soccer
Scorability recruiting platform adds seven sports
[caption id="attachment_43646" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Following its acquisition of Ryzer, Scorability has added basketball, soccer, volleyball, baseball and softball to its service in addition to its established football platform.[/caption]...
Florida approves open division playoffs for high school sports
The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) has created the FHSAA Open Division, a championship platform meant to showcase the top high school teams in the state. [caption id="attachment_43616" align="alignright" width="380"] The FHSAA ha...
Four US high schools host World Cup teams
The 2026 World Cup begins June 11 with teams competing in host cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico, and four teams selected high schools in the U.S. as their training hub leading into the event, according to a USA Today report. Croati...
Texas soccer coach accused of using school credit card at strip club
A former assistant coach of a Texas high school is accused of using the school district's credit card to charge more than $5,000 at a Houston strip club, according to authorities. JD Bales, a former employee of the Bridgeport Independent School Di...
California high school soccer refs boycott for higher pay
For months, high school officials in Southern California have been threatening to boycott their assignments if they did not get a fee increase from the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section. On November 13, the officials sta...
Study suggests headers in soccer not as harmful as originally thought
A new study suggests soccer ‘headers’ may not cause irrevocable harm damage — as long as the technique is properly taught. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) studied the repetitive impacts of headers by athletes using six diffe...
Florida sergeant arrested after punching youth soccer referee
A Florida sergeant was recently arrested after a video emerged of him punching a referee in the face during a youth soccer game. Sgt. Michael Russell, a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office homicide sergeant has been arrested earlier this week and was ch...
Michigan State Approved for 2026 FIFA World Cup Turfgrass Facility
A FIFA-funded turfgrass testing facility that will make turf for more than a dozen stadiums for the next World Cup will be operated by Michigan State University. The MSU Board of Trustees unanimously voted to build the testing facility, which will...
