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Reversing course: The story of the 2010 Xavier soccer team
A blueprint for how head coach Andy Fleming turned around a struggling program [caption id="attachment_25481" align="aligncenter" width="491"] Photos courtesy of Xavier athletics.[/caption] The Xavier Musketeers men's soccer team took the field i...

Soccer: Drilling transition movements into players
One of the beautiful things about the game of soccer is its free-flowing nature with the constant transitioning of teams from attack, to defense, and back to attack. [caption id="attachment_13260" align="alignright" width="266"] Photo: Sarah Jones...

Soccer: 1-on-1 drills to break down defenders
Using 1-on-1 drills in your soccer practices helps build the skills and confidence your players need to break down an individual defender, which is a situation they constantly are facing during game play. And while soccer is a team sport, it is a ...

Variations Of The 4 Vs. 4 Game
Many coaches believe that the best training game is 4 vs 4. The KNVB (Royal Netherlands Football Association) started using 4 vs. 4 in the 1990s with great success. The 4 vs. 4 game offers many elements of 11 vs. 11, but is better to use in a trainin...

Looking Into Soccer’s Future
Jay Martin’s two best sports growing up were lacrosse and basketball — and in fact, he played professional basketball in Germany. Somehow, though, he wound up as the winningest active men’s soccer coach in Division III at Ohio Wesleyan Unive...

Soccer: 5 vs. 5 vs. 5 drill
This is a great drill to run at any level because it's easily adjusted to work on the counterattack, playing against a team that sits and defends, playing with a single striker, playing direct, possession and attacking from the back. DIAGRAM: Set ...

Yeagley Named Indiana Soccer Coach
After a national search, Indiana University has hired Todd Yeagley as the school’s third men’s soccer coach. Yeagley played at Indiana earned National Player of the Year honors and making the All-American team four times. He had been the ...

Soccer Coach Goes To Haiti, Finds Family
After not hearing from his family after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Guy Valcourt, a soccer coach in Alpharetta, Ga., returned to the country. After a five-and-a-half-hour cab ride from the Dominican Republic, he found his family together in ...

SLU’s Donigan Named Rutgers Soccer Coach
After compiling a 118-42-23 record at Saint Louis University, New Jersey native Dan Donigan, has been named the head men’s soccer coach at Rutgers. Rutgers had been led by Bob Reasso since 1981 but he resigned in November.http://www.usatoday.co...

Man with a Plan
Sasho Cirovski not only has a vision and a passion to improve and promote college soccer but the knowledge and the dedication to pursue new ideas. COACH: You grew up in Vratanica, a small village in Vardar Macedonia before immigrating to Canada at...