Soccer’s leaders could learn from ice hockey, borrowing its tie-breaking solution to put an end to the wholly unsatisfying spectacle of penalty kicks.

Three area teams celebrated district soccer championships last week, and they’re in the beginning of an 11-day layoff between the end of the regular season and the playoffs, which begin on March 23.

With two games remaining in boy’s 24-5A soccer, Clear Lake had a tough road in its attempt for the district title.

It’s a CCISD world in girl’s 24-5A soccer.

A family walks into Free Kick Soccer, and Alvaro Dos Santos immediately stops assembling a set of light blue soccer uniforms to greet them.

One goal was all it took for Fort Payne on Tuesday. Eighth-grade forward Taylor Williams converted a penalty kick with about seven minutes left, and Fort Payne edged host Albertville 1-0 in Class 5A, Section 5 girls’ high school soccer.

MOULTRIE — The Colquitt County junior varsity boys soccer team continued to wear out its opposition on Saturday, defeating Lee County in Leesburg 10-0 in a game called with 10 minutes remaining.

Many parents are encouraging their children to pick up a soccer ball and play. The sport gives girls a chance to be competitive and be part of a team.  “It’s a whole team feeling; when you win you win as a team. If you lose you lose as a team, but everybody works together it makes a lot of camaraderie and a feeling of being connected with other girls,” says Cynthia Shearer a soccer mom. The game …

Wellington Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert equated his side’s elimination from soccer’s A-League title race to Ireland’s World Cup qualifying heartache after a hand ball by Sydney FC goalscorer Chris Payne influenced a controversial preliminary final last night.

Three-time Olympian and Women’s World Cup champion Joy Fawcett and her 8-year-old daughter spent Saturday at the Palo Alto High School soccer field, signing autographs and promoting more well-behaved parenting from the sidelines.