How Pele capped an epic career by playing for two teams in one game from Adam Gretz, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com No soccer player achieved more than Pele during his more than two decades on the pitch. Whether it was his three World Cup championships, more than any other player, or the more than 1,000 goals he claimed to have scored, Pele was a one-of-a-kind legend in his native Brazil, the United States and on the international stage. Pele died on Thursday in Brazil at the age of 82 following a battle with cancer. Of all of Pele’s many accomplishments, one of…
Team doctor says Denmark’s Christian Eriksen suffered cardiac arrest, was ‘gone’ before being resuscitated from Erin Walsh with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen was “gone” before being resuscitated after suffering a cardiac arrest, the team’s doctor said in a news conference Sunday, according to Sky Sports. “How close were we to losing him? I don’t know, but we got him back after one defib, so that’s quite fast,” the doctor said. Eriksen is in stable condition after being taken to a Copenhagen hospital on Saturday after he collapsed on the field during Denmark’s Euro 2020 opener against Finland. The 29-year-old…
NCHSAA announces host sites for 2021 Lacrosse and Men’s Soccer Championships CHAPEL HILL, NC – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has finalized the host sites for the 2021 State Championships in the sports of Men’s Soccer and Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse. All championships will be held on Friday, March 26 or Saturday, March 27. Men’s Soccer State Championships will be hosted at Koka Booth Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. Cary High School will once again serve as the host school for this year’s championships.One game will be played on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. with…
from www.myfox8.com/CLICK HERE…See more on this on the FOX 8 News at Noon, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 10pm, and 11 pm….. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina— Argentina soccer legend Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the game’s greatest ever players, died of a heart attack on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Maradona, 60, had recently battled health issues and underwent emergency surgery for a subdural haematoma several weeks ago. He suffered a heart attack at his home in the outskirts of Buenos Aires on Wednesday, Argentinian media and acquaintances of the former player said. Maradona won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986.…
**********Kirk Powers funeral arrangements:Memorial Service for Kirk Powers will held on Saturday June 20 at 11am…Location will be Forsyth Memorial Park, 3771 Yadkinville Road, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27106…Casual dress and all info coming in from Kirk Powers’ brother, Sean Powers….*********** Gone way too soon…Kirk Powers, the former Western Guilford Hornets’ soccer player and football kicker…Kirk Powers from the Western Guilford Class of 1992, a former Hornets star, who unfortunately, his star has burned out…Kirk Powers gone at age 46 and his memories are left for those knew him and followed him, and those memories will have to carry on the legacy…
Lady Dynamo WPSL Team & Staff Announced Greensboro, N.C: Today the Carolina Dynamo in cooperation with the Greensboro United Soccer Club officially announced their Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) franchise for the 2016 season, the Greensboro Lady Dynamo. “I’m extremely excited to move the Lady Dynamo into a formalized league in 2016,” Dynamo GM Scott Zapko said. “The young women who have participated in the Lady Dynamo program the past two summers, helped lead the way into a whole new era of Women’s soccer both here in Greensboro and the Triad alike.” “I’m extremely excited to offer a high level…