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What They’re Saying

by Soccer America

“It’s not an ego thing to prove [prognosticators] wrong. I have a burning desire to win city championships. It’s proving us right. The fulfillment and the opportunities to win city championships is huge.”

— Martin Jacobsen, coach of Martin Luther King Jr. High School, which won New York’s PSAL title in a shootout over the Beacon School. MLK, winner of 10 of the previous 12 PSAL titles, had been given little chance of winning after it lost four games during the season. (Daily News)

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Thanksgiving Interregional’s ODP boys rosters unveiled

by Paul Kennedy

U.S. Youth Soccer has selected the rosters for the ODP Boys Thanksgiving Interregional, which will take place Nov. 28-Dec. 1 at the Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Buena Vista, Fla. In addition to the 1994 and 1995 U.S. Youth Soccer ODP regional teams, the event will also feature the U.S. under-14 national team. Among the players who will be traveling to Florida is 13-year-old Alex Ramos, son of former U.S. star Tab Ramos. For all the regional rosters …

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SCOREBOARD: NCAA Division I Women (UPDATES)

by Soccer America

Defending champion USC moved into the third round with a shootout victory at BYU on Saturday. The only seeded team to lose on Friday was Colorado, a 1-0 loser to South Dakota State, which was making its NCAA Division I Tournament debut. The other first-time team to win was Northeastern, which edged Boston area rival Harvard on penalty kicks. For all the first-round results and schedules …>

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SCOREBOARD: NCAA Division 2 & 3 Men

by Soccer America

Third-ranked Midwestern State needed overtime to oust Incarnate Word, 2-1, in the first round of the NCAA Division II Men’s Tournament on Thursday. The NCAA Division III Men’s Tournament began Thursday with a thriller at North Carolina Wesleyan, where the Bishops came back from 3-1 down with less than 15 minutes to play to beat Virginia Wesleyan, 4-3, in overtime. For all the NCAA Division 2 and 3 men’s results and schedules …

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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Men’s Conferences (UPDATES)

by Soccer America

Boston University, Jacksonville and UC Irvine won men’s conference titles on Saturday. Jacksonville came back from 3-1 down to defeat Campbell, 4-3, in the Big South final and end Campbell’s school-record 12-game winning streak. On Friday, top-ranked Wake Forest lost for the first time in 25 games when it fell to Virginia, 3-2, in the ACC semifinals. For all the results and schedules …

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MORNING BRIEFING: Minutemen ride again

by Paul Kennedy

Massachusetts, the surprise of last year’s Men’s College Cup, was almost written off half way through the 2008 campaign, but the Minutemen look set to return to the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament after running off six straight wins to earn the No. 1 seed in the Atlantic-10 Tournament, which continues Friday with the semifinals at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

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Comeback Crew does it again to quench Fire

by Ridge Mahoney

[MLS SEMIFINAL] The team that launched the second era of Major League Soccer is headed to its first MLS Cup. In a raucous Columbus Crew Stadium, which when unveiled in 1999 set off a succession of soccer-specific facilities that have redefined the league’s existence, the home team erased a 1-0 Chicago lead for a 2-1 win that secured a spot in the championship game Nov. 23.

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Donovan-Bayern ‘Flirtation’ Heats Up

by Mike Woitalla

Plaudits for Landon Donovan from Bayern Munich imply his 10-day training stint with the German power may yet turn into a long-term relationship. For his part, Donovan said, “I’m ready” and was quoted as saying some things his MLS colleagues might not be too happy about. The tabloid Bild, meanwhile, managed to invoke Barack Obama in its Donovan coverage.

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Americans find their stride

by Paul Kennedy

[UNDER-17 WOMEN’S WORLD] Since getting through the group stage — with great difficulty — the USA has found its stride at the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. The Americans moved into Sunday’s final in Auckland against North Korea with victories over group winners South Korea (4-2) and Germany (2-1). Here’s a look at Coach Kazbek Tambi‘s starters from the last two games.

Posted inSoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Story

Rapids To Play Like Arsenal? Forget It

by Paul Gardner

Here we go again, deja vu with knobs on one more time. The Colorado Rapids have gone for an English coach. They should take a look at their own history. Their very first coach, back in 1996, was a highly touted Englishman, Bob Houghton. A total flop who was fired after just that one season. Having brought with him his English notions about soccer, having failed to realize that they’re not good enough for the American scene.

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