U.S. Soccer’s Development Academy concluded its fourth weekend of play with 15 games over the past weekend. The big winner was IMG Academy with a pair of victories.
Monthly Archives: October 2007
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What They’re Saying
“I am very proud of the bronze medal that we won in the 2007 World Cup. Playing in the most difficult group and on foreign soil, these players earned third place, matching the finish our team had in 2003 playing at home. … I understand and accept the criticisms that accompany the decisions I made in the World Cup. Soccer is a fluid game and not every decision or strategy always works as planned. In those cases, players, fans and the media have the right to express their opinions. As a coach, I understood that and accept it as a part of the job that was entrusted to me.”
— Greg Ryan, who was dismissed as U.S. women’s national team coach on Monday. (Associated Press)
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UEFA Champions League Results
With wins on Tuesday, English clubs Manchester United and Arsenal are the only teams in Groups E-H that have nine points after three games. Glasgow Rangers’ DaMarcus Beasley was 72nd minute sub in a 0-0 tie with Barcelona.
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Happy birthday, Arsene!
[REACTION/VIDEO] A day after he celebrated his 58th birthday, Arsenal handed its manager, Frenchman Arsene Wenger, a birthday present with a record-tying 7-0 win over Slavia Prague in Champions League action on Tuesday. The Gunners were every bit as good as the score indicated, but Wenger said his young team still had room for improvement.
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Crisis-hit Milan battles emerging giant Shakhtar
[MARQUEE MATCHUP] Its Serie A season a mess, AC Milan turns it attention to the UEFA Champions League, where it has gotten off to a rocky start in its title defense. Milan, which split its first two games, faces a must-win situation at home on Wednesday against Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk, the surprise Group D leader with wins in its opening games.
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Six of the eight UEFA Champions League games being played on Wednesday will be broadcast live or on delay on cable or pay per view. For complete listings …
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Totti as the Unsuspecting Goal-Scorer
World Soccer has an interview with Roma captain Francesco Totti, one of a rare breed of loyal players who’s spent his entire career playing for the club he grew up supporting. Even at 31, Totti continues to play some of the best soccer of his 14-year career, looking to follow up on last year’s Golden […]
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Nike Acquires Umbro for $583 Million
There was major news in the soccer business world today as U.S. sportswear giant Nike agreed to buy Umbro of the U.K. According to Marketwatch, the $583 million acquisition was aimed specifically at strengthening the American apparel and shoe company’s position in the burgeoning market for soccer merchandise. The deal, the report says, represents a […]
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MLS Playoffs (Almost) Perfectly Poised
Beckham or no Beckham, this year’s MLS playoffs are shaping up to be the most exciting yet, says Boston Globe columnist Frank Dell’Apa. The marquee match-up, unquestionably is the Chicago-D.C. United series, which pits Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Chicago’s thrusting offense against the league’s best midfield and its top scorer — and possible MVP — Luciano […]
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Poor Performances Cap Becks’ First Season
The unraveling of the L.A. Galaxy’s playoff dream illuminates a few harsh realities about David Beckham’s form, says Paul Gardner in his column for the New York Sun. Millions and millions of dollars have been heaped on the England national team star, but Becks, all told, “turned out to be a flop on the field” […]
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He Said, He Said
So what sparked that angry exchange between coaches Preki and Dominic Kinnear Saturday in the melee that broke out seconds after Chivas USA and Houston had played a 0-0 tie at Home Depot Center? According to a source who spoke with one of the participants – not Preki or Kinnear – tensions between the benches […]
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Quinnipiac, the other unbeaten team
Everyone knows about Wake Forest, the No. 1 team in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25, unbeaten in 13 games, winner of its last four games by a margin of 20-0. But another team remains unbeaten going into Week 8 of the 2007 season. Led by scoring sensation Graciano Brito, the Cape Verdean immigrant who never played organized soccer until he entered college, Quinnipiac has completed one of the most remarkable turnarounds in the history of college soccer. Coming off a 1-12-4 season and being picked to finish last in the Northeast Conference, Quinnipiac is 9-0-3.
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NCAA Women’s Division I Scoring Leaders
Texas A&M’s Ashlee Pistorius has caught Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi at the top of the NCAA Division I women’s scoring charts. For the Top 10 goal scorers …
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NCAA Men’s Division I Scoring Leaders
Sophomore Michael Ferguson of Loyola (Ill.) moved to within one goal of NCAA Division I men’s leading scorer O’Brian White (Connecticut). For the Top 10 goal scorers …
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Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week
Sophomore Lauren Cheney, who was involved in all four Bruin goals in a pair of 2-0 Pac-10 wins over No. 2 Stanford and then-No. 14 Cal, is Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21, becoming the first player this season to win two weekly awards.
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Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week
North Carolina’s Meghan Klingenberg, whose golden goal beat Boston College in a key ACC match, was among four freshmen named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21. For the complete Team of the Week …
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Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week
The Big East quartet of Timothy Murray (Providence), Jason Bristol (West Virginia), Tomislav Barisic (Rutgers) and Othaniel Yanez (Louisville) heads the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21. For the complete Team of the Week …
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Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week
Michael Lahoud, who had a breakout week for No. 1 Wake Forest, is Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21.
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Why U.S. Soccer sacked Greg Ryan
It wasn’t that the USA failed to win the Women’s World Cup last month in China, it was how it failed. An unnecessary goalkeeper controversy and an uninspiring brand of soccer is why U.S. Soccer needed to close the chapter on Coach Greg Ryan‘s two-and-a-half year tenure.
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No second chance for Ryan
[HISTORY] Greg Ryan‘s tenure as U.S. women’s national team coach was the shortest of all U.S. women’s head coaches since the creation of world championships for women’s soccer — World Cup and Olympics. He is also the first to have failed to win a world title while in charge of the U.S. women. Anson Dorrance resigned three years after guiding the USA to the first Women’s World Cup title in 1991. In Tony DiCicco‘s first championship in charge, the USA finished third at the World Cup, but DiCicco won gold a year later in the first women’s Olympic tournament in 1996 and lifted the World Cup in 1999. April Heinrichs failed to guide the USA to titles in her first two world championships but won Olympic gold in 2004. Ryan was dismissed after his first world championship in charge, this year’s third-place finish at the World Cup in China.
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Will MLS reduce Ricardo Clark suspension?
[VIDEO] Houston is awaiting word from the league office regarding its appeal of the nine-game suspension meted out to midfielder Ricardo Clark for kicking Carlos Ruiz as he lay on the ground in a Sept. 30 match. Commissioner Don Garber reviewed numerous incidents, including the six-game suspensions handed out to Thomas Ravelli in 1998, Andy Herron in 2005, and Dario Sala last year in making his decision.
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‘Hope is not suspended from the team’
[AUDIO/TRANSCRIPTS] U.S. President Sunil Gulati fielded myriad questions regarding the future of the women’s national team program in Monday’s press conference announcing the dismissal of Coach Greg Ryan, including queries on the status of goalkeeper Hope Solo, criteria for the new hire and the importance of hiring a female coach.
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What They’re Saying
“We will go out and fly some airplanes or race some cars or something like that. I’ll talk to Victoria and see if she’s all right with that. But we’ll have some fun.”
— Actor Tom Cruise on how he’ll help his buddy David Beckham get over his disappointing first season with the Los Angeles Galaxy. (Press Association)
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
The Rangers-Barcelona game will be one of four UEFA Champions League games on Tuesday to be broadcast live on U.S. television. For complete listings …
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Rangers riding high going into Barca match
[MARQUEE MATCHUP] Rangers and Barcelona play for the Group E lead when they meet Tuesday in the Champions League at Ibrox. Both teams won their first two games in group play, but they had contrasting fortunes over the weekend.