The NCAA has awarded the 2010 Men’s College Cup to UC Santa Barbara, marking just the second time since 1986 that the finals will be played on the West Coast. The Men’s Cup will be played at Harder Stadium, the former UCSB football stadium that has become home to a major college soccer hotbed.
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Men’s Attendance Leaders
UC Santa Barbara led the nation in average attendance in 2008 for NCAA Division I men’s programs, beating out Connecticut, Big West rival Cal Poly, Creighton and Maryland. For the top 50 men’s programs in average attendance …
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Plans for Michigan stadium get approval
The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents has approved plans for a new soccer stadium, allowing work to begin immediately on the $6 million project. The goal is to add European-style grandstand seating for 2,200 fans at the soccer field, which has only temporary bleachers.
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Azusa Pacific’s Wolf takes job at SMU
Phil Wolf, the 2007 NAIA Coach of the Year, resigned his position as men’s head coach at NAIA power Azusa Pacific to to accept a position as assistant coach at SMU.
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OBITUARY: Nnamdi Nwokocha
Nnamdi Nwokocha, one of the most prolific scorers in ACC history, died of meningitis recently at the age of 46 in his native Nigeria.
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Women’s Division I Coaching Changes
The head coaches at three 2008 NCAA Division I Tournament teams — Charlotte, Fresno State, Morehead State — have been lured away to other programs. For all the Division I women’s coaching moves …
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Men’s Recruiting Classes
Bryant, Princeton, Quinnipiac and William & Mary have all announced their 2009 men’s recruiting classes. For all their incoming players and their club connections …
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Men’s Division I Coaching Changes
Three former MLS players — Kevin Anderson (Columbia), Clint Peay (Richmond) and Todd Yeagley (Wisconsin) — have accepted positions as head coaches at Division I programs. For all the Division I men’s coaching moves …
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Northern Ireland holds on for 0-0 tie
[U.S. UNDER-23 WOMEN] The U.S. under-23 women’s national team dominated Northern Ireland’s national team but had to settle for a 0-0 tie in Belfast.
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Hahnemann’s long Reading stint ends
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann was among a group of players released by Reading after it was knocked out of the playoffs for promotion to the English Premier League. The 36-year-old played 282 games for Reading, including 38 English Premier League games during the Royals’ one season in the top flight, in 2007-08.
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DiCicco criticizes officiating in new league
[REF WATCH] After his team’s 1-1 tie with the Washington Freedom on Sunday, Boston Breakers coach Tony DiCicco said officiating in the new Women’s Professional Soccer League is “getting scary now.”
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OBITUARY: Charlotte Moran
Charlotte Moran, who played an important leadership role in the growth of women’s soccer, died early Monday morning after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Moran was involved in soccer at many levels for more than 30 years. She was the longtime executive director of the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association and administrator for the Region 1 Olympic Development Program.
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Thirtysomethings are getting it done
[MLS] Last weekend was a good one for some of the thirtysomethings in MLS who are edging into the second half of that decade as well as a few on the lower end. A hustling, physical league will always be dependent on young legs but a few of the older (can’t say old!) guard proved they can still get it done at critical moments.
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For $45 million, Man City gets ‘United’
[OFF THE POST] Manchester City will earn $45 million in a multi-year shirt sponsorship deal with Etihad Airways, the carrier airline of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. But the deal might offend its fans.
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Anschutz Not Interested in EPL Investment
Philip Anschutz and his AEG empire will not invest in any one European soccer club because the company has working relationships with several high-powered clubs that it doesn't want to jeapordize. "We've had many opportunities to jump into the Premier League," Tim Leiweke, Anschutz' right-hand man at the company, said in an interview with The […]
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Small Crowds Mean Losses for WPS Investors
The LA Times’ Grahame Jones suggests that the LA Sol’s crowds have fallen far short of matching its announceded attendance. The LA Sol’s announced crowd of 6,210 on Mother’s Day, for example, came on an afternoon when there might charitably have been 3,000 fans on hand, according to Jones, who wrote that on Friday night, […]
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Prime Minister Fully Supports World Cup Bid
England’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to do everything in the government’s power to aid England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup. “It’s right for England to host the World Cup,” the Prime Minister, speaking at a launch party for the bid at Wembley stadium, said. “We have a tradition that’s second to […]
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Juventus Fires Ranieri After String of Bad Results
Claudio Ranieri has been sacked as Juventus coach after a poor run of results and youth team boss Ciro Ferrara has taken over, the club said on Monday. Clinging to third place in Serie A, Juventus is one point above fourth-place Fiorentina with two matches left. The team faces the danger of losing an automatic […]
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Inter Head Says Imbrahimovic Will Stay
Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is 90 percent certain to remain at Inter Milan next season despite fuelling speculation about a move, club president Massimo Moratti said. The Swede, whose 22 league goals inspired Inter's fourth straight Serie A title, has been considering his future at the club after becoming frustrated by their constant failure in the […]
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Caracas Title Win Tarnished By Violence
Caracas FC won the second stage of the 2008/09 Venezuelan championship with a 3-1 win over Zamora FC on Sunday. But crowd violence marred the victory when rioting fans caused a 10-minute delay in the start of the second half. Rival fans in the 8,700 crowd clashed on the terraces. Local media said Caracas fans […]
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Internacional Move to Top of Brazilian League
Argentine midfielder Andres D'Alessandro went on as a substitute and scored in injury time to help Internacional beat Palmeiras 2-0 on Sunday and take top spot in the Brazilian league. Internacional won its second consecutive match despite playing without most of its regular starters ahead of the team's Brazilian Cup match against Flamengo on Wednesday. […]
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Who’s Hot, Who’s Not
No quite one-third of the way through the season, yet with a busy summer of international competitions and callups on the horizon, these are a few of the impressions taken of what has transpired so far in MLS:
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Soccer on TV
Shakhtar Donetsk and Werder Bremen battle it out in the UEFA Cup final on Wednesday. American soccer “Games of the Week” are: USL’s Cleveland-Carolina on Friday; MLS’s Kansas City-Chivas USA on Saturday; and WPS’s FC Gold Pride-Los Angeles on Sunday. The Mexican league playoffs have hit the semifinal stage. Puebla takes on UNAM and Indios face Pachuca. Don’t miss the first legs in the midweek and the second legs on the weekend.
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Blanco recalled for critical World Cup qualifiers
[MEXICO] New national team coach Javier Aguirre has recalled Chicago Fire forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who retired from international play last year, for Mexico’s World Cup qualifiers against El Salvador on June 6 and Trinidad & Tobago on June 10.
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Barcelona turns attention to Man. United
[EUROPEAN RACES] Manchester United, Barcelona and Inter Milan all clinched their respective league titles on Saturday without winning a game. In close races, Wolfsburg (Germany), Bordeaux (France) and Rangers (Scotland) have opened up leads in their respective leagues.