The Houston Dutch Lions FC are excited to announce the first 20 players signed to their 2013-2014 Texas Premier Soccer League (TPSL) roster. In early August the club held tryouts at the Woodlands Preparatory School that were attended by over 50 area soccer players. Following these tryouts the Dutch Lions coaching staff invited a number of players back to attend the preseason trainings and play in two scrimmages. The players used this opportunity to show the skills and in doing
The Columbus Crew announced today that it has parted ways with Head Coach Robert Warzycha. In his fifth year in charge, Warzycha led the Crew to a 8-13-5 record (29 points), with the Black & Gold currently sitting in eighth place in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference, eight points outside the fifth and final MLS Cup Playoffs position. With eight MLS regular-season matches remaining, Technical Director Brian Bliss becomes the Crew’s Interim Head Coach following six years in his previous role. Bliss
Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com On a night where the weather delayed the game for almost 90 minutes, it was the Seattle Sounders who cast the darkest clouds of the night over Crew Stadium. An Eddie Johnson header in the 14th minute made the difference in the game, as Columbus fell to the Sounders 1-0, despite playing up a man after a red card was shown to Leonardo Gonzalez in the seventh minute. The presence of Sounder superstars Eddie Johnson and Clint Dempsey
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that Flower Mound FC has joined the league as an expansion team. FMFC will begin play in the South Central Conference in 2014. The South Central already includes Houston Hurricanes FC, Houston Regals SCA, Liverpool Warriors, and Tulsa Athletics. “The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is a soccer hotbed that is developing incredible players,” NPSL Commissioner Michael Hitchcock commented. “We are excited to welcome Flower Mound FC to the NPSL. Flower Mound FC joins Liverpool Warriors as our
Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com Our friends at Allstate are at it again, helping promote U.S. Soccer in yet another city. It is a familiar one for us, the great city of Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is home to The Ohio State University, the Blue Jackets, Clippers, and of course the Crew. Columbus will be the center of the soccer universe in less than two weeks. Why? The answer is simple: USA vs. Mexico in a crucial FIFA World Cup qualifier. Allstate is going to
The Columbus Crew (8-12-5, 29 points) saw its modest two-match winning streak snapped on Saturday night, as the Black & Gold fell 4-0 to Western Conference-leading Real Salt Lake (13-8-6, 45 points) at Rio Tinto Stadium. “I think that they proved tonight why they are in first place,” Crew defender Josh Williams stated. “They are really good on the ball possession-wise, and we just couldn’t keep track of them. It seemed like their guys were running all over the place. They
Confidence is a powerful thing in sports. All it takes is a single moment for a player to turn their season around. Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com Right now, there is nobody in MLS more confident than Federico Higuain. The Argentinian midfielder has found the scoring touch that Columbus has needed this whole season, scoring all four Crew goals in the last two matches. “Performing as well as we did in the last two games, creating chances, and then he is in the right
Carter Poe has been named assistant men’s soccer coach at the University of Mount Union. Poe played college soccer at NCAA Division I Duquesne University. He played in 79 games and made 52 starts over his career and was team captain in both his junior and senior seasons. After college, he played for AFC Cleveland where he led the team to a conference championship and national quarterfinal appearance. A 2008 graduate of West Geauga High School, Poe was a four-year letterwinner, two-time team
The New York Cosmos have stole the soccer headlines for most of the summer, but Indy Eleven is quietly putting together an organization that will be a force to be reckoned with in the NASL. Wilt at the press conference announcing the addition of Juergen Sommer (Photo Credit: Indy Eleven) Owner Ersal Ozdemir started by picking the best of the best to lead the front office and coaching staff. Former Chicago Fire President Peter Wilt was brought on as General Manager
