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 Kickers organization announced they will hold a benefit exhibition match to support #stowestrong.

Bob Bradley has always been a tremendous example for his players and leader as a soccer coach. Now, in the wake of a terrible tragedy, he is asked to do the same for a nation.
Bradley insisted Monday that he is "totally committed" to coaching Egypt's national soccer team despite the turmoil in the country following the riot at a game last week that left more than 70 dead.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Williamand Mary head women's soccer coach John Daly signed eight student-athletes tonational letters of intent on Wednesday. The eight player recruiting class joins a stout W&M squad, fresh offof a CAA championship, and a NCAA tournament birth last season. In the national polls, last year the Tribeclimbed to as high as No.

A violent riot erupted following a match between Egyptian rivals Al-Masry and Al-Ahly, leaving dozens of people dead and hundreds of others injured.

According to various reports, the still-escalating death count from the incident in Port Said, Egypt, stands at 73, while Egyptian outlets are reporting that the country's health ministry has said that more than 1,000 are hurt.

Apparently I'm "soccer historian," which I'll take. Though there are others (like Colin Jose, Dave Litterer, Roger Allaway and Steve Holroyd).

Anyway, Milwaukee Wave head coach Keith Tozer won his 700th indoor game Sunday as the Wave beat Rochester 26-10.

UW-Whitewater didn't need to look far for its next women's soccer coach.

Ryan Quamme, the top assistant for the school's men's and women's team the past four years, was promoted to women's coach Thursday.

He succeeds Greg Henschel, who coached both Warhawks teams for 12 seasons before being named the women's coach at UW-Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Ian Barker has been a star in soccer coaching education here in the United States, and yesterday was offered the ultimate opportunity in that arena when he was selected as the Director of Coaching Education for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
"Ian is the perfect choice to lead the NSCAA's coaching education program to new heights," said Cummings.

After 13 successful seasons at NCAA Division III UW-Whitewater, Greg Henschel is making the move up to Division I.

Henschel, a former standout player at Brookfield East High School and UW-Oshkosh, was named the seventh coach in UW-Milwaukee women's soccer history Tuesday. He succeeds Michael Moynihan, who resigned last month after 14 seasons to take over the Northwestern program.

For the second time in three years, Lakeland is looking for a new soccer coach.

Tony Pierce, the former Milwaukee Wave standout goalkeeper who coached the Muskies' men's and women's teams for the past two seasons, resigned from the Sheboygan college earlier this month.

A news release from the school indicated Pierce was leaving to pursue opportunities closer to his home in Green Bay.

Fort Lewis College head men's soccer coach Oige Kennedy was named the 2011 NSCAA/MONDO National Coach of the Year for NCAA Division II, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America announced last week at its annual convention and awards banquet.

"Recognition by your peers is always special," said FLC Director of Athletics Gary Hunter.

Fort Lewis College men's soccer coach Oige Kennedy announced that English-born player Sameth Al-Basith has enrolled in classes this semester and has joined the Skyhawks in their defense of the NCAA Division II national championship.

"Sameth is a player that we are extremely excited to add to our roster for the upcoming spring," said Kennedy, who guided the Skyhawks to their third NCAA Division II title since 2005 last month.

U.S. soccer coach Jurgen Klinsmann: 'You can't stop soccer in the U.S.'

Writer for The Arizona Republic picks the brain of Jurgen Klinsmann. Many very thoughtful questions asked and answers that show the direction Klinsmann wants to take.

University of Wisconsin men's soccer coach John Trask headed to California on Sunday to meet up with the U.S. Under-23 national team.

Trask is an assistant under Akron's Caleb Porter for the Under-23 team, which is preparing for March's CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.

Photo: Paul Rudderow

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Ives Galarcep reports at Fox Soccer that Freddy Adu is heading to with Spanish side Rayo Vallecano for a two-week training stint. The report notes, "Rayo Vallecano is also a club that had been in talks with Adu about signing him last summer before Adu settled on a return to MLS.

By ANTHONY ZILIS

Patrick Nyarko turned and pointed out the window of Palace Gate Restaurant on a chilly October day in uptown Chicago, where he was having lunch with Fire teammate Dominic Oduro. He can't look at an open space in a cramped city, like the small parking lot outside, without being reminded of his childhood soccer games.

Courtesy of Tim Kennedy and Gustavus Adolphus Athletics Gustavus Adolphus College Head Women's Soccer Coach Mike Stehlik has announced his resignation after 22 years directing the program. Stehlik has decided it is time to step away from collegiate athletics and pursue other interests in his life. A 1986 DePauw University graduate, Stehlik compiled an overall [.

First-year North Carolina men's soccer coach Carlos Somoano isn't one to sling one-liners in a press conference or blow a gasket at a referee.
His leadership style is understated yet effective, as evidenced by the confetti machine raining yellow, blue and white down on the Tar Heels on Sunday following the championship match of the NCAA College Cup.

The meteoric rise of the Charlotte 49ers into the 2011 College Cup is like something out of a movie, and coach Jeremy Gunn is the orchestrator of their run.
Tom Sorensen of the Charlotte Observer writes of how Gunn's passion and commitment have led his Cinderella 49ers to the national semifinals.

"It means I'm old, it means I've been coaching a long time, it means that there have been great players at Ohio Wesleyan over the 35 years I've been here. I'm proud that I've done something that no one else has, and that's kind of cool."
-- Ohio Wesleyan coach Jay Martin on the significance of his 608th college win, a 2-1 win over over Calvin to capture the NCAA Division III men's tournament.

When Creighton hired Elmar Bolowich last February to be its men's soccer coach, this school of 4,000 undergraduates in Omaha, Neb., didn't just manage to land a respectable steward for its program. It basically upended the entire space-time continuum of college sports.
Not only did Bolowich win a 2001 national title, he was also the winningest men's soccer coach in the history of the school he came from.

Legendary coach Manny Schellscheidt has been a pioneer in American soccer for decades, and on Monday he retired from his long-time profession, stepping down as Seton Hall head coach after 24 years.

Schellscheidt spent nearly a quarter century in charge of the Pirates, but he had already established an impressive coaching resume even before that.

Jere Longman writes of how the use of heart rate monitors can enhance a player and team's training to make their fitness as game-like as possible.
As soccer practice began one recent afternoon, each University of Connecticut player grabbed a puck before he kicked a ball. The puck was a small rectangular transmitter that attached to a chest strap and was worn beneath the players' jerseys.

Photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com

By AVI CREDITOR

CARSON, Calif. -- Standing atop the winner's podium following MLS Cup is nothing new for Los Angeles Galaxy coach Bruce Arena and Houston Dynamo coach Dom Kinnear. Whichever one gets the opportunity to do that again following Sunday's final, though, will make history in the process while further etching his name in U.

Frenchman Pierre Barrieu, who served as fitness coach on the last three U.S. World Cup teams, has taken a post as head fitness coach and assistant coach with the United Arab Emirates' national team.
Barrieu, who relocated with his family to Dubai in September, was out of a job when Jurgen Klinsmann took over as U.

Jay Heaps is only just starting out on his young coaching career with the New England Revolution, but he has plenty of supporters in his former coaches.
Sean Donahue writes of how Heaps' former coaches see his potential as a leader.
Brian Ainscough was right in his assessments about newly named New England Revolution head coach Jay Heaps as a player in the past.

Brian Ainscough was right in his assessments about newly named New England Revolution head coach Jay Heaps as a player in the past. Now fans of the Revs will be hoping the Northeastern Huskies men's soccer coach's good judgment continues in his beliefs about Heaps as a coach.

Jay Heaps left a pair of his former coaches believing he had a bright future in coaching.

Yesterday we were hearing unsubstantiated reports that the Colorado Rapids were looking to poach head coach John Spencer from the Portland Timbers. At the time I honestly suspected that they were highly speculative and based on very little. As it turns out, however, they were true!

Luckily, it looks like Spencer has decided to stay on with Portland next year.

Dr. Jay Martin is more than men's soccer coach at Ohio Wesleyan University, or the man on the verge of having the most wins in college soccer history.
Jay is an institution when it comes to coaching and leadership, and clearly is a model of understands the significance of enriching his student-athletes holds more value than winning or losing soccer matches.

In a year where Major League Soccer had some outstanding coaching jobs, five MLS coaches are listed on the ballot of finalists for MLS Coach of the Year.
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America handicapps the field for the Major League Soccer Coach of the Year.
When MLS sends out its ballots for the end-of-the-year awards, clearly stated is that selections should be based on performances in league matches, with all external competitions -- Open Cup, Concacaf, friendlies, etc.

The standard of American collegiate soccer has grown in leaps and bounds over the past 10 years, and are now becoming a home for top international imports to ply their trade.
J.R. Eskilson of Goal.com writes of how international imports arriving in the collegiate game here in the US is changing the landscape of the game.

Christie Rampone looking very captain-like at the NACWAA Convention
U.S. WNT captain Christie Rampone, the last active member of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup championship team, accepted the Honor Award on behalf of that 1999 team from the National Association of Collegiate Women's Athletics Administrators last Tuesday and by some accounts, might have have set up some post-soccer career opportunities for herself!

I'm certain that Jurgen Klinsmann is a smart soccer coach. He's trying to build something that will probably take about 8 years or so to come to fruition with the United States National Team. It involves many layers, not just the current senior team, but a couple Olympics teams, many U20/U17 teams, MLS, the lower divisions, college, Academies, and youth teams.

As Bob Bradley meets with the Egyptian media for the first time, Lisa Dillman of the Los Angeles Times was reminded of the odyssey and adventures of covering Bora Milutinovic while he was the head coach of the United States National team.
Milutinovic has been a modern soccer gypsy, and Dillman writes of some of the lessons that Bradley can draw from Bora's experiences managing in a foreign land.

Certainly, John Trask was thrilled to see freshman David Caban (Kenosha Tremper) score his first collegiate goal in the 87th minute Sunday afternoon.

But the University of Wisconsin men's soccer coach was just as fired up about the pass from senior striker Josh Thiermann (Stoughton) that led to Caban's goal, which lifted the Badgers over Loyola Marymount 2-1 in a non-conference match at the McClimon Complex.

Fabian Kling scored two first half goals to propel No. 3 Fort Lewis to a 3-0 win over Colorado Mesa Wednesday at Dirks Field.

"It's a tough couple of day stretch for us," said soccer coach Oige Kennedy of his Skyhawks' run of four games in eight days. "We got off on the right foot. If we can keep our home record strong, then it's going to be a good year for us.

The Philly Soccer Page " Match report: Union 1-0 Crew

On a chilly night in Chester against a listless first place Columbus Crew team, a goal from the resurgent Sebastien Le Toux was all the Philadelphia Union needed to earn their first victory since July 17 with a 1-0 scoreline.

Rookie makes memorable debut in Union win - delcotimes.

This was the kind of offense University of Wisconsin women's soccer coach Paula Wilkins was expecting from her team this season.

Cara Walls (Wauwatosa East) scored for the third straight match, fellow freshman forward Nikki Greenhalgh added the first goal of her career and senior forward Laurie Nosbusch (Mequon Homestead) netted her first of the season as the Badgers dropped previously unbeaten Dayton 3-1 on Friday night in Dayton, Ohio.

Maybe American coaches do have more of a tactical acumen than we get credit for around the world.
Tony Edwards writes of the success of American coaches in MLS over in Mexico during the CONCACAF Champions League.
In Bayern Munich and Germany captain Philip Lahm's new book, The Fine Difference, United States National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann is presented as, well, less than a tactical genius during his short-lived time leading Bayern.

Marvin Chaves celebrates his goal in Mexico. (Mexsport)

"It only takes one."

That was something my old soccer coach back in West Virginia used to tell me and my teammates before (and sometimes during) a game that we knew would be tough. We had this one team that we played a couple times a year that always seemed to get the best of us and would typically beat us.

The last time Matt Heilman wasn't a high school soccer coach, he was just 18 years old and just a few months out of high school.

Now, he's a veteran English teacher finishing up graduate school and looking to get an administrative license with three little kids.

Heilman resigned as the Verona girls coach following the 2011 season, his 12th at the helm.