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Soccer on TV

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After an opening loss to Spain, the U.S. U-17s will try to get back on track against Malawi on Thursday. Also on Thursday, the MLS Playoffs begin with the Houston Dynamo taking on the expansion Seattle Sounders FC. The other three MLS Conference Semifinals can be seen on Saturday and Sunday.

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International Results

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Spanish leader Barcelona had perhaps its best performance of the season in a 6-1 win over Real Zaragoza. Inter Milan got a scare but beat Catania, 2-1, to retain its lead in Italy’s Serie A.  Bordeaux and surprise Monaco leapfrogged over Lyon at the top in France. Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburg remained tied for first place in Germany’s Bundesliga. In Portugal, leader Braga suffered its first blemish after seven wins. For the weekend results and current standings …

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MLS Results

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Of the five teams contending for a playoff berth and playing on the road over the weekend, only New England won, 1-0, at Columbus, and the Revs were the only one of them to advance. For all the weekend results, final standings and leading scorers …

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A rarity: back-to-back North Carolina losses

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WOMEN’S NEWS … North Carolina dropped back-to-back games for only the sixth time in its history when the No. 3 Tar Heels fell at Miami (Fla.), 1-0, on Beverly Goebel‘s unassisted goal with less than 10 minutes to play. Carolina had its chances, but Maria Lubrano hit the crossbar midway through the first half and Casey Nogueira hit the post with a shot just a couple of minutes before Goebel scored.

The three ACC losses equal the most in history for UNC in a single season, and it is only the second time in history UNC has lost more than one game in ACC play in the same season.  Just so Tar Heel fans know there is hope, they should consider the following: The 2000 UNC team finished 4-3 in the ACC but did go on to win the ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament championships.
 
* FOXHOVEN NETS FOUR MORE. Danielle Foxhoven became the first player in Portland history with two four-goal games in the same season when she scored four times in the No. 2 Pilots’ 8-0 win over San Francisco. Foxhoven also scored four goals against Gonzaga in a 7-0 win. She has has now recorded three hat tricks and 21 goals this season. Sophomore Halley Kreminski became the fifth different Pilot to record a hat trick this season when she scored the last three goals against USF to the delight of 4,059 Portland fans who withstood the cold and rain.

* CHIPPEWAS’ STREAK ALIVE. With its 0-0 tie against Toledo on Sunday, Central Michigan earned its 13th straight shutout, tying North Carolina’s record set in 1989 for the second longest streak of consecutive shutouts in  NCAA Division I women’s  history. The record is 16 straight shutouts set by Santa Clara in 1998. Chippewa goalie Shay Mannino is riding a personal shutout streak of 1124 minutes, the third longest in history.

* MILESTONE. West Virginia coach Nikki Izzo-Brown earned her 200th career victory on Sunday afternoon when the Mountaineers beat Providence, 1-0.

This week’s Top 25

* WEEKEND UPSETS:
Sunday, Oct. 25
ACC: Miami (Fla.) 1 (Goebel 80) No. 3 North Carolina 0.
ACC: Duke 4 (Gummersall 27, 31, 85, Alukonis pen. 60) No. 13 Virginia Tech 1 (Michels 22).
SEC: No. 16 LSU 1 (Clarke 1) No. 10 South Carolina 0.
SEC: No. 17 Mississippi 0 Vanderbilt 1 (Goldin 72).
(Loss is Ole Miss’ first in seven matches.)
SEC: Auburn 2 (Howell 56, 79) No. 24 Georgia 0.

(Click here for more Sunday women’s results.)

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What They’re Saying

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“The tests will start today and continue throughout the competition, because it’s important to make sure that no player is over 17. The results will be transparent; we have no reason to hide them.”

— FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke on the random use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) wrist scans to check players’ ages at the Under-17 World Cup. Before the tournament, host Nigeria dropped 15 players following its own MRI testing. Gambia’s Baby Scorpions had 11 players from their 2009 African championship team not continue with team after MRI tests were conducted. (fifa.com)

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SCOUTING REPORT: Spain’s U-17s

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The USA opens play at the U-17 World Cup in Kano, Nigeria, on Monday against mighty Spain. Perhaps no national team has produced more stars from its under-17 program than Spain, whose youth graduates include Iker Casillas and Xavi (1997), Pepe Reina (1999), Andres Iniesta and Fernando Torres (2001), David Silva and Cesc Fabregas (2003) and Bojan Krkic (2007).

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No. 1 Stanford survives scare at Washington State

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WOMEN’S NEWS … Stanford got its biggest scare of the season when it needed an overtime goal from senior Kelley O’Hara to beat No. 21 Washington State, 2-1, in Pullman on Friday afternoon.

The Cardinal (16-0-0) fell behind in the 54th minute on a goal by Kiersten Dallstream — the first goal it has given up in the run in 13 matches. But O’Hara set up Cristen Press for the equalizer in the 87th minute and jumped over a defender to head home Lindsay Taylor‘s cross at point-blank range five minutes into overtime.

“It wasn’t that we were flat, but we were away from home, playing in wet conditions and we were out of our comfort zone,” Stanford coach Paul Ratcliffe said. “But give them credit. They’re a good team.”

— Friday night’s biggest upset took place in the Pac-10, where No. 9 USC fell at home to Oregon State, 2-1. The Beavers came back from 1-0 down at the half and won on goals by Melissa Peck and Red Nixon.

* GAME OF THE NIGHT:
Oct. 23 in Lawrence, Kan.
Kansas 4 Nebraska 7. Goals: Dolinsky 43, Noble 52, Johnson (Dolinsky) 72, Cressy (Berry) 90; Caniglia 11, Thomas (Marlborough) 25, Jackson 33, Caniglia (Thomas) 60, Fulmer 67, Peetz (Caniglia) 76, Caniglia (Goetzmann) 80.
Kansas — Hanley, L.Jackson, Francia, Williams, Johnson, Robbins, Berry, Williamson, Boyer, McCabe, Cressy. Subs: Liebetrau, Kelsey Clifton, Kortney Clifton, Dolinsky, Noble, Morris, Magness, Cunningham.
Nebraska — Mills, Goetzmann, Peetz, Caniglia, Goosen, Slapper, J.Jackson, A.White, Thomas, Marlborough, Powell. Subs: Fulmer, Berkshire, J.White, Isenhower.
Referee: Rich Huber.
Att.: 722.

* GOLDEN MOMENTS. Five Big East games were decided on golden goals Friday night:
— Callie Hemming‘s deflection gave DePaul a 2-1 win over No. 22 Georgetown that secured the Blue Demons their first berth in the Big East Tournament.
— No. 15 Rutgers needed just 49 seconds to end its overtime session at Cincinnati, winning, 1-0, on junior Kelsey Dumont‘s goal.
— Sophomore Rachael Sloan‘s goal in the 101st minute gave No. 18 Marquette a 1-0 victory at Syracuse.
— St. John’s improved to 12-4-1 with a 1-0 win over South Florida on Courtney Lane‘s goal.
— Kate Cunningham converted a penalty kick in the 98th minute to lift Louisville past Seton Hall, 3-2.

(Click here for more Friday women’s results.)

* FRIDAY’S TOP 25 RESULTS:
Pac-10: No. 21 Washington State 1 (Van Leer 54) No. 1 Stanford 2 (Press 87, O’Hara 95) (OT)
WCC: No. 2 Portland 5 (Foxhoven 7, pen. 49, Schmidt 11, Chandhoke 43, Enyeart 51) St. Mary’s 1 (Nied 71).
Pac-10: No. 4 UCLA 5 (Leroux 4, 59, Cheney 18, 21, Bywaters 67) Oregon 1 (Stoltenberg 60).
Big East: No. 7 Notre Dame 2 (Henderson 54, Iantorno 71) Villanova 0.
Pac-10: No. 9 USC 1 (Tomer 14) Oregon State 2 (Peck 54, Nixon 76).
Conference USA: SMU 0 No. 14 UCF 1 (Newsome 55).
Big East: Cincinnati 0 No. 15 Rutgers 1 (Dumont 91) (OT)
Big East: Syracuse 0 No. 18 Marquette 1 (Sloan 101) (OT)
Big East: DePaul 2 (Strickland 54, Hemming 105) No. 22 Georgetown 1 (Cabot 58) (OT)
Big 12: No. 23 Missouri 3 (Andrighetto 50, 74, Crabtree 73) Iowa State 1 (Nimtz 68).
Atlantic-10: No. 25 Dayton 2 (Oelschlager 51, Giner 83) Rhode Island 0.

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