Knoxville Force vs Atlanta Silverback Reserves Atlanta Silverbacks Park, Atlanta, Georgia 7/6/12 Head Coach, Stephen Lyons Knoxville traveled to Atlanta for their last regular season game against the Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves. With temperatures into the 90’s and a turf field the conditions to start the game were scorching. The Silverbacks started well and moved the ball [...]
Knoxville Force vs East Tennessee Hispanic All-Stars At Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 6/30/12 Head Coach, Stephen Lyons In sweltering temperatures Knoxville faced a Hispanic All Star team at Oak Ridge High School on Saturday night. Both teams started by creating their chances and in the 16th minute Travis Bolton forced a fine save [...]
Knoxville Force vs Mississippi Storm At Regal Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee 6/22/12 Head Coach, Stephen Lyons After back-to-back away games it was nice to be back on our home field to face last weeks opponents the Mississippi Storm. It was a hot and humid summers evening at Regal Stadium which made the conditions challenging for both teams [...]
The Lady Force game versus the Mississippi Fuego U-23 team that was scheduled for Saturday, June 23, at 5 p.m. is canceled. Due to a injury filled Fuego roster they can only travel with 17 players. The coaches feel it was best to cancel the game instead of playing it and risking further injury to [...]
Knoxville Force vs Mississippi Storm Ocean Spring Stadium, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 6/16/12 Head Coach, Stephen Lyons Knoxville drove to Ocean Springs, Mississippi to face off against the Storm on Saturday evening. The weather was warmer than the previous night in Alabama and the turf field was not ideal for either team. We started strong and created [...]
Knoxville Force vs Rocket City United At Madison City Schools Stadium, Madison, Alabama 6/15/12 Head Coach, Stephen Lyons Knoxville traveled to Huntsville, Alabama Friday night to face conference rivals Rocket City. It was a relatively cool evening and the pitch was in better shape than last years encounter so ideal conditions for a big game. [...]
Knoxville Force vs Jacksonville United At Regal Stadium, Knoxville, TN 6/9/12 Head Coach, Steven Lyons On a warm overcast evening at Regal Stadium, the Force went up against last season’s NPSL champions, Jacksonville United. The emphasis from the start was to set a high tempo and get Jacksonville on their back foot. The Force managed [...]
If you were to go into your garage or “mud room” right now, how many soccer cleats do you think you would find? One pair? Three? Maybe even five? How often have those cleats seen the green of a soccer pitch in the last year? Being involved in soccer over the past 30 years, I [...]
Knoxville Force vs Georgia Revolution At Regal Stadium, Knoxville, TN 6/2/12 Head Coach, Stephen Lyons In cool conditions the home pitch was in much better shape than the last home game at Regal Stadium. The game started at a frantic pace with neither team really getting the upper hand. After the first ten minutes it [...]
Knoxville Force vs Myrtle Beach Mutiny 5/19/12 Head Coach, Stephen Lyons This weeks NPSL action took the Knoxville Force on a road trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The weather was unseasonably cool which made the playing conditions ideal for the players. Knoxville started strong and was getting early success out wide with David Haba [...]
