In the space of 24 hours, AC Milan's Serie A title hopes went up in smoke. On Friday, Milan's appeal of its eight-point penalty for its involvement in Italian soccer's match-fixing scandal was rejected. The next day, it lost to archrival Inter Milan, 4-3, to fall 14 points behind Inter and Palermo, tied for first […]
Monthly Archives: October 2006
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5. SOCCER AMERICA WOMEN’S TOP 25: New Rankings
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Weekend Results) 1. Notre Dame (18-0-1) 1 10/24 at Cincinnati 3-0, 10/29 St. John’s (Big East Tournament) 3-0, 11/3 Marquette (Big East Tournament). 2. North Carolina (18-1-0) 2 Wake Forest 4-0, 11/1 N.C. State (ACC Tournament). 3. UCLA (16-2-0) 3 10/27 Washington 2-0, 10/29 Washington State 2-0, 11/5 at Oregon, 11/5 […]
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3. SOCCER AMERICA MEN’S TOP 25: New Rankings
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Last week’s results) 1. Wake Forest (15-2-1) 3 10/27 at Virginia 2-1, 11/1 North Carolina (ACC Tournament). 2. West Virginia (15-1-2) 5 10/23 Pittsburgh-canceled, 10/28 South Florida 1-0 (Big East Tournament), 11/3 at Rutgers (Big East Tournament). 3. SMU (15-1-3) 1 10/25 at UAB 1-2, 10/28 Marshall 1-0, 11/1 Marshall or […]
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4. WOMEN: No. 1 Notre Dame advances in Big East
No. 1 Notre Dame moved into the semifinals of the Big East Tournament with a 3-0 win over St. John’s on Sunday. Brittany Bock showed her strength in the air with two early goals on headers off set plays, and Kerri Hanks capped the victory with her 16th goal of the season. The victory at […]
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COLLEGE WOMEN: Conference Tournament Scoreboard (Oct. 29)
America East First Round Oct. 27 #4 Binghamton 0 #5 New Hampshire 0 (New Hampshire wins 4-2 on penalties.) #3 Maine 2 #6 Vermont 0 Semifinals Oct. 29 Maine 0 Boston University 0 (Maine wins 2-0 on penalties.) Hartford 2 New Hampshire 1 Big East First Round Oct. 26 St. John's 2 Seton Hall 0 […]
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1. Cal and Santa Clara clinch first NCAA berths
California and Santa Clara are the first teams to clinch berths in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament. The Northern California schools won their respective conference titles on the road in Los Angeles on Sunday. California clinched the Pac-10 title with a 4-1 victory over UCLA in front of a season-high crowd of 2,815 (fourth-largest […]
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2. MEN: Wake takes over top spot
Wake Forest moved into the top spot in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25 with a 2-1 win at Virginia on Friday night. The Demon Deacons climbed two spots, moving ahead of SMU, which fell at UAB, 2-1, on Wednesday, and Duke, which lost at Clemson, 1-0, on Saturday. Substitute Cody Arnoux scored the winning […]
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COLLEGE MEN: Conference Tournament Scoreboard (Oct. 29)
America East First Round Oct. 28 Albany 0 Boston U. 1 New Hampshire 4 Stony Brook 0 Big East First Round Oct. 25 St. John's 1 Pittsburgh 0 South Florida 5 Seton Hall 1 Notre Dame 2 DePaul 0 Providence 2 Louisville 0 Quarterfinals Oct. 28 #1 West Virginia 1 #4 South Florida 0 #2 […]
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5. WORLD: Milan loses on two fronts
In the space of 24 hours, AC Milan’s Serie A title hopes went up in smoke. On Friday, Milan’s appeal of its eight-point penalty for its involvement in Italian soccer’s match-fixing scandal was rejected. The next day, it lost to archrival Inter Milan, 4-3, to fall 14 points behind Inter and Palermo, tied for first […]
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MLS: Quarterfinals, Second Leg (Summaries)
Oct. 28 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 Chicago 1. Goals: Twellman (Franchino, Dorman) 41, Noonan 58; Jaqua (Mapp) 18. (Agg.: 2-2. New England wins 4-2 on penalties.) New England — Reis, Heaps, Parkhurst, John, Larentowicz (Smith, 54), Ralston (Cancela, 85), Dorman, Franchino, Hernandez, Twellman, Abundis (Noonan, 46). Chicago — Pickens, Brown, Sanneh, Robinson, Jaqua, […]
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6. PEACE QUEEN CUP: USA escapes with draw
Newly married Kristine Lilly scored in the 73rd minute to earn the USA a 1-1 tie with Denmark before 8,200 fans Sunday in the opening game of the Peace Quenn Cup in Gimhae, South Korea. The USA dominated the first half, but the Danes who scored first when Camilla Anderson hammered her left-footed first-time shot […]
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PEACE QUEEN CUP: USA escapes with draw
Newly married Kristine Lilly scored in the 73rd minute to earn the USA a 1-1 tie with Denmark before 8,200 fans Sunday in the opening game of the Peace Quenn Cup in Gimhae, South Korea. The USA dominated the first half, but the Danes who scored first when Camilla Anderson hammered her left-footed first-time shot […]
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COLLEGE WOMEN: Soccer America Top 25 Scoreboard
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Weekend Results) 1. Notre Dame (17-0-1) 1 10/24 at Cincinnati 3-0, 10/29 St. John's (Big East Tournament). 2. North Carolina (18-1-0) 2 10/27 Wake Forest 4-0 … ACC Tournament. 3. UCLA (15-2-0) 4 10/27 Washington 2-0, 10/29 Washington State, 11/5 at Oregon, 11/5 at Oregon State. 4. Santa Clara (13-3-1) 7 […]
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COLLEGE MEN: Soccer America Top 25 Scoreboard
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Last week's results) 1. SMU (14-0-3) 1 10/25 at UAB, 10/28 at Marshall … Conference USA Tournament. 2. Duke (13-2-1) 2 10/24 North Florida 5-0, 10/28 at Clemson … ACC Tournament. 3. Wake Forest (15-2-1) 3 10/27 at Virginia 2-1 … ACC Tournament. 4. Virginia (13-3-0) 4 10/27 Wake Forest 1-2 […]
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COLLEGE WOMEN: Utah is perfect in Mountain West
No. 11 Utah finished the Mountain West regular season unbeaten, untied and unscored upon. The Utes capped off their historic run Friday night at Ute Field with a 2-0 victory over Wyoming. Utah (14-4-0) also ended the regular season riding a 10-game winning streak, the longest in school history. Utah got an own goal in […]
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BIG TEN: Indiana clinches regular-season title
Freshman Lee Hagedorn scored his first career goal in the 78th minute to give No. 7 Indiana a 1-0 victory over Wisconsin. The victory gave the Hoosiers the Big Ten regular-season title and a first-round bye in the Big Ten Tournament, to be held Nov. 2-5 at Ohio State.
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ACC: Wake Forest wins at Virginia, 2-1
No. 3 Wake Forest extended its winning streak to five games with a 2-1 win at No. 4 Virginia on Friday night. Substitute Cody Arnoux scored the winning goal for the Demon Deacons in the 77th minute when he rifled a shot from 15 yards out off a cross from Steven Curfman. Nico Colaluca put […]
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COLLEGE WOMEN: UNC wins 18th in a row
U.S. international Heather O'Reilly assisted on three goals in her final-regular season game at fetzer Field to lead No. 2 North Carolina to a 4-0 win over Wake Forest. The win was UNCÆs 18th victory in a row. The Tar Heels have not lost since being defeated by Texas A&M, 1-0, in double overtime on […]
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South Africa 2010 Budget Grows by $700 Million
South Africa’s 2010 World Cup budget is bloated; the most recent count for new stadiums, personnel and administrative costs is $2 billion, the National Treasury said on Wednesday. A little more than half the total will go toward the construction and upgrading of the nation’s stadiums, as well as the development of the surrounding precincts. […]
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Juve Lawyer: We Probably Deserved Serie C
Juventus was fortunate not to be demoted to Serie C for its part in Calcipoli, according to Juve lawyer Cesare Zacarone. “Probably someone in this meeting doesn’t understand the situation we were in,” said the lawyer. “The dossier that was given to us included so many infractions made by Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo, who […]
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Prospective West Ham Bidders in a Date with Sven
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson was spotted having dinner with Eli Papouchado, one of the men said to be involved in a prospective takeover bid for West Ham United, and Israeli super-agent Pini Zahavi in Tel Aviv on Sunday, sparking rumors that Papouchado and Zahavi may be courting Eriksson for the coaching job at West […]
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Eriksson: Rooney’s Fault England Lost the Cup
After issuing a strong denial that he plans to return to England as coach of West Ham United, Sven-Goran Eriksson has made it clear that he wants to return to coaching. Athole Still, Eriksson’s agent, said his client wants to return to work in early January. Newcastle United and West Ham United are thought to […]
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Hedge Funds to Invest in Soccer Player Contracts
Leave it to hedge funds to come up with new ways to invest. Whether it be wine, whiskey, commodities, or soccer players, if there’s a high risk reward, you can bet there’s a hedge fund out there willing to put money down on it. That’s right, we said soccer players. For $470,000, two UK-registered hedge […]
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USA: Klinsmann confirms talks with U.S. Soccer
Juergen Klinsmann, who left his post as Germany head coach shortly after last summer's World Cup, has told the Associated Press he's been discussing the U.S. national team job with U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati and said that, ''Sooner or later, I have to get back into coaching.'' Klinsmann said he's had a ''couple of […]
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WOMEN'S TOURNAMENTS: Louisville stays alive
Women's conference tournament action began Thursday with two first-round games in the Big East. Louisville improved to 13-4-1, establishing a school record for wins with a 1-0 win over Pittsburgh. The two teams battled for 106 minutes until Jamie Craft scored on a rocket from 35 yards. Erin Bohn converted a penalty kick in the […]