For the second straight year, Azusa Pacific’s women’s team will join the men’s team in the NAIA national finals. The Cougar women beat Lindsey Wilson, 2-1, to advance to Tuesday’s final against Martin Methodist in Daytona Beach, Fla. Lindsey Wilson had two players red carded at the end of the Blue Raiders’ semifinal. Shannon Walker scored both goals to give Martin Methodist a 2-0 win over No. 1 seed Lee in the other semifinal.
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MLS Cup to make another Depot stop
[MAKING A LIST] MLS Cup is headed back to the Home Depot Center for the third time. MLS announced that the 2008 final would be played at the Carson, Calif., stadium on Nov. 23. RFK Stadium, site of MLS Cup 2007, is only other other existing stadium to host the final three times.
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The unprotected: Quakes’ expansion candidates
Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel, Ryan Cochrane, starters on the Houston Dynamo’s 2007 MLS Cup championship team, are among the players left protected for Wednesday’s expansion draft in which the San Jose Earthquakes will take 10 players.
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No to Osorio, for now
According to a source, New York Red Bull has asked, and been refused, permission to talk to Fire head coach Juan Carlos Osorio. But that’s not the end of it, not by a long shot.
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No second DP, for sure
MLS teams won’t have the option of adding a second Designated Player next year unless they trade for another team’s slot. The league’s Board of Governors rejected a proposal to add a second DP slot per team next year, perhaps because only four teams used the mechanism in 2007, and also because too much of a thing that might turn out to be good is not good.
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Pachuca runs out of gas
In the last 18 months, Pachuca won the 2006 Mexican Clausura, 2006 Copa Sudamericana, 2007 CONCACAF Champions Cup, 2007 Mexican Clausura and 2007 SuperLiga, but the Tuzos have finally run out of gas.
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The Houston Dynasty
Aside from that bright orange jersey, the Houston Dynamo is arguably the least flashy team in MLS. There was no big-name designated player, no hot new foreign talent, or no brand new stadium for Houston this year, but the only result that matters stayed the same: the Dynamo, in beating New England 2-1 on Sunday, […]
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Lack of Firepower Hurts Revs, Again
New England Revolution Coach Steve Nicol was typically pragmatic in his assessment of the Revs’ 2-1 MLS Cup final loss to the Houston Dynamo: “They had two chances in the game and scored. We had numerous chances and no score.” For Nicol, that’s what separated the two teams on Sunday, not some “curse” that many […]
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L.A. to Keep Donovan After Rule Reversal
It looks like the L.A. Galaxy will be able to keep Landon Donovan after all: the MLS Board of Governors on Friday voted to allow Donovan, Kansas City’s Eddie Johnson, and FC Dallas’ Carlos Ruiz to remain with their respective clubs without having to use a designated player slot, as had been previously decided. These […]
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Fire’s Wanchope, 31, Retires
Less than a week after teammate Chris Armas announced his retirement, Chicago Fire forward Paulo Wanchope followed suit, retiring from the game at the age of 31. He cited chronic injury and fatigue as the main reasons for his decision. Wanchcope played in several leagues across the globe, including Costa Rica, England, Qatar, Spain, Argentina […]
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Bench Becks for Croatia
Israel handed England a serious lifeline over the weekend by beating Russia, 2-1. Qualification for the Euro 2008 Championships is now firmly in England’s hands. A win or a draw against Croatia, which has already qualified, would do the trick. However, England’s good fortune follows a dismal performance against Austria on Friday. The meaningless friendly […]
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: NAIA National Championships
Top-seeded Azusa Pacific recovered from a 1-0 deficit at halftime to dispose of Fresno Pacific, in the quarterfinals of the NAIA Men’s National Championships. Auburn-Montgomery got goals from Kari Arsaelsson and Magnus Olafsson — two of eight Icelanders in the starting lineup — to beat seven-time champion Lindsey Wilson, the second seed. Canadian entrant Simon Fraser, winner of three NAIA titles, and Concordia (Calif.) also moved into the semifinals with wins on Saturday. Azusa Pacific is also still alive at the women’s nationals in Daytona Beach, Fla., thanks to its 4-1 win over Northwood. No. 1 seed Lee, defending champion Lindsey Wilson and Martin Methodist are also through to Monday’s semifinals. For all the results, goal scorers and schedules …
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NCAA Division I Women’s Scoreboard
[FROM 64 DOWN TO 16] Texas knocked out No. 2 seed Texas A&M, 3-2, on Saturday, and three other regional seeds fell on Sunday. Indiana beat No. 2 Purdue in a shootout. Duke beat No. 3 Georgia, 1-0. Connecticut also downed No. 4 Wake Forest, 1-0. For all the weekend results and goalscorers …
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Late dramatics highlight women’s play
[HEADLINERS] The second round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament produced its share of drama. Golden goals rescued two seeds, and show-stopping performances sent other teams through to the Sweet 16 with upset victories.
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Texas prevails in rain-soaked clasico
[TEXAS A&M-TEXAS] On the first weekend of play in the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament, no game was bigger than the Texas A&M-Texas game in College Station, and it certainly lived up to its billing. Despite pouring rain and the threat of hail and thunderstorms that delayed the start of the game for 50 minutes, 2,438 fans showed up at Aggie Soccer Stadium — the largest crowd of the weekend — to watch A&M and UT put on a show.
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NCAA Division I Men’s Scoreboard
[THE 23 CHAMPIONS] Central Connecticut State, the first No. 4 seed to win the Northeast Conference tournament in a decade, was the lowest seed to win a men’s conference tournament. Three No. 3 seeds — Campbell (Atlantic Sun), Massachusetts (Atlantic-10) and UIC (Horizon) — captured conference titles. New Mexico won the last remaining automatic berth from a conference that didn’t sponsor a postseason tournament when it clinched its fourth straight MPSF title with a 0-0 tie at Denver. For all the conference tournament champions, all the results and goalscorers …
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Soccer America Men’s Top 25
Connecticut claimed the top spot in the final Soccer America Men’s Top 25 thanks to its sweep of the Big East Tournament and last week’s No. 1 Wake Forest’s 2-1 loss to Boston College in the ACC final. Brown and Santa Clara, which finished with one loss apiece, moved up to No. 2 and No. 3 ahead of BC and Wake. Conference USA champion Tulsa was No. 6. For the final Top 25 …
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Boston College completes ACC double
[ACC FINAL] Boston College completed an ACC double — its first regular-season and tournament championships since joining the conference in 2005 — by beating top-ranked Wake Forest, 2-1, in Sunday’s final in Cary, N.C.
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Soccer America picks the men’s field
The NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Committee will reveal on Monday afternoon the 48 lucky teams that will participate in the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament that begins after Thanksgiving. There are 26 at-large berths up for grabs. Soccer America predicts these 26 teams — 20 that appear to be locks and six we’ll go out on a limb and pick from among a dozen bubble teams.
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Yavapai and CCBC Catonsville capture JC titles
[NJCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS] Yavapai beat top seed Georgia Perimeter, 5-4, in a shootout to win its sixth national title at the NJCAA Division I men’s championships in Tyler, Texas. The Roughriders were trailing, 3-2, with two minutes to play in regulation when Justin Meram equalized to send the final into overtime. CCBC Catonsville beat Iowa Western, 1-0, to claim the NJCAA Division I men’s championship in Albany, Ga. For all the scores and schedules …
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Fields set for NCAA Division II and III final fours
[SMALL COLLEGE RESULTS] The fields are set for the NCAA Division II and III men’s and women’s final fours. The Division III finals will be played next weekend at the Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Division II finals will be held the following week in Orange Beach, Ala. For all the weekend results …
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying Results
Argentina, Paraguay and Colombia won South America qualifiers over the weekend. Singapore, Syria, Thailand and Turkmenistan clinched berths in Asia’s group stage.Featuring MLS players Andrew Boyens and Duncan Oughton in the starting lineup, New Zealand escaped from Vanuatu with a 2-1 win on a stoppage-time goal in Oceania qualifying. For all the results and standings …
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Panucci ends Scotland’s fitba dream
[SCOTLAND-ITALY] They call it the Hampden Roar. In the old days, when the capacity of Glasgow’s Hampden Park exceeded 100,000, it was said the roar of the crowd could be heard for miles. The capacity of Hampden has been cut to a more modest 52,000, but the Hampden Roar was supposed to be Scotland’s home-field advantage when it took the field Saturday night in its decisive Euro ’08 qualifier against Italy.
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English hopes brighten thanks to Israeli win
[ISRAEL-RUSSIA] There was gloom and doom last month when England fell to Russia, 2-1, compromising its chances of reaching the Euro ’08 finals. It was all but conceded that England wouldn’t be going — one report calculated the cost to the FA of not making the Euro ’08 finals at tens of millions of dollars — but it was based on the assumption Russia would beat Israel in Tel Aviv. A mistaken assumption, indeed.
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USA downs South Africa to claim Mandela Cup
[SOUTH AFRICA-USA] The U.S. national team finished 2007 on a winning note with a 1-0 win over World Cup 2010 host South Africa Saturday in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup. A well-constructed goal by right back Steve Cherundolo highlighted a solid first-half performance by the United States, which finished the year with a 12-5-1 record.