There will be no College Soccer Reporter on Thursday. For all of Wednesday’s results, along with goalscorers of Top 25 matches, read the Soccer America College Scoreboards elsewhere in today’s Soccer America Daily.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
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Pavon, from goat to hero
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Four days after being the goat, Carlos Pavon, the elder statesman of the Honduran national team, scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory at El Salvador that will send the Catrachos to the World Cup for the first time in 28 years. Argentina and Slovakia were also victorious on the road to clinch berths in the World Cup finals, and Switzerland, hit hard by a stomach virus that sidelined three regulars, earned a 0-0 at home against Israel to claim the dramatic day’s fourth ticket to the World Cup.
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Onyewu sidelined with knee injury
[USA-COSTA RICA] A day after Charlie Davies was seriously injured in a car accident that took the life of another passenger, central defender Oguchi Onyewu suffered a torn patellar tendon in his left knee late in Wednesday night’s World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica — an injury that typically requires a recovery time of 3-4 months.
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Reactions from the U.S. locker room
[USA-COSTA RICA] For postgame reactions from the U.S. contingent after the 2-2 tie with Costa Rica, including Coach Bob Bradley‘s description of his halftime talk, when the USA was trailing 2-0, and his visit with Charlie Davies in the hospital prior to the game.
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Four more teams join party
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Argentina, Slovakia and Switzerland joined Honduras as Wednesday’s four World Cup qualifiers, bringing the number of ticketed teams to 23. An additional 18 teams remain alive in the battle for nine berths — four in Europe’s playoffs, three in Africa and one each in the Concacaf/South America and Asia/Oceania playoffs — that won’t be decided until November.
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Thrilling comeback caps U.S. trek to World Cup
[2010 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] There’s much to work on between now and the World Cup for the USA to have a real chance at success, but its mettle has passed another test. Jonathan Bornstein‘s goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time gave the USA a 2-2 tie with Costa Rica and snatched the Ticos’ direct ticket they had in the pocket to the World Cup. The result gave the USA the Hexagonal crown (ahead of Mexico, which tied Trinidad & Tobago, 2-2) and qualified Honduras (a 1-0 winner at El Salvador) for the World Cup. The Ticos will face Uruguay in a playoff next month. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney reports from Washington, D.C., on the USA’s spectacular comeback.
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Soccer America Men’s College Scoreboard
[COLLEGE] Both of Wednesday’s Top 25 matchups were lopsided affairs. No. 10 Connecticut got two goals apiece from Californians Alan Ponce and Carlos Alvarez and defeated No. 8 Harvard, 4-0. No. 23 Indiana won at Notre Dame, 3-0, thanks to three second-half goals. For all Wednesday’s action …
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Soccer America Women’s College Scoreboard
[COLLEGE] In Wednesday’s only Top 25 game involving a Top 25 team, No. 11 Virginia Tech defeated Longwood, 3-0. For results of women’s midweek college action …
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Should Don Julio stick with Maradona?
Possibly Diego Maradona’s achievement in leading Argentina to a berth at the 2010 World Cup makes him a good coach. There have been plenty of doubts voiced on that topic ever since he was appointed national team coach nearly a year ago.
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Notts Denies Eriksson’s Talks with North Korea
Notts County has denied that Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson received an offer to coach North Korea at the 2010 World Cup. The club's chief executive Peter Trembling said: "We wish to make it clear that Notts County have not received any approach nor had any discussions whatsoever with the North Korean FA in relation to Sven-Goran […]
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Old Firm Divided Over North Atlantic League
Michael vaan Praag, the president of the Dutch soccer federation, revealed he plans to begin lobbying for a new North Atlantic League, an idea that UEFA shot down at the end of the 1990s. The league would allow Scottish powers Rangers and Celtic to compete against clubs from the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Scandanavia. Vaan […]
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Totti Considering International Comeback
After retiring from international duty in 2006, AS Roma attacker Francesco Totti says he would consider returning for Italy's national team for the 2010 World Cup. The 33-year-old told Tuesday's Gazzetta dello Sport: "It depends on coach (Marcello Lippi's) choices and my condition. I owe (Lippi) a lot." "Totti is a great person and a […]
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MLS Playoffs Offer Excitement of Second Life
ESPN's Kristian Dyer makes his case for the MLS playoffs, saying, "Anyone who thinks Major League Soccer needs to scrap its current format in favor of a single table that crowns a champion based on regular-season performance needs a lobotomy." The MLS playoffs provide a unique format, foreign to most the rest of the world. […]
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MLS Crunch Time: Nine Vie For Four Playoff Spots
With two weeks left in the MLS season, nine teams remain in contention for four playoff spots. Chivas USA became the fourth team to book its place after beating the Kansas City Wizards 2-0 on Saturday. The win moved Chivas USA into a three-way tie for first in the Western conference with the Houston Dynamo […]
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Soccer America Classifieds
Welcome to Soccer America Classifieds, Soccer America’s email newsletter connecting soccer companies and organizations to Soccer America members each week. Soccer America Classifieds feature soccer classified advertisements on the latest soccer job openings, soccer products and soccer opportunities. Read Soccer America Classifieds each Wednesday.
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Soccer on TV
Ghana takes on Brazil in the U-20 World Cup final on Friday. The MLS playoff race is coming down to the wire. Catch a full slate of matches this weekend.
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Christopher Newport makes school history
SMALL COLLEGE NEWS … There is a new No. 1 in the NCAA Division III men’s rankings for the first time this season following Messiah’s 2-0 loss to York College on headers by Mike O’Connell and Andy Stromberg. Christopher Newport took over as the top-ranked team in the NSCAA/adidas rankings — the first time in school history it has been No. 1 in any sport.
For the fifth straight week, there is a new No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division II men’s rankings. Less-McRae is No. 1 after Cal State Los Angeles lost twice on its swing through Northern California.
MEN’S RANKINGS:
NCAA Division II 1. Lees-McRae, 2. Tampa, 3. Millersville
NCAA Division III 1. Christopher Newport, 2. Ohio Wesleyan, 3. Messiah,
WOMEN’S RANKINGS:
NCAA Division II 1. Seattle Pacific, 2. West Florida, 3. Saint Rose
NCAA Division III 1. Messiah, 2. Puget Sound, 3. Williams
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Bruins are back on track
WOMEN’S NEWS … Falling to North Carolina, 7-2, was no way to start the season, but No. 4 UCLA has recovered to run off 11 straight victories after the loss in Chapel Hill and 0-0 tie with San Diego in its second game.
The Bruins got their biggest scare during their streak on Sunday when they trailed Arizona State, 1-0, at the half, but they eventually won, 3-2, on Lauren Barnes‘ golden goal. The win extended the nation’s longest home unbeaten streak to 60 matches.
UCLA lost Canadian star Kara Lang for the rest of the season with a knee injury last month, but it still has one of the nation’s top 1-2 scoring threats in Sydney Leroux, the 2008 Under-20 Women’s World Cup MVP, and Lauren Cheney, the 2008 Olympic gold-medalist. The Bruins have also been getting strong play from freshmen Zakiya Bywaters, Chelsea Cline, Ahsha Smith and Lucretia Lee, the daughter of former NFL player Mike Lee.
UCLA take its 21-game Pac-10 winning streak to the Bay Area this weekend for games against No. 17 California on Friday and top-ranked Stanford on Sunday.
Tuesday Result
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Bunbury on hot streak for Zips
MEN’S NEWS … No. 1 Akron hasn’t lacked for stars in its 12-0-0 run to start the season, but the Zips, who lost 2008 Hermann Trophy winner Steve Zakuani to MLS’s Seattle Sounders FC, have been getting major contributions from sophomore Teal Bunbury, the son of former Canada international Alex Bunbury.
Teal Bunbury scored his fifth goal in four games Tuesday to lead Akron to a 2-0 victory at Virginia Tech. He scored his 10th goal of the season, all in the last eight games, taking a pass from fellow sophomore Kofi Sarkodie and slipping through the Virginia Tech defense.
Junior Blair Gavin put the game away for good with third penalty kick of the season in 80th minute. Freshman goalkeeper David Meves earned his eighth shutout. The Zips extended their string of games in which they have not allowed a goal in the first half to 24.
Tuesday Results
* TOP 25 ACTION. Eight other teams in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25 were in action on Tuesday night …
— Freshman Enzo Martinez set up sophomores Billy Schuler and Kirk Urso with his first collegiate multi-assist game in No. 3 North Carolina’s 2-0 win over Campbell that ended a three-game losing skid to the Camels. Martinez was starting in place of injured midfielder Cameron Brown.
— A pair of outstanding diving saves from senior Akira Fitzgerald preserved No. 4 Wake Forest’s 1-0 at College of Charleston. Freshman defender Anthony Arena had the game’s only goal off Austin da Luz‘s corner kick. The assist was da Luz’s ACC-leading eighth of the season.
— No. 6 Maryland got early goals from Drew Yates and Jason Herrick and held on to win, 2-1, at No. 16 Georgetown. Maryland players wore white wrist bands with “A.L. #18” written in black marker for teammate Alex Lee, who was struck by a vehicle in Washington Saturday night and was only released from the hospital hours prior to kickoff.
— A pair of goals by Federico Nachmann and Alan Sanchez in a 30-second span of the second half led 12th-ranked N.C. State to a 2-0 win over visiting Georgia Southern.
— Visiting Liberty held No. 17 Virginia to a 1-1 tie. The Cavs broke open a scoreless game in the 78th minute when freshman Will Bates put away the rebound of Brian Ownby‘s shot off the post, but Liberty responded less than two minutes later when its leading scorer, Darren Amoo headed in a corner kick.
— No. 20 Brown improved to 7-0-4 with a 3-1 victory at Stevenson Field. Nick Elenz-Martin, Thomas McNamara and David Walls scored for the Bears, who rallied from a 1-0 deficit after 19 minutes.
— Cole Grossman set up freshmen Andrew Wenger and Ryan Finley for goals off corner kicks and scored the third goal himself in No. 25 Duke’s 3-0 win over UNC Greensboro.
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What They’re Saying
“We are relying on each other in a moment that has for sure hit us all hard.”
— U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley on the reaction of his team to the news that young star Charlie Davies was seriously injured in a car accident early Tuesday morning.
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Wednesday’s qualifiers on the air
[TELEVISION WATCH] Coverage of the USA-Costa Rica World Cup 2010 qualifying game on ESPN2 will begin with the pre-game show at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game kicks off at 8 pm ET with Adrian Healey and John Harkes in the booth. The game will also air live in Spanish language on Galavision. For all the Wednesday World Cup qualifiers on the air …
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Four berths on the line
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Four more World Cup berths will be decided on Wednesday: two in Europe, one in Concacaf and one in South America, where Uruguay hosts Argentina in a dramatic conclusion to Conmebol’s marathon qualifying competition. For a look at the chances of the nine teams in contention …
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Real Salt Lake aims for first win over Bulls
[MLS PREDICTION] The Red Bulls haven’t won on the road since they beat the Galaxy in May, 2008; Real Salt Lake hasn’t won since late August and comes into a must-win game without a win in its last three games. Coach Jason Kreis has used the long break from league play to address issues such as a defense that conceded six goals in three league matches.
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Brazil and Ghana advance to the final
[UNDER-20 WORLD CUP] Traditional youth powers Brazil and Ghana will meet in Friday’s final at the Under-20 World Cup in Cairo.
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Davies in serious but stable condition following surgery
[USA] The celebratory mood in the U.S. national team camp on the eve of Wednesday’s World Cup 2010 qualifying finale against Costa Rica was extinguished in the middle of Tuesday with the news that Charlie Davies, who played an instrumental role in Saturday’s 3-2 win over Honduras that clinched a berth in the World Cup finals, was seriously injured in a one-car accident at 3:15 a.m. in which a young woman was killed. After being airlifted to Washington Hospital Center, Davies underwent several hours of surgery and was in serious but stable condition with a lacerated bladder, fractures to the tibia and femur bones in his right leg, facial fractures and a fracture of his left elbow. He faces additional surgeries and extensive rehabilitation during a recovery period of six to 12 months.