Archive for January, 2011

End of season soccer banquet

Friday witnessed the changing of the guard as my college team had its end of season soccer banquet. I said goodbye to my players and handed over the reigns to the new coach in an entertaining, fun and emotional night. The players were wonderful and gave me a book of stories and messages as a [...]

January 30th, 2011  |  3 Comments | Posted in College Soccer, Soccer Player Management

English Premier League 22 players, 22 countries!

The English Premier League Game between Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion featured 22 players from 22 countries at the conclusion of the game, the first time in Premier League history. Blackburn Rovers used 14 players in total as follows: Robinson (England) Salgado (Spain) Samba (Congo) Givet (France) Olsson (Sweden) Dunn (England) Jones (USA) Pedersen [...]

January 26th, 2011  |  3 Comments | Posted in Pro Soccer

SoccerCoachingBlog.com update

OK, so again life happens and we did not get to film the show last Monday night as planned. My son has bacterial pneumonia and my cohost was sick as well. I have been working through www.elance.com to try and find someone to update the format of this blog to make it easier for you [...]

January 22nd, 2011  |  6 Comments | Posted in Uncategorized

Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United

OK, so married with a pregnant wife and a 21 month old who has a fever reduces my soccer watching time considerably. However I did get up early and watch the Spurs vs Man Utd game and thoroughly enjoyed it. Another example of how a game can be entertaining yet not produce any goals, I [...]

January 16th, 2011  |  9 Comments | Posted in Pro Soccer

Two mouthwatering games in the English Premier League

OK, so lose the honey do list and find time tomorrow to park your butt on the couch, blinker out all other distractions and settle down for the following belters…Man Utd vs Spurs and the Merseyside Derby, Liverpool vs Everton. Should be two cracking games. Man Utd vs Spurs pits two teams who are doing [...]

January 15th, 2011  |  6 Comments | Posted in Pro Soccer

Soccer Coaching Slideshow

My assistant coach for the last 4 years, Jerome Millett, kindly put together this slideshow of some of the magic moments coaching our college soccer team over the last 4 years…. Slideshow: WC 2007-2010 – Slideshow

January 6th, 2011  |  5 Comments | Posted in College Soccer

Should David Beckham return to England?

As the January Transfer Window approaches for the English Premier League, there is speculation that David Beckham may be returning to the league for a loan before he restarts playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS. So, should he take up an offer and play again in the EPL? Well he has been [...]

January 2nd, 2011  |  2 Comments | Posted in Pro Soccer