After a rocky start to the preseason, the Richmond Kickers are finally on a roll. Their current streak started with a 6-1 win over Longwood University, continued with a 3-0 over Virginia Commonwealth University, and kept going with a 4-0 win last night over James Madison University. D.C. United loanees Conor Shanosky and Taylor Kemp got the start, with Shanosky playing center back and Taylor Kemp playing left back.
KICKERS ANNOUNCE PRESEASON SCHEDULELocal Favorites, NCAA
Champions and ACC Powerhouse Featured
RICHMOND, VA – (Monday, January 30, 2012) – The Richmond Kickers are pleased to announce the
2012 preseason schedule, featuring games against local favorites Virginia Commonwealth University
on Saturday, March 3 and NCAA National Champions University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on
Saturday, March 17 at the state-of-the-art sports complex, Ukrop Park.
RICHMOND, VA – (Saturday, March 12, 2011) – The Richmond Kickers officially
opened preseason with a 3-0 win over the 2010 ACC Champions University of Maryland in front of a
sold-out crowd at the Kickers state-of-the-art training facility, Ukrop Park. A nil-nil first half
gave way to a flurry of goals when star forward Matthew Delicâte opened scoring in the 64th
minute.
It was a very good weekend for Reading United and their goal scoring ace, Deshorn Brown. The
temperature at kickoff at Albright College's Shirk Stadium was 94 degrees, but nothing has been
hotter than a Reading team that has re-discovered their scoring touch, thanks in large part to
Brown hitting the back of the net four times this weekend.
Fredericksburg Hotspur hold on for season-opening win
By Tom Leiss
FAIRFAX, Va.—The Fredericksburg Hotspur opened their 2012 Premier Development League season with
a 3-2 win against the Northern Virginia Royals on Sunday at Fairfax High School.
Fredericksburg (1-0) jumped on top early with a goal in the fourth minute and built its advantage
to 3-0 by the 51st minute, before having to fight to hang on for the victory in the closing
minutes.
Much has been made of the record breaking selection of seven players from the University of
Akron in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft.
Rightly so. After all, five of them were among the first eight picks in the draft.
That coach Caleb Porter and his staff have gotten it right when it comes to player development
is only underscored when you recall that five of this year's Generation adidas class of nine also
played at Akron.
Major League Soccer announced the first of many 2011 season awards today by naming former James
Madison University standout C.J. Sapong as the MLS Rookie of the Year for 2011.
Sapong beat out D.C. Uniteds' own Perry Kitchen to win this years award recognizing the leagues
best first year player.
Say what you will about Playoffs, but the road to the 2011 MLS Cup has created insurmountable
drama. From Rafa Marquez starting a fight after LA won in New York to the Seattle Sounders nearly
coming back from a 3-nil deficit, the Playoffs have ensured a level of entertainment any fan can
embrace.
Sporting Kansas City's Manager Peter Vermes comments on players taken in the 2011 MLS Super
Draft:CJ Sapong - James Madison University - Forward - 1st round (10th overall) We had two guys we
had identified for the tenth pick, one was Sapong and one was Jalil Anibaba. So we were interested
in both and both could fit.
Q&A with C. J. Sapong from James Madison University. C.J. was selected in the first round (10th
overall) by Sporting Kansas City.Were you expecting to go to Kansas City? I wasn't expecting Kansas
City, I did have a very good feeling after I met with them the second day at the combine, they were
the first team to contact me.
Well things kind of went the way that many people kind of expected it today, plenty of people last
night were predicting that Jalil Anibaba and AJ Soares would be off the board when KC picked at the
10 spot. Soares went to the Revolution at the 6 spot while Anibaba almost fell to the Wizards, but
was grabbed by Chicago at the 9 spot.
MLSSoccer.com's Full List - be sure to check out their site for full explanation of all trades
and notes.
Round 1 PickClubPlayer's NamePositionSchool/Previous Club 1 Omar Salgado* F US U-20 National
Team 2 Darlington Nagbe* M University of Akron 3 Perry Kitchen* M University of Akron/US U-20s 4
Zarek Valentin* D University of Akron/US U-20s 5 Zac MacMath* GK University of Maryland/US U-20s 6
AJ Soares D University of California 7 Kofi Sarkodie* D University of Akron 8
(from TOR) Michael Nanchoff* M University of Akron 9 Jalil Anibaba D University of North Carolina
10 CJ Sapong F James Madison University 11
(from SEA1, POR2) Will Bruin* F Indiana University 12 Rich Balchan D Indiana University 13 Corey
Hertzog* F Penn State University 14
(from RSL3) Victor Estupinan F LDU Quito (Ecuador) 15
(from SJ 4) Justin Meram F University of Michigan 16 Paolo Cardozo M Quilmes (Argentina) 17 Bobby
Warshaw D Stanford University 18 Eddie Ababio D University of North Carolina
With just a month to go till the combine the MLS has wasted no time in naming its list of
invitees. The list is chosen by MLS coaches and scouts who see these players as potential draft
picks. In total the MLS has announced 58 seniors on the list, who will later be joined by a cast of
generation adidas prospects.
The Brown University Bears' (12-5-3) NCAA Division I Tournament run came to an end on Sunday
night in the round of 16, leaving the University of Connecticut Huskies (19-3-2) as the only New
England college left in the competition.
Playing at home at Stevenson Field in Providence, RI., Brown fell behind St.
Four Virginia colleges men's programs have made it into the DI championship field announced
Thursday by the NCAA. The teams will be trying to end the season as the 2011 NCAA Men's
Champions.
James Madison University is the lone Virginia based team with a first round bye and will play the
winner of the first round match between Wake Forest and South Carolina.
Players from JMU, VCU, William and Mary, and Old Dominion where recognized for their great seasons
at this years All-CAA Men's Soccer Awards Banquet hosted at James Madison University.
Yannick Smith and Gideon Asante (ODU), Nicolas
Abrigo (William and Mary), Paul Wyatt (JMU), and Juan Monge
Solano (VCU) where named First Team.
Brentsville High School's Zach Willis, who will play at James Madison University this fall, scores
from 38 yards against Battlefield. (Read colleague Paul Tenorio's match report.)
FARMVILLE, Va. - Three members of the Longwood University men's soccer team have been named to the
2010 Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) University Division All-State Second Team.
Senior Harvey Headley | Coventry, England (Stoke Park) received the recognition for the
second-straight season, while junior defender Shane Johnson | Ashburn (Broad Run) and sophomore
defender Patrick McDaniel | Midlothian (Cosby) earned earned the honor for the first time.
The Philadelphia Independence selected midfielder Sinead Farrelly from the University of
Virginia with their first pick in the 2011 WPS Draft in Baltimore on Friday.
The Havertown-native was a semifinalist in 2009 and 2010 for the Hermann Trophy and was named to
the 2010 NSCAA/Performance Subaru Women's NCAA Division I All-America Team.
