Day 3 Wrapup/by Paul Kennedy
The YOUTH SOCCER REPORTER continues daily coverage of Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea Football Club.
PDA Cruyff, CASL Chelsea FC Academy and Miami Strike Force Cagliari all finished Showcase group play with perfect records. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …
Concorde Fire Elite was the only team to finish with a perfect record in Showcase group play. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …
The Alpharetta Ambush SC Red won its showdown with the Dallas Texans Red Dallas, 2-1, to win its Showcase bracket. The only other Showcase team to finish with a 3-0 record was New Mexico’s Elite FC Gladiators. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …
Lonestar SC Red edged out the NJSA 04 Gunners, the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer U-14 national champions, and FC Alliance Black on goal difference with a 3-0 win in the final game of their Showcase bracket. For all the results and schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …
[OFF THE POST] The second-round match between sixth-level Droylsden and fourth-level Chesterfield may go down as the strangest match in English FA Cup history. It took four games before there was a winner, Droylsden, and that was reserved when it was discovered that defender Sean Newton, who scored both goals in the 2-1 win, was ineligible. Before that, games were halted for fog and light failure, and the third match ended in a 2-2 tie when Chesterfield allowed a Droylsden player to score straight from the kickoff to make up for one of its players taking a ball put back in play following an injury and lobbing the Droylsden keeper.
[MAKING A LIST] The Houston Dynamo failed in its bid to sign Mexican Luis Angel Landin (loaned by Morelia to Cruz Azul), leaving Swede Freddie Ljungberg as the one foreign signing of note for the 2009 season. The only Americans who moving overseas are New England’s Michael Parkhurst and Toronto FC’s Hunter Freeman, who are headed to Scandinavia. For the all MLS player movement …
“It’s obviously a high point to be able to score against one of the best teams in the world. It’s the first time I’ve scored twice in a Premiership game. It rates up there near the very top (of my career). I mean, nothing is better than scoring in the World Cup [which Dempsey accomplished against Ghana in 2006], but it has to be up there because you don’t play against the best in the world, or play against the best competition, all the time.”
— Clint Dempsey on his two goals for Fulham in its 2-2 tie Sunday with Chelsea. (goal.com)
“It’s been a long year and it has taken its toll and we must now move forward without him.” Derby County Chairman Adam Pearson following the resignation of manager Paul Jewell after Sunday’s 1-0 home defeat to Ipswich Town. Jewell had an unspectacular 7-30-13 record.
“He’s probably going to die soon. I don’t think there’s any point helping him — we’re wasting our time. If I could wish, I would wish that he would go away from us. Everyone thinks he’s Gazza but because he’s the top player doesn’t mean he’s a good dad or a good person to be […]
“The Turkish Cypriots said yes to FIFA and UEFA. In other words, they accepted the proposal which we had also agreed to.” UEFA vice president Marios Lefkaritis says that Turkish Cypriot clubs are set to rejoin the Cyprus Football Association after a half-century absence that has seen them excluded from international competition. The Cypriot league […]
“Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday Dec. 29 on Bold Street in Southport. At around 2:30 am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street. Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street.” The official police […]
A player at English non-league side Chippenham Town seems to have set a new world record for receiving the fastest ever red card after he was dismissed three seconds into a game. Striker David Pratt, 21, lunged at midfielder Chris Knowles of opponent Bashley straight from the kickoff and received a straight red from […]
If managers don’t blame referees, then the next option is to blame their players. Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari had harsh words for his own team’s defense after it let slip a 2-1 lead at Fulham Sunday and allowed Clint Dempsey a late headed equalizer. Scolari held goalkeeper and captain Petr Cech chiefly responsible […]
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has come through the honeymoon phase of his spell at White Hart Lane and is back to doing what Premier League managers know best — blaming referees for their team’s defeats. After Tottenham lost, 2-0, at lowly West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, Redknapp said referee Steve Tanner was so poor […]
When Roy Hodgson was offered the job of taking Fulham out of the relegation zone a year ago, he may have been motivated by more than money, writes Paul Doyle. Another key factor at play was redemption. Despite much acclaim for his coaching prowess abroad, neither of his previous spells in England at Bristol City […]
English soccer takes center stage this week. Catch English Premier League games on Monday and Tuesday. Third round FA Cup matches start on Friday and continue throughout the weekend.
With matches at 20 fields scattered across three complexes around the Orlando area, it’s hard to pick which matches to follow. Here are five involving teams who are both perfect going into Monday’s final day of group play. With semifinal play eliminated, they have everything to play for on Day 3.
One of the most famous names on hand at the 2008 Disney’s Soccer Showcase is three-time U.S. World Cup player Tab Ramos, who coaches the NJSA 04 Gunners, who are 1-0-1 after two games in their Under-15 Showcase bracket. The New Jersey team won the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer under-14 national championship, capping a three-year run during which it averaged 77 games a year. Ramos, who founded the NJSA program with former MetroStar teammate Rob Johnson, talked with Soccer America about picking the right tournaments and right opponents …
Day 2 Wrapup/by Paul Kennedy
The YOUTH SOCCER REPORTER continues daily coverage of the Disney’s Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea Football Club.
The NJSA 04 Gunners, the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer U-14 national champions, picked up their first win in their Showcase bracket. The only unbeaten and untied Showcase teams after Day 2 are Blast FC Red and the Baltimore Casa Mia Bays. For all the Day 1 and Day 2 results and Day 3 schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …
The Dallas Texans Red Dallas, Alpharetta Ambush SC Red and Elite FC Gladiators had perfect records after two games in the Showcase divisions. For all the Day 1 and Day 2 results and Day 3 schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …
The Dallas Texans and Concorde Fire Elite joined Chelsea FC as the only Showcase teams with 2-0 records. For all the Day 1 and Day 2 results and Day 3 schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …
Three teams — PDA Cruyff, Discoveries SC Green and Miami Strike Force Cagliari — remained unbeaten and untied in Showcase play. For all the Day 1 and Day 2 results and Day 3 schedules in the Showcase, Predator and Copa divisions …
Region I is perfect after two games in the 1992 age group and Region IV is 2-0 in the 1993 age group at the U.S. Youth Soccer Boys ODP Inter-Regional, being played in conjunction with the Disney’s Soccer Showcase. For all the results and goal scorers …
