Belgium's national soccer team called off a practice session in Brussels on Tuesday after the city was hit by what authorities are calling terror attacks. "Our thoughts are with the victims. Football is not important today," the Belgian soccer federation wrote in a Twitter message. "Training cancelled."...
Blast captain Pat Healey (Towson University, Calvert Hall) was named the Major Arena Soccer League's Defender of the Year for a second straight season. Healey has a league-high 43 blocked shots this season and has six goals and a team-high 17 assists for 23 points. The Blast (17-4) will travel...
Stevenson men's soccer coach John Plevyak has resigned, effective immediately. Plevyak, the 2009 Capital Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, spent nine seasons with the Mustangs. He began his coaching career at his alma mater, Mount Saint Joseph, where his father John Sr., served as a coach...
Michael DeShields has continued a recent trend for the McDonogh boys soccer program, named the 2015-16 Gatorade Maryland Boys Soccer Player of the Year. DeShields, a four-year starter and two-time All-Metro first-team defender, makes it four straight years a McDonogh player has received the award. ...
McDonogh's Michael DeShields was named Gatorade Maryland Boys Soccer Player of the Year. DeShields, the seventh Eagle to receive the award, is a finalist for the national award, to be announced in May. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound senior defender led McDonogh to a 21-0-1 record and the Maryland Interscholastic...
McDonogh's Kia Rankin was named Gatorade Maryland Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Rankin is the fourth Eagle to receive the award. The 5-foot-7 senior midfielder led McDonogh to a 12-0 record and the Independent Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference Class A Tournament championship this...
The Blast were 23.7 seconds away from the taking the first game of the Major Arena Soccer League’s Eastern Division championship series. Syracuse’s Joey Tavernese, however, ruined the celebration with a close-range goal aided by a sixth attacker that forced overtime. In the extra period, Blast...
In reaching the championship series in each of the past five seasons, the Blast has been able to maintain a standard no team in professional indoor soccer can match. Despite having gone 4-4 in its last eight Major Arena Soccer League regular-season games, the Blast, which finished 15-4 as Eastern...
Peyton Manning may be retired, but his soccer equivalent – Kaká -- is still playing right here in Orlando.At least that’s how Orlando City coach Adrian Heath sees it.Heath, making his weekly appearance on our Open Mike radio show, said he sees many similarities between the legendary Manning and ...
The world's top two teams put on quite a show for a record crowd as the U.S. women's soccer team rallied for a 2-1 victory over Germany at FAU Stadium on Wednesday night. After conceding its first goal of the 2016 campaign, Team USA picked up the pace and won the inaugural SheBelieves Cup, a tournament...
With a little tuck here and a little tuck there, Shabnam Mabarz hides her long hair under a red headscarf and gets ready to play. "Voila," said the 20-year-old Mabarz, a member of Afghanistan's national soccer team. Mabarz and her teammates will be the first to wear a new hijab that is connected...
Alex Morgan scored a minute into stoppage time, goalkeeper Hope Solo notched her 97th career shutout, and the United States beat France, 1-0, on Sunday in the SheBelieves Cup. The Americans improved to 8-0-0 in 2016, outscoring opponents 30-0. The U.S. has won its first two games of the SheBelieves...
When Dutch World Cup standout Nigel de Jong left Europe for the Galaxy last month, he said soccer was only one factor in his decision. "It's the total package," said De Jong, who bought his way out of a $9-million contract extension in Italy to sign a $500,000 deal with Major League Soccer. "You...
Soccer referees will be assisted by video replays for the first time by next year in trials approved on Saturday as Gianni Infantino started his FIFA presidency by advancing technological innovation in soccer. Tests initially will be in private before moving to a live pilot phase with replay assistance...
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