You probably know all about the major unbeatens — No. 1 Notre Dame (14-0-0), No. 2 Stanford (12-0-1) and No. 3 UCLA (11-0-2) — but there’s another unbeaten you may have never heard about: the Lady Toppers of Western Kentucky. ALSO: Atlantic Sun leader Mercer achieves major turnaround.
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
NAIA: Women’s National Rankings
There were no changes in the top five in the NSCAA/adidas NAIA women’s rankings with Lindsey Wilson first and Lee second. For all the NAIA women’s rankings …
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
NAIA: Men’s National Rankings
With wins over Walsh (3-2) and Point Park (10-0), Rio Grande, No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas NAIA men’s rankings, improved to 12-0-1 with wins over Shawnee State (9-0) and Ohio Dominican (5-2). For all the NAIA men’s rankings …
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SCOREBOARD: Soccer America Men’s Top 25
The weekend’s top games include St. John’s-South Florida in a Big East battle of Top 25 teams and several derbies (Stanford-California and Michigan-Michigan State). For all the Soccer America Men’s Top 25 results and schedules …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Scoring stars on fire
It was big night for the nation’s top goal scorers. Akron’s Steve Zakuani has his second hat trick in less than two weeks to give him the national lead with 14 goals. UC Davis star Quincy Amarikwa, who scored in the Aggies’ 2-2 tie with Cal State Fullerton, and Michigan State’s Doug DeMartin, who scored twice in a 3-1 win over UIC, are only one goal behind with 13 goals. Even last year’s leading scorer, O’Brien White, got into the act with two goals for Connecticut.
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SCOREBOARD: Soccer America Women’s Top 25
All Soccer America Women’s Top 25 teams are in conference play this week. There are five games involving Top 25 teams: Florida State-Wake Forest on Thursday, West Virginia-Georgetown on Friday and Virginia-Boston College, Florida State-Duke, Oklahoma State-Texas on Sunday. For Soccer America Women’s Top 25 results and schedules …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“Let’s stop the hypocrisy — let’s just stop doing these matches. We cannot tolerate our Marseillaise being jeered.”
— Bernard Laporte, the ministerial secretary of state for sport, suggesting that France no longer play friendlies against North African countries. Tunisian fans jeered “La Marseillaise” before Tuesday’s friendly between France and Tunisia at the Stade de France, prompting government officials to say that any France match in the future would be stopped if the anthem was booed. The incident at the game followed similar problems in recent years against Algeria and Morocco. (AFP)
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Mexico misses another chance to qualify for Hexagonal
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] El Salvador joined the USA and Costa Rica in next year’s Hexagonal, Concacaf’s final round of World Cup 2010 qualifying, and Trinidad & Tobago pulled ahead in Group 1, but the two spots in Group 2 remained up in the air after Jamaica’s 1-0 win over Honduras and Mexico’s 2-2 tie at Canada.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Houston late strike stuns San Jose
[MLS] In 24 MLS games this season, Houston midfielder Stuart Holden had scored just one goal. Now he has three, and the Dynamo (12-5-11) is this close to clinching the Western Conference championship.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Mixed grades for Bradley’s boys
[TRINIDAD & TOBAGO-USA REPORT CARD] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players’ performance in their 2-1 loss to Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
T&T gets the points it needed
The USA took the field Wednesday against Trinidad & Tobago with its future in mind, but couldn’t match the intensity and experience of an opponent committed to the here and now.
Posted inSoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Story
Ref Gets It Right – and Gets Panned
I suppose you could argue that Toronto coach John Carver had an excuse for making an ass of himself at the end of the Dallas vs. Toronto game on Saturday. His team, denuded by international call-ups, had played a remarkable game in Dallas and with only one minute left, was heading for an unlikely 2-1 win.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Chile downs Argentina, Brazil held at home
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Paraguay continued to win, but the shock result of the round was Argentina’s 1-0 loss in Chile. Brazil, meanwhile, was held at home by Colombia.
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England, Spain, Netherlands march on
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Europe’s World Cup qualifying action Wednesday saw England, Spain and the Netherlands all maintain their 100 percent records. In the day’s biggest surprise, struggling Portugal was held at home by Albania.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Japan held by Uzbekistan
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Australia, South Korea and Iran all won at home, but Japan was held at home by Uzbekistan in Asian World Cup qualifying.
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Seven groups submit expansion bids
[MLS] Seven prospective ownership groups from markets throughout the United States and Canada submitted applications to join Major League Soccer, which is expected to add a 17th and 18th team in 2011. The groups include FC Barcelona, owners of teams in the NFL, NHL and EPL and an NBA star. Three groups include USL owners. Here is a look at the ownership groups and their stadium plans …
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
The Politics of Cooper’s U.S. Call-up
Perhaps one should take FC Dallas striker Kenny Cooper’s decision to turn down an offer to join the U.S. national team for its World Cup qualifying game in Trinidad & Tobago Wednesday at face value. He’s been nursing an ankle injury and a bout of “flu-like symptoms,” and so it was best to concentrate on […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Domenech Stays On And On
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. France coach Raymond Domenech has been assured yet again by the French Football Federation that his job is safe. This is Part 27 in an ongoing series of FFF statements designed to entertain fans abroad who love to see the French national team fail. Although Paul Doyle […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Blatter Lauds Leeds’ Youth SetUp
“Unless you are one of the ultra-rich clubs, this, surely, is the way forward and Leeds [United], a club I greatly respect, have to be applauded for its efforts in this regard.” FIFA President Sepp Blatter says that Leeds United’s professional and financial demise since being Champions League semifinalists in 2001 has been arrested by […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Quakes Fade After Late Revival
“For us to catch up as much as we did and then fall away at the end was disappointing. We just went out of pocket at the wrong time. We were so close.” Quakes’ coach Frank Yallop on his side’s disappointing end to the season.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Gullit ‘Cut And Ran’
"When the losses started to pile up, Gullit cut and ran, citing unspecified personal reasons. Now he is blaming the system and inventing an anti-soccer conspiracy. There is no need to listen to him any longer." Grahame L. Jones responds to former L.A. Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit's comments, reported Tuesday, that soccer will not be […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Scottish Wizard On The Rise
In Kansas City, another pro took a completely different path to first team action, writes Randy Covitz. Former Graceland University midfielder Kevin Souter, 24, showed up at the Wizards’ open tryout at the start of the year with 200 other players, and ended up landing a developmental contract. After suffering an early injury in reserve […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Dalby Settles On MLS As The Place To Develop
Colorado Rapids’ midfielder Greg Dalby, 22, has no illusions that the awards he received as a college player mean anything in the professional game. “Accolades from previous years are great,” Dalby told Mark Zeigler, “but it doesn’t add up to a whole lot once you make that leap to a professional.” Zeigler’s piece on Dalby […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Spanish Not Racist, Says Fabregas
Arsenal’s Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas has said that the English Football Association was wrong to ask its Spanish counterparts to move England’s exhibition game in Madrid next February to another venue. When England last played at Real Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium in 2004, its black players were subject to racist abuse from the home spectators. “I […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Houston Is Salt Lake’s Model
Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis makes no secret of the team he admires most in Major League Soccer. “From the moment he took over as head coach last season,” writes James Edward, “there’s been a method to Kreis’ madness, a vision shared by General Manager Garth Lagerwey — call it the Houston Dynamo model.” […]