Notre Dame stars Kerri Hanks and Joseph Lapira swept the 2006 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy as the top college players. This marks the first time since the MAC began awarding both a men’s and women’s award in 1991 that players from the same school have won the award in the same year. Hanks and […]
Monthly Archives: December 2006
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1. UCLA and UCSB sweep ACC powers
UC reigned over the ACC in an East-West battle in the semifinals of the Men’s College Cup on Saturday in St. Louis. UCLA, looking for its 100th NCAA sports championship, stunned Virginia with a four-goal blitz in the last 26 minutes to down the Cavaliers, 4-0, in the first semifinals. UC Santa Barbara outlasted Wake […]
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2. MEN’S COLLEGE CUP: Summaries
Dec. 2 in St. Louis UCLA 4 Virginia 0. Goals: Estrada (Nakazawa) 64, Estrada 66, Myers (Leopoldo) 84, Stephens 88. UCLA — Reed, Rusin, Zaher, Folk, McClung, Stephens, Barlow, Zizzo, Leopoldo, Nakazawa, Estrada. Subs: Alvarado, Myers, Jaramillo, Suits. Virginia — Burke, Poole, Soumare, Short, Williams, Murphy, Holder, Colaluca, Villanueva, Cristman, Reyering. Subs: Barlow, Hinkle, LaBauex. […]
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1. UCLA and UCSB sweep ACC powers
California reigned over the ACC in an East-West battle in the semifinals of the Men's College Cup on Saturday in St. Louis. UCLA, looking for its 100th NCAA sports championship, stunned Virginia with a four-goal blitz in the last 26 minutes to down the Cavaliers, 4-0, in the first semifinals. UC Santa Barbara outlasted Wake […]
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ALL-AMERICANS: NCAA Division I Men
NCAA Division I NSCAA/adidas All-America
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ALL-AMERICANS: NCAA Division I Women
NCAA Division I NSCAA/adidas All-America First Team Pos., Name, Cl., School, Hometown G, Jillian Loyden, Jr., Villanova, Vineland, N.J. D, Ali Krieger *, Sr., Penn State, Dumfries, Va. D , Kasey Moore, So., Texas, Mission Viejo, Calif. D, Kelly Rowland, Sr., Florida State, Wallingford, Pa. M, Yael Averbuch, So., North Carolina, Upper Montclair, N.J. M, […]
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MEN'S COLLEGE CUP: Semifinals postponed
Due to the winter weather system that moved through the St. Louis area Thursday night, Friday's Men's College Cup semifinal games were postponed until Saturday. The first game, featuring Virginia and UCLA, was scheduled to be played at noon (ET)/11 am (CT) Saturday and televised live on ESPN2. Wake Forest and UC Santa Barbara meet […]
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SUMMARIES: Women's College Cup semifinals
Dec. 1 in Cary, N.C. North Carolina 2 UCLA 0. Goals: Nogueira (Averbuch) 84, O'Reilly (Averbuch, Eveland) 86. North Carolina — Rodenbough, Gayle, Ariel Harris, Eveland, Hawkins, Averbuch, Washington, Heath, Engen, O'Reilly, Guess. Subs: Gilbert, Ashlyn Harris, Brooks, Nogueira, Moore, Moraca, Smith. UCLA — Henderson, Davis, Hardy, Calvert, Wilmoth, Lindstrom, Larsen, M.Zerboni, DiMartino, Adams, Cheney. […]
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Notre Dame and Carolina advance to women's final
North Carolina will play Notre Dame for the NCAA Division I women's title for the fourth time when they meet Sunday in the 2006 Women's College Cup final. Top-ranked Notre Dame edged Florida State after scoring twice in the 10 last minutes of the first half. The Seminoles shut down the big Irish guns, Kerry […]
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6. ALL-AMERICANS: NCAA Division I Women
NCAA Division I NSCAA/adidas All-America First Team Pos., Name, Cl., School, Hometown G, Jillian Loyden, Jr., Villanova, Vineland, N.J. D, Ali Krieger *, Sr., Penn State, Dumfries, Va. D , Kasey Moore, So., Texas, Mission Viejo, Calif. D, Kelly Rowland, Sr., Florida State, Wallingford, Pa. M, Yael Averbuch, So., North Carolina, Upper Montclair, N.J. M, […]
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5. ALL-AMERICANS: NCAA Division I Men
NCAA Division I NSCAA/adidas All-America First Team Pos., Name, Cl., School, Hometown G, Nick Noble, Sr., West Virginia, Damascus, Md. D, Andrew Boyens *, Sr., New Mexico, Dunedin, New Zealand D, Julius James *, Jr., Connecticut, Maloney Gardens, Trinidad D, Jay Needham, Sr., SMU, Fort Worth, Texas D, John O’Reilly, Sr., Lehigh, Arlington, Mass. M, […]
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4. PRESSBOX: Bakary Soumare’s long journey
The Washington Post‘s Steven Goff recounts the long journey of Virginia freshman Bakary Soumare from his native Mali to Charlottesville, with stops in Paris and New York, where he was rescued from a “desperate situation” and taken in my a wealthy family living on the East Side.
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3. MEN’S COLLEGE CUP: Semifinals postponed
Due to the winter weather system that moved through the St. Louis area Thursday night, Friday’s Men’s College Cup semifinal games were postponed until Saturday. The first game, featuring Virginia and UCLA, was scheduled to be played at noon (ET)/11 am (CT) Saturday and televised live on ESPN2. Wake Forest and UC Santa Barbara meet […]
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2. SUMMARIES: Women’s College Cup semifinals
Dec. 1 in Cary, N.C. North Carolina 2 UCLA 0. Goals: Nogueira (Averbuch) 84, O’Reilly (Averbuch, Eveland) 86. North Carolina — Rodenbough, Gayle, Ariel Harris, Eveland, Hawkins, Averbuch, Washington, Heath, Engen, O’Reilly, Guess. Subs: Gilbert, Ashlyn Harris, Brooks, Nogueira, Moore, Moraca, Smith. UCLA — Henderson, Davis, Hardy, Calvert, Wilmoth, Lindstrom, Larsen, M.Zerboni, DiMartino, Adams, Cheney. […]
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1. Notre Dame and Carolina advance to women’s final
North Carolina will play Notre Dame for the NCAA Division I women’s title for the fourth time when they meet Sunday in the 2006 Women’s College Cup final. North Carolina-UCLA Video Highlights Notre Dame-Florida State Video Highlights Top-ranked Notre Dame edged Florida State after scoring twice in the 10 last minutes of the first half. […]
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MEN'S COLLEGE CUP: Friday's games postponed until Saturday
Due to the winter weather system that moved through the St. Louis area Thursday night, Friday's Men's College Cup semifinal games have been postponed until Saturday, Dec. 2. The first game, featuring Virginia and UCLA, will now be played at noon (ET)/11 am (CT) Saturday and will be televised live on ESPN2. Wake Forest and […]
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BLIND WORLD CUP: Argentina downs Brazil for title
Argentina captain Silvio Velo scored his fifth goal of the Blind World Cup to down Brazil, 1-0, in the final of the tournament in Buenos Aires. Paraguay took third-place with a 2-1 win over Spain in the five-a-side competition in which all four field players must be legally blind but the goalkeeper isn't blind. The […]
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Unanimous Praise for Ferguson Following Larsson Loan
Critics are lauding the canny loan move secured by Sir Alex Ferguson that will bring former Celtic and Barcelona striker Henrik Larsson to Old Trafford on a three-month loan. Larsson, currently under contract with Helsingborg, will fly to England on Jan. 1 to join the Red Devils until March 12. It’s a savvy move because […]
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Salt Lake Stadium Deal on Hold
When the Real Madrid circus came to town in Salt Lake City in August, David Beckham and other players from the world’s most famous soccer club dug golden shovels into the ground to mark the first day of construction on the future soccer stadium of MLS club Real Salt Lake. However, those first few scoops […]
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Fernando Gago is the New Redondo
Real Madrid looks to have secured the signature of talented Boca Juniors midfielder Fernando Gago. Far from being “the next Maradona,” a monikor that’s too often attached to Argentina’s countless midfield exports, pundits are equating this signing with another former Real Madrid Argentine: Fernando Redondo. Gago resembles Redondo in both his physical features and his […]
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Adu Forced to Wait on United Future
No young U.S. player has received more time under the microscope in the last few weeks than D.C. United’s Freddy Adu. The 17-year old arrived in Manchester two weeks ago for a two-week training session at Manchester United’s world-famous Carrington training ground. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson was duly impressed with the youngster’s trial, though he […]
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MLS, Adidas Send Young Players to England
In another good move, MLS is sending its top young players with Columbus coach Sigi Schmid to England to train alongside some of England’s top clubs. The members of Major League Soccer’s Generation Adidas program, which includes the likes of Chivas USA’s Brad Guzan and Sacha Kljestan, Chicago’s Chad Barrett and the Revolution’s Michael Parkhurst, […]
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COLLEGE WOMEN: NCAA Division I NSCAA/adidas
NCAA Division I First Team Pos., Name, Cl., School, Hometown K, Jillian Loyden, Jr., Villanova, Vineland, N.J. D, Ali Krieger *, Sr., Penn State, Dumfries, Va. D , Kasey Moore, So., Texas, Mission Viejo, Calif. D, Kelly Rowland, Sr., Florida State, Wallingford, Pa. M, Yael Averbuch, So., North Carolina, Upper Montclair, N.J. M, Christina DiMartino, […]
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COLLEGE MEN: NCAA Division I NSCAA/adidas All-America Team
NCAA Division I First Team Pos., Name, Cl., School, Hometown K, Nick Noble, Sr., West Virginia, Damascus, Md. D, Andrew Boyens *, Sr., New Mexico, Dunedin, New Zealand D, Julius James *, Jr., Connecticut, Maloney Gardens, Trinidad D, Jay Needham, Sr., SMU, Fort Worth, Texas D, John O'Reilly, Sr., Lehigh, Arlington, Mass. M, Greg Dalby […]
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Virginia-UCLA men's semifinal preview
Rarely has a NCAA Division I Men's Tournament game put together such as assemblance of talent as Saturday's Men's College Cup semifinal between Virginia and UCLA, two of the giants of the modern college game. They feature some of the most intriguing young players in the college game. For Virginia, there's the giant Malian-born center […]