A week after he made his Bundesliga debut as a halftime sub, 21-year-old Californian Benny Feilhaber got his first start and went the full 90 minutes in a 2-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen, which marked Hamburg's first win of the season. Also in Germany, Hannover 96 (Steve Cherundolo) suffered its first loss in five games […]
Monthly Archives: October 2006
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WORLD: Real Madrid defeats Barca in Spanish clasico
Real Madrid handed Barcelona its first defeat of La Liga season with a 2-0 victory Sunday in the Spanish clasico. Real captain Raul scored on a header off a ball served into the box by Sergio Ramos after only three minutes. Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy hit the second goal in the 51st minute, poking […]
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3. WOMEN: No. 1 Irish extend unbeaten streak
No. 1 Notre Dame (16-0-1) extended its unbeaten streak to 17 games with wins over Villanova (4-2) and Georgetown (1-0), The game against Villanova was a matchup of the nation’s top defenses, but each squad allowed its most goals in a game this season. Sophomore star Kerri Hanks scored the first two Notre Dame goals […]
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4. SOCCER AMERICA WOMEN’S TOP 25: New Rankings
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Weekend Results) 1. Notre Dame (16-0-1) 1 10/20 at Villanova 4-2, 10/22 at Georgetown 1-0, 10/24 at Cincinnati, 10/29 Seton Hall-St. John’s winner (Big East Tournament). 2. North Carolina (17-1-0) 2 10/19 at N.C. State 4-1, 10/27 Wake Forest 3. UCLA (14-2-0) 4 10/20 at Arizona 1-0, 10/22 at Arizona State […]
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2. SOCCER AMERICA MEN’S TOP 25: New Rankings
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Last week’s results) 1. SMU (14-0-3) 1 10/18 South Carolina 1-1, OT, 10/21 at Memphis 3-0, 10/25 at UAB, 10/28 at Marshall. 2. Duke (12-2-1) 2 10/17 Alabama A&M 4-1, 10/20 North Carolina 1-0, 10/24 North Florida, 10/27 at Clemson. 3. Wake Forest (14-2-1) 3 10/18 UNC Greensboro 3-0, 10/21 N.C. […]
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1. Duke dumps reeling UNC on own goal
An own goal gave No. 2 Duke a 1-0 win over North Carolina before 6,549 fans at Koskinen Stadium on Friday night and remain in first place in ACC men’s play with a 5-1-1 record. The struggling Tar Heels are winless in five games and have been shut out in three straight games for the […]
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3. AMERICANS ABROAD: Feilhaber starts in Hamburg’s first win
A week after he made his Bundesliga debut as a halftime sub, 21-year-old Californian Benny Feilhaber got his first start and went the full 90 minutes in a 2-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen, which marked Hamburg’s first win of the season. Also in Germany, Hannover 96 (Steve Cherundolo) suffered its first loss in five games […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“They didn’t show a lot here. I don’t really feel [they were] a strong team like last year, the same confidence on this team. After the game, everybody was happy to beat us 1-0. I was very surprised. It means maybe something for us. They did not show [much].” — New York Red Bulls attacker […]
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2. MLS PLAYOFFS: D.C. United & Dallas celebrate road wins; Chivas & Chicago down visitors
By Ridge Mahoney Two home teams held serve and two didn’t in the first leg of the MLS conference semifinals, and the two that didn’t need monumental efforts to overturn their series next weekend. Yet the performances of Colorado, a 2-1 loser to FC Dallas, and the New York Red Bulls, toppled 1-0 by D.C. […]
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4. WORLD: Real Madrid defeats Barca in Spanish clasico
Real Madrid handed Barcelona its first defeat of La Liga season with a 2-0 victory Sunday in the Spanish clasico. Real captain Raul scored on a header off a ball served into the box by Sergio Ramos after only three minutes. Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy hit the second goal in the 51st minute, poking […]
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SOCCER AMERICA MEN'S TOP 25: Scoreboard (Sunday Oct. 22)
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Last week's results) 1. SMU (13-0-3) 1 10/18 South Carolina 1-1, OT, 10/21 at Memphis 3-0, 10/25 at UAB, 10/28 at Marshall. 2. Duke (12-2-1) 4 10/17 Alabama A&M 4-1, 10/20 North Carolina 1-0, 10/24 North Florida, 10/27 at Clemson. 3. Wake Forest (14-2-1) 5 10/18 UNC Greensboro 3-0, 10/21 N.C. […]
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MLS: Quarterfinals, First Leg (Summaries)
Oct. 21 in East Rutherford, N.J. New York 0 D.C. United 1. Goal: Gomez (Moreno) 77. New York — Conway, Wynne, Dunivant, Mendes (Wolyniec, 82), Parke, Kovalenko (Graham, 96+), Guevara, Stammler, Schopp (Henderson, 88), Djorkaeff, Altidore. D.C. United — Perkins, Namoff, Boswell, Erpen, Adu (Prideaux, 78), Carroll, Gomez, Gros, Olsen (Carroll, 96+), Eskandarian (Simms, 85), […]
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SOCCER AMERICA WOMEN'S TOP 25: Scoreboard (Sunday Oct. 22)
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Weekend Results) 1. Notre Dame (17-0-1) 1 10/20 at Villanova 4-2, 10/22 at Georgetown 1-0, 10/24 at Cincinnati. 2. North Carolina (17-1-0) 2 10/19 at N.C. State 4-1, 10/27 Wake Forest 3. Florida State (12-2-2) 3 10/19 at Wake Forest 3-2, 10/22 at Duke 1-3, 10/24 Jacksonville, 10/27 Clemson. 4. UCLA […]
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SOCCER AMERICA MEN'S TOP 25: Scoreboard
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) PREVIOUS RANK (Last week's results) 1. SMU (13-0-3) 1 10/18 South Carolina 1-1, OT, 10/21 at Memphis, 10/25 at UAB, 10/28 at Marshall. 2. Duke (12-2-1) 4 10/17 Alabama A&M 4-1, 10/20 North Carolina 1-0, 10/24 North Florida, 10/27 at Clemson. 3. Wake Forest (13-2-1) 5 10/18 UNC Greensboro 3-0, 10/21 UNC Greesnboro, […]
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COLLEGE MEN: Buffalo snaps Northern Illinois streaks
Andrae Clarke's goal in the 85th minute gave Buffalo a 1-0 victory over No. 24 Northern Illinois and snap the Huskies' eight-game unbeaten streak. Clarke's goal broke NIU keeper Joe Zimka's seven-game uninterrupted shutout record tallying 754 minutes of play.
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COLLEGE WOMEN: UConn upsets West Virginia
Visiting Connecticut upset No. 5 West Virginia, 1-0, Friday night, in women's Big East action. The loss snaps the MountaineersÆ 15-game unbeaten streak at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. Connecticut, which last week tied No. 1 Notre Dame, 0-0, broke the tie in the second half in the 61st minute when Brittany Tegeler received a ball […]
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COLLEGE MEN: Cristman's hat trick lifts Virginia over Hokies
Senior forward Adam Cristman registered the first hat trick since 2000 by a Cavalier to lead No. 4 Virginia to a 3-1 win over No. 19 Virginia Tech in front of a record crowd of 2,711 fans at the Hokie Soccer Stadium Friday night. Virginia, which remains in second place in the ACC behind Duke, […]
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COLLEGE MEN: Own goal give Duke win over reeling UNC
An own goal gave No. 2 Duke a 1-0 win over No. 9 North Carolina and remain in first place in the ACC with a 5-1-1 record. The struggling Tar Heels are winless in five games and have been shut out in three straight games for the first time since 1982, the last time they […]
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MLS: D.C. United wins first leg at New York
Eastern Conference regular-season champion D.C. United beat the New York Red Bulls, 1-0, on Christian Gomez's 77th-minute goal in the first leg of their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Saturday afternoon before a sparce crowd at Giants Stadium. New York's best chance came in the first minute of stoppage time when Jeff Parke's header from […]
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COLLEGE MEN: Edu wins third game for Maryland
Junior Maurice Edu has scored three goals for Maryland this season. All three came on headers. All three came on balls served by Graham Zusi. And all three gave the Terrapins 1-0 wins. The latest was a 1-0 victory over Hartwick at Ludwig Field to snap a two-game losing streak for the defending national champions. […]
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FA Clears Reading Duo of Wrongdoing against Chelsea
The English Football Association was quick to dismiss the idea that Chelsea’s goalkeepers Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini were deliberately injured by Reading players at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday. In his comments to the press, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has relentlessly implied that his players sustained premeditated attacks, and then negligent handling afterwards, even […]
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Boring, Boring Champions League
The BBC’s Robbo Robson is bored of the Champions League. Why? Because he says it’s almost a foregone conclusion that the big European clubs will qualify with ease for the second phase, and then it becomes the same teams every year vying for the title. We should remind Mr. Robson that as recently as 2004, […]
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West Ham the Front-Runner for London’s 2012 Stadium
Richard Caborn, Premier League chairman and England’s minister of sport, has revealed that West Ham United, the subject of countless takeover rumors over the past few months, has entered into “serious negotiations” over the possibility of moving into London’s 2012 Olympic Stadium after the Games. It has long been speculated that either West Ham or […]
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Ferguson Challenges Red Devils to Reach for 90 Points
Sir Alex Ferguson believes it will take at least 90 points to win the English Premiership, a feat Manchester United has achieved only twice under in his 20 years in charge of the club: in 1994 (though teams played four more games then than they do today) and 2000. Ninety points means three or four […]
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Don’t Forget About Chelsea-Portsmouth
It’s a match that will surely be overshadowed by many neutral fans for the grand occasions of Real Madrid-Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu and Manchester United-Liverpool at Old Trafford, but Chelsea at home to Portsmouth just might be this weekends most intriguing encounter. Besides, that match will be played on Saturday, while the former two […]