No. 1 Wake Forest romped before a record crowd at Davidson, but No. 2 Creighton was held to a 0-0 tie at Missouri State. In Tuesday night’s other surprise, Virginia had to settle for a 2-2 tie with unfancied Longwood after blowing a late 2-0 lead. For all the Tuesday action …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Tulsa wins eighth in a row
No. 10 Tulsa, a 4-0 winner over Oral Roberts for its eighth straight win, was the only Soccer America Men’s Top 25 team in action on Monday night.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Mid-American leader Central Michigan changes coaches
Assistant coach Tom Anagnost has been appointed head coach of Mid-American leader Central Michigan for the remainder of the 2008 season after Tony DiTucci resigned from his position for personal reasons.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Bad weekend for Top 25 teams
Top-ranked Wake Forest had its 18-game winning streak snapped when it had to settle for a 0-0 tie with Duke in ACC play on Saturday. Eight Top 25 teams, including top 10 teams UC Davis and Louisville, lost to unranked teams. For the major developments of the weekend …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Hanks sets Notre Dame record
Kerri Hanks scored twice in top-ranked Notre Dame’s 2-0 win at Connecticut on Sunday to extend her goal-scoring streak to 10 games and give her 81 career goals, topping Jenny Heft‘s old school record of 80 tallies. Other top performers over the weekend included Stanford’s Kelly O’Hara and North Carolina’s Casey Nogueira.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Inspired Indiana fights back
Unranked after losing three of its last five games, including its first two Big Ten matches, Indiana recovered to knock off No. 16 Notre Dame, 3-1, on Thursday night in Bloomington.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Seminoles break out
In an ACC battle of Top 25 teams, No. 20 Florida State broke out with a 5-0 win over No. 22 Wake Forest Thursday night in Tallahassee. ALSO: Virginia’s success on the road continued with a 3-2 overtime win at Maryland.
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Monaco expands U.S. reach
French club Monaco, which already has started a development program with the Chicago Magic, has also entered into an alliance with Rush Soccer to provide opportunities for players from three of its clubs, the Colorado Rush, Texas Rush-AHFC and Virginia Rush.
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Coca Basile quits as Argentina coach
[WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] Brazil coach Dunga has been under intense pressure to quit because of his team’s mediocre performances in World Cup 2010 qualifying, but it was Alfio Basile, coach of rival Argentina, who quit one day after his team’s 1-0 loss to Chile.
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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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MORNING BRIEFING: Unbeaten Lady Toppers
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.
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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 …
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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.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Wake hands Vidovich 200th win
Wake Forest coach Jay Vidovich picked up his 200th career victory as the top-ranked Demon Deacons crushed UNC Greensboro, 6-0, on Tuesday night. Maryland against needed a Casey Townsend overtime goal to win, while North Carolina and UC Santa Barbara recorded convincing wins. Drake, on the other hand, fell in overtime, and Georgetown lost badly to American. For all the Top 25 game reports …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Portland and North Carolina 1-2 in women’s RPI
Portland and North Carolina, No. 4 and No. 5 in this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25, are No. 1 and No. 2 in the first NCAA Women’s Division I RPI index the NCAA released this fall.
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U.S.-born Rossi awaits first Italy start
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] There’s a lot on the line as the second double fixture week of World Cup 2010 qualifying concludes in Europe. Can Portugal regain its winning form? Will Michael Ballack be fit for Germany’s top-of-the-table clash against Wales? What is Steven Gerrard‘s role in the England team? Will New Jersey-born Giuseppe Rossi get his first start for Italy?
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MORNING BRIEFING: UCLA’s struggles continue
It’s been another up-and-down season for UCLA, which failed to have a winning season for the first time in 41 years as an NCAA varsity sport in 2007.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Seniors lead streaking Gators
This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Florida, which was hit hard by graduation, but the Gators have won seven in a row and are six-for-six in the SEC.
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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
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MORNING BRIEFING: Notre Dame survives scare
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.
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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.
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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.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Carolina win streak reaches eight games
Freshman Brittani Bartok scored on a header in the 83rd minute to give No. 6 North Carolina a 3-2 win over No. 13 Boston College Thursday night in a wild ACC match at Fetzer Field.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Surprises in first men’s RPI
Defending champion Wake Forest is the top-ranked team in the first RPI index the NCAA released this fall. St. John’s and Louisville of the Big East are No. 2 and No. 3, while unbeaten Loyola (Md.) of the MAAC is the surprise at No. 4.
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Concacaf teams aim for Hexagonal berths
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Five of the six berths in next year’s Hexagonal could be determined with two games to spare. Saturday’s World Cup qualifiers could make most of the remaining games in the Concacaf zone moot.