Senior Stephen King, who scored one goal and assisted on three others in Maryland’s 4-1 victory over Virginia Saturday night, is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Oct. 29-Nov. 4.
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What They’re Saying
“[Red Bulls managing director] Marc [de Grandpre] and I discussed the direction of the team and decided mutually that this was the best move for Red Bull New York. I wish the organization the best of luck going forward.”
— Bruce Arena‘s statement on the end of his 15-month stint as New York Red Bulls coach. (New York Times)
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USA splits at Beach World Cup
The USA rebounded from a 8-4 loss to Spain on Friday to beat Iran, 7-6, on Sunday at the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The Americans will need at least a tie against Portugal on Tuesday to advance to the next round.
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Beckham game raises $90,000 for wildfire victims
David Beckham, who played just 252 in five MLS games, played 83 minutes on Sunday for the Los Angeles Galaxy in a charity game against the celebrity squad Hollywood United FC that raised more than $90,000 for victims of the recent Southern California wildfires. Beckham scored twice and had three assists in his team’s 10-4 win. England coach Steve McClaren attended the game to assess whether the Beckham was fit enough to warrant a return to the national team.
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Eddie Johnson gets Comeback award
Kansas City Wizards forward Eddie Johnson was named the MLS Comeback Player of the Year. The 23-year-old, already in his seventh MLS season, scored 15 regular season goals and notched six assists in the 2007 regular season after scoring only twice and assisting once in 2006.
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Brian Hall named top ref again
Brian Hall was awarded the OSI Referee of the Year for the fourth time and third consecutive season. He also won the award in 2003. Hall led the voting ahead of Jair Maruffo and Alex Prus for OSI Referee of the Year.
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Double honors for Rev defender Michael Parkhurst
New England’s Michael Parkhurst, 23, was named MLS’s Defender of the Year and the league’s individual Fair Play winner. Parkhurst, whose season included a 60-yard goal [VIDEO] against Toronto on his first attempt at goal in three MLS seasons, committed only five fouls in 25 regular-season games and received no cautions or red cards.
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Knee surgery for Giuseppe Rossi
A day after scoring his seventh Spanish La Liga goal for Villarreal, New Jersey product Giuseppe Rossi underwent knee surgery to repair meniscus damage in his right knee. He is expected to be sidelined for six weeks.
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OBITUARY: Nils Liedholm
Nils Liedholm, a legendary figure in both Swedish and Italian soccer, died Monday at the age of 85. Liedholm helped Sweden win the gold medal in the 1948 Olympics in London — the first international soccer competition after World War II — and moved a year later to Italy, where he would spend the rest of his life.
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Six of Tuesday’s eight UEFA Champions League games will be available on cable or via pay-per-view on U.S. television.
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United-Arsenal Spectacle’s Global Reach
The occasion of Manchester United playing Arsenal is as suitable a yardstick as any to measure soccer’s burgeoning globalization: Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune says the game — which he notes was generously placed at Saturday’s early time slot to correspond with late evening primetime viewing in Asia — is reported to have […]
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Revolution-Fire Preview
Many critics decry the tentative, defensive soccer on display so far in this year’s MLS playoffs, but Boston Globe writer Frank Dell’Apa says Thursday’s Eastern Conference final between the Chicago Fire and New England Revolution is perfectly poised. New England has the history, having beaten the Fire in all five of their playoff contests at […]
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Caution’s the Word for MLS Conference Finals
It’s not the job of the sports press to “big up” Major League Soccer’s Eastern and Western Conference finals, says Ian Plenderleith of USSoccerPlayers, “which is just as well, because I can’t think of much to recommend them.” Taking a look at the field, Plenderleith says that not a single one of the remaining four […]
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Yallop Leaves Galaxy for Quakes
Frank Yallop’s tenure with the L.A. Galaxy is over. He resigned as head coach just hours before the team left on a four-city tour of Minneapolis, Vancouver, Aucklund, New Zealand, and Sydney, Australia. Various reports claim that Yallop will soon be named head coach of the revived San Jose Earthquakes. A former coach of the […]
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Soccer on TV
On Saturday, defending champion Houston faces Kansas City for a spot in MLS Cup 07 against New England. Americans in England face tough competition as Fulham (Clint Dempsey & Carlos Bocanegra) travels to Liverpool on Saturday and Blackburn (Brad Friedel) plays at Manchester United on Sunday.
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NCAA Division III Women’s Tournament Field
The NCAA announced the 60-team field for the 2007 NCAA Division III Women’s Tournament. (Fields for the NCAA Division II men and women and Division III men will be anncounced on Monday.)
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‘Workmanlike’ Portland clinches first NCAA Tournament berth
Portland became the first team to clinch an automatic berth in the 2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament when it defeated Pepperdine, 2-0, Sunday in Malibu to clinch its ninth West Coast Conference title.
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Texas loses star Logterman for season
Texas, ranked No. 11 in this week’s Soccer America Top 25, suffered a huge blow when Stephanie Logterman, whom Longhorns coach Chris Petrucelli called the best left back in the country, was lost for the remainder of the 2007 season due to a knee injury.
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Alabama A&M has Duke’s number
John Rennie will be having nightmares about Alabama A&M for many years to come. A&M has been a nemesis for retiring Duke coach John Rennie dating back to his first years as the Blue Devil coach in the 1980s when A&M was a national power. The Bulldogs no longer have an impact program, but they beat Duke for the fourth time in five meetings with a 4-3 win on Sunday in Rennie’s final regular-season home game as Duke coach.
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Soccer America Men’s Top 25
For the second time this season, Wake Forest reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25. The Demon Deacons have been No. 1 eight of the 10 weeks since the start of the regular season. Connecticut is No. 2, and Brown moved into the No. 3 spot, its highest ranking of the season. For the complete Top 25 …
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Soccer America Men’s Top 25 Weekend Results
Santa Clara extended its unbeaten streak to 13 games with wins over San Diego (2-1) and Loyola Marymount (3-1). Only Virginia Tech (15 games), a 3-0 winner over N.C. State, has a longer unbeaten streak. Red-hot Saint Louis crushed St. Joseph’s (8-0) and Temple (5-0) in Atlantic-10 action to run its winning streak to five games. For all the Top 25 weekend results and goalscorers …
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Women’s Conferences
Georgetown upset Connecticut, 1-0, in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament. New Hampshire and Boston University moved into next Saturday’s America East final. Form held on the first day of play in the Horizon League and Mid-American, Missouri Valley and Southern Conferences. For all the results and goalscorers …
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Soccer America Women’s Top 25
UCLA remained No. 1 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 for the fourth straight week, and there was no change in the top six spots. Purdue, USC and Notre Dame all moved up one spot following No. 7 Virginia’s 1-0 loss to No. 4 North Carolina. For the complete Top 25 …
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Soccer America Women’s Top 25 Weekend Results
On the next-to-last weekend of the regular season in the Pac-10, the four California teams — No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Stanford, No. 9 USC and No. 14 California — all swept both games. Heading into conference tournament play this week as regular-season champions and top seeds are No. 4 North Carolina (ACC), No. 5 Texas A&M (Big 12) and No. 6 Penn State (Big Ten). For all the Top 25 weekend results and goalscorers …
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Guadarrama sees action for Santos
[AMERICANS IN MEXICO] Texan Sonny Guadarrama, 20, saw action for the third time this Mexican First Division season when he played the last 23 minutes for Santos as it remained undefeated with a 0-0 tie with Tigres. Edgar Castillo served a yellow-card suspension.