The Hazelwood Central Hawks captured their first district title since 2008 this evening with their 1-0 win over the McCluer North Stars. The game-winning goal was scored in the 73rd minute by freshman Alexis Turner. A dynamic speedster who tormented the Stars in the first half, she had been nullified as the Stars kept the [...]
ESPN Films’ SEC “Storied” series continues with Abby Head On, premiering Wednesday, May 15, at 7 p.m. CT on ESPNU. The film chronicles Abby Wambach’s soccer career thus far, from winning a national title at Florida to her rise as a U.S. women’s national team star only four goals away from breaking Mia Hamm’s all-time [...]
The girls season kicked off with the first set of games on Friday. I headed to Webster Groves, a squad that made a very positive impression on me in their District semifinal overtime loss to Nerinx last May. A record setting year ended by their neighbors. It was their behavior following the loss, heads held [...]
The Mizzou soccer team has announced its spring schedule, which features home games against Iowa (March 9) and SLU (April 20) and a contest with the new National Women’s Soccer League’s FC Kansas City squad (March 20). The Tigers will also face Oklahoma State (March 2) and Nebraska (April 13) in Kansas City. Missouri opens [...]
The St Louis Lions have released their upcoming Summer schedule. There are a pair of Home exhibition matches to go with seven regular season home games. The regular season opens on Friday May 17th in Springfield, MO where the Lions face the Springfield Demize. They return home that weekend for their Home Opener on Sunday [...]
St Louis native, grandson of the founder of Scott Gallagher SC, alum of both the SLUH Jr Billikens and Indiana Hoosiers, Luis Soffner departed today for the next chapter in his life. Drafted Thursday by the New England Revolution, he was at St Louis Soccer Park on Saturday for a light workout with his long-time [...]
The St. Louis Lions Soccer Club has announced it will hold Open Tryouts on February 23rd and 24th of 2013. Tryouts for the St. Louis Lions Premier Development League (PDL) and reserve squad will be held from noon-5 p.m. The Location of the tryout will be announced at a later date. Anyone who wishes to [...]
The U.S. Women’s National Team will end 2012 at #1 in the FIFA Women’s World Rankings. As Jack Bell of the NY Times Soccer blog notes – 2012 began with a string of five consecutive shutouts and could end the same way if the U.S. should blank China in the final game of the team’s [...]
Via The Guardian – Lionel Messi reached another milestone in his phenomenal career on Sunday when he set a record for goals scored in a calendar year of 86 with a double strike at Real Betis, eclipsing Gerd Müller’s 40-year-old tally of 85. Check out Bundesliga Fanatic (run out of St Louis) look at Messi [...]
For their excellence at the highest levels of the sport, U.S. Soccer announced U.S. Women’s National Team forward Alex Morgan as the 2012 Female Athlete of the Year and U.S. Under-20 WNT defender Julie Johnston as the 2012 Young Female Athlete of the Year.
