U.S. U-20 women’s national team players have returned to campuses across the country after spending the first two weeks of the 2006 season in Russia, where the USA finished fourth at the Under-20 Women’s World Championship. No team missed more players than No. 5 UCLA, which welcomes back five U-20s for this weekend’s UCLA Women’s […]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
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1. Unbeaten ACC giants clash Friday night
Two big ACC men’s showdowns take place Friday night when No. 4 Maryland travels to No. 5 Clemson and No. 6 Duke visits No. 7 Wake Forest. They are four of the six ACC teams with perfect records. No. 1 North Carolina lost for the first time in 2006 when it fell to N.C. State, […]
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6. SOCCER ON TV: Your Viewing Guide
For this weekend’s nationally televised games: https://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562137584
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5. USL: Romario’s scoring title quest televised Friday
Brazilian 1994 World Cup champion Romario will try to take the USL-1 scoring lead when his Miami FC takes on the Puerto Rico Islanders on Friday in a game aired live by Fox Soccer Channel and Fox en Espanol (8 pm ET/5 pm PT). FC Miami needs just a tie to clinch a playoff spot […]
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4. ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: A meeting of Americans
On Monday in the English Premier League, newly promoted Reading, with Marcus Hahnemann in goal and Bobby Convey in midfield, hosts Manchester City, where DaMarcus Beasley has joined Claudio Reyna in the midfield. Three games into the season, ninth-place Manchester City has already played two title favorites, beating Arsenal, 1-0, after falling to Chelsea, 3-0, […]
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3. WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Former MLS coach Octavio Zambrano
Octavio Zambrano, who compiled one of the highest winning percentages in MLS history (.587) while at the helm of Los Angeles (1997-99) and the MetroStars (2000-02), is the new head coach of Moldova First Division club FC Tiligul. Zambrano, an Ecuador native who immigrated to the USA to play college ball, was a successful youth […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“I talked with Claudio Suarez [of Chivas USA] and he warned me not to think that this would be easy because they are very rough and they play a very fast football, European style.” — Mexican forward Jose Manuel Abundis, who appears set to sign with the New England Revolution. The 33-year-old won three Mexican […]
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COLLEGE MEN: Clemson and Duke win ACC classics
Despite playing the last 29 minutes with 10 men, No. 5 Clemson held on for a 2-1 victory over defending champion Maryland and hand the No. 4 Terrapins their first loss of the season before 6,821 fans, the second largest crowd in Riggs Field history. Brazilian Frederico Moojen showed why he is one of college […]
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2. PREVIEW: Unscathed Inter is favored in Italy
In the wake of the match-fixing scandal that resulted in mighty Juventus being relegated to Serie B and four other teams, including traditional contenders AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio, being penalized points in the standings, Inter Milan begins the 2006-07 season as the clear favorite to win the Italian league, which opens this weekend. Inter […]
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ITALY: 2006 Summer Transfers
ASCOLI In: Gianluca Pagliuca (goalkeeper, Bologna) Out: Igor Budan (striker, Parma), Fabio Quagliarella (striker, Sampdoria), Vittorio Tosto (defender, Empoli) ATALANTA In: Christian Vieri (striker, out of contract), Cristiano Doni (midfielder, Real Mallorca), Nelson Abeijon (defender, Cagliari), Fernando Tissone (midfielder, Udinese), Out: Luca Saudati (striker, Empoli), Rolando Bianchi (striker, Reggina) CAGLIARI In: Marco Fortin (goalkeeper, Siena), […]
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AMERICANS ABROAD: Tim Hankinson guides Guatemalan U-17s
American Tim Hankinson, who coached in MLS for seven seasons, has been the head coach of the Guatemalan U-17 national team since March. In mid-September, Hankinson brings his squad to Bradenton, Fla., to face the U.S. U-17s following Guatemala's tour of Mexico. ''This preparation is the biggest commitment the Guatemalan federation has made to any […]
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PROFILE: Frosh Otii is force for UCSB
Bongomin Otii is fast becoming one of the country's most feared strikers in the box. The freshman scored his fourth goal in four games to help No. 12 Santa Barbara beat Cal Poly, 2-0, Tuesday night in the Big West opener for both teams. He scored twice in his college debut in the Gauchos' 5-0 […]
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San Marino, Andorra, Liechtenstein: What’s the Point?
Pundits across Europe are up in arms over the latest round of trouncings the likes of San Marino and Andorra received in Euro 2008 qualifying this past week. What, if any, purpose does the presence of smaller nations like these serve in the qualifying process? A chance to improve your goal differential? San Marino was […]
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Van Nistelrooy ‘Stabbed in the Back’ by Ferguson
“Stabbed in the back.” That’s how Ruud Van Nistelrooy feels about Sir Alex Ferguson’s total about-face on the player he practically drove out of Manchester United. It’s nothing personal, Ruud. After all, it’s just business. “I had a good relationship with Ferguson in the beginning, but when he left me on the bench for 90 […]
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Donovan Winner Puts L.A. Through to Open Cup Final
Landon Donovan did it last night, responding to criticism from the press and fans to lead the L.A. Galaxy past the Houston Dynamo and into the U.S. Open Cup final for the second consecutive year. Donovan scored one and assisted one as the Galaxy swept aside Dwayne De Rosario and the Dynamo, 3-1, at the […]
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Donadoni Looks to Totti as World Champions Fall in Paris
After a convincing and impressive 3-1 win by France over world champion Italy in Paris last night, the Italian press have its knives out for new coach Roberto Donadoni, who has now drawn one and lost two in his first three matches in charge of the Azzurri. Saturday’s 1-1 draw with lowly Lithuania was followed […]
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West Ham’s Five-Year Lease, with an Option to Buy
The British press continues to try and make sense of the bizarre set of circumstances that brought Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez to West Ham United for next to nothing. The Daily Telegraph, after speaking with Pini Zahavi, the so-called “super agent” who represented the pair in the deal that sent them to West Ham […]
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U.S. OPEN CUP: Donovan does it for L.A.; Carr drives Fire to final
Landon Donovan scored the go-ahead goal for defending Open Cup champion Los Angeles in its 3-1 semifinal win over the Houston Dynamo, which, when it was the San Jose Earthquakes, had been eliminated four previous times by L.A. from the Open Cup. Alan Gordon, who notched two goals last weekend for the Galaxy in MLS […]
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N.C. State knocks off No. 1 North Carolina
North Carolina, ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America Men's Top 25, lost its first game of the season when it fell to N.C. State, 3-1, in the ACC opener. Santiago Fusilier connected on a 35-yard strike in the 72nd minute, and freshman Alan Sanchez followed with a penalty kick goal five minutes later to […]
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OBITUARY: Alabama A&M keeper Mdluli killed
Alabama A&M goalie Mlondi Mdluli, who started the first two games of the 2006 college season before returning to his native Swaziland, was killed Monday night when the Toyota Corolla he was driving drove into a ditch and then hit a concrete wall. Three other passengers — two former soccer players and a female companion […]
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3. OBITUARY: Alabama A&M keeper Mdluli killed
Alabama A&M goalie Mlondi Mdluli, who started the first two games of the 2006 college season before returning to his native Swaziland, was killed Monday night when the Toyota Corolla he was driving drove into a ditch and then hit a concrete wall. Three other passengers — two former soccer players and a female companion […]
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2. PROFILE: Frosh Otii is force for UCSB
Bongomin Otii is fast becoming one of the country’s most feared strikers in the box. The freshman scored his fourth goal in four games to help No. 12 Santa Barbara beat Cal Poly, 2-0, Tuesday night in the Big West opener for both teams. He scored twice in his college debut in the Gauchos’ 5-0 […]
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1. N.C. State knocks off No. 1 North Carolina
North Carolina, ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25, lost its first game of the season when it fell to N.C. State, 3-1, in the ACC opener. Santiago Fusilier connected on a 35-yard strike in the 72nd minute, and freshman Alan Sanchez followed with a penalty kick goal five minutes later to […]
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5. SOCCER ON TV: Your Viewing Guide
For this week’s nationally televised games: https://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562137584
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4. AMERICANS ABROAD: Tim Hankinson guides Guatemalan U-17s
American Tim Hankinson, who coached in MLS for seven seasons, has been the head coach of the Guatemalan U-17 national team since March. In mid-September, Hankinson brings his squad to Bradenton, Fla., to face the U.S. U-17s following Guatemala’s tour of Mexico. “This preparation is the biggest commitment the Guatemalan federation has made to any […]