[PDL RESULTS] As the PDL entered the final month of the regular season, the race for the goalscoring continued. Four players have hit double figures in goals: Brazilian Pablo Campos of Fresno Fuego leads the PDL with 13 goals. Dwight Barnett, the former NJCAA Player of the Year at Herkimer County, has 12 goals for Cape Cod. D3 college players Andrew Wheeler (York College) and Ross Schunk (University of Redlands) have 11 and 10 goals, respectively, for unbeaten Hampton Roads and Los Angeles.
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Sky Blue knocks off Washington Freedom in W-League showdown
[W-LEAGUE RESULTS] In a battle of future teams in the 2008 women’s pro league, Jersey Sky Blue handed the Washington Freedom its first defeat of the 2007 W-League season with a 3-0 win. North Carolina stars Tobin Heath and Casey Nogueira provided all the scoring. Ohio State’s Swiss international, Lara Dickenmann, set up all three goals — playing a one-two with Heath and feeding Nogueira with long passes. Villanova’s All-American, Jillian Loyden, picked up the shutout in goal.
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U.S. U-20s face typical European obstacle in methodical Poles
[USA-POLAND PREVIEW] Before the FIFA U-20 World Cup started, U.S. coach Thomas Rongen described Poland, which the USA faces Tuesday in probably a must-win game in Montreal, as “a typical Eastern European country that’s going to be very hard to break down and very methodical in their approach.” To those attributes can be added opportunism and determination and resiliency. Poland upset Brazil, 1-0, on the opening day of play with a long-range free kick by Grzegorz Krychowiak and a staunch defensive display following the ejection of Real Madrid’s Krzysztof Krol in the 27th minute.
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Maine’s Coastal SC reaches U-17 boys final at Region I youth championships
[REGION I YOUTH RESULTS] Host state Maine is sending its second team ever to the US Youth Soccer Region I Championship finals. The Coastal SC’s U-17 boys beat Connecticut’s South Central, 1-0, on an overtime goal by Eddie Jones to advance to Tuesday’s final in Portland. The Coastal SC, which had been playing down a man since early in the second half, has yet to concede a goal at the regionals. FC Delco defeated the defending national champion Baltimore Casa Mia Bays, 4-1, in a shootout in their U-18 boys semifinal. FC Delco, Casa Mia Bays and PDA all had two teams advance to the boys finals. PDA had three girls teams qualify for the finals. FC Delco and FC Stars of Massachusetts have two teams apiece in the girls championship games. For complete Region I semifinal results and goalscorers …
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Dallas Texans send eight teams to Region III youth semifinals
[REGION III YOUTH RESULTS] The US Youth Soccer Region III Championships moved on despite early morning rain that pushed back play by an hour in Oklahoma City. There have been 20 consecutive days of rain that broke a 70-year-old record. The Dallas Texans went 7-1 in Monday’s quarterfinals. Its U-19 boys team has already qualified for Tuesday’s semifinals. North Carolina’s CASL Elite was 4-0 in boys quarterfinal action. For complete Region III quarterfinal results …
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USA pays for brain lock and squandered chances in Paraguay loss
Nothing redeems a mediocre performance more than clinical finishing. Nothing mars a commendable showing like squandered opportunities. Create, battle, and squander sums up the 3-1 U.S. loss to Paraguay Monday night in Barinas, Venezuela. The defeat left the Americans with a 0-2 record, a minus-5 goal difference, and a very slim chance to advance.
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USA must put it all together to get a result against Paraguay
[COPA AMERICA PREVIEW] The glaring disparity in talent that was evident when Argentina beat the USA, 4-1, last Thursday won’t be as prevalent Monday when the Americans take on Paraguay in Barinas, Venezuela, yet Paraguay looked tremendous in its 5-0 win against Colombia, playing a fluid, organized game unlike its rigid, defense-first squads at previous World Cups. If the Americans are again rocked back on their heels, they could be chasing the game for longer than they did against Argentina.
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Paraguay’s Santa Cruz regains form at right (wrong?) time
The USA is unbeaten in four games against Paraguay — including a 3-0 victory at the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay — but Bob Bradley‘s team will be the underdog when they meet Monday in Barinas at the Copa America. Paraguay’s No. 1 threat is Roque Santa Cruz, who scored its first three goals in its 5-0 demolition of Paraguay on Thursday night.
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“I think we impressed a lot of people for 60-65 minutes. The question is, can we do it now for 90 minutes?”
— Veteran goalie Kasey Keller, on his U.S. team that held Argentina even for an hour before collapsing and must put on a more sustained performance in Monday’s game against Paraguay at the Copa America in Venezuela.
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Dallas Texans advance nine teams in Region III youth championships
[REGION III YOUTH PAIRINGS] The Dallas Texans sent nine teams into the knockout phase of the US Youth Soccer Region III Championships in Oklahoma City.
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FC Delco and Bays dominate at Region I youth boys championships
[REGION III YOUTH PAIRINGS] FC Delco of Pennsylvania has five teams and the Baltmore Bays have four in Monday’s boys semifinals at US Youth Soccer Region I Championships in Portland, Maine. All 15 state associations are represented in the semifinals. New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania lead with each having 12 teams advancing to the semifinals. Maryland is sending nine and New York East is sending eight. Virginia has seven continuing, Connecticut has six and Massachusetts has five. Host Maine has three teams continuing.
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2007 Copa America TV Schedule
The USA plays its second game at the Copa America on Monday when it faces Paraguay, a 5-0 winner over Colombia in its first game. The match will be broatcast live, beginning at 6:30 pm ET, on TeleFutura in Spanish and on GolTV in English. For the complete Copa America TV schedule …
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Mexico is first team to reach Copa America quarterfinals
Mexico became the first team to clinch a berth in the quarterfinals of the Copa America when it beat Ecuador, 2-1, on Sunday in Group B. The win was the second in a row for the Mexicans, who opened with a 2-0 win over defending champion and are on top of the group with the six points. Brazil beat Chile, 3-0, thanks to a Robinho hat trick earlier on Sunday to move into a tie for second place with Chile. Venezuela registered its first victory in the Copa America in 40 years when it beat Peru, 2-0, on Saturday. In Saturday’s other Group A game, Uruguay beat Bolivia, 1-0.
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MLS hits goal drought
[WEEKEND WRAPUP] On a barren weekend of just five goals in five games, Columbus beat Red Bull New York, 1-0, for its third straight victory; zeroes were posted in the Dallas-Houston and Chicago-Colorado showdowns; the Revs ran aground at Home Depot Center; and Toronto’s backup to the backup goalie helped it tie Kansas City, 1-1. Ridge Mahoney recaps all the MLS weekend action …
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Last-minute goals give Portland Timbers a pair of USL-1 victories
The Portland Timbers left it late to win a pair of USL First Division matches. The Timbers won, 1-0, at California, on a goal by David Hague in the 89th minute, and defeated Miami two days later by the same score on a goal by fellow rookie, Kenyan Lawrence Olum. The Timbers, who have allowed a league-low seven goals in 11 games, moved into fifth place with the wins. A goal from midfielder Antonio Ribeiro in stoppage time of the second half gave the Montreal Impact a 1-0 win over Puerto Rico in front of 12,844 spectators at the Claude-Robillard Sports Complex. For more on USL action and complete results and goalscorers …
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2007 Under-20 World Cup TV Schedule
Coverage of the Under-20 World Cup continues on Monday with three games on ESPN360.com (broadband). The Congo-Austria game will also be shown in Spanish on Fox Sports en Espanol and the Mexico-Gambia game will be aired on Galavision.
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No festivities in Toronto on Canada Day
The U.S. U-20s should take heart. As bad as they played in their 1-1 tie with South Korea on Saturday in Montreal, it could have been worse. Host Canada opened play before a sellout crowd of almost 20,000 fans at Toronto’s BMO Field — on July 1, Canada Day no less — and bombed. Dale Mitchell‘s U-20s fell to Chile, 3-0, in a match they were outshot 19-2.
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Dreadful Americans escape with tie in Under-20 World Cup opener
The USA survived the worst performance by a U.S. national youth team at a world championship in recent memory to earn a 1-1 tie with South Korea Saturday in their opening game at the Under-20 World Cup. Much of the announced sellout crowd of 55,800 at Olympic Stadium had left after witnessing Poland stun South American champion Brazil, 1-0, the opening game of the Group D doubleheader, and the pro-Korean crowd that remained watched the Americans give the ball away time and again and struggle to keep up with the quick Koreans on the artificial turf.
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USA ready for turf wars at U-20 World Cup
Josmer Altidore, the most exciting American teenager since Freddy Adu, is on the team. So is Adu, who believes this tournament — his third U-20 world championship — is his springboard to fame and glory in Europe. Midfielder Michael Bradley isn’t glorious or famous yet, but he appeared in 21 games for Dutch club Heerenveen last season and played several solid matches for the U.S. at the Gold Cup. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney looks at the U.S. U-20 national team and its chances for success at the Under-20 World Cup, which begins Saturday in Canada.
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U.S. U-20s open against Asia power South Korea
The USA opens play at the U-20 World Cup Saturday in Montreal against South Korea. It has faced the Koreans twice before at the World Youth Championship and come away with good results both times. For more on the USA-South Korea rivalry and how the ’07 Koreans look …
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2007 Copa America TV Schedule
Action at the 2007 Copa America continues this weekend with two games each on Saturday and Sunday. Brazil will look to rebound from its 2-0 loss to Mexico when it faces Chile on Sunday, while the Tri will go for two wins in a row when it faces Ecuador in the second game of the doubleheader in Maturin. Both games will be broadcast live in Spanish on Univision. For the complete Copa America TV schedule …
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2007 Under-20 World Cup TV Schedule
The USA-South Korea Under-20 World Cup opener Saturday in Montreal will be broadcast live on ESPNU, with coverage beginning at 4:45 pm ET, and delay on Fox Sports en Espanol at 7 pm ET. The Under-20 World Cup will be shown in English on ESPNU and ESPN360.com (broadband) and in Spanish on Fox Sports en Espanol, Galavision and TeleFutura.
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What They’re Saying
“Losing a match doesn’t mean that everything is wrong, just as winning a match doesn’t mean everything is right. Brazil always has to win, that’s a fact. The pressure and the demands are something we have to get used to. We have to find a way to get over this.”
— Brazil coach Dunga, whose team lost to Mexico, 2-0, in their Copa America opener.
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USA wilts in Copa opener against Argentina
Back to the real world. The Copa America in any South American nation is a long way from the Gold Cup anywhere in the United States. An Argentine lineup featuring several world-class stars pummeled a makeshift American team, 4-1, to end the 11-match unbeaten run of Coach Bob Bradley. After a courageous hour of surviving at 1-1 with sweat and grit, the U.S. resolve melted in a searing display of skill and speed by the tournament favorites.
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U.S. REPORT CARD: Tough day for young team
Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players’ performance in their 4-1 Copa America loss to Argentina. …