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Support for FC Richmond soccer coach and former William and Mary player,
Ian Stowe
who is battling a tumor continues to come from all areas of the soccer community. Today the
Richmond Kicker organization announced they will hold a benefit exhibition match to support
#stowestrong.
From Kickers Press Release:RICHMOND, VA – (Friday, February 10, 2012) – In support of Ian Stowe's battle with cancer, the
Richmond Kickers and The College of William & Mary are pleased to team up for a benefit exhibition
match on Friday, March 23.
The Union confirmed on Wednesday through the team's Twitter account that Zac MacMath is joined
in preseason training by Chase Harrison, who had temporarily joined the club late last season when
Faryd Mondragon and Thorne Holder were both out with injuries before the club declined the option
to sign him in November to make him available for the Re-Entry Draft.
U-15 Girls' National Team to Hold Mega-Camp in Florida Katie Cousins of the
Richmond Kickers will be the lone representative out of Virginia for the upcoming U-15 Girls'
National Team mega-camp set to take place in Sunrise, Florida from Feb. 11-18.
Cousins was part of the group of 48 players chosen by U.
Let's get the obvious out of the way up front, shall we? There is not currently, nor has there ever
been, a full, traditional system of on-field-merit-based promotion and relegation in any American
pro soccer endeavor that I'm aware of[1].
With that said, the essence of promotion and relegation, the ability to move between
levels of a nebulous pyramid, does exist, and has for more than a decade[2].
Richmond Kicker Press Release:
KICKERS ANNOUNCE PRESEASON SCHEDULE Local 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.
KICKERS SEARCH FOR STAR
Players From Across the Globe Attend Open Tryouts this Weekend
RICHMOND, VA - (Thursday, January 19, 2012) – Over 70 players will attend the Richmond Kickers
14th annual player combine this weekend, January 20-22 at the Kickers state-of-the-art sports
complex, Ukrop Park.
U.S. Soccer Communications
The 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup begins May 15, and with the 99th edition comes a multitude of
changes. For lower-division teams, the most significant is the random selection process for
determining home teams from the first round through the quarterfinals.
In previous years, all teams pursued this opportunity through a bidding process.
Date Opponent Time 4/7 at Charlotte Eagles 7:00 pm 4/15 vs. Wilmington Hammerheads 6:00 pm 4/21 at
Richmond Kickers 7:00 pm 4/28 vs. Richmond Kickers 7:30 pm 5/5 vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds 7:30 pm
5/11 at Antigua Barracuda FC 7:00 pm 5/13 at Antigua Barracuda FC 4:30 pm 5/24 vs.
Richmond Kickers News Release:
RICHMOND, VA – (Wednesday, January 11, 2012) – The Richmond Kickers are pleased to announce the
2012 professional schedule, opening their 20th Anniversary season against longtime rival Charleston
Battery on Saturday, April 7 at 5:00 p.m. As one of the three longest tenured professional soccer
clubs in the United States, the Kickers will celebrate 20 years alongside the Battery and the
Charlotte Eagles in 2012.
I love to see the MLS passion pouring in from these new ports of call. Devoted fans from
Toronto, Portland, Vancouver, Seattle and, going a little further back, Salt Lake City, have done
wonders to energize Major League Soccer, now going into its 17th season.
And plenty of new fans from older markets are adding more air to the MLS baloon, too.
Richmond Kickers Press Release - http://www.richmondkickers.com/
RICHMOND, VA – (Thursday, January 5, 2012) – The Richmond Kickers are pleased to announce the
return of forward Edson Elcock for the 2012 season, pending USSF approval.
"We are delighted that Edson has decided to return as he has contributed greatly to the club's
success over the last couple of seasons," commented Leigh Cowlishaw, Richmond
Kickers Head Coach and Director of Soccer.
The USL Premier Development League has existed since 1995 as the highest amateur soccer level in
the United States. The name was changed and tweaked early on but by the time the Chicago Fire
entered a team into the league in 2001, it was referred to as what it is referred to today: PDL.
Chicago became the first Major League Soccer team to have a PDL team thanks to support from former
Fire President & General Manager Peter Wilt and the direction of current Fire Player Development
Director & Consultant John Dorn.
With it being New Year's Eve, I figured it was time to take a look back at the 2011 wishes that I'd
posted at the end of last year.
1. Return to the Playoffs - This was filled 100%, not only did KC qualify for the playoffs again,
but the team won the regular season Eastern Conference crown and had home field advantage.
The USL announced the list of finalists for the annual USL Organizational Awards and some local
clubs are well represented in many different categories.
D.C. United Women, Fredericksburg Hotspur/Impact, Virginia Beach Piranhas, Richmond Kickers, and
the NoVa Majestics and their administrators have all been named as finalists in the following
categories:
2011 USL Organizational Awards FinalistsRookie Franchise of the Year W-League D.
The New England Revolution selected two players in today's MLS Re-Entry draft, forward Nate
Jaqua from the Seattle Sounders and defensive midfielder Clyde Simms from DC United. These players,
in addition to the acquisition of defender Danleigh Borman from Toronto FC in last Monday's first
stage of the re-entry draft, total the Revs' additions to three new players thus far this
off-season.
Jason Yeisley | Photo property of Matthew Visinsky RICHMOND, VA - (Tuesday, December 6, 2011) -
The Richmond Kickers are pleased to announce that former FC Dallas forward and USL PRO All-League
player
Jason Yeisley recently signed a long-term contract, pending USSF approval.
Norfolk, Virginia – The Norfolk SharX will face the Rochester Lancers at Norfolk Scope Arena
Thursday night at 7 p.m. This will be Norfolk's third match in six days and fifth game of the young
2011-12 season and the first time these two teams have met. The team faced Wichita on November 25
and Missouri on November 26, both on the road, losing to Wichita 16-11 and Missouri 19-9.
A new youth soccer tournament created by the merger of the Chesterfield United Icebreaker and the
Kickers Invitational, The Ultimate Cup tournament features a Girls and Boys weekend, scheduled to
launch February 24-26, 2012 and March 2-4, 2012. Applications are available; click here for the
Girls Weekend application, and here for the Boys Weekend application.
I know I'm a few days late, but I was not impressed with this MLS cup. People are talking about
how great and "best" this LA Galaxy team is. I'm thinking far from it. It has taken 3 years under
the "Beckham Experiment," as SI Soccer Analyst Grant Wahl put it, to finally get the MLS Cup final
victory (they were there before but ended up losing to Real Salt Lake).
As part of the 2011 Thanksgiving Interregional, the U.S. Under-14 Boys' National Team will hold a
domestic training camp from Nov. 23-23 in Chula Vista, Calif. Of the 36 players called into camp,
23 were identified through U.S. Soccer Training Centers.
George Braima
Eric Calvillo
Kevin Coleman
Luca de la Torre
Michael Gutierrez
Julian Hall
Sebastian Henao
Lagos Kunga
Weston McKennie
Logan Panchot
Michael Pimlott
Christian Pulisic
Juan Ramirez
Juan Riley
Elijah Rice
Abraham Romero
Andrew Romig
Kevin Silva
Raheem Taylor-Parkes
Trey Vinson
Derek Waldeck
Kees Westra
Haji Wright
Also, six players are currently listed as members of a Development Academy team roster: Braima
(Crew Soccer Academy), De la Torre (Nomads SC), Dawson McCartney (NJSA 04), Weston McKennie (FC
Dallas), Rice (Chicago Magic), Romig (Richmond Kickers), Silva (PDA).
Three U14 boys from Virginia clubs will be taking part in the upcoming U.S. Under-14 domestic
training camp as part of the 2011 Thanksgiving Interregional from Nov. 23-28 in Chula Vista,
Calif.
Andrew Romig (Richmond Kickers; Midlothian, Va.), Trey Vinson
(PWSI Courage 97 Red; Manassas, Va.
Hey, remember that? Yeah, I was a little slack in updating our pickem game results after the
final. It's possible that I only just recovered from celebrating Osvaldo Alonso's cherry-on-top
goal. But there's no time like the offseason. . wait, what's that? The season still isn't over yet?
Whatever.
By Jimmy LaRoue
Norfolk–The Norfolk SharX demonstrated Murphy's Law for first-year franchises Friday
night.
The logistics of fielding a team and building a fan base got in the way of each other with the
23-7 loss to the Syracuse SilverKnights before an announced crowd of 2,347 at Norfolk Scope
Arena.
By Jimmy LaRoue
Norfolk–The Norfolk SharX demonstrated Murphy's Law for first-year franchises Friday
night.
The logistics of fielding a team and building a fan base got in the way of each other with the
23-7 loss to the Syracuse SilverKnights before an announced crowd of 2,347 at Norfolk Scope
Arena.
Players ready for opener tonight against 1-0 Syracuse
By Jimmy LaRoue
The first thing fans are likely to notice tonight when they enter Scope to see the Norfolk SharX
in their inaugural Major Indoor Soccer League game against the Syracuse SilverKnights is a
deafening SharX Tank.
By Jimmy LaRoue
The complete roster for the Norfolk SharX has been announced, and the names and faces should be
familiar ones to followers of the outdoor brand of USL soccer, with 10 players having various
levels of league experience.
The SharX are introducing themselves and their new Admiral uniforms Tuesday and are opening their
inaugural season at home this Friday against Syracuse.
By Jimmy LaRoue
The complete roster for the Norfolk SharX has been announced, and the names and faces should be
familiar ones to followers of the outdoor brand of USL soccer, with 10 players having various
levels of league experience.
The SharX are introducing themselves and their new Admiral uniforms Tuesday and are opening their
inaugural season at home this Friday against Syracuse.
After a long hiatus (for a number of reasons), here are the final (in most cases) attendance
figures for the primary men's and women's outdoor soccer leagues in North America for 2011. As
always, corrections and additions are welcome.
THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER G Total Avg. Seattle Sounders 17 654,431 38,496 Los Angeles Galaxy 17
396,693 23,335 Vancouver Whitecaps 17 346,909 20,406 Toronto FC 17 344,535 20,267 New York Red
Bulls 17 335,740 19,749 Portland Timbers 17 320,051 18,827 Philadelphia Union 17 310,401 18,259
Sporting Kansas City 17 302,776 17,810 Houston Dynamo 17 300,796 17,694 Real Salt Lake 17 299,047
17,591 DC United 17 258,332 15,196 Colorado Rapids 17 252,248 14,838 Chivas USA 17 252,102 14,830
Chicago Fire 17 242,648 14,273 New England Revolution 17 224,770 13,222 FC Dallas 17 218,636 12,861
Columbus Crew 17 207,147 12,185 San Jose Earthquakes 17 201,587 11,858
MLS TOTAL 306
5,468,849 17,872 NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE G Total Avg.
Former D.C. United player and University of Virginia player and assistant Richie
Williams has been named by U.S. Soccer as the new Head Coach of the U-18 men's national
team.
While at UVa Williams played underneath former U.S. Men's coach Bruce Arenas. Williams went on to
play for both the Richmond Kickers (1994, 1994-1995, 2004-2005) and D.
Alonso, Montero Both Finalists For US Open Cup Player Of Tournament
Joining them are David Bulow and Ronnie Pascale of the Richmond Kickers. Bryan Meredith didn't
make the cut, but DID receive votes.
Photo by Stephen Brashear/ISIphotos.com
Either way, history is going to made in Seattle Tuesday night.
Should the host Seattle Sounders defeat the Chicago Fire in the U.S. Open Cup final (10 p.m.,
Fox Soccer Channel), then they'll put the finishing touches on a three-peat, something that has
never been done in the Major League Soccer era and hasn't been accomplished since Greek American AA
did so in 1967-1969.
Chesterfield United FC parents David and Sarah Glass have recently returned to the country after a
life changing trip to Kenya, Africa. They went to Africa in coalition with the Start With One Kenya
project that is a non-profit organization that believes in individuals taking the step to join
forces with other people to create the lasting change the world needs.
The Philadelphia Union announced on Friday afternoon the signing of goalkeeper Kerry "Chase"
Harrison. Harrison joins the Union from the Harrisburg City Islanders.
The signing comes after news of the concussion suffered by Union back-up goalkeeper Thorne
Holder during a reserve league match against Columbus Crew on Sunday.
John Gilkerson is looking to help his team the NSC Minnesota Stars grab the final playoff spot in
the North American Soccer League (NASL) as the regualar season wraps up.
Gilkerson is a former Richmond Kicker and a native of Winchester, VA. who began his professional
career in 2008, when the New York Red Bulls selected him in the Major League Soccer Supplemental
Draft.
The 2011-12 Development Academy season kicked off this weekend with eight games in the South
Conference. In the U-15/16 division, Concorde Fire started the season with two wins. Three goals
from both Connor Antley and Cameron Moseley during the weekend helped the Fire to a 6-2 win against
Richmond Kickers on Saturday and a 4-0 win against Virginia Rush AJ Auxerre on Sunday.
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.
Gonzalo Segares -- Getty ImagesBy Charlie Corr
ESPNChicago.com
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- The Chicago Fire have found a rare winning stretch, so the team would prefer
few to no changes toward its lineup now that it has a good thing going. Chicago posted back-to-back
league wins, followed by a Lamar Hunt U.
Photo by Michael Janosz/ISIphotos.com
By THOMAS FLOYD
The Chicago Fire haven't had much to celebrate in a season marred by the ouster of coach Carlos
de los Cobos and a league-low four wins through 26 games.
But Tuesday's 2-1 triumph over the Richmond Kickers put Chicago in the U.
STARTERSVery bad injury news for Eric Lichaj who suffered a torn labrum (part of the hip) and depending on
the severity or need for surgery he could be out until January at worst.
dN
A very interesting note on the day long frenzy on the closing of the international transfer window
today: as much as the American soccersphere waited/anticipated for a Clint Dempsey move, the
English press never even hinted that there was going to be one.
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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