Through Tuesday night, 25 NCAA Division I women’s teams were still unbeaten and untied. The Pac-10 and Big 12 lead all conferences with three teams each with perfect records.
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SMALL COLLEGES: NSCAA/adidas Men’s Rankings
Northern Kentucky took over as No. 1 in the NCAA Division II men’s rankings when Lincoln Memorial, last week’s No. 1, was tied by Bellarmine, 2-2, and Midwestern State, the No. 2 team, dropped a 2-1 decision to Colorado Mines. Idle Middlebury held on to the top spot in the NCAA Division III rankings. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 men’s rankings …
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Let them eat cake, say the Croats
[OFF THE POST] Having heard that England coach Fabio Capello has banned his players from eating junk food, Croatian fans are delivering fast-food and sweets to England’s camp ahead of Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier in Zagreb. Boxes of cakes, burgers and pizza have been sent to the team’s five-star hotel. Croatian Internet sites are offering tips on how to get junk food to the English and a local pop hit has been recorded by Croatian supporters with the lyrics, “I’ll eat all the cookies, I’ll become a fat boy.”
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Paraguay wins again
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Paraguay beat Venezuela, 2-0, on first-half goals by Cristian Riveros and Nelson Haedo Valdez to assure itself of staying on top in the South American World Cup 2010 qualifying zone when the eighth round of games ends on Wednesday.
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying TV Schedule
World Cup 2010 qualifying continues with 41 games on Wednesday. Besides USA-Trinidad & Tobago, the televised games include Serbia-France and Portugal-Denmark. For all the qualifying schedule …
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Soccer Job Openings
[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] Soccer America provides the latest on employment opportunities for soccer-related positions. They include college coaching opportunities, as well as opportunities in pro soccer, youth soccer, the soccer industry and television.
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What They’re Saying
“I’m happy the guillotine does no longer exist, otherwise some of you would have been delighted to send me there. I didn’t kill anybody. Maybe if I had, I would have benefited from mitigating circumstances.”
— France coach Raymond Domenech, highly criticized following a 3-1 loss to Austria last weekend in the first game of France’s World Cup qualifying campaign, which it continues on Wedneday against Serbia. (Reuters)
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Kamara Comfy In Camp Kinnear
“It’s just great where I’m at with this team. You can tell this is a good team I’m playing at. I just wish I would have been here earlier.” Houston’s Kei Kamara tells Bernardo Fallas how much he likes it in southern Texas.
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Zola Set For West Ham Job
Former Chelsea and Italy forward Gianfranco Zola is reportedly to be appointed manager at West Ham United.
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Canada’s Mitchell Must Go
Ben Knight says it’s time to dismiss Dale Mitchell as Canadian head coach, and the national team’s players must take the initiative in demanding his departure.
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Carver Could Get Tough On Velez
“I gave him [Marco Velez] the responsibility of the captain’s armband and he got sent off for violent conduct and deserved to be sent off. I’m not going to stand up for him or back him. He’s let me and the team down.” Perennially aggrieved Toronto FC coach John Carver reveals he may add his […]
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Koreas Aim To Break Deadlock
The clichés about a ‘politically charged fixture’ are never truer than when applied to North Korea taking on South Korea. On Wednesday the two teams meet in a World Cup qualifier that FIFA has moved from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to the neutral Chinese city of Shanghai after the North refused to fly […]
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Klein The Consistent
Zac Lee Rigg salutes the staying power of L.A. veteran Chris Klein, 32, who has now started 108 games in a row for the Galaxy and Real Salt Lake, stretching back to April 15, 2006. The two-time MLS Comeback Player of the Year, who was made Galaxy captain by coach Bruce Arena at the weekend […]
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Capello At Least Has The Attitude
England’s performance against Andorra at the weekend may have been “Doomsday anti-football,” but James Lawton liked what he saw in Coach Fabio Capello’s body language. “Whatever the limitations of the England performance, and they were plain enough,” he writes in a column well worth reading in full, “it was surely reassuring to note that for […]
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Would Some Goals Be Too Much To Ask For?
It seems that every U.S. victory is immediately followed by the statement, “It wasn’t pretty but they still won,” writes Jeff Carlisle. But when they take on Trinidad & Tobago in Chicago Wednesday in their third semifinal round World Cup qualifying game, the U.S. team might be hoping for a little extra on top of […]
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Concacaf Qualifying So Predictable
Although there is plenty of intrigue in European and African World Cup qualifying, writes Luis Bueno, Concacaf has become utterly predictable. Already three of the region’s four qualifiers from the past World Cup — Mexico, Costa Rica and the U.S. — have won their opening two semifinal round games, and are dead certs for the […]
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AWARDS: Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week
Dartmouth’s Craig Henderson, just back from Olympic duty with New Zealand, is Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week. For all the Men’s Team of the Week selections for games played Sept. 1-7 …
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LEADERS: NCAA Division I Women’s Scorers
Wisconsin-Milwaukee freshman Sarah Hagen and Georgia State senior Kay Harbrueger are tied for the lead in points and 1-2 in goals among NCAA Division I women’s leaders. For all the goal and point leaders …
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LEADERS: NCAA Division I Men’s Scorers
Seton Hall’s Samuel Petrone, a sophomore transfer from Clemson, is off to a flying start for the Pirates with eight goals and one assist in three games. For all the NCAA Division I goal and point leaders …
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AWARDS: Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week
Stanford’s Lindsay Taylor is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week. She is one of four freshman forwards named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week. For all the Women’s Team of the Week selections for games played Sept. 1-7 …
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Michael Bradley logs most minutes in 2008
[BY THE NUMBERS] As the USA prepares for its World Cup qualifying clash with Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday in Bridgeview, Ill., we look at the stats that standout. …
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Fines don’t stop smoking coach
[OFF THE POST] Antonio Mohamed, coach of Argentine club Colon, would rather pay fines than stop smoking on the bench. He has spent $750 for breaking the no-smoking rule instituted August 2005. But the Argentine federation has announced it won’t allow him to purchase his smoking time anymore and will suspend him the next time he lights up.
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What They’re Saying
“I’m sad because I left my teammates with 10 players again. In the first incident, the referee could have sent me off. They were two senseless tackles, a rush of blood to the head which has made me miss another important Argentina game.”
— Argentina’s Carlos Tevez offers a mea culpa for receiving his second red card in three games in World Cup qualifying. The Manchester United forward was sent off in the 31st minute of Saturday’s 1-1 tie with Paraguay. (Reuters)
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying TV Schedule
World Cup 2010 qualifying continues with 42 midweek games. Besides USA-Trinidad & Tobago, the televised games include Serbia-France and Portugal-Denmark. For all the qualifying schedule …
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Soccer on TV
World Cup 2010 Qualifiers highlight the midweek. The USA takes on Trinidad & Tobago on ESPN2 and Galavision on Wednesday night. New England hosts Chivas USA in Thursday’s MLS night match up. European leagues return to action on the weekend.