The Pennington School is on top in the NSCAA/adidas high school girls national rankings. For the complete Top 25 …
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POLLS: NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings
Sacramento Jesuit remained No. 1, ahead of St. Benedict’s Prep, New Tier of Illinois and St. Anthony’s of New York, in the NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings. For the complete Top 25 …
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Region II championships headed to South Dakota
The 2009 U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Championships will be held in Sioux Falls, S.D., at the Yankton Trails Park June 19-24.
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Donations sought for South Texas clubs
As clean-up continues from Hurricane Ike, used field equipment is needed to assist clubs in the South Texas Youth Soccer Association.
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U.S. U-17 girls enter final training camp
The U.S. under-17 girls national team will hold its final training camp beginning Thursday at the PDA facilities in Zarephath, N.J.
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Californian Ledezma heads to Mexico
U.S. under-18 national team forward Mario Ledezma has moved to Mexico, where he has joined Chivas Guadalajara’s youth program.
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U.S. U-17s sweep games on tour
In the third of their nine-stop Development Academy exhibition tour, the U.S. under-17 boys national team’s split squad earned wins over the Chicago Sockers U-15/16 and U-17/18 teams.
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Star expelled from U-17 residency
Carlos Martinez, who was tied for the team lead in international appearances, goals and assists on the U.S. under-17 boys national team in 2008, has been kicked out of the U.S. U-17 residency program in Bradenton, Fla., and returned to his family, which recently moved from Las Vegas back to their former hometown of San Pedro, Calif.
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What They’re Saying
“He’s young and he has to learn that soccer is a lifestyle. Everything is important on and off the field. I hope he’s learned a lesson and will be more conscious of the coach and the team’s policy.”
— Wilmer Cabrera, coach of the U.S. under-17 national team, on star Carlos Martinez, who was removed from the U.S. residency program for breaking team rules. (ESPNsoccernet)
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MORNING BRIEFING: Dayton’s comeback kids
At 8-3-1 and 2-0-1 in the Atlantic-10, Dayton is off to a great start. What makes the Flyers’ start so special is that four starters have come back from knee injuries.
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JUNIOR COLLEGES: NSCAA/adidas Rankings
Yavapai (14-0-0) is No. 1 in this week’s NSCAA/adidas JC Division I men’s rankings, while Darton is the new No. 1 in this week’s JC Division I women’s rankings. For all the rankings …
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SMALL COLLEGES: NSCAA/adidas Women’s Rankings
Grand Valley State and Williams, the top-ranked teams in the NCAA Division II and III women’s rankings, respectively, remained unbeaten and untied. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 women’s rankings …
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SMALL COLLEGES: NSCAA/adidas Men’s Rankings
Lynn, Midwestern State and Fort Lewis remained 1-2-3 in the NCAA Division II men’s rankings. There was no change in the top nine spots in the NCAA Division III rankings in which Trinity (Texas) is No. 1. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 men’s rankings …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Wake Forest improves to 11-0-0
Top-ranked Wake Forest remained one of five unbeaten teams when it knocked off Massachusetts, 2-0, in a battle of 2007 Men’s College Cup teams on Tuesday night. Nine Top 25 teams were in action. No. 12 Maryland beat No. 20 Charlotte, 2-1, in overtime. The only other Top 25 team to fall was South Florida, a 1-0 loser at DePaul. For all the Top 25 news ….
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DeRo steal bags a win
The best show in American soccer, De Ro and the Dynamo, wowed the crowd again Tuesday night at Robertson Stadium. Ten minutes after he came on as a sub, Dwayne DeRosario stole a ball in midfield and seared the net from 30 yards to earn Houston a 2-1 victory over Panamanian club San Francisco FC and a piece of the lead atop Group A of the Concacaf Champions League.
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Player of the Year finalists: Dempsey, Donovan and Howard
[U.S. SOCCER] Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan and goalkeeper Tim Howard are the three finalists for the 2008 Honda Player of the Year award as selected by more than 200 sports journalists. The winner will be announced Nov. 11. Donovan, a four-time winner, took the honor last year. Dempsey won in 2006. For a list of all previous winners. …
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D.C. injury wave sweeps away Fred
To the list of obstacles impeding D.C. United’s push for the playoffs can be added injuries to midfielder Fred, who is out for the season.
Fred has aggravated a strained hamstring, and like midfielder Marcelo Gallardo, won’t return to action this year.
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Bundesliga players take shortcut to Autobahn
[OFF THE POST] A German department of motor vehicle director has been charged by prosecutors for providing driver’s licenses to more than 50 foreign Bundesliga players without them taking the required road test, written exam, eyesight inspections and first-aid course. The 56-year-old driving instructor reportedly charged $700 for a forged certificate saying they had passed the exams.
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What They’re Saying
“First of all, the important thing in the next three games is to win and get as many points as we can. [The] playoffs are the goal right now and if I’m able to score some goals to help the team or get some assists, that would be great. … I grew up here in Dallas and Jason [Kreis] was someone that I looked up to. He was always scoring a lot of goals and doing his backflips. … I feel so fortunate to have scored close to the number that he has scored.”
— FC Dallas striker Kenny Cooper, who has scored 16 goals and has three games to break the club’s record for goals in a season, which Jason Kreis set in 1999 with 18. (MLSnet.com)
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Who’s fit to fight corruption in soccer?
[MY VIEW] The Polish government last week sacked its national FA leadership over what it said was a failure to tackle corruption. Following FIFA protests and UEFA’s threat to rescind the country’s Euro 2012 co-hosting rights, it promptly reinstated them. So who, if anyone, is fit to fight corruption in soccer?
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Financial crisis looms over European soccer
[EUROPE] The global financial crisis is threatening to end the heady, high-spending days of European soccer. English Football Association Chairman Lord Triesman warned Tuesday of dark times ahead due to the collective debts of English teams, while in Germany the shares of broadcaster Premiere have plunged, threatening the vital money that it pays the Bundesliga for TV rights.
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Kreis: The Ball Is Round
“It’s still a game played on a green surface — grass, in this case — with white lines, and the ball’s still round and the same size. So we’ve got to control our emotions and keep them in check.” Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis needs his side to concentrate on the game and forget […]
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Nicol: We Need To Get Sharp
“The biggest thing for me is to get sharp. I think we’ve gotten over the fatigue of the crazy stretch that we had. We’ve kind of got our legs back, but the one thing we’re still missing is the sharpness that we had early in the season and in SuperLiga.” Steve Nicol on what the […]
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Kinnear: Attitude The Key To Road Success
“Traveling is physically tiring. Mentally the guys were sharp all the way through, which is really what carried us. Their attitude was the reason why we were successful during this road trip.” Houston Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear praises his team for achieving three ties and a win in four games over 11 days in four […]
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Triesman Warns Of Danger In English Clubs’ Debt
“We are in a very much more volatile position, in which debt is not only a problem in terms of volume, it’s a problem because those who own the debt are themselves now often in serious problems.” English FA Chairman Lord Triesman warns that English clubs are $5.3 billion in debt, and that clubs could […]