Kara Lang and Amy Rodriguez, who scored for UCLA and USC, respectively, in wins over Portland were named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 24-30.
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Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week
California freshman Alex Morgan, who began the weekend with a hat trick in the Bears’ 4-0 victory over St. Mary’s and then scored in their 2-0 win over then-No. 1 Santa Clara, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 24-30.
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Binghamton draws record crowd for stadium inaugural
Binghamton opened its new $4.2 million Bearcat Sports Complex on Saturday night with a 3-0 win over Cornell before a record crowd of 1,862. Hat trick hero Cameron Keith, who attracted the interest of Nottingham Forest while playing in Scotland’s Highland League, scored his first goals for the Bearcats.
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Division III Salve Regina suspends men’s program for five games
Salve Regina’s men’s program has been suspended for five games as a result of an unspecified violation of department policies.
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Supreme Court refuses to hear Dorrance case
Nine years after she was cut from the University of North Carolina women’s team, Melissa Jennings may finally get her day in court. The U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for a jury trial, denying a petition Monday to hear arguments in the sexual harassment case against legendary UNC coach Anson Dorrance.
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Clint Dempsey to go unpunished
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Fulham’s Clint Dempsey will not be punished for throwing an elbow that broke the cheekbone of Chelsea’s John Terry. Referee Martin Atkinson apparently saw the incident and did not call a foul or include it in his game report to the English FA. Under FIFA guidelines, retroactive action is only supposed to take place if incident was not seen by the referee or if there has been a huge error in judgment.
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Women coaches work for Germany
Only three of the 16 teams at the 2007 Women’s World Cup were head-coached by women: Germany (Silvia Neid), England (Hope Powell) and China (Marika Domanski-Lyfors). Germany’s title win marked the second time a female coach won the Women’s World Cup. Tina Theune-Meyer guided Germany to 2003 World Cup title while assisted by Neid, who took the helm in July 2005. Third-place USA had an all-male coaching staff: Greg Ryan, assisted by Bret Hall, Phil Wheddon and Billy McNicol
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Frauenfussball grows in Germany
When Germany won the 1989 Women’s European Championship, the players’ bonuses consisted of a coffee set. Each member of Germany’s victorious 2007 Women’s World Cup team earned a bonus of $70,000. The team was also greeted by 15,000 fans at Frankfurt’s Roemer city hall, the traditional celebration point for victorious teams, when it returned from China following its 2-0 final win over Brazil, which drew high TV ratings in Germany.
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UEFA Champions League Numerical Rosters
From 1 to 99, the jersey numbers of all the players eligible to play for the 32 teams competing in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.
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An U.S. Soccer Development Academy first
Nolan Hemmer etched his name in the record books Saturday when he scored the first-ever goal in U.S. Soccer Development Academy history, nodding home a corner kick in the 30th minute to deliver the Atlanta Fire U-16s’ a 1-0 victory against Birmingham United U-16’s at Rathmell Sports Park in Birmingham, Ala.
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OFF THE POST: Homeland Security snares Real Madrid president
Real Madrid president Juan Ramon Calderon Ramos flew to New York last week to catch the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” But Calderon, 56, only caught the last part of the performance because he had been detained at JFK Airport by authorities. According the Spanish daily Diario As, they confused him with a 26-year-old suspected criminal with a similar name, Jose Ramos. Calderon was released after a call to Spain’s Ministry of the Interior confirmed his true identity.
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
The group stage of the UEFA Champions League continues with live and delayed coverage of Tuesday’s matches on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and Setanta Sports USA. There is also live pay-per-view coverage as well as Internet viewing on ESPN360.com.
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Will Roma again beg for mercy from Man. United?
[MARQUEE MATCHUP] Manchester United hosts Roma at Old Trafford Tuesday in a repeat of their memorable UEFA Champions League encounter last spring. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson doesn’t expect a repeat of the match that ended with a 7-1 victory for United in one of the most spectacular displays of attacking soccer in recent history
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Sharp D.C. United takes on Guadalajara
All that stands between D.C. United and a spot in the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals is at least 90 minutes of madness in Estadio Jalisco, one of the cathedrals of Mexican soccer, when it faces Guadalajara in the second leg on Tuesday (9 pm ET, live, Fox Sports en Espanol; 11 pm, delay, Fox Soccer Channel). United leads the two-leg series, 2-1, and will advance with a tie, but that’s not the mindset likely to be adopted, at least not early in the match.
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The Pot and the Kettle
The angry reaction by Chivas USA players and Coach Preki to the antics and purported dives by Fire attacker Cuauhtemoc Blanco is, in the eyes of some opponents, a case of the stripes getting a hefty dose of their own medicine.
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John Doyle: Keeping the Focus on the Kids
U.S. World Cup veteran John Doyle chose the youth game over coaching in MLS. When John Doyle looks at youth soccer today and his own experience as a kid, the differences he sees are profound. "Girls commit to college programs when they're sophomores in high school!" says Doyle, the Director of Coaching of Mustang […]
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Chicago Fire Set for Second Decade
The arrival of flamboyant Mexican attacker Cuauhtemoc Blanco is just one of several major changes for the Chicago Fire, the expansion champion of 1998 that has yet to bag a second league title. At a team golf outing two days after a crucial 1-0 victory over Columbus lifted Chicago into the playoff tier, Fire […]
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European Market Frenzy
Spending on the European summer transfer market reached $2 billion in 2007. What's behind the spending boom? And who spent wisely and who spent foolishly? Spending on the European summer transfer market – the two-month window during which European teams stock up on players for the new season – reached $2 billion in 2007. […]
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Brazil’s New Look
The selection of former captain Carlos Dunga as coach of Brazil came as a surprise to many, but a stunning upset of Argentina in the Copa America final has secured his position as he readies the team for the start of World Cup qualifying. During his career as a player, many observers regarded Carlos […]
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How Barcelona Spawns Stars
Barcelona can buy any player it wants, but maintains an ambitious and successful youth program. There's a large crowd of people in the plaza area surrounding Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium, many of them are wearing jerseys with Ronaldinho, Messi and Eto'o on the back. But there's no game today. It's a Thursday afternoon, the team […]
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U.S. Backline: Up For Grabs
After winning the Gold Cup, the U.S. conceded 13 goals while losing five straight games in the Copa America and against Sweden and Brazil in friendlies. Yet the defeats did serve the purposes of Coach Bob Bradley, who is testing veterans as well as young players to upgrade the backline. Defending is about far […]
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Reevaluating the Residency Program
In light of poor results at this year's U-17 World Cup, the launch of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, and MLS's move into the youth arena, it's time to reassess U.S. Soccer's 9-year-old Residency Program in Bradenton, Fla. The preparation process for the USA's first appearance at the U-17 World Cup, in 1985, didn't much […]
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Beez Faces New Frontier
DaMarcus Beasley has left England for Scotland, where his blazing speed and two-way play may be the right fit for legendary club Glasgow Rangers. There's a goatee where was once the clean jawline of his teens, and a thick silver chain and "7" encircles his neck rather than the gold version(s) he sometimes favors, […]
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Soccer On TV
Midweek action includes European Champions League action, starting Tuesday with Manchester United-Roma and VfB Stuttgart- Barcelona clashes. Also on Tuesday, D.C. United takes a 2-1 lead to Guadalajara for the second leg of their Copa Sudamericana round of 16 series. FC Dallas and New England meet in the U.S. Open Cup final on Wednesday.