 forward for Springfield SC’s State Champion team. After playing central defender during the High School season for the Kickapoo Chiefs, he’s back at his preferred position at the start of the Club Season. Ryan will play for the SLU Billikens in the Fall. The team just beat the [...]
The Kickapoo Chiefs, coming off of their 3rd place finish at State last year, now have a second member of this years team scheduled to play Division I college soccer next year. Senior Ryan Moses recently accepted an offer from Head Coach Dan Donigan to represent the nationally ranked St Louis University Billikens, where he [...]
By the time the majority of you read this, most of the College and High School boys squads in the region will already be recovering from their first practice session of the new season. I stopped by Kickapoo Sunday evening, check-in and paperwork details in advance of Monday’s opening practice. The Booster Club has done [...]
Springfield, and Springfield SC, has another representative in the Big 10. Goalkeeper Tommy Tombridge (Kickapoo 2009) verbally committed to the Wildcats a week ago, where he’ll play for Head Coach Tim Lenahan at the campus on Lake Michigan, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, IL. Unlike many of the players I’ve talked to about their [...]
2008 has been an incredibly active year when it comes to college recruiting news. I have not done it justice in terms of recognizing the opportunities the players in this region have created for themselves. The most difficult challenge is pursuing a Division I opportunity. The two most recent decisions in that area come from [...]
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