No. 1 Wake Forest showed just how potent its attack is by scoring four goals in eight minutes to break open a close game against Davidson and roll, 5-1. Zack Schilawski and Cody Arnoux each scored twice for the Deacons, who improved to 14-1-2. For all Tuesday’s scores …
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Women’s Conferences
[TV SCHEDULES] Women’s conference tournament week got started Tuesday night with two games in the CAA, one of this year’s hot conferences, and Ohio Valley. CAA No. 3 seed James Madison improved to 16-3-1 and 12-0-0 at home with a 2-1 win over George Mason, while Megan Flanagan dished out three assists and Myriam Bouchard notched two goals as No. 4 seed VCU beat UNC Wilmington, 3-1. In the Ohio Valley, No. 6 Eastern Illinois rallied to win, 2-1, in overtime at Murray State and No. 4 UT Martin advanced with a 2-0 win over Morehead State thanks to a pair of goals by Katie Behrens. For all of this week’s conference tournament games and television coverage …
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NCAA Men’s Division I Scoring Leaders
With two weeks left in the regular season, Connecticut’s O’Brian White continues to lead the NCAA Division I men’s scoring charts. For the Top 10 goal scorers …
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NCAA Women’s Division I Scoring Leaders
Texas A&M’s Ashlee Pistorius has moved to the top of the NCAA Division I women’s scoring charts. For the Top 10 goal scorers …
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UCLA faces the unthinkable
At 8-8-2, UCLA, the No. 1 team in the Soccer America Men’s Preseason Top 25, faces the unthinkable. If they lose to San Diego State next Wednesday, the struggling Bruins will finish with their first losing record in 41 years as an NCAA varsity sport and will fail to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a quarter century. What’s happened?
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Preseason Top 25: Where are they now?
[MAKING A LIST] UCLA, Soccer America’s men’s preseason No. 1 pick, is unranked in this week’s Top 25. But 15 of the top 20 teams in Soccer America’s preseason rankings are still ranked. Current No. 1 Wake Forest was No. 2 in the preseason. Three teams are back to the exact spot that they began the season: SMU at No. 5, Indiana at No. 12 and Northwestern at No. 16. For a look at where the teams ranked in the preseason rank today …
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2007 ACC Women’s Awards
Earning top ACC women’s honors in 2007 were Florida State’s Japanese international Mami Yamaguchi (Offensive Player of the Year), Virginia’s Becky Sauerbrunn (Defensive Player of the Year), Miami’s Brittney Steinbruch (Freshman of the Year) and Miami’s Tricia Taliaferro (Coach of the Year). Steinbruch and Virginia’s Sinead Farrelly were two freshmen on the All-ACC first team. Regular-season champion North Carolina (Yael Averbuch, Tobin Heath and Casey Nogueira) and Virginia (Nikki Kryzsik, Farrelly and Sauerbrunn) led all teams with three first-team selections apiece.
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Six of Wednesday’s eight UEFA Champions League games will be available on cable or via pay-per-view on U.S. television. Manchester United-Dynamo Kiev, Barcelona-Rangers and Slavia Prague-Arsenal will be available live.
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High School Boys Fall Rankings
Behind No. 1 Evansville Memorial in the NSCAA/adidas High School Fall Boys Top 25, No. 6 Barrington (Illinois), No. 8 Anoka (Minnesota), No. 13 St. Xavier (Kentucky), No. 14 East Kentwood (Michigan), No. 15 Blue Valley North (Kansas) and No. 24 Neenah (Wisconsin) wrapped up play with state championships. For the complete Top 25 …
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High School Girls Fall Rankings
Despite playing the last 44 minutes with 10 players, No. 10 Battle Ground Academy defeated Baylor School, 2-1, behind two second-half goals from Susannah Dennis and won the Tennessee Division II-AA girls championship. No. 23 Bearden repeated as Tennessee Division AAA girls champion with a 2-1 win over No. 25 Collierville on goals by Amy Porter and Samantha Turner. For the complete NSCAA/adidas High School Fall Girls Top 25 …
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UEFA Champions League Results
Porto moved into first place in Group A with a 2-1 win over Marseille. Chelsea and Real Madrid held on to their leads in Group B and C, respectively, even though they had to settle for 0-0 ties. AC Milan won its top-of-the-table clash at Shakhtar Donetsk to move into first place.
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Liverpool smashes European record
[WINNERS & LOSERS] It was quite a night in the UEFA Champions League. Tuesday saw Liverpool break one scoring record, and AC Milan’s Filippo Inzaghi tie another. In a stunning result, Norway’s Rosenborg spoiled Ronald Koeman‘s debut as Valencia coach with a 2-0 win at the Estadio Mestalla.
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Phenom Hasani Sinclair shines at two levels
[U.S. DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] Playing in both the U-17/18 and U-15/16 division, 6-foot-1 phenom Hasani Sinclair scored five goals in three games on Schulz Academy’s trip to Georgia. Sinclair’s brother, Sekani, added three goals for Schulz Academy, which won and tied its U-17/18 games and won both its U-15/16 games. For all the weekend U.S. Soccer Development Academy news …
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USA to host CONCACAF qualifying for Olympic men’s soccer
[DATEBOOK] The USA will host the 2008 CONCACAF Men’s Under-23 Championship to determine the two teams that will qualify for the 2008 Olympic men’s soccer competition in China.
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CONCACAF President Jack Warner joins congress
Jack Warner, CONCACAF president and FIFA vice president, won a seat in Trinidad & Tobago’s House of Representatives in a landslide victory in the Chagunas West region. Warner, who will only accept a $1 salary, told the Trinidad Express that he spent a lot of money on the campaign: “I eh telling yuh how much, but we fought the good fight, but it was a bit expensive, but it was worth it.”
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USA eliminated from Beach World Cup
The U.S. Beach Soccer team missed advancing to the next round of the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup after being beaten, 6-5, by Portugal in its final group game on a last-second, overtime goal.
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Galaxy to Name New Coach This Month
The L.A. Times’ Grahame L. Jones says the Los Angeles Galaxy should have a new coach by the end of the month, and probably before the team leaves on a two-game trip to Australia and New Zealand following the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The Galaxy isn’t naming any names, but Jones believes Manchester United assistant Carlos […]
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Column: McClaren Should Say No to Beckham
As Steve McClaren prepares to announce his England squad for the final round of European Championship qualifiers, pundits in the British press are proclaiming once again that the England coach should place a moratorium on David Beckham’s international career. Tempting though it may be to see a living legend complete 100 appearances for a country […]
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Column: Arena Dismissal a Rash, Harsh Decision
Did Bruce Arena resign or was he fired as head coach of the New York Red Bulls? Four sources told Steve Goff of the Washington Post, he was fired. The official word from the Red Bulls camp is that Arena left by mutual consent It doesn’t really matter, says Paul Gardner in his column […]
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Ferguson Supports Foreign Player Restrictions
Sir Alex Ferguson has been outspoken in his support of FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s proposal that limits be imposed on the number of foreign players on European clubs. “It’s certainly not wrong that clubs should be seen to have a proportion of home-based players,” Ferguson said. Manchester United has a strong tradition of fielding mostly […]
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Interview: AC Milan Coach Carlo Ancelotti
World Soccer has a lengthy interview with AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, who despite widespread criticism in Italy, says he gets “a distinctly positive feeling” when he thinks about the season ahead. “We start off every season wanting to win everything but the Champions League is something special; it’s part of our DNA,” Ancelotti says, […]
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Penn women book ticket to NCAA Tournament
Penn, a team with no seniors, joined Portland as the first two qualifiers for the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament when the Quakers clinched the Ivy League’s automatic berth on Sunday.
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Penn State leads latest women’s RPI index
Penn State, which wrapped up its 10th straight Big Ten women’s regular-season title on Friday, is the top-ranked team in the final RPI index the NCAA will release before the 64-team Division I Tournament field is announced next Monday. For the key RPI developments …
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Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week
Senior Stephen King, who scored one goal and assisted on three others in Maryland’s 4-1 victory over Virginia Saturday night, is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Oct. 29-Nov. 4.
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Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week
Sophomore goalkeeper Dan Williams, who had several miraculous saves in Kentucky’s 2-1 win over then-No. 1 SMU, is among the players named to the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week for games played Oct. 29-Nov. 4 …