Using business techniques can help your tournament create metrics of success
Author Archives: Soccer America
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
2007 WCC Men’s Awards
Santa Clara, which won its second straight WCC title after posting an undefeated 10-0-2 mark in league play, swept the conference yearly awards. Senior Peter Lowry captured WCC Player of the Year honors, while Cameron Rast was named WCC Coach of the Year for the second straight season and the third time in his career. Senior defender Jamil Roberts was named WCC Defensive Player of the Year, and newcomer Jalil Anibaba received Freshman of the Year accolades.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
NCAA Division I Men’s Statistical Leaders
Jamaican youth international O’Brian White has all but wrapped up the NCAA Division I men’s scoring titles in points (45 and counting) and goals (19) and Connecticut teammate Mike Pezza leads the nation with 16 assists.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
NCAA Division I Women’s Statistical Leaders
Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi leads the NCAA Division I women’s scoring charts with 62 points on 23 goals and 16 assists and has a shot at catching Texas A&M’s Ashlee Pistorius, who leads the nation with 25 goals, and Notre Dame’s Kerri Hanks, the assist leader with 18.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
CROWD COUNT: Men’s First Round
California lived up to its reputation as one of the best NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament hosts when it drew 3,479 fans Friday afternoon in Berkeley for its 2-1 win over UC Davis in their first-round game. A crowd of 2,034 turned out at Dartmouth’s new Burnham Field, one of the most fan-friendly facilities in New England, to watch the Big Green fall to Vermont in a doozy (penalty kicks in the first and last minutes followed by a shootout). SMU drew only 232 fans on a rainy evening to watch the Mustangs edge Gonzaga.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
Florida State’s newbies live up to billing
Paul Kennedy begins Women’s Elite 8 Countdown
Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi leads the NCAA Division I women’s ranks in points (62) and is second in goals (23) and assists (16), but the Japanese international is only part of the story in the Seminoles’ return to the Elite Eight for the third straight year. Coach Mark Krikorian has lived up to his reputation as one of the nation’s top recruiters, bringing in five first-year players who have played key roles for Florida State, which hosts Connecticut in Friday’s quarterfinal.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
UEFA Champions League play resumes Tuesday with Matchday 5. Six games are available live or delay on cable or pay-per-view.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“What is the real story of 2007 for MLS? The actual story has been looking to South America and importing players from South America who are very significant performers in our league.”
— MLS deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis, speaking Monday at Soccerex in Johannesburg, insisting that David Beckham‘s arrival to big crowds and increased television ratings wasn’t the biggest event of the year in MLS.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Earthquakes play ‘Moneyball’
Ridge Mahoney analyzes San Jose’s player moves
San Jose Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop already has more than half of his 18-man roster filled and nearly two-thirds of the salary cap to play with, as well as money from three allocations as an expansion team. What do you call that? A good start.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Venezuela’s Paez quits in response to fan attacks
Venezuela coach Richard Paez, the longest-serving national team coach in South America, quit on Monday, six days after a 5-3 come-from-behind win over Bolivia left Venezuela in good shape to challenge for its first berth in the World Cup finals.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
MAKING A LIST: EPL Managerial Casualties
Billy Davies became the sixth English Premier League manager to leave in the last nine weeks. Davies left Derby County, which he helped win promotion last spring. Early in the 2007-08 season, Davies brought Americans Benny Feilhaber (Hamburg) and Eddie Lewis (Leeds) to Derby.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Thanksgiving Interregionals Rosters
The following are the players selected to compete on regional teams in the ’92, ’93 and ’94 age groups at the US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Thanksgiving Interregionals …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
US Youth Soccer National League Results
The first weekend of play in the new US Youth Soccer National League took place at the WRAL Soccer Center in Raleigh, N.C. Teams are competing in boys and girls under-15 and under-16 divisions. For all the results and standings …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Thanksgiving Interregionals Results
Region IV teams competing at the US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Thanksgiving Interregionals went 7-0-2 in ’92, ’93 and ’94 divisions. For complete results …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
U.S. U-14 boys teams romp at Thanksgiving Interregionals
[ROSTER] The U.S. under-14 boys national team, with 36 players split into Blue and Grey teams, went unbeaten against regional foes at the US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Thanksgiving Interregionals that ended Monday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Posted inSoccer on TV., Story
Soccer on TV
The group stage of the UEFA Champions League continues with games on cable and pay-per-view on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
The Importance of Being Landon
Goal.com’s Kyle McCarthy ponders the implications of Major League Soccer’s decision to allow Landon Donovan and other so-called “grandfathered” players to remain with their clubs. Because their high-paying contracts were drafted before the Designated Player Rule, MLS enabled Donovan, Eddie Johnson and Carlos Ruiz to play the 2007 season without commanding a DP slot. Now, […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Unhappy Times at Newcastle, Liverpool
It was an interesting study in contrasts as Liverpool visited Newcastle on Saturday. On the one hand, Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce is loathed by fans but enjoys the support of the team’s management. On the other, Liverpool’s Rafael Benitez is nearly at war with the team’s American owners, but is loved by the Reds faithful. […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Platini Against the Grain
UEFA President Michel Platini, “the highest ranking critic of the game,” lives in an entirely different world from the reality of European soccer, says USSoccerPlayers’ J. Hutcherson. Long gone are the days when soccer teams were small businesses that barely made money. Soccer today is a global business, which makes many of Platini’s proposals to […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Ailing L.A. Galaxy Enters Australia
The Los Angeles Galaxy’s tour of Australia and New Zealand isn’t just another bunch of friendlies, writes Andrea Canales of ESPN Soccernet. The two-game tour happens to be the debut of new coach Ruud Gullit, which adds intrigue to the team’s performances against Sydney FC on Wednesday and Wellington three days later. Gullit, who returned […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Security Still a Concern for South Africa 2010
The glitzy World Cup draw in Durban went off without a hitch — at least, that’s what organizers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa would tell you. However, the weekend was blighted by the murder of a former Austrian soccer player at a golf course outside the city, underscoring the safety concerns hanging […]
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
Wheaton women are perfect in repeat championship
[NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN] Wheaton (Ill.) completed a perfect season with a 1-0 win over Messiah Saturday to clinch its second straight NCAA Division III women’s championship.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
Middlebury wins first national crown with defense
[NCAA DIVISION III MEN] Middlebury won the NCAA Division III men’s title without scoring a goal in the final four played Friday and Saturday at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament Results
Only four teams won on the road in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament: UIC (shootout win at Saint Louis), Vermont (shootout win at Dartmouth), Central Connecticut State (3-2 over Harvard) and Oakland (2-1 at Michigan State). For all the first-round results and goal scorers and second-round matchups …
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
MAKING A LIST: North Carolina’s seven losses
North Carolina’s 3-2 defeat to Notre Dame was only its seventh loss in the 26 years of the NCAA Women’s Tournament but it marked the third time in the last four years that the Tar Heels had lost at home in the third round or quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament. The Tar Heels, winners of 18 championships, had never previously lost before the semifinals.