Texas A&M senior Ashlee Pistorius is now the national leader in points and goals with two weeks remaining in the NCAA Women’s Division I regular season. For the Top 10 leaders in points, goals, assists and goals-against average …
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The Knee Freaking Crew
[OFF THE POST] Knee injuries are the scourge of women’s soccer. It’s rare to find a top women’s program that hasn’t had a player go down with a knee injury. At Division I Sacramento State, so many players have suffered knee injuries of one sort or another that they formed their own club.
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Happy Halloween for Top 25 teams on the road
[TOP 25 ACTION] Nine of the 11 Top 25 men’s teams in action on Wednesday played on the road, and only No. 11 Michigan State returned home with a loss. The Spartans dropped their second straight 2-0 decision, falling at Cincinnati in non-conference action. No. 4 Brown, No. 6 Boston College, No. 9 Indiana, No. 14 UC Santa Barbara, No. 17 Duke and No. 19 West Virginia all won on the road.
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Utah to (finally) get an NCAA varsity men’s program
[NEW PROGRAM] Utah currently has no NCAA programs that sponsor varsity men’s soccer, but that should change when Division II Dixie State College adds a men’s soccer program in 2008.
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Charlie Davies hits hat trick in Sweden
[VIDEO/AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies, the New Hampshire product who played college ball at Boston College through 2006, scored a hat trick in Hammarby IF’s last game of the season after going scoreless in the first 19 games of the season. Davies, who has been capped three times by the USA, was expected to be a high pick in the 2007 MLS draft but opted for a career abroad after Hammarby offered a reported $1 million-plus deal for four seasons.
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OFF THE POST: Player’s paycheck shows up on Internet
A copy of Liverpool midfielder John Arne Riise‘s paycheck stub has shown up on the Internet in several fan chat sites revealing his salary, home address, national insurance (tax and benefits) number and other personal details. Riise, who was declared bankrupt by Liverpool County Court for an unpaid debt of around $200,000, was paid $289,311 by Liverpool for a month’s work, according the paycheck stub.
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High School Boys Fall Rankings
Austin King‘s goal secured Evansville Memorial, ranked first place in the NSCAA/adidas High School Fall Boys Top 25, its first IHSAA state title with a 1-0 win over Chesterton on Saturday. For the complete Top 25 …
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High School Girls Fall Rankings
New Jersey’s Immaculate Heart Academy remained No. 1 in this week’s NSCAA/adidas High School Fall Girls Top 25. Seven other Top 25 teams remained unbeaten and united. For the complete Top 25 …
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MIDWEEK WRAPUP: International Soccer Headliners
Valencia fans must hope that the hiring of Dutchman Ronald Koeman as head coach will end the La Liga club’s free fall. Wednesday’s announcement followed Valencia’s 5-1 loss at home to La Liga leader Real Madrid. In Roma, Roma won city bragging rights with a 3-2 win over Lazio. On the agenda in England was the League Cup, in which Chelsea rallied to beat Leicester City, 4-3, thanks to Frank Lampard‘s hat trick. As expected, Sao Paulo wrapped up its second straight Brazilian national championship.
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Adu scores his fourth Benfica goal
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu, three days after scoring his first league goal for Benfica, scored in his third straight cup game, but his team fell, 2-1, to Setubal and was eliminated with a 3-2 aggregate result. Adu, making his first start since joining Benfica this summer, struck from the penalty spot in the 45th minute. He was subbed with five minutes left. Benfica’s official Web site praised the 18-year-old’s overall performance.
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United doomed if demons prevail
[PLAYOFF PREVIEW] Halloween has come and gone, thus the curse must be broken. So go the hopes of D.C. United and its perplexed fans, who watched yet another playoff shutout inflicted by the Fire last Thursday, a 1-0 deficit that in normal circumstances scarcely would raise the blood pressure. D.C. scored 56 goals in the regular season and beat Chicago, 3-1, at RFK, June 16, so what’s the problem? Repeat that result and all will be well.
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England’s Rep, Field Ruined
It’s been a bad couple of days for England’s national team. First it was revealed that Wembley’s turf had been destroyed following the NFL game between the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins last weekend. The game, played in a torrential downpour, was held barely three weeks before England’s final Euro 2008 qualifier, which it […]
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Henry Defends Barca Form
Thierry Henry has come under heavy criticism for failing to recapture his Arsenal form since joining Barcelona over the summer. The Frenchman has visibly struggled to adapt to the slower pace of the Spanish game, which emphasizes vision and close control over pace and power, which Henry was accustomed to in the Premiership. In an […]
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MLS Should Adopt Away Goals Rule
Three total goals in four first-leg playoff games means that MLS ought to consider modifying the playoff format, says the Boston Globe’s Frank Dell’Apa. Teams currently play each other home and away, with the higher seeded team hosting second in case of extra time, and the one with the better record over two legs advances […]
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Problems Abound with Brazilian World Cup
In the end, Brazil was the obvious choice for FIFA to host the 2014 World Cup, but that’s mostly because it was the only choice, writes the Independent’s Glenn Moore. While there’s definitely an element of romance in the beautiful game’s most important tournament coming to the land where it’s played most beautifully, Moore says […]
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Arena Feeling the Pressure
Are Bruce Arena’s best days behind him? That’s what Goal.com’s Pat Walsh thinks in assessing Arena’s first full season in charge of the New York Red Bulls. During Arena’s tenure with the U.S. national team, Walsh says you could seldom see the kind of frustration visible on his face as the Red Bulls battled fruitlessly […]
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Why I’m Not Likely to Own a Women’s Pro Team
But here’s where I’d start if I did own a team…
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NCAA Division I Men’s Tuesday Results
Freshman C.J. Sapong scored two goals, including the game-winning goal in overtime, to give surging James Madison a 2-1 win over Towson in a key CAA game, extending the Dukes’ winning streak to four games. The loss snapped the Tigers’ 16-game home unbeaten streak, dating back exactly two years. For all Tuesday’s scores …
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NCAA Division I Women’s Tuesday Results
UC Irvine’s Kim Conlan scored from 35 yards out from the far left wing to give the Anteaters a 1-0 win over Long Beach State on Tuesday evening. Cal State Fullerton (15 points) and Cal Poly (15) remain in first place, followed by UC Irvine (13) and LBSU (12) in the tight Big West race. Monmouth clinched a Northeast Conference Tournament berth with a 2-1 win over Central Connecticut in a top-of-the-table clash. For all Tuesday’s scores …
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Men’s & Women’s Small College Rankings
With one week to go before NCAA Tournament pairings are announced, there was little movement in the NSCAA/adidas rankings. Teams remained the same in the top three spots in Men’s Division II and III, the top five spots in Men’s Division III and the top seven spots in Women’s Division III. For all the Top 25 rankings …
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Transfers have big impact at major programs
[FEATURE] Alejandro Bedoya is making a strong case for ACC Player of the Year honors at Boston College after transferring Fairleigh Dickinson. California JC star Oscar Castillo has been an invaluable addition to the UConn backline. Andrei Gotsmanov, son of a former Soviet international star, has emerged from a two-year layoff to star at Creighton. Virginia Tech took the unusual route of bringing in 6-foot-6 Englishman Robert Edmans and Germans Georg Zehender and Stefan Hock from European universities. All are first-year transfers, and all are playing big roles at Top 10 programs.
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No. 1 UCLA loses supersub Mac Kechnie for season
After playing sparingly in her first two seasons, UCLA midfielder Caitlyn Mac Kechnie was enjoying her best season yet. She was tied for the team lead in assists with seven and tied for third in points with 15 when she was injured in the No. 1 Bruins’ 2-0 win over USC last Friday. Mac Kechnie is out for the season after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament.
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy Weekend Report
With a 4-2 win over South Florida rival Schulz Academy, Miami FC Kendall moved to 5-0-1 in the U-15/16s division in the inaugural U.S. Soccer Development Academy. Other weekend highlights included hat tricks by Cesar Avalos for Birmingham and Matthew Tobin for the Clearwater Chargers in the Chargers’ 6-4 win and Austin Savage‘s Academy-leading eighth goal of the season for South Carolina’s Bridge FA in a 2-2 tie with the Virginia Rush. For all the weekend game reports …
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U.S. U-18s fall in France
In its first action of the two-year cycle leading up to the 2009 Under-20 World Cup, the U.S. U-18 boys national team fell to host France, 3-1, on Tuesday night at the Limoges Tournament.
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Who deserves MLS individual honors?
MLS has announced three finalists for each of its end-of-season awards. Juan Pablo Angel, Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Luciano Emilio are the candidates for MLS MVP and the new Newcomer of the Year Award. There’s also Rookie of the Year, Defender of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year and Coach of the Year honors. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney reveals his picks …