Duke, ranked No. 2 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25, beat Alabama A&M for the first time in four meetings, downing the Bulldogs, 4-1, in a game played in a steady rain on Tuesday night. A&M is not the program it was in the early 1980s when it beat Duke three times, but it […]
Monthly Archives: October 2006
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3. MLS: Have foes detected flaws in D.C. United?
By Ridge Mahoney It could prove be nothing more than sniping by the desperate, but scuttlebutt around the league is that D.C. United’s lackluster finish to the regular season may be borne of more than indifference. A stagnant back line, a creaky Jaime Moreno, and a propensity of several players to bark at referees or […]
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5. U.S. ABROAD: Guadarrama called up for Mexico’s U-20s
Sonny Guadarrama, who has played for the U.S. under-18 and under-20 national teams, has been called into a Mexico U-20 national team camp this week in Mexico City. The 5-foot-7 Guadarrama, the second leading scorer in the NCAA Division I ranks as a freshman in 2005 for Campbell, left school this summer to join Mexican […]
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4. MAKING A LIST: Golden Ball candidates
France leads all nations with 11 players nominated for the 2006 European Player of the Year. The Paris magazine France Football, which organizes the award, announced a short list of 50 candidates for the 51st Ballon d’Or (“Golden Ball’). Chelsea leads all clubs with nine players picked, followed by Barcelona with eight and Lyon with […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“We have to accept sometimes referees give goals because they do not see things. Tonight we have something new — that they cancel goals because they saw things which did not exist.” — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger after Spanish referee Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez ruled that France striker Thierry Henry had used his arm on […]
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2. EUROPE: Rooney captains United to victory
Manchester United and Lyon maintained their perfect starts to the UEFA Champions League with their third straight wins on Tuesday. Manchester United leads Group F after a 3-0 victory over FC Copenhagen at Old Trafford. Paul Scholes, John O’Shea and Kieran Richardson scored for United in a match notable for 20-year-old Wayne Rooney‘s debut as […]
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'Ragin' Cajun' is Player of the Year frontrunner
One Louisianan could follow another as Men's Player of the Year. Last year it was Maryland's Jason Garey from Gonzales, located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. This year's surprise frontrunner is Notre Dame's Joseph Lapira from Lake Charles in Acadiana. Garey went into his senior year as a legitimate Player of the Year candidate. […]
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United Directors Quit Amid Suggestions of Glazer Interference
The last vestiges of Manchester United’s old guard (in the boardroom that is) have now left the club, after finance director Nick Humby and commercial director Andy Anson resigned on Tuesday. The two men are believed to be unhappy with the way their jobs had changed under the Glazers, and will depart in February. The […]
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Fergie Backs Ole to Bag 20 this Season
After spending virtually three years on the sidelines with a series of career-threatening knee problems, Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is back, and he’s back on form, too, and that has his manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, beaming. “What Ole has achieved is a great example to everyone,” said Ferguson. ‘”He has shown so much […]
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Capello Denies Resignation (or has Resignation Denied)
We can confirm that Fabio Capello has not quit Real Madrid. However, it was reported on Sunday by Spanish television Canal Plus that Capello had tendered his resignation following Real’s 1-0 loss away to Getafe. Football Italia alleges that President Ramon Calderon refused Capello’s decision and convinced him to stay. After the broadcaster raised the […]
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Who Should be MVP?
Who is Major League Soccer’s most valuable player? Early candidates, like Chivas USA’s Ante Razov, faded as the season went on (injury had a lot to do with it in Razov’s case), while RSL’s Jeff Cunningham, who won the Golden Boot with 15 goals and 11 assists, couldn’t steer his team into the playoffs when […]
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SMALL COLLEGES: Roundup
Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division II men's poll, saw its 14-match unbeaten run to start the season come to an end with a 1-0 loss at St. Michael's in Northeast-10 action. Glenn Sherman scored the match's lone goal with a header off Sam Piotrowski 's corner kick. Freshman Jason Burnett […]
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COLLEGE WOMEN: Navy puts 10 past Howard in first half
It was never going to be close: Navy, 15-0-0, going against Howard, 0-13-0, on Monday night in Annapolis, Md. The No. 17 Midshipmen, the only unbeaten and untied team in women's soccer, put 10 goals past Howard in the first half before shutting down for the evening. The 10-0 win extended Navy's winning streak to […]
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LEADING SCORERS: NCAA D1 Men & Women
MEN G PLAYER, SCHOOL, YEAR 19 Joseph Lapira, Notre Dame, Jr. 15 Saidi Isaac, Winthrop, Jr. 14 Charlie Davies, Boston College, Jr. 14 Jarrod Smith, West Virginia, Sr. 13 Steven Holloway, Monmouth, Sr. 13 Joshua Okoampa, Wis.-Green Bay, Sr. 13 Jeffrey Gonsalves, Rhode Island, Sr. 12 Patrick Nyarko, Virginia Tech, Soph. 12 Riley O'Neill, Kentucky, […]
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WOMEN: FIFA to give '07 champion $1 million bonus
FIFA will pay out $6 million to the 16 finalists at the 2007 Women's World Cup, including a $1 million bonus to the champions. China '07 will mark the first time FIFA will pay federations for participating in the women's championship. The runners-up will receive $800,000, while the other teams will earn lesser bonuses. The […]
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CANADA: Dispute hangs over women's program
Less than six weeks before Canada enters CONCACAF qualifying for the 2007 Women's World Cup, a dispute has surfaced pitting three veteran stars, all residing in the United States, against Canada coach Even Pellerud, the Canadian Soccer Association and millionaire Greg Kerfoot, owner of the W-League champion Vancouver Whitecaps and financial backer of Canada's full-time […]
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WORLD: Sao Caetano loses fourth coach
Helio dos Anjos became the fourth coach to depart struggling Brazilian club Sao Caetano this season when he quit after its 2-0 loss at home to Gremio, the seventh loss in seven games since he took over. ''I couldn't go on losing,'' he said. Sao Caetano, runner-up in the 2002 Libertadores Cup, is 19th in […]
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U.S. ABROAD: McBride strikes Fulham game-winner
Brian McBride celebrated his 100th appearance in the English Premier League with the first goal in Fulham's 2-1 victory over Charlton on Monday night. McBride struck from the edge of the box in the 65th minute with a low shot that was deflected before beating Charlton keeper Antti Niemi. It was the second straight Monday […]
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4. SMALL COLLEGES: Roundup
Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division II men’s poll, saw its 14-match unbeaten run to start the season come to an end with a 1-0 loss at St. Michael’s in Northeast-10 action. Glenn Sherman scored the match’s lone goal with a header off Sam Piotrowski ‘s corner kick. Freshman Jason Burnett […]
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3. WOMEN: Navy puts 10 past Howard in first half
It was never going to be close: Navy, 15-0-0, going against Howard, 0-13-0, on Monday night in Annapolis, Md. The No. 17 Midshipmen, the only unbeaten and untied team in women’s soccer, put 10 goals past Howard in the first half before shutting down for the evening. The 10-0 win extended Navy’s winning streak to […]
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2. LEADING SCORERS: NCAA D1 Men & Women
MEN G PLAYER, SCHOOL, YEAR 19 Joseph Lapira, Notre Dame, Jr. 15 Saidi Isaac, Winthrop, Jr. 14 Charlie Davies, Boston College, Jr. 14 Jarrod Smith, West Virginia, Sr. 13 Steven Holloway, Monmouth, Sr. 13 Joshua Okoampa, Wis.-Green Bay, Sr. 13 Jeffrey Gonsalves, Rhode Island, Sr. 12 Patrick Nyarko, Virginia Tech, Soph. 12 Riley O’Neill, Kentucky, […]
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1. ‘Ragin’ Cajun’ is Player of the Year frontrunner
One Louisianan could follow another as Men’s Player of the Year. Last year it was Maryland’s Jason Garey from Gonzales, located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. This year’s surprise frontrunner is Notre Dame’s Joseph Lapira from Lake Charles in Acadiana. Garey went into his senior year as a legitimate Player of the Year candidate. […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“Despite John’s admittance that he has spelt his surname as Paintsil in the past — including while playing for Ghana in the World Cup finals this summer — the fact remains that the spelling on his official documentation is PANTSIL. For this reason, the Club has no other option but to use that spelling of […]
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3. MLS: C.J. Brown and Chicago aim for another double
By Ridge Mahoney He would like nothing better than to repeat the feats of his first year in MLS, yet Chicago defender C.J. Brown is quite aware of how difficult it will be to match the MLS Cup and U.S. Open Cup double the Fire pulled off as an expansion team in 1998. “At the […]
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6. WOMEN: FIFA to give ’07 champion $1 million bonus
FIFA will pay out $6 million to the 16 finalists at the 2007 Women’s World Cup, including a $1 million bonus to the champions. China ’07 will mark the first time FIFA will pay federations for participating in the women’s championship. The runners-up will receive $800,000, while the other teams will earn lesser bonuses. The […]