The Pennington School is still No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings. McDonogh School of Maryland and Lincoln of Oregon moved up one spot each to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. For the complete Top 25 …
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Under-17 Women’s World Cup Scoreboard
Play resumes Saturday and Sunday at the inaugural Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. The USA is faced with a must-win situation against Paraguay Sunday in Hamilton after its 3-2 loss to Japan on Thursday. For all the results and schedules …
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy Results
Division leaders after games through Sunday in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy are: U/17-18s — Santa Cruz County Breakers (Northwest), Chivas USA (SoCal), Andromeda (Texas), Richmond Kickers (Atlantic), Clearwater Chargers (Southeast); U-15/16s — Washington Premier FC (Northwest),
LA Galaxy (SoCal), FC Dallas U16 (Texas), Bridge FA (Atlantic), Schulz Academy (South). For all of last weekend’s results …
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AWARDS: Winners & losers, comebacks & setbacks
There are three weekends left in the men’s season before the NCAA Tournament bids are announced. Here’s a look at the winners and losers and comebacks and setbacks so far …
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SCOREBOARD: Soccer America Men’s Top 25
No. 1 Wake Forest and No. 8 Loyola (Md.) put their unbeaten records on the line this weekend. The Demon Deacons travel to No. 7 North Carolina on Saturday, while the Greyhounds host St. Peter’s and Manhattan in MAAC action. For this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25 results and schedules …
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RECRUITING: U-17 Women’s World Cup prospects
Play has begun at the inaugural Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. Both the United States and Canada are loaded with college prospects. (In the case of Canada, it has one player already in college: Memphis freshman Julia Ignacio.) Here’s a look at who is going where, based on verbal commitments …
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Women’s Conferences
Conference tournament play continued Thursday with Louisville and Cincinnati taking first-round games in the Big East. Binghamton and Maine won American East openers. For all the conference tournament schedules …
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SCOREBOARD: Soccer America Women’s Top 25
No. 3 UCLA hosts No. 2 Stanford in this weekend’s marquee match. Regular-season conference play concludes Friday for Big Ten and Big 12 teams. For this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25 results and schedules …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Another UNC-FSU classic
As evidenced by Thursday’s thriller at Fetzer Field, North Carolina and Florida State have developed one of the nation’s top rivalries. The 2-2 tie, which ended UNC’s 11-match winning streak, marked the fourth time in the last six meetings that the Tar Heels and the Seminoles have gone to overtime.
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MLS TV Playoff Schedule
MLS quarterfinal series, which kicked off Thursday with New England’s 0-0 tie with Chicago, continue on Saturday. For the complete TV schedule of MLS quarterfinal games. …
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Boxx and Solo nominated for FIFA award
[2008 WOMEN’S WORLD PLAYER] U.S. gold-medalists Shannon Boxx and Hope Solo are among the 10 players nominated for the 2008 Women’s Player of the Year award.
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Real Madrid stunner in Copa del Rey
[SPAIN] First Jozy Altidore‘s Villarreal, now league champion Real Madrid. It was not a good week for Spain’s top clubs in the Copa del Rey.
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Award Finalists
[MLS] For 2008 awards finalists, including league MVP and Rookie of the Year …
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New York must exorcise defensive demons
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] On paper, the Red Bulls look completely spooked against two-time defending champion Houston, and even with game-changers Juan Pablo Angel and Dave van den Bergh they’re frightfully overmatched on artificial turf or grass as well.
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Playoff era dawns in Salt Lake
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] For the past two years, former expansion doormat Chivas USA has reached the playoffs and both times it failed to advance out of the first round.
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Regular-season champ Crew eyes MLS Cup
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] If the 2008 Crew, winner of the Supporters’ Shield, isn’t all that different than the 2007 version that missed the playoffs, how can it be so much better?
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Adding injury to insult
[OFF THE POST] Diego Simeone, coach of Argentine defending champ River Plate, reportedly injured himself punching the subs’ bench after a 1-1 tie with Newell’s Old Boys dropped his team to the bottom of the standings.
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Fire scrapes a 0-0 tie at Gillette
[MLS PLAYOFFS] A small crowd (5,221), a frosty night, a rough game, and no goals does not a playoff showcase on national television make. The 2008 MLS postseason kicked off with a New England-Chicago game fans couldn’t be blamed for turning off (or even nodding off), a 0-0 tie at Gillette Stadium rife with emotion and spirit but nearly bereft of flair. The series shifts to Toyota Park next Thursday for the second leg.
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Girls & Boys: Taking Gender Into Account
My daughter comes bursting through the door after soccer practice and exclaims, “Mom! We had so much fun! Maya and Natalie and I got to be on the same team!” “Did you win?” I ask. She replies, “I have no idea.”
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Al Ahly-Coton Sport Face Off In African Title Game
The first leg of the African Champions League final takes place Sunday, with Egypt’s Al Ahly hosting Coton Sport of Cameroon. Al Ahly has already taken the title a record five times, a feat matched only by compatriots El Zamalek, while Coton Sport is making its first appearance in the final. Al Ahly, which won […]
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Kinnear Prefers Superliga
“I think SuperLiga is a fantastic tournament. Maybe because we had a lot of home games during that stretch, and our fans and the stadium are so excellent. I like playing those top Mexican teams and I think the format is excellent. The atmosphere, and the buildup to the games, it’s great.” Dominic Kinnear is […]
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McBride The Warrior
“He’s just a warrior. You almost never worried. He would get hurt, and you just knew some way he would find his way back and be better and stronger than ever.” Landon Donovan, among others, in another eulogy of Brian McBride. When he retires we get to read them all again.
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United’s Season Mercifully Put Out Of Its Misery
“D.C. United’s dreary season ended last night with two red cards and crippling defensive breakdowns, with sufficient effort but insufficient execution and, on a chilly evening before a sparse crowd at RFK Stadium, with yet another defeat. In other words, it was like so many of its previous 46 matches this year.” Steven Goff hails […]
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Beckham-Milan Talks Start Thursday
Hold the front page — David Beckham’s lawyers have landed in Italy and AC Milan has “confirmed that talks regarding a proposed loan deal for David Beckham will begin on Thursday.” There’s no mention of any L.A. Galaxy representatives.
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Tottenham’s Big Stadium Plan
Tottenham Hotspur refuses to let small matters like $24 million of debt and a lack of local infrastructure prevent it from announcing plans to build a new 60,000-seater stadium close to its current ground, White Hart Lane.