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Trinidad & Tobago coach Wim Rijsbergen called up seven collegians among 41 players picked to attend a training camp Dec. 18-22 in preparation for the 2007 CFU Digicel Cup T&T will host in January. Rijsbergen, the former Dutch World Cup star and New York Cosmos defender, recently held a four-day camp in Charleston, S.C., to […]

MARYLAND: Seitz and Edu turn pro

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Weissenhofer is Women's Freshman of the Year

It was an exceptional crop of freshmen in women's college soccer, featuring four players — North Carolina's Tobin Heath and Casey Nogueira, UCLA's Lauren Cheney and Stanford's Kelley O'Hara — who missed the first two weeks of the 2006 season to represent the USA at the U-20 Women's World Championship and returned to earn All-Freshman […]

Walk-on Estrada is Men's Freshman of the Year

Before the 2006 season, UCLA's incoming class was ranked as the nation's best, but it wasn't because of Soccer America Men's Freshman of the Year David Estrada. In an incoming class that featured three U.S. U-17 residency standouts — Kyle Nakazawa, Michael Stephens and Bryan Perk — Estrada was an afterthought. He was a walk-on […]

MISSING HIKERS: Hope dims for former UConn star

Hope dimmed Wednesday night for Brian Hall, a University of Connecticut and Dallas Rockets goalie, and another climber missing on Oregon's Mount Hood for 10 days. The body of a third hiker, Kelly James, was found. The ground search for the 37-year-old Hall and Jerry ''Nikko'' Cooke was reportedly scaled back because of dangerous conditions. […]

OFF THE POST: Scot sees red — three times

Andy McLaren of Scottish Second Division (third level) club Dundee received an eight-game ban after he was handed three red cards on Saturday in his team's 2-1 loss at Clyde. The veteran forward was handed a yellow card for scuffling with Clyde's David Hutton after teammate Gavin Swankie scored from the penalty spot with three […]

8. JUNIOR COLLEGES: NSCAA/adidas All-America Teams

JC Division I Men NJCAA D1 champion Jefferson of Missouri had a pair of Floridians — first-team freshman forward Claudio Dantas (Deerfield Beach) and second-team sophomore defender Stanley Mathurin (Delray Beach) — earn honors. JC Division I Women Sophomore midfielders Aline Pugliesi and Megan Bruso, both first-team selections, were among three players from NJCAA D1 […]

7. SMALL COLLEGES: NSCAA/adidas All-America Teams

NCAA Division II Men Ft. Lewis star John Cunliffe picked up his third All-America award. Cunliffe was one of four Englishmen to earn first-team honors along with defender Leon Jackson (Lynn), midfielder Thomas Beattie (Limestone) and forward Nick Cooke (Lander). Six other Englishmen earned second- or third-team honors. NCAA Division II Women Kylee Hanavan of […]

6. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Rijsbergen eyes U.S. talent

5. MARYLAND: Seitz and Edu turn pro

Goalkeeper Chris Seitz, a 2006 Soccer America Men’s MVP, and Maurice Edu, a 2006 first-team NSCAA All-America midfielder, will forego their remaining eligibility at Maryland to pursue pro opportunities. The 6-foot-4 Seitz, who is currently training with the U.S. U-20 national team, is considered one of the top goalie prospects to come along in recent […]

4. SOCCER AMERICA WOMEN’S FRESHMAN AWARDS

Soccer America Women’s Freshman of the Year Michele Weissenhofer (Notre Dame) Soccer America Women’s All-Freshmen FIRST TEAM G Kristin Arnold (Texas A&M) F Kiki Bosio (Santa Clara) F Lauren Cheney (UCLA) F Gina DiMartino (Boston College) F Michelle Enyeart (Portland) D Kristi Eveland (North Carolina) M Tobin Heath (North Carolina) F Nikki Marshall (Colorado) M […]

3. Weissenhofer is Women’s Freshman of the Year

It was an exceptional crop of freshmen in women’s college soccer, featuring four players — North Carolina’s Tobin Heath and Casey Nogueira, UCLA’s Lauren Cheney and Stanford’s Kelley O’Hara — who missed the first two weeks of the 2006 season to represent the USA at the U-20 Women’s World Championship and returned to earn All-Freshman […]

2. SOCCER AMERICA MEN’S FRESHMAN AWARDS

Soccer America Men’s Freshman of the Year David Estrada (UCLA) Soccer America Men’s All-Freshmen FIRST TEAM F Andre Akpan (Harvard) D Nick Cardenas (San Diego State) F David Estrada (UCLA) M Michael Farfan (Cal State Fullerton) M Jeremy Hall (Maryland) G Sean Kelley (George Mason) M Stephen McCarthy (Santa Clara) F Kyle Nakazawa (UCLA) F […]

1. Walk-on Estrada is Men’s Freshman of the Year

Before the 2006 season, UCLA’s incoming class was ranked as the nation’s best, but it wasn’t because of Soccer America Men’s Freshman of the Year David Estrada. In an incoming class that featured three U.S. U-17 residency standouts — Kyle Nakazawa, Michael Stephens and Bryan Perk — Estrada was an afterthought. He was a walk-on […]

5. YOUTH: NSCAA/adidas All-America Teams

The following are the 2006 NSCAA/adidas Youth All-America Teams: BOYS GIRLS

4. MISSING HIKERS: Hope dims for former UConn star

Hope dimmed Wednesday night for Brian Hall, a University of Connecticut and Dallas Rockets goalie, and another climber missing on Oregon’s Mount Hood for 10 days. The body of a third hiker, Kelly James, was found. The ground search for the 37-year-old Hall and Jerry “Nikko” Cooke was reportedly scaled back because of dangerous conditions. […]

3. OFF THE POST: Scot sees red — three times

Andy McLaren of Scottish Second Division (third level) club Dundee received an eight-game ban after he was handed three red cards on Saturday in his team’s 2-1 loss at Clyde. The veteran forward was handed a yellow card for scuffling with Clyde’s David Hutton after teammate Gavin Swankie scored from the penalty spot with three […]

2. USA: Bradley goes with names he knows

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Drawbacks there are to the selection of Bob Bradley as interim head coach of the USA national team, but unfamiliarity with the domestic player pool isn’t one of them. Of the 29 players he’s named for a training camp that starts Jan. 3, only Heath Pearce of Danish club Norjsaelland […]

1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

“I want to apologize to the fans, to all the young people and children for my behavior. They [Barcelona players] kicked me, they treated me badly throughout the game, they kicked my injured leg, and they know I have problems in this leg, that’s why I reacted like that.” — Striker Agustin Delgado, who has […]

USA: Bradley goes with names he knows

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Drawbacks there are to the selection of Bob Bradley as interim head coach of the USA national team, but unfamiliarity with the domestic player pool isnÆt one of them. Of the 29 players heÆs named for a training camp that starts Jan. 3, only Heath Pearce of Danish club Norjsaelland […]

Bradley Names First U.S. Camp

Interim U.S. coach Bob Bradley named a 29-man squad for the national team’s first international match since the World Cup on Jan. 20. Twenty-eight of the 29 are from Major League Soccer. Bradley named 10 uncapped players to his first U.S. training camp as coach, including 2006 rookies Jonathan Bornstein and Sacha Kljestan, who played […]

Cannavaro Becomes First Defender to Win FIFA Award

Fabio Cannavaro feels that any doubts surrounding his Ballon d’Or award earlier in the year were quelled Monday as the Real Madrid and Italy defender was named FIFA’s World Player of the Year, with a resounding 498 points. France’s retired midfielder, Zinedine Zidane, came second, and Brazil’s two-time defending winner Ronaldinho finished third. The Ballon […]

Chelsea’s Response Puts Ball in Man U’s Court

Advantage Chelsea, or so it seems. In truth, English Premier League leader Manchester United fell away rather limply to West Ham United on Sunday, while Chelsea before it seemed to be headed for a similar fate until two fantastic out-of-the-blue strikes from Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba. The Premiership champions produced more of the same […]

Just Another Day in the Life of Marco Materazzi

“Things just seem to happen to Marco Materazzi,” writes James Richardson of the Guardian. As such, he’s become such a cult figure in Italy, that his actions this weekend nearly overshadowed Fabio Cannavaro’s award as FIFA’s World Player of the Year. The man they call “Matrix,” who was responsible for just about everything that happened […]

FIFA Shame at MasterCard Verdict