Monthly Archives: September 2009

[COLLEGE] Danielle Foxhoven, who scored the first two goals in No. 3 Portland’s 4-0 win over ranked California and both goals in 2-0 victory over Washington, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Aug. 28-30. For the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week …

[MLS] Geoff Cameron is a second-year player with the Houston Dynamo and was finalist for last year’s MLS Rookie of the Year Award. This year, he’s established himself as a starter and made the MLS All-Star team. Get to know the 24-year-old in this profile by Soccer America’s Bryan Alvarez that covers on and off-field experiences.

[COLLEGE] No. 10 Penn State twice rallied from one goal down to beat Connecticut, 3-2, on Monday. In the other game at the Penn State Invitational, No. 25 BYU defeated No. 9 West Virginia, 1-0, on freshman Carlee Payne‘s golden goal. For this week’s schedule …

[MLS] Former SMU defender Ugo Ihemelu is returning to Dallas to play for the man who coached him in college in a trade of players taken back-to-back in the 2005 SuperDraft. FC Dallas has sent defender Drew Moor, a second-round pick in the 2010 SuperDraft, and allocation money to Colorado in exchange for Ihemelu, who played for FCD head coach Schellas Hyndman at SMU.

[MAKING A LIST] Indicative of the speculative nature of Portuguese club Benfica’s activity on the player market, the Eagles made deals involving 28 players on the summer market that closed Monday. The loan deal involving Freddy Adu was one of 10 Benfica made to reduce its roster after it spent $36 million on transfers and acquired Brazilian teenage star Keirrison — named after the late singer Jim Morrison — on loan from Barcelona.

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu will stay in Lisbon — but not at Benfica, which indicated in no uncertain terms that the 20-year-old American was unwanted. Instead, Adu will join Belenenses for his second year on loan. The loan deal ended months of speculation about the unsettled Adu’s future.

[WOMEN’S EURO ’09] England held on for a 1-1 tie with Sweden on Monday and earned a wild-card berth into the quarterfinals of the 2009 European Women’s Championship, where it will face host Finland.