Defending champions Portland (NCAA Division I), Nebraska-Omaha (Division II) and Messiah (Division III) are ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas women’s preseason polls. Portland is ranked No. 2 behind UCLA in the Soccer America Preseason Top 25. Nebraska-Omaha returns eight starters, including third-team All-American and North Central Conference MVP Beth McGill. The Mavericks also welcome […]
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2. PRESEASON: Midwest tournaments draw major teams
Major preseason tournaments continue in the Midwest through the weekend as college teams prepare for the opening of the 2006 season on Aug. 25. The Westfield Insurance Cup features three 2005 NCAA Men’s Division I quarterfinalists. Host Akron, ranked No. 7 in the Soccer America Preseason Men’s Top 25, joins No. 6 Clemson and No. […]
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1. Portland stars head Preseason Women’s All-Americans
Three players from defending champion Portland — Stephanie Lopez, Angie Woznuk and Megan Rapinoe — head the Soccer America Preseason Women’s All-American Team. The 22-player team also includes two players each from No. 1 UCLA (Val Henderson and Danesha Adams) and Notre Dame (Jen Buczowski and Kerri Hanks). Goalkeepers PLAYER (COLLEGE/CLASS) HOMETOWN Tyler Griffin (Vanderbilt (/Senior) […]
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COLLEGE: NSCAA/adidas WomenÆs Preseason Polls
NSCAA Division I 1 Portland 23-0-2 2 UCLA 22-2-2 3 Penn State 23-0-2 4 North Carolina 23-1-1 5 Notre Dame 22-3-0 6 Florida State 20-4-1 7 Santa Clara 17-5-2 8 Virginia 18-6-1 9 Texas A&M 18-4-2 10 California 16-4-2 10 Boston College 13-6-2 12 Duke 14-6-1 13 Illinois 12-7-3 14 Tennessee 15-6-2 15 Cal State […]
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8. SOCCER ON TV: Your Viewing Guide
For this weekend’s nationally televised games: https://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562137482
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7. OFF THE POST: Unmasked
The Mexican federation is putting a stop to the practice of players donning the masks of their favorite professional wrestling stars to celebrate goals. The Chiapas Jaguars’ Omar Ortiz had been putting on a mask like one worn by Nacho Libre wrestler “Blue Demon” while Cruz Azul’s Gabriel Pereira preferred a “Mistico” mask. Do that […]
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6. YOUTH: Club and league sued over drill
The Lyons Township Soccer Club and the Illinois Youth Soccer Association are being sued by the family of a player who alleges he suffered two cracked vertebrae and partial paralysis during a drill in which the coach forced players to carry teammates on their backs while jogging, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
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5. UNDER-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: USA edges DR Congo, 2-1
The USA struggled to put away the Democratic Republic of Congo in the opening game of the Under-20 Women’s World Championship in Russia. Goals on either side of halftime from Stanford recruit Kelley O’Hara and USC star Amy Rodriguez, who converted a penalty, gave the Americans a 2-0 lead, but the Congolese made it close […]
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4. MAKING A LIST: 10 Americans to watch in EPL
FIELD PLAYERS Name (club/2005-06 finish) Career Premier League stats Brian McBride (Fulham/12th) 92 games/23 goals Claudio Reyna (Manchester City/15th) 90/7. Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham/12th) 64/2 Jonathan Spector (West Ham/9th) 23/0 Cory Gibbs (Charlton/13th) 0/0. Bobby Convey (Reading/won promotion) 0/0. Jay DeMerit (Watford/won promotion) 0/0. GOALKEEPERS Name (club/2005-06 finish) Career Premier League stats Brad Friedel (Blackburn/6th) 184 […]
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3. ENGLAND: Chelsea aims for three straight
American midfielder Claudio Reyna starts his 12th season in Europe and his sixth in the English Premier league in what will be one of the most watched games of the EPL’s opening weekend. Reyna travels with Manchester City to Chelsea (Sunday, 11 am ET on Fox Soccer Channel), the team aiming for a third straight […]
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2. MLS: Sigi won’t quit
Columbus coach Sigi Schmid, who said after Wednesday’s loss to Real Salt Lake that perhaps he should resign, will stay in charge of the Crew, which is 4-11-8 and on a 13-game winless streak in Schmid’s first year at its helm. “It was my frustration with how things went,” Schmid told the Columbus Dispatch regarding […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“There was a general feeling that this player-led convention had gone too far.” — English Premier League spokesman Dan Johnson on the league asking players to end the custom of kicking the ball out of bounds when a player is down injured and from now on leaving the decision to stop play up to the […]
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COLLEGE: Soccer America Men's Top 10 Scouting Reports
HereÆs a look at the top 10 teams in Soccer America's Preseason Top 25: 1. NORTH CAROLINA. (ACC) Elmar BolowichÆs Tar Heels have all the tools. They have a game-breaker in Englishman Ben Hunter (13 goals in his first season of NCAA ball). They have goalkeeping in Justin Hughes (13 shutouts in 25 career starts). […]
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UNDER-20 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: USA edges DR Congo, 2-1
The USA struggled to put away the Democratic Republic of Congo in the opening game of the Under-20 Women's World Championship in Russia. Goals on either side of halftime came from Stanford recruit Kelley O'Hara and USC star Amy Rodriguez, who converted a penalty, gave the Americans a 2-0 lead, but the Congolese made it […]
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3. HIGH SHOWS & SPECIAL BROADCASTS: A Sampling
HIGHLIGHT SHOWS VW Gol (Most complete soccer highlight show in USA.) Gol TV Sunday, 11:30 pm ET Monday, 9 pm ET. Titulares Telemundo Saturday, 11 pm ET/10 pm CT/11 pm PT Sunday, 11 pm ET/10 pm CT/11 pm PT Fox Sports Report Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 10 pm ET SPECIAL BROADCAST WORLD CUP 2006 ESPNU […]
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2. GAMES: Live and same-day delay games on national TV
(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and http://www.soccerTV.com) FRIDAY, Aug. 18 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL USL1 ROCHESTER-TORONTO (live) 8 pm. GOL TV Germany NUREMBERG-BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH (live), 2:25 pm. SETANTA SPORTS USA England COVENTRY CITY-LEICESTER CITY (live), 2:30 pm. SATURDAY, Aug. 19 ESPN2 MLS D.C. UNITED-COLORADO (live), […]
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1. DIRECTV serves up free Setanta this weekend
DirecTV subscribers can watch Setanta Sports, whose fare includes live English Premier League games, for free Saturday through Monday morning. Tune into DirecTV channel 615. On the schedule during this weekend’s promotion are EPL games Sheffield United-Liverpool (Saturday, 7:45 am ET), Arsenal-Aston Villa (Saturday, 10:00 am ET), West Ham-Chalrton (Saturday, 2:30 pm ET) and Manchester […]
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Arena Draws in MLS Debut
It was a good debut for Bruce Arena, whose NY Red Bulls handed the best team in MLS its first shutout of the season in an otherwise dull 0-0 draw. Not too bad, considering D.C. United leads the league in scoring with 38 goals in 22 games. It was Arena’s first MLS game since October […]
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Liverpool Set to Unveil Kuyt
Dirk Kuyt is set to undergo a medical and agree to personal terms before settling what’s believed to be a move from Feyenoord to Liverpool for $19 million. “For me, Liverpool is sure to be the dream club I was looking for,” Kuyt told the Reds website. This marks the end of a summer-long chase […]
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Reyes Move Cools, Real Now Chasing Diarra
Real Madrid President Ramon Calderon says Arsenal is holding the Spanish club ransom over the transfer fee they want for Jose Antonio Reyes. Last week the Arsenal forward declared his intention to move to the Spanish club “as soon as possible.” He was recently left out of the Gunners squad during a third-round Champions League […]
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U.S. Players Invade the Premiership
There are now more than 10 Americans playing in the English Premier League for the first time in U.S. soccer history. Not only that, but there are now several U.S. veterans, like Manchester City’s Claudio Reyna, Everton’s Tim Howard, Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra and Blackburn captain Brad Friedel. These are vets who’ve made their mark […]
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Owen Could be Out all Season
It could be curtains for Michael Owen this season, Newcastle boss Glenn Roeder admitted for the first time. “I don’t know and I couldn’t say whether he’ll play again this season, we’ll just have to wait and see,” Roeder said on a radio show yesterday. Owen, a Newcastle player for about a year, started just […]
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Window Wonderland
This is the third season Major League Soccer has operated under a FIFA-mandated transfer window and still confusion persists. The domestic window opened Aug. 15 and will close Sept. 15. The European window is open until the end of the month and moves can be made until then. Many outlets reporting transfer deals have confused […]
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MLS: Game 1 zeros for Bruce; Real's little roll; Fire up
A first for Arena NEW YORK 0 D.C. UNITED 0. A 0-0 tie and each team gets one point. That never happened during Bruce Arena's first stint as an MLS coach, when he headed D.C. United in 1996-98. Back then, there were no ties. Games like Arena's first with the Red Bulls against his old […]
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OFF THE POST: Gambling on their children's futures
When 25-year-old goalkeeper Chris Kirkland came on for England in the second half of its 4-0 friendly rout over Greece his father earned nearly $19,000. That's because when Chris was 15 years old, Eric Kirkland wagered $190 that his son would play on the national team. Eric got 100-1 odds from bookmaker William Hill. ''We […]