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Play With Pride Week Returns Sept. 16-22
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 16, 2019) – United Soccer Coaches is excited to announce that the Third Annual Play with Pride Week will take place Sept. 16-22, 2019. The initiative was developed in 2017 by the association's LGBT & Allies Coaches Advocacy Group. Teams...
Advocacy Blog: Creating a Culture of Sportsmanship
As a coach for 20 years, and current Athletic Director at Tuscarora High School in Frederick, Md., United Soccer Coaches Girls High School Advocacy Chair Howie Putterman tries to instill a culture of sportsmanship at his school. Tuscarora was recently honored with the...
Winter/Spring High School All-America Teams Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 10, 2019) - United Soccer Coaches announced on Wednesday the association’s High School Boys and Girls All-America Teams for the winter and spring seasons during the 2018-19 school year. A total of 65 players received All-America recognition with...
United Soccer Coaches Mourns the Loss of Charlie Slagle
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 3, 2019) -- Everyone associated with United Soccer Coaches and the greater soccer family mourns the loss of Charlie Slagle. His career in soccer began in the mid-1970s as an All-Southern Conference goalkeeper at Davidson College and continued...
High School Scholar All-America Teams Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 27, 2019) - United Soccer Coaches announced on Thursday the High School Scholar All-America Teams for boys and girls soccer during the 2018-19 school year. A total of 105 players receive High School Scholar All-American recognition, including 40...
Advocacy Blog: Getting Your Foot in the Door
By Kate Ward, Disabilities Allies Chair I started my college coaching career relatively recently, and something I hear about a lot is people wondering how the coaching world works and how to get a foot in the door. The main thing that I’ve learned is that getting...
Final Spring High School Rankings Released
Top Teams Unchanged in Final Spring High School Rankings KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 18, 2019) – United Soccer Coaches and USA TODAY High School Sports released today the final regional and national polls in the USA TODAY/United Soccer Coaches Super 25 Rankings for boys...
Advocacy Blog: Faith-Based Coaches
Mike Lynch is the Head Women's Soccer Coach at Belmont Abbey College and is the school's all-time wins leader. He also serves as the Chair of United Soccer Coaches Faith-Based Coaches Advocacy group. In the video below, Lynch talks about the Faith-Based Coaches group...
Advocacy Blog: NFHS and High School Rules
The NFHS Rules committee met for two days this past January. While the actual votes on specific rules proposals cannot be discussed or revealed I would say the votes were very positive from the coach’s perspective. The United Soccer Coaches perspective was asked for...
Advocacy Blog: Women’s World Cup
With the start of the 2019 Women's World Cup just one day away the Women Coaches Advocacy Group reached out to a few of its members to get their thoughts about the 1999 World Cup, the current state of the women's game, how it has changed since '99 and how it can still...
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