Archive for August, 2010

College soccer, injury setback

So, everything has been going so well with our pre season, but today we suffered an injury setback. One of our new international recruits, went for a ball and landed awkwardly and dislocated his elbow. Ugly injury, but fingers crossed it is not going to be too bad. We are hoping that he will only [...]

Video interview for the upcoming Men’s College Soccer Season

So we just posted an interview discussing our upcoming season at Pre Season Interview. Check it out and leave a comment. Let’s Talk Soccer!

College Soccer Pre Season Practices 1&2

OK, so once all the players were finally cleared to play, we got them out onto the pitch. The day started at 6.30am with a disciplinary measure since one of our players showed up 2 minutes late to a team meeting. As a result all of the players had to meet me at the track [...]

College Soccer Pre Season Begins

Ok, after 10 months of hard work, we finally met all the players today as they reported to the first day of pre season training. It was great to see all the players, to say hello to the returners and to meet the new recruits. We took care of all the NCAA requirements, then brought [...]

English Premier League Predictions

OK, so I am going to put it out there, here are my predictions for the English Premier League….. Champions Manchester United Runners Up Chelsea Third Place Arsenal Fourth Place Manchester City Relegated Blackpool, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers First Coach to be fired, Mick McCarthy, Wolves Top Scorer, Didier Drogba There you go, leave [...]

First Soccer Practice Tip #3 Fun Soccer Games

OK, so if you have read Tip #1 regarding equipment and Tip #2 regarding the Warm Up, your players should be organized, in the right gear and warmed up ready to go. Now if you are coaching club players, high school, college etc, you will then go into the “meat” of the practice and work [...]