The Milwaukee Marquette boys soccer team took on all comers last fall and was nearly perfect, finishing 24-0-1 against a schedule that included top teams from California, Washington, D.C., Missouri, Indiana and Illinois in addition to Wisconsin competition.

The Hilltoppers didn't win a mythical national title – they ended up third in the ESPNHS Powerade Fab 50 and fourth in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll – but their performance led a major honor for their coach.

Manny Lagos, former MLS player turned coach, has won the 2011 NASL Coach of the Year award presented by FieldTurf. The award was announced at this years NSCAA Convention in Kansas City which took place last week. With the Stars being a league-owned-team and operating on a shoe string budget, Lagos who was in his [.

David Nikolic, a Milwaukee native who spent 18 years in the UW-Milwaukee program, was named the Great Lakes Region women's assistant coach of the year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Nickolic and head coach Michael Moynihan left the Panthers last month to take the same positions at Northwestern.

The U.S. WNT has started its training camp in Los Angeles, a final week of practice and fine-tuning before head coach Pia Sundhage names the 20 players that will travel to Vancouver, B.C. for the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Sundhage called up 29 players for the camp, but just 27 are currently training as Abby Wambach and Hope Solo are in Zurich, Switzerland, for the year-end FIFA Gala Awards.

The final three men shortlist for FIFA Balon D'OR 2011 has been announced. The final list is no surprise to anyone following serious footballing action - Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez. Actually everyone know who is going to win - Lionel Messi. But still you need a three man shortlist.

Mark Newman, who led Mount Horeb to its first WIAA Division 2 boys soccer state championship, was named the Large Schools Coach of the Year by the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association.

Milwaukee Marquette's Steve Lawrence, whose team won its second consecutive Division 1 title and is among the top-ranked teams in the country, was chosen the Private/Parochial Coach of the Year.

Reigning Spanish and European champions Barcelona have offered coach Pep Guardiola a new contract. Speaking to news agents, Barca president Sandro Rosell confirmed that the club had offered Guardiola a new contract which he could sign when he was ready.

However, a very interesting twist to this news is the fact that Guardiola still remains non committal on his long term affiliation with the club.

Today, MLS announced the Coach of the Year. Unfortunately, Sporting KC coach, Peter Vermes did not win the coach of the year. The award this year went to the coach of the Supporters' Shield winning, LA Galaxy, Bruce Arena. Vermes finished 3rd in the voting behind Arena and Sigi Schmid. A strong season for Vermes taking KC from their 1-6-3 start to the Eastern Conference regular season championship and the conference finals, a job not many coaches in the league could have done.

Today, MLS announced the Coach of the Year. Unfortunately, Sporting KC coach, Peter Vermes did not win the coach of the year. The award this year went to the coach of the Supporters' Shield winning, LA Galaxy, Bruce Arena. Vermes finished 3rd in the voting behind Arena and Sigi Schmid. A strong season for Vermes taking KC from their 1-6-3 start to the Eastern Conference regular season championship and the conference finals, a job not many coaches in the league could have done.

We've got two awards on the docket today: comeback player of the year and coach of the year. And finally we have our first controversy. We'll start with the easier COY, beginning with my selection three months ago. Coach of the YearPiotr Nowak, PhiladelphiaIn the running: Robert Warzycha, Schellas HyndmanNotes: Philly's eye-popping turnaround is the story of the league through July.

Leave it to MLS to miss a slam dunk. As part of their daily unveiling of award winners leading up to the MLS Cup (an idea that I like that they do), the league announced the winners of the Comeback ...
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Ives Galarcep writes of why Peter Vermes stands out among an elite list of top coaches in Major League Soccer this season.
While it certainly can't be argued that standout coaches Bruce Arena, Sigi Schmid and Jason Kreis didn't once again show why they are some of the best coaches in MLS, and among the best in league history, but in terms of helping a team reach new heights and helping multiple players enjoy breakout seasons, it's tough to argue with Vermes as the MLS Coach of the Year.

Today MLS named their finalists for all of their awards and two members of the Sporting KC team have been nominated for year end awards. The least surprising of the two, CJ Sapong has been named a finalist for the Rookie of the Year award. Sapong has to be considered the front runner and probably odds on favorite to win the award.

Today MLS named their finalists for all of their awards and two members of the Sporting KC team have been nominated for year end awards. The least surprising of the two, CJ Sapong has been named a finalist for the Rookie of the Year award. Sapong has to be considered the front runner and probably odds on favorite to win the award.

State players collected several individual awards Tuesday as the first college women's soccer all-conference teams of the season were announced.

UW-Milwaukee dominated the Horizon League honors: Senior forward Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) was named the league's Player of the Year for a record third consecutive season and was the Offensive Player of the Year, junior goalkeeper Jamie Forbes was the co-Defensive Player of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year, freshman defender Amy Kauffung (Hartland Arrowhead) was the Newcomer of the Year and Michael Moynihan was the Coach of the Year.

Jose Mourinho and Andre Villas-Boas are both nominated finalists for the FIFA Coach of the Year along with eight other coaches from around the World. Mourinho the 2010 winner, snapped Real Madrid's run of 18 years without a Copa del Ray and took the club to the final four of the Champions League, while Villas-Boas won a treble with Porto taking home the Portuguese League, the Portuguese Cup

The news broke yesterday that Mauro Rosales has once again had a slight MCL injury caused by a hard tackle in the Sounders 3-1 win over Chivas USA. In this week's episode we talk about his injury and what implications that has for playoff games, especially the opening two-leg round with Real Salt Lake.

The news broke yesterday that Mauro Rosales has once again had a slight MCL injury caused by a hard tackle in the Sounders 3-1 win over Chivas USA. In this week's episode we talk about his injury and what implications that has for playoff games, especially the opening two-leg round with Real Salt Lake.

Mourinho donates trophy to Sir Bobby Robson charity auction

The Portuguese coach has given up his FIFA Ballon D'Or World Coach of the Year award

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The 2011 Richmond Kickers had quite a year to remember with a run to the final four in the U.S. Open Cup (only non-MLS team) and a trip to the USL PRO Championship Game in the American Division Final.
Two members of the Kickers where also recognized by the USL for their great seasons as Head Coach Leigh Cowlishaw was a finalist for Coach of the Year and defender William Yomby was a finalist for Defender of the Year.

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The KYW Philly Soccer Show, with KYW's Greg Orlandini and PSP's Independence beat reporter Mike Servedio along with PSP's Eli Pearlman-Storch, are joined this week by Philadelphia Independence head coach Paul Riley.

The Indepence lost to WNY Flash last Saturday in the WPS Championship in a game that went into extra time before being decided on penalty kicks.

USL PRO has announced the finalists for its 2011 awards honoring the Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Defender of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year and Coach of the Year from the 2011 season....
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By Chicago Red Stars and WPSL Communications
Chicago Red Stars forward Michele Weissenhofer (Naperville, Ill.) was named the Women's Premier Soccer League Midwest Co-Player of the Year, and Red Stars Head Coach Rory Dames was named WPSL Midwest Coach of the Year after guiding Chicago to a runner-up finish in the 2011 WPSL National Championship on July 31 at Benedictine University.

There's been discussion on some of the Sounders FC boards lately about whether or not Sigi Schmid should be fired. One of the common defenses that comes up is that he's won 2 MLS Cups so therefore he is a good manager. The question is, in a league based on parity with a playoff system that almost everyone qualifies for, how hard is it to win an MLS Cup?

Tasha Ugbah, West Plains Zizzers takes on Greenwood player

UPDATE: Fields are wet, but everything should be on schedule today for the Lady Zizzer Soccer Classic The annual tournament opens Friday at lunch for the eight teams participating. The favorites should be Notre Dame from St Louis, a program ranked the #5 Small School in St Louis.

Fittingly, Bob Gansler was lecturing at a coaching clinic in Florida when he heard the news on Tuesday.

Gansler, who coached the Kansas City Wizards (now known as Sporting Kansas City) to their only two MLS Cup appearances — winning the championship 2000 — was elected Tuesday to the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

The Tennessee basketball program has moved on quickly after firing Bruce Pearl. Less than a week later, Tennessee has hired Cuonzo Martin. Prior to taking the Tennessee head coaching gig, Cuonzo Martin was the head coach at Missouri State. This year, Missouri State went 26-9 and Cuonzo Martin was named the coach of the year in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Terry Michler, by Don Adams Jr

The National Federation of State High School Coaches Association has named CBC's Terry Michler as its 2010 Coach of the Year in boys soccer.

The winningest soccer coach in the nation, Michler, a CBC grad, has a career record of 826-206-98. He has guided the Cadets to seven state championships and to six runner-up finishes.

Congratulations to Terry Michler for being recognized as the National Federation of State High School Coaches Association 2010 Coach of the Year in boys soccer.

The winningest soccer coach in the nation, Michler, a CBC grad, has a career record of 826-206-98. He has guided the Cadets to seven state championships and to six runner-up finishes.

Heard the one about the A-League club struggling for crowds and funds?
Yep at seasons end Gold Coast United bring in Shane Smeltz, Korean import Sung-Kil Kim and Bundesliga player Peter Perchtold. That's expensive, less expensive and probably expensive.
But on 2500 fans and trying to engage the community Chris Harald, Youth Team Captain Stephen Lustica and others miss out.

Ricky Hill playing for the Rowdies in 1992. Thanks to Ian Morris' excellent Rowdies' blog.

FC Tampa Bay Rowdies are looking like contenders. For the 1993 APSL title, that is.

FCTB announced today that Ricky Hill will succeed Paul Dalglish as the club's manager.

U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage finished third in the voting for FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football, and two U.S. players finished in the two 10 with Abby Wambach coming in fifth and Hope Solo eighth. Not bad for the USA.
The USA was the only country besides Germany to have two players in the top 10.

Choosing the winner of the 2011 Ballon D'Or seemed like a tough decision to make. Three Barcelona geniuses, all with a chance to be crowned as the best player of the world. Iniesta and Xavi had just triumphed in the World Cup with Spain, but Messi was part of an amazing season for Barcelona, scoring 43 goals in 57 matches.

Choosing the winner of the 2011 Ballon D'Or seemed like a tough decision to make. Three Barcelona geniuses, all with a chance to be crowned as the best player of the world. Iniesta and Xavi had just triumphed in the World Cup with Spain, but Messi was part of an amazing season for Barcelona, scoring 43 goals in 57 matches.

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho was named FIFA Coach of the Year for 2010 after his achievements with Inter Milan last season.

Waukesha Catholic Memorial's John Burke was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Midwest Region Coach of the Year for private and parochial girls teams.

Burke led the Crusaders to a 23-2-2 record and their fourth WIAA Division 2 state championship in seven years in 2010, beating Grafton 1-0 in the final.

There's always that first meeting...

Twenty-five of the finest women's soccer players in the country have convened in Los Angeles for the first U.S. Women's National Team training camp of the year. Eight veterans, plus defender Ali Krieger, are not at camp, which gives these next six days a youthful feel for sure.