Futbol Club Santa Clarita Storm is proud to announce that Jayro Martinez has signed a professional contract with the Anaheim Bolts of the PASL. Martinez, one of the Storm’s starting midfielders in their successful 2012 season, signed to play indoor in one of America’s two professional leagues. He joins two other United Sports International Organization players in the professional ranks. Carlos Aguilar was the first player when he played with the Lancaster Rattlers in the PDL before eventually signing with
Andy Hoggarth is a rising star in the world of coaching. The head coach of NPSL side AFC Cleveland and both men’s and women’s soccer at Thiel College, Hoggarth is regarded as one of the best young coaches in the Midwest. He is known as a skilled tactician that gets the most out of each and every player. He helped Cleveland advance to the posteason in 2012, claiming hardware in the form of the Rust Belt Cup and the Great
The Tampa Marauders F.C. is very excited to introduce Maurice Loregnard as their head coach. Loregnard has coached and played at many levels. He comes to the Marauders for the 2013 season with a great track record of successful coaching stints. Loregnard will bring a lot of experience and skills as their first-ever head coach. Loregnard has spent 12 seasons as the top assistant coach for The University of Tampa men’s soccer program, including serving on the staff of the
Galveston Pirate head coach Brendan Keyes is sharing his years of coaching experience with the world, literally. Keyes is leading a delegation of professional coaches and players to India and Mexico with the purpose of offering top-flight instruction in an international camp format. These events should be great publicity for his Galveston squad and the NPSL as a whole. Keyes will be joined in India by former I-League coach Mohamed Nizam Packeer Ally and former Ireland Women’s National Team coach Noel
The Phoenix Monsoon of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) are pleased to announce the appointment of Antonio Vieira as the team’s new assistant coach. Coach Vieira’s main objectives will be player development and assisting the head coach in the implementation of a new team structure. “I am really looking forward working with the Phoenix Monsoon coaches, players, and staff to further a player’s technical and tactical development,” said Vieira. Coach Vieira will focus on the implementation of a broad development
After a tough road loss for Seattle in L.A. last week, Seattle had a mountain to conquer going into Sunday night’s match. The Sounders needed to beat the Galaxy by at least three to tie. Despite the uphill battle, the Sounders came out with their heads heads and hopes high. They scored two goals in the first sixty minutes and kept L.A. off the scoreboard. The final third told a different story as L.A. snuck one past Michael Gspurning, crushing
Whether leading the charge for the Colorado Rapids or representing his home country, Omar Cummings has proved to be a world-class striker. And we weren’t the only ones to notice, thanks to interest from EPL side Aston Villa in 2011. And his best season (14 goals in 2010) proved to be the same year the Rapids brought home the MLS Cup. Coincidence? We think not. Cummings has plenty of great memories in Colorado, the first being the Rapids’ championship season. “For the city, it was good.
Real Salt Lake’s season came to a painful close at Rio Tinto Stadium on Thursday night, when the Claret-and-Cobalt fell victim to a late goal to lose 1-0 on aggregate to Seattle Sounders FC in the two-legged Western Conference Semifinal series. Seattle MF Mario Martinez scored the series’ lone goal in the 81st minute on Thursday night. The Honduran international scored an absolute cracker, smashing FW Fredy Montero’s chip on one bounce from the top left corner of the box inside
The Rockford Rampage defeated the Ohio Vortex in their first game of the season in Oberlin, Ohio. The Rampage scored 3 goals in the first quarter. The goals were score by Bojan Jovicic (assisted by Adnan Epujovic), Joel Del Toro, and Gilberto Alfaro. Eric Lukin scored in the second quarter to make it 4-0. Peter Kolasinski scored with a powerful shot to the low right corner, which turned out to be an impossible save for the keeper to add to the