Lori Chapulny‘s goal 53 seconds into the game held up, and USA beat Nigeria, 1-0, on Tuesday to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Women’s World Cup against England. The USA clinched first place in Group A when Sweden defeated North Korea, 2-1, in the other group finale. The Americans face England in the quarterfinals on Saturday at Tianjin’s Olympic Center Stadium (TV: ESPN, live, 7:55 a.m. ET).
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Barcelona looks to ignite offense against Lyon
[MARQUEE MATCHUP] Barcelona hopes to ignite its offense Wednesday when it opens play in the UEFA Champions League against six-time French champion at Camp Nou Stadium. Thierry Henry, who has yet to score since arriving at Barcelona, should join Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho in the Barcelona attack.
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European Career Scoring Leaders
[MAKING A LIST] Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan) and Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea) scored on Tuesday to give them 60 career goals in European club competitions, second behind only retired Gerd Mueller (62 goals). Raul (59) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (54) both scored for Real Madrid on Tuesday against Werder Bremen.
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UEFA Champions League Results
Defending champion AC Milan opened its UEFA Champions League campaign with a 2-1 win over Benfica, while last season’s runner-up, Liverpool, was held to a 1-1 tie by Porto, the other Portuguese representative in action on Tuesday. For the complete results and goalscorers …
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Mourinho fumes after Rosenborg holds Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
[CHAMPIONS LEAGUE REACTION/VIDEO] Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho blasted his team after it was held to a 1-1 tie by Norwegian club Rosenborg on the opening of group play in the UEFA Champions League.
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Day 1 of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League wraps up on Wednesday with live and delayed coverage on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Classic and Setanta Sports USA. Setanta also offers live pay-per-view coverage, and Internet viewing is available on ESPN360.com.
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Getting grants takes persistence
Grants may be a potential funding source for your soccer club or organization.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Roma Form Will Decide CL Group of Death
The UEFA Champions League returns Wednesday, and while opening day clashes like Real Madrid-Werder Bremen, Barcelona-Lyon and Arsenal-Sevilla will be stealing headlines, many pundits and neutrals have their eye firmly trained on Group D, the so-called Group of Death, which contains English champion Manchester United, Ukrainian champion Dynamo Kiev, Portuguese No. 2 Sporting Lisbon, and […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
U.S. Women Top ‘Group of Death’
The U.S. women labored to defeat Nigeria, 1-0, in the final game of group qualifying on Tuesday, a win that combined with Sweden’s 2-1 win over North Korea earned the USA first place in Group B and a quarterfinal date against England on Saturday (North Korea faces Germany in another quarterfinal). The Americans scored after […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Will Veron be the Next Over-30 DP?
According to various reports, D.C. United is close to finalizing a deal that would bring Argentine legend Juan Sebastian Veron to Major League Soccer next year. However, the story of Veron’s possible signing is a tale of two takes. Soccer pundit Ives Galarcep is excited at the prospect of Seba in America, and while Ian […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Arsenal to Become Billionaire Club
The Guardian’s Matt Scott says that Arsenal FC effectively became “a billion-pound football club” Tuesday when Uzbeki Alisher Usmanov bought an additional 3.13 percent of the club for $40 million, bringing his total stake in Arsenal to 21 percent. The purchase means that the billionaire is now Arsenal’s second largest shareholder, behind Danny Fiszman, who […]
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
Streaking BYU holds its breath against Pacific
[MONDAY ACTION] Katie Larkin‘s goal with 15 minutes remaining gave BYU a 1-0 victory over Pacific — the third time in six games the Cougars, ranked No. 16 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25, have won, 1-0, on a Larkin goal. The junior’s goal was her fourth game-winning goal for BYU, which is 5-0-1. Goalie Erika Woodbury, BYU’s career shutout record holder, has yet to concede a goal this season and leads the nation with a 0.00 goals-against average after six starts
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week
Senior forward Sherron Manswell, whose two goals less than four minutes apart gave Boston College a 2-0 win over then-No. 6 Maryland in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener, is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 11-16.
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Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week
Virginia senior Shannon Foley, who tied a career-high for points with her two-goal, one-assist performance in a 4-0 win over ranked Colorado, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 10-16.
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Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week
William & Mary goalkeeper Meghan Walker and Oklahoma State’s Swedish star, Yolanda Odenyo, who helped their teams record major upsets over North Carolina and Notre Dame, respectively, were among the players named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 10-16.
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Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week
A trio of West Coast forwards — Conor Chinn (San Francisco), Kevin Forrest (Washington) and Maxwell Griffin (UCLA) — who led their respective teams to a pair of tournament wins over the weekend were named to the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 10-16.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Luciano Emilio is front-runner for MLS honors
Kudos to MLS for adding a new award category this year, a prize of far more interest to fans than the internally driven Executive of the Year and the like. (Incidentally, for filling nearly every seat for the entire season at BMO Field, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment is the hands-down choice. Well done. Runner-up is that ticket-seller extraordinaire, David Beckham.)
The Newcomer of the Year is open to all players who joined the league in 2007. It is not restricted in any away — as is the Rookie of the Year Award to first-year professionals — and is an obvious adjunct to the league’s adoption of the Designated Player option. So important have some newcomers been to their teams this season they deserve serious mention as MVP candidates as well.
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U.S. Soccer’s Development Academy kicks off with Depot showcase
U.S. Soccer’s Development Academy is set to debut competition with the inaugural Fall Showcase Weekend Oct. 6-8 at the National Training Center in Carson, Calif. Forty teams from 20 elite clubs will participate in the three-day event, which includes teams at the U-16 and U-18 age groups.
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Prinz passes Akers as all-time Women’s World Cup scoring leader
Birgit Prinz became the all-time scoring leader in the Women’s World Cup when she scored her 13th goal in Germany’s 2-0 victory over Japan Monday in Hangzhou. England claimed second place ahead of Japan on goal difference thanks to its 6-1 win over Argentina in Chengdu. Former Seton Hall and WUSA and W-League star Kelly Smith scored twice to give her four goals and a share of the tournament scoring lead. England, which is making its first appearance in the Women’s World Cup in 12 years, will now meet the Group B winner. Germany will face the Group B runner-up.
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Santos stays undefeated with tie
[AMERICANS IN MEXICO] Santos Laguna tied, 1-1, at Monterrey to remain undefeated in the Mexican Apertura season after eight games, all of which have seen New Mexico product Edgar Castillo go the full 90. Texas product Sonny Guadarrama entered the game for Santos in the 88th minute for his second appearance of the season. Californian Jesus Padilla made his fifth appearance in Chivas Guadalajara’s 1-0 win over Cruz Azul, coming on as a 64th minute sub.
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UEFA Champions League Record Book
[MAKING A LIST] Real Madrid’s Raul enters the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League as the record holder in games played and goals. For the all-time leaders …
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AC Milan opens European defense against Freddy-less Benfica
[MARQUEE MATCHUP] AC Milan begins the defense of its UEFA Champions League title at home on Tuesday against Portuguese club Benfica. American Freddy Adu isn’t in the Benfica traveling party to San Siro, where Milan will look to regain its form after a lackluster start to the 2007-08 season (one win and two ties in Serie A).
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
The group stage of the UEFA Champions League kicks off with live and delayed coverage of Tuesday’s matches on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and Setanta Sports USA. There is also live pay-per-view coverage as well as Internet viewing on ESPN360.com.
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Michael Bradley scores first Eredivisie goal
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Midfielder Michael Bradley scored his first goal for his Dutch First Division squad since joining Heereveen in the middle of the 2005-06 season. The 20-year-old scored the final goal of a 5-2 win at Excelsior on Saturday and assisted on his team’s second goal, the 2-2 equalizer.
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What They’re Saying
“This is not new. I’ve been thinking about it since I took over. In my opinion, our green is confusing with the field – as grass is green. It looks like there are fewer players on the field. … With the color change, I think we’ll have the impression of having 12 or 13 players on the field.”
— Mexico coach Hugo Sanchez announces the Mexican national team will ditch its signature green jerseys and will wear white shirts for home games and red for road matches. (Ticker)