[MAKING A LIST] The 16 survivors from the group stage of the UEFA Champions League include all four English entrants. Italy and Spain are the only other countries with at least three teams in round of 16. The draw for the round of 16 takes place in Nyon, Switzerland, on Dec. 21.
Monthly Archives: December 2007
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Revenge is sweet for Lyon
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] After suffering an embarrassing 3-0 loss to Rangers at home that featured a goal by American DaMarcus Beasley, six-time French champion Lyon returned the favor and beat Rangers, 3-0, at Ibrox on Wednesday and clinched the second berth from Group E in the UEFA Champions League’s round of 16.
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2007 NSCAA/adidas Boys Youth All-America Team
A total of 80 players earned berths on the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Boys Youth All-America Team. Six of the players were also selected to the NSCAA/adidas Boys High School All-America Team: Chris Agorsor, Will Bruin, Michael Green, Thomas Meyer, Casey Townsend and Andrew Wenger. For all the All-Americans.
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2007 NSCAA/adidas Girls Youth All-America Team
The 2007 NSCAA/adidas Girls Youth All-America Team features 80 players. Courtney Barg was selected for the fourth time, while Laura Heyboer and Teresa Noyola were recoginzed for the third time. For all the All-Americans …
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Lapira heads adidas MLS Combine invitees
Notre Dame’s Joseph Lapira, the 2006 Soccer America Player of the Year and Hermann Trophy winner, heads the initial list of 54 players invited to the 2008 adidas MLS Player Combine, which will be held Jan. 11-5 at Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
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UEFA Champions League Results
Lyon and Fenerbahce clinched the final two available spots in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League with wins on Tuesday in Matchday 6. For all the results and goal scorers …
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Revived Quakes sorting out stadium situation
Renovations to Buck Shaw Stadium, which operator-investor Lewis Wolff says will cost between $1 million and $2 million, won’t be completed until early spring, so the expansion San Jose Earthquakes will start their home schedule April 12 against Chicago at the Oakland Coliseum.
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Gerrard Robbed During Champions League Match
Steven Gerrard’s house was burglarized Tuesday night while Liverpool was in Marseilles, safely securing passage into the second round of the Champions League. According to the police report, four men broke into his house, confronted his wife and another woman at the house, and then stole some jewelry. Meanwhile, the Liverpool captain led his team […]
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FC Dallas Opts Out of Denilson Contract
Denilson’s short stint in MLS may have already come to a close. MLSNet reports that FC Dallas declined to pick up the Brazilian midfielder’s contract option after signing him as a designated player in August. The former World Cup winner scored just one goal — a penalty kick — and had no assists in eight […]
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Revs Bargain Go Hunting in Argentina
Steve Nicol and Paul Mariner, the New England Revolution’s No. 1 and No. 2 coaches, recently spent nearly two weeks on a recruiting trip to Argentina, seeking an impact player for next season. Mind you, “impact” doesn’t necessarily mean, “designated.” In fact, not only will the Revs’ new Argentine not take a DP slot, he’ll […]
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Armas: Osorio Can Help Red Bulls Succeed
Fire staff, players and coaches can feel hard done by now that former coach Juan Carlos Osorio has traded the Chicago for New York. Osorio lasted little more than six months in the Windy City before the Red Bulls gave him a more lucrative offer. You’d expect most Chicagoans to be left with a bitter […]
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Soccer’s Mighty Southern California Rise
There’s a drastic change underway in youth sports in Los Angeles: “futbol” is quickly catching up to football as the most popular sport among high school kids, thanks to the influx of Latin American families in Southern California. Canoga Park High School, for example, didn’t have a soccer team 30 years ago when its student […]
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MEN’S COLLEGE CUP: Tickets & TV
The Men’s College Cup returns to SAS Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., for the second time. For information on tickets to this weekend’s College Cup and television coverage …
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MEN’S COLLEGE CUP: Tale of the tape
No team at the Men’s College Cup comes close to matching the dominance of Wake Forest, which has outscored its opponents 63-13. For how the four finalists match up …
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Talk of the Men’s College Cup
On the road to Cary …
Virginia Tech reached the Men’s College Cup for the first time with four first-year upperclassmen whose participation in college soccer has touched off a debate. Ringers or bona-fide students? Ohio State is known as a football school, but the Buckeyes’ march to Cary has raised awareness about the men’s soccer team. Wake Forest goalie Brian Edwards chose to return as a fifth-year senior instead of turning pro, while Mike DeSantis chose to follow older brother Mark to UMass, for whom they will form the College Cup’s only starting brother tandem. For what’s being said about the 2007 College Cup entrants …
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Dream comes true for USF’s Rodd
San Francisco’s Chris Rodd became the first collegian to sign a pro contract since the end of the college soccer when the All-WCC defender inked a three-year contract to play for Bryne Fotballklubb, a Norwegian second-level pro team.
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2007 NSCAA/adidas NCCAA All-America Teams
There are 13 repeat selections on the 2007 NSCAA/adidas NCCAA All-America teams, including two women — junior midfielder Summer Mullen (Philadelphia Biblical) and junior defender Beth Seitz (Southeastern) — who were chosen for the third time. For all the All-Americans …
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2007 NSCAA/adidas Women’s Junior College Division III All-America Team
NJCAA Division III women’s champion Broome Community College landed four players on the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Women’s Junior College Division III All-America Team: forwards Allie Stabler and Emily Dixon on the first team and goalkeeper Alicia Sagendorf and midfielder Emily Cirillo on the second squad. For all the All-Americans …
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MAKING A LIST: Red Bull/MetroStar coaching history
Juan Carlos Osorio will be the New Red Bulls (nee MetroStars) 10th coach.
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Money, other issues drove Osorio to New York
Red Bull New York will give up its No. 1 pick, the seventh choice overall, in next year’s SuperDraft as part of the compensation package for luring head coach Juan Carlos Osorio away from Chicago, according to a source.
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Rangers hopes to join Glasgow rival Celtic in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League. It only needs to tie French champion Lyon at Ibrox on Wednesday to advance. The only other berth still up for grabs is in Group G, where Fenerbahce leads PSV by one point in the battle for second place. For all Wednesday’s TV listings …
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UEFA Champions League Results
Porto, Liverpool, Schalke 04, Real Madrid and Olympiakos clinched berths in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League with wins on Tuesday in Matchday 6. For all the results and goal scorers …
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The Liverpool juggernaut completes turnaround
Liverpool gained revenge for its embarrassing loss to Marseille at Anfield in October with a 4-0 win at the Stade Velodrome Tuesday on the final day of group play in the UEFA Champions League. The result sent the Reds, last year’s runners-up, to the round of 16 along with Group A winner Porto.
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Girls national teams finish year in South America
[ROSTERS] The U.S. U-16 and U-17 girls national teams are capping off their 2007 seasons with trips to South America. The U-17s are in Buenos Aires until next Monday, while the U-16s are in Rio de Janeiro until Sunday.
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What They’re Saying
“I thought the lads looked lively and confident before the first goal went in.”
— Sheffield United coach Bryan Robson after his team’s 3-0 loss to Stoke City, which scored its first goal 90 seconds into the game. (BBC)