Unbeaten and untied Notre Dame survived its closest scare of the season when the No. 1 Irish edged Villanova, 3-2, on sophomore midfielder Rose Augustin‘s goal in the first overtime period.
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
CROWD COUNT: Santa Barbara fans turn out again
The Big West clash between UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis in Santa Barbara drew the largest crowd of the weekend. The 4,007 fans watched visiting Davis defeat the Gauchos, 2-0. For the top 10 men’s crowds of 2008 …
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
POLLS: Soccer America Men’s Top 25
Previously unbeaten UIC lost at Butler, 1-0, and dropped from No. 4 to No. 7. Saint Louis also lost for the first time when the Billikens fell, 1-0, at Fordham and dropped seven spots to No. 13. The only unbeaten teams left are No. 1 Wake Forest (12-0-0), No. 4 Northwestern (10-0-2) and No. 17 Loyola (Md.) (10-0-1). This week’s big climber was UC Davis, which moved from No. 17 to No. 7. For the complete Soccer America Men’s Top 25 …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Top 25 teams fall
While top-ranked Wake Forest put on another offensive display with a 4-1 win at N.C. State, six Top 25 teams lost over the weekend. The Cal-UCLA was decided in overtime when the Bruins’ Michael Stephens converted a penalty kick. The biggest surprise was LaSalle, which won for only the second time this season when it rallied from two goals down to defeat Charlotte, 3-2
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Two more advance to playoffs
[MLS] Chicago, which tied Columbus, 2-2, thanks to a pair of goals by Brian McBride, and Chivas USA, a 1-0 winner at San Jose on Justin Braun‘s goal, clinched playoff spots this weekend. Columbus, New England and Houston had already qualified, which leaves three spots open. The Los Angeles Galaxy kept its hopes alive with 3-2 win over Colorado. For all the weekend results, standings, leading goalscorers and schedules. …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Revamped U.S. squad to face T&T
[WORLD CUP 2010] In its next qualifier the U.S. will present a very different squad than the one that routed Cuba, 6-1, on Saturday in Washington, D.C. Coach Bob Bradley released nine players and added four more to flesh out his 18-man roster for a match Wednesday in Port of Spain against Trinidad & Tobago, which scraped out a 0-0 tie in Guatemala City Saturday. The result kept the teams tied in second place with 1-1-2 records and five points.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Top marks for DaMarcus and Sacha
[USA-CUBA REPORT CARD] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players’ performance in their 6-1 win over Cuba on Saturday. …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
USA moves closer to South Africa 2010
In the case of a U.S. military operation a few years ago, a proclamation of “Mission Accomplished” turned out to be drastically premature; for the U.S. national team, its mission of qualifying for the Hexagonal is done with two games to spare. The Americans dismantled a game Cuba team, 6-1, at RFK Stadium Saturday with a pair of DaMarcus Beasley goals and single scores apiece from four players. Atop Group A with a 4-0-0 record, the USA. is assured of a place in the six-team Hexagonal final round from which the Concacaf 2010 World Cup participants will emerge.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“I felt very sad [watching the game on TV]. … I felt I let the team down, but it is a decision I had to make for my future. I want to be free. It was my decision to make, to leave my family and my country, not knowing when I could go back. But I needed to be free for myself, for my life, to choose my future.”
— Reinier Alcantara, one of two Cuban national team players, along with Pedro Faife, who defected before Cuba’s 6-1 loss to the USA on Saturday in Washington, D.C. (Washington Post)
Posted inSoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Story
Survival Soccer Translated
Survival soccer. An English term, of course. They invented it to describe the abysmal stuff played at the end of each season by the bottom clubs in all the divisions — the clubs that are trying, desperately, not to get relegated.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Whitecaps capture second title in three years
[USL-1] West African imports have played an increasingly important role in the USL First Division, no one more so than Charles Gbeke. The 30-year-old Ivory Coast native has hopped around six USL-1 teams — with two stints apiece at three clubs — ending up a second time at Vancouver. All he did was lead the Whitecaps to their second USL-1 title, scoring both goals in the club’s 2-1 victory over the Puerto Rico Islanders in the final.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Angola, Senegal out as African qualifiers head for final phase
Burkina Faso and Malawi are among the surprise African countries through to the final phase of the continent’s World Cup qualifying. Those eliminated include recent World Cup participants Senegal and Angola.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Brazil and Argentina return to winning ways
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Paraguay continues to lead the way in South American World Cup qualification after a road victory in Colombia. Brazil and Argentina also won to keep a firm hold on second and third spots.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Germany edges Russia in thriller
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] There were few surprises in Europe’s weekend World Cup qualifying action, with expected victories for England, Spain and the Netherlands.
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Costa Rica clinches, Canada eliminated
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] The USA and Costa Rica clinched berths in the Hexagonal after only four rounds of the semifinal round of qualifying in the Concacaf zone. On the other hand, Canada’s 3-1 loss at Honduras eliminated it from contention. In Day 4’s big surprise, Jamaica edged Mexico, 1-0, to keep its slim hopes alive.
Posted inSoccer America Confidential, Story
Wild West Battles Highlight Playoff Race
Of the six MLS matches to be played this weekend, the head-to-head Western Conference matchups offer the most intrigue.
Posted inSoccer on TV., Story
Soccer on TV
World Cup qualifiers highlight the weekend, including USA-Cuba on Saturday. MLS action will have playoff consequences.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Soccer’s Fixture Fatigue
“In an ideal world, the representatives of club and country would sit down and work out a Europe-wide plan with no League Cups, all top flights reduced to 18 teams, streamlined European club competitions, and no more than six qualifiers for World Cups and European Championships.” Journalist currently of this parish outlines idealistic, no-hope plan […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Chelsea: The Debt Is All Ours
“Our debt is not external, we don’t owe it to a bank or an insurance company, we owe it to the owner of the club who is a committed investor in the club.” Chelsea Chairman Bruce Buck denies that the club’s estimated $1.27 billion debt could jeopardize its future, citing CFC’s “unique ownership model.”
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Rangers’ Chairman Criticizes Sectarian Fans
“Not all of our supporters are pulling in the right direction and they give the media it [bad publicity] on a plate.” Glasgow Rangers’ Chairman David Murray wants the club to get rid of a bigoted minority of fans spouting sectarian “bile” in stadiums and on the Internet.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
MLS Rejects Down Under
Jonah Freedman in Australia tracks down former Major League Soccer players now plying their trade in the A-League. You mean you don’t remember Michael Enfield and Tony Lochhead?
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
United Finds A Point In Costa Rica
“There’s a big desire to make sure we make the playoffs and unfortunately we have to sacrifice some of the tournament. But, at no point are we giving up — if we have to act as spoilers, that’s what we’ll accomplish, but our guys will continue to show heart and desire and continue to fight […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Bradley’s ‘Dad Academy’
U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley was brought up the way most soccer-crazy kids can only dream about — by hanging out with the pros. At the age of nine, writes Steven Goff, he would spend his summers watching and then knocking the ball around with John Harkes and Marco Etcheverry. It helped that his dad, current […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
De Rosario’s Late Spark
Houston Dynamo midfielder Dwayne De Rosario was “sent to work under a tight deadline” against Panamanian club San Francisco FC in Tuesday’s Concacaf Champions League game, writes Bernardo Fallas. But it was time enough to score a spectacular winning goal and give a Major League Soccer team its first win in this year’s competition at […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Checketts Sees Strong Future For MLS
No such pessimism from Real Salt Lake owner Dave Checketts, who is understandably buoyant in a week when his club opened its soccer specific stadium in the Salt Lake suburb of Sandy. He is also forecasting a bright future for Major League Soccer, and told John Mantia that in five to 10 years he expects […]