[MLS PREVIEW] Toronto, scoreless in the last 732 minutes and winless in nine games, hosts Real Salt Lake.
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FC Dallas to test Revs backline
[MLS PREVIEW] They’ve posted the same number of wins playing vastly different styles: the Revs seldom sparkle but can split open opponents, while FC Dallas is adding South American artisans as fast as it can.
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Wizards face depleted Crew
[MLS PREVIEW] The Wizards sit seventh in the overall standings and have conceded 37 goals, which ties them with Toronto FC and Real Salt Lake as the league’s most porous defenses. The Crew is tied for ninth with Colorado, a point behind Chicago, and has failed to win any of its last six games.
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Can Chicago keep it up when Red Bulls visit?
[MLS PREVIEW] Coach Juan Carlos Osorio has won four of seven games since replacing Dave Sarachan but crunch time is at hand.
Next week, Chicago plays at Dallas and hosts D.C.; against those two teams and New York, it is a combined 0-4 in 2007, and it also must play D.C. again in October.
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Colorado hosts first-place Chivas USA
[MLS PREVIEW] Losers of two in a row, the Rapids do have the edge of playing fresh, whereas Chivas USA knocked heads with the Galaxy Thursday night and took over first place in the Western Conference by winning, 3-0.
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Floundering Galaxy hosts streaking Dynamo
[MLS PREVIEW] These teams are at opposite ends of the Western Conference, yet both lost excruciating penalty-kick tiebreakers to Pachuca in the SuperLiga, so how different can they be? Well, a lot. They haven’t played since a 0-0 tie at Robertson Stadium way back on April 8; so much has happened since.
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TV PREVIEW: International Weekend Headliners
European clubs are back action after a week off for Euro ’08 qualifying, and Liverpool’s Rafael Benitez isn’t happy with the the Reds’ early kickoff on Saturday. French Thierry Henry will look for his first La Liga goal with Barcelona. The Altintop twins, Hamit and Halil, square off in a Bundesliga clash of giants. In Argentina, struggling River Plate must rebound after a disastrous midweek result. Soccer America’s International Weekend Headliners series continues with a look at what’s on TV.
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Soccer on TV
A crowded slate of weekend action includes the Women’s World Cup, a USL quarterfinal, several major club clashes from around the world and six MLS matches.
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England, Owen Back on Track
Sweet vindication, indeed. Michael Owen, England’s one-time boy wonder, must feel like the weight of the world has been lifted off his shoulders after guiding England to a pair of crucial victories in Euro 2008 qualifying. Owen’s three very well-taken goals in two games have lifted the Lions out of fourth place in Group E […]
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Historic Night For Scotland in Paris
Was it the biggest night in Scottish soccer history? That’s the debate this morning in Edinburgh after Scotland pulled off a stunning 1-0 victory in Paris over France, giving the Tartan Army the advantage over both France and Italy in the remaining three Euro 2008 qualifiers. Said the Herald: “James McFadden’s goal is not only […]
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Disgraceful Night for Scolari, Portugal
Papers in Portugal said the world might have seen the ignominious ending of Luiz Felipe Scolari’s tenure as national team coach after the Brazilian threw a punch at one of Serbia’s players following an ill-tempered 1-1 draw in Lisbon. The embarrassing outburst added insult to injury as Portugal slumped to a third consecutive draw in […]
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China-Denmark Clash Marred by Bad Blood
The Women’s World Cup turned ugly on Wednesday as China alleged that Denmark had accused the World Cup host of spying on a Danish team meeting prior to their Group D clash, which China won, 3-2. Substitute Song Xioali won the match just a minute after the Danes had equalized, sending in a powerful shot […]
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Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week
Corben Bone, who lived up to his billing as one of the country’s top newcomers with two goals for No. 1 Wake Forest against Akron and one goal against Bradley, is the only freshman on the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week for game played Sept. 4-9.
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Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week
Villanova goalkeeper Jason Friel is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 4-9. Friel posted 10 saves as the Wildcats upset then-No. 2 Duke, 1-0, on Friday night. Six of the saves came in the second half when the Blue Devils threw everything at Friel in an attempt to recover from a first-half deficit.
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Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week
Midfielder Brittany Klein and defender Courtney Lewis, who were instrumental in No. 1 Santa Clara’s 7-1 demolition of Notre Dame, were two of the standouts named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 4-9.
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Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week
Purdue senior Shauna Stapleton, whose three-goal performance over the weekend included the winning goal in a 1-0 victory over then-No. 1 Portland, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 4-9.
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First men’s game of season airs Friday on College Game of the Week
[TV WATCH] No. 21 Virginia Tech (3-1-0) visits Tulsa (3-1-0) Friday in the first men’s game the NSCAA College Game of the Week on Fox Soccer Channel.
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Tar Heels triumphant in Greensboro
[MIDWEEK ACTION] Visiting North Carolina, ranked No. 2 in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25, got goals from by sophomore striker Whitney Engen and reserves Mandy Moraca and Sterling Smith to beat UNC Greensboro, 3-0, before a crowd of 2,844. For all the news on the other ranked women’s teams in action on Tuesday and Wednesday …
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Red-hot UConn rolls on
Red-hot Connecticut continued its fine start to the 2007 men’s season with a 2-0 win over CAA power Hofstra on Wednesday night. The No. 2 ranked Huskies feature one of the most versatile attacks in the country. In the only midweek game involving a Top 25 men’s team, No. 11 Harvard won, 2-0, at Vermont on Tuesday.
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Editor’s Note to our readers
We apologize that due to technological problems outside our control, there was no College Soccer Reporter on Wednesday. Soccer America’s weekly awards that usually appear in Wednesday’s College Reporter are listed elsewhere in today’s College Reporter.
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Abby’s ready for Sweden
U.S. striker Abby Wambach is set to go in a nearly must-win game on Friday against Sweden (ESPN, 5 am ET) despite a sore toe – suffered in a pre-tournament friendly – and stitches in her head from a clash during the 2-2 opening tie against North Korea.
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Host China opens with win
[VIDEO] On Wednesday, Women’s World Cup host China opened its campaign with a 3-2 win over Denmark 3-2, as sub Song Xiaoli hit the decider with two minutes left. Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Marta scored twice in Brazil’s 5-0 win over New Zealand. Australia won its first Women’s World Cup game; Lisa De Vanna struck twice in a 4-1 win over Ghana. Canada fell, 2-1, to Norway on goals by Ragnhild Gulbrandsen and Ane Stangeland.
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Scots pull Euro upset
Scotland beat France for the second time in European Championship qualifying with a stunning 1-0 win Wednesday night in Paris. Other key results: England picked up its second 3-0 victory in four days, beating Russia at Wembley. The Czech Republic’s 1-0 win over Ireland all but ended the suspense in Group D. Poland and Finland remained 1-2 in Group A after their 0-0 tie in Helsinki. Portugal and Serbia tied, 1-1, in an ill-tempered affair in Lisbon.
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Beckham takes to booth for So Cal Clasico
David Beckham will be in the ESPN2 commentary booth as his Galaxy mates try to climb out of the Western Conference cellar. Riding a one-game winning streak after beating Colorado, 3-1, last Saturday, the Galaxy will have Landon Donovan back after he played a role on both U.S. goals in a 4-2 loss to Brazil. The victory broke a six-game losing streak in MLS play and reversed a humiliating 3-0 loss to Colorado during the skid. … Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney previews the Clasico and explains the Beckham rumors …
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D.C. United books a playoff spot
No Jaime Moreno, no problem. With the league’s all-time leading scorer away on international duty, D.C. United widened its lead atop the Eastern Conference and overall MLS standings by beating Real Salt Lake, 2-1, with goals by Luciano Emilio and Christian Gomez. D.C. (15-6-4) officially clinched a playoff spot, which had hardly been in doubt, and also increased its unbeaten streak to nine games. Yet the victory – its eighth in that nine-game run – is among the toughest D.C. has carved out this season.