The U.S. under-15 girls national team will play the under-16 national teams of Canada and Chile and the Region I ODP team at at the U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Thanksgiving Interregionals being held Nov. 17-23 in Coral Springs, Fla.
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Changes in U.S. Soccer communications department
U.S. Soccer’s longtime Director of Communications, Jim Moorhouse, is leaving his current position at its headquarters in Chicago to take a new role with U.S. Soccer as the Director of Youth National Teams at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
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Puerto Rico Islanders knocked out of Caribbean championship
Joe Public FC of Trinidad & Tobago knocked the USL First Division Puerto Rico Islanders out of the 2007 CFU Club Championship with a 1-0 win in the semifinals on Wednesday night at Macoya’s Marvin Lee Stadium in Trinidad.
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Beckham to sport britches for big bucks
Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has reportedly signed a three-year $41 million endorsement deal with Giorgio Armani that will have him modeling the fashion designer’s new Emporio SS08 line of underwear. Ads with Beckham in briefs will begin running on billboards and in fashion magazines beginning in January.
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USA finishes off year with South Africa friendly
The U.S. national team will play its 18th and final game of 2007 when it faces South Africa in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup on Saturday (9 am ET, live on Fox Soccer Channel & Galavision). The Americans have compiled a 11-5-1 in 2007, winning the Gold Cup last summer but exiting in the first round of the Copa America. In a late roster change, Heath Pearce and Jonathan Spector have replaced Eddie Lewis and Landon Donovan.
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How expectations affect performance
Whether you know it or not, the expectations you form as a coach about players on your team affects not only your own behavior toward them but also the feelings and performance of those players. Having such an influence on your players’ athletic experience and development is a huge responsibility and a process every coach should understand.
Here’s how the process works.
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Opportunity Knocks, Cobi Jones Answers
After 12 years of being one of Major League Soccer’s most important players, the Los Angeles Galaxy’s Cobi Jones thought it was time for “a long vacation.” But then Dutch tactician Ruud Gullit was put in charge of his former team, and opportunity came knocking. Gullit needed an assistant coach; Jones moved to the front […]
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Twellman’s Road to 100
Taylor Twellman scored his 100th Major League Soccer goal (regular season and playoffs) in spectacular fashion last Thursday: turning his back to high looping deflection, Twellman executed a perfect bicycle kick in between two Chicago defenders. The goal, his 100th in 176 regular-season and playoff matches, was enough to see the New England Revolution through […]
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Homesick Schelotto Mulls Argentina Return
Columbus Crew wizard Guillermo Barros Schelotto may not return to MLS next season, according to reports in Argentina. Schelotto, currently on vacation in La Plata, told Radio Provincia that he’s homesick and would consider returning to Argentina to play for either of his former clubs, Boca Juniors or Gimnasia de La Plata. “Columbus offered me […]
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Worker’s Strike Threatens 2010 Progress
World Cup 2010 host South Africa suffered setbacks this week as construction workers in Durban, the country’s second largest city, stopped work on the Moses Mabhida stadium in protest over poor pay. Hundreds then marched on the town hall demanding a salary raise. “We must share part of the 2010 pie,” a local organizer proclaimed […]
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Play in Italy Set to Resume Nov. 25
Players, ex-players and the Italian media will continue to debate whether the shooting death of Lazio fan Gabriele Sandri should result in the indefinite suspension of play in Italy, but Italian soccer federation president Giancarlo Abete says the organization expects play to resume as scheduled on Nov. 25. “We were clear yesterday. We decided unanimously […]
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Men’s Soccer
America East top seeds Binghamton and Vermont moved into Saturday’s final with wins on Wednesday. Campbell (Big South) and Niagara and Siena (MAAC) all lit it up for six goals in first-round victories. For all Wednesday’s tournament results and goalscorers and Thursday’s schedules …
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McKendree and Southern Nazarene pull upsets in first round
[NAIA WOMEN] The NAIA Women’s National Championships produced two upsets on the first day of play. No. 17 McKendree and No. 18 Southern Nazarene both advanced to Thursday’s second round with wins over higher seeds. Host Embry-Riddle, the No. 20 seed in the 20-team field, fell to Kansas Wesleyan, 2-0. For all the results and goal scorers …
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Lower seeds take three of four games at nationals
[NAIA MEN] No. 17 seed MidAmerica Nazarene, No. 18 Mid-Continent and No. 19 Embry-Riddle all pulled upsets Wednesday on the opening day of the NAIA Men’s National Championships in Olathe, Kan. Play continues Thursday with Wednesday’s four winners taking on the top four seeds. For all the results and goal scorers …
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FIU stuns SMU, 3-1, in Conference USA quarterfinals
FIU pulled one of the biggest upsets of the 2007 men’s season when it beat SMU, ranked No. 5 in this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25, 3-1, in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament on Wednesday in Birmingham, Ala. The win, only their fourth of the season, was the Golden Panthers’ first victory over SMU in 22 years and was revenge for their 6-0 loss to the Mustangs in last year’s conference tournament.
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Boston College ends Virginia’s ACC misery
[ACC TOURNAMENT] Virginia’s miserable ACC season came to an end on Wednesday when regular-season champion Boston College beat the Cavaliers, 1-0, in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament. The Cavs slumped badly in the second half of the season and finished 1-5-2 in the eighth spot in the nine-team conference — its worst finish ever.
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North Carolina takes must-win game against Duke
[ACC TOURNAMENT] Unranked North Carolina beat No. 20 Duke, 1-0, Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament and kept alive its slim hopes of being considered for the NCAA Tournament. With a 7-7-5 record, UNC must beat top-ranked Wake Forest in the semifinals or lose in a shootout to be assured of finishing with a record of .500 or better and therefore be eligible for consideration for an NCAA Tournament bid.
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High-flying Virginia Tech ends Maryland’s unbeaten streak
[ACC TOURNAMENT] Five days after it had its 15-game unbeaten streak snapped, Virginia Tech gave one of its most dominating performances of the season with a 3-0 win over Maryland Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.
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UCLA remains alive — barely
[PAC-10] UCLA stayed alive — barely. Its 1-1 tie with San Diego in its final Pac-10 game of the season left it with an 8-8-3 record for the season and an outside shot at making the NCAA Tournament. If the Bruins had lost to San Diego State in their regular-season finale, they would have finished with their first losing record in 41 years as an NCAA varsity sport and failed to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a quarter century.
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No. 1 Wake Forest gets scare from Clemson
[ACC TOURNAMENT] Wake Forest, ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25, needed two goals in the last two minutes to beat Clemson, 3-1, Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament in Cary, N.C. The Tigers finished their season with a 7-11-1 record, their worst record in the 41-year history of the program, but not before they threw the Wake offensive machine off track.
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NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament Schedule
Play begins Thursday in the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament with two games at the Texas A&M regional: Texas A&M-Stephen F. Austin and Texas-BYU. The other 30 first-round games will be played Friday. For all the matchups …
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2007 WCC Women’s Awards
WCC champion Portland swept this year’s conference individual awards. Angie Woznuk was the sixth UP player to be selected as the WCC Player of the Year in the last 15 years, while fellow senior Stephanie Lopez garnered WCC Defensive Player of the Year honors for the second time in her career. Keelin Winters was named the Freshman of the Year, while Pilot head coach Garrett Smith was selected as the Coach of the Year for the second time.
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NJCAA Division I Men’s Preview
The NJCAA Division I Men’s National Championships begin Thursday and continue through Sunday in Tyler, Texas. Defending champion Jefferson is joined by traditional powerhouses Mercer County, Yavapai and Georgia Perimeter, the No. 1 seed, and resurgent CCBC Essex in the eight-team field. This year’s surprise is Iowa’s Marshalltown featuring Grenadian scoring sensation Arkenson Neckels, who set a JC national record with 13 goals in one game this season. For a breakdown of the quarterfinal matchups …
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2007 ODP Thanksgiving Interregional Girls Rosters
The following are the regional girls teams in the 1991, 1992 and 1993 age groups for the U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Girls Thanksgiving Interregionals scheduled to begin Saturday at the North Community Park and Coral Glades High School Sportsplex in Coral Springs, Fla. National teams from the United States, Canada and Chile are also participating to provide the 1991 US Youth Soccer ODP teams with international experience.
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Revs’ varied midfield could strain Dynamo
[MLS CUP PREVIEW] In the second installment of our stories setting up the MLS championship game between New England and Houston at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney looks at the midfield matchup.
Big games, like cup finals and most other matches as well, are won and lost in the middle of the field. Yet mano-a-mano skirmishes are just one facet of the overall battle, so the duels of Dynamo Dwayne De Rosario and Rev Shalrie Joseph will be fascinating but not necessarily definitive as to which team wins.