Freshman goalie Mo Isom was in shock after she scored on a free kick from 90 yards in LSU’s 4-1 win over BYU in Baton Rouge. Monday also produced the first major upset of the women’s college season …
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Depth favors SLU, BC and USF
[PRESEASON NOS. 6-25] Depth makes Saint Louis, Boston College and South Florida serious national championship contenders.
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Highly rated freshman class boosts Santa Clara
[PRESEASON NO. 5] WCC champion Santa Clara should be the class of the West Coast thanks to a solid nucleus of returnees and the arrival of three highly rated freshmen.
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Maryland keeps its stars
[PRESEASON NO. 4] After losing 2008 Olympians Maurice Edu, Robbie Rogers and Chris Seitz from the 2005 national championship team to the pros — Seitz and Rogers would be seniors this fall — Maryland was forced to regroup. With their most experienced team since 2005, the Terrapins will be national contenders.
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Hoosiers’ seniors eye title
[PRESEASON NO. 3] Indiana has won seven national championships, most recently back-to-back titles in 2003 and 2004. The goal of the IU seniors is simple: don’t finish without a title.
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UConn has some unfinished business
[PRESEASON NO. 2] The theme for Connecticut is “unfinished business” — the phrase emblazoned on bracelets players, coaches and staff members have been wearing since March.
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College Cup hero Tracy leads Deacs
[PRESEASON NO. 1] Wake Forest won its first NCAA championship thanks to a spectacular Men’s College Cup by Marcus Tracy, who returns for his senior season.
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Soccer America Men’s Preseason Top 25
Defending national champion Wake Forest is ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America Men’s Preseason Top 25 rankings. Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland and Santa Clara round out of the top five. The road to Frisco begins on Friday when the 2008 men’s college season kicks off. For all the Top 25 preseason rankings.
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Big win for Castillo’s Santos
[AMERICANS IN MEXICO] Defender Edgar Castillo has played the full 90 in all of Santos’ five Apertura 2008 games this season, including Sunday’s 5-3 win over Chivas Guadalajara.
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Turf war looming at BMO?
[MLS] Canada coach Dale Mitchell has added his voice to a growing chorus of those who don’t like the artificial surface at BMO Field, and his isn’t the only voice that’s getting louder and louder. The issue is fast becoming a cause célèbre north of the border and might soon boil over to immerse Toronto FC, its operator-investor Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), the Canadian Soccer Association, the City of Toronto, and the local Canadian Football League team, the Argonauts.
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Soccer breaks attendance record at 2008 Games
[OLYMPICS] Men’s and women’s soccer games at the 2008 Olympic Games drew a total attendance of 2.14 million, making soccer the biggest draw at the Games and setting a record for soccer attendance at the Olympics. USA-hosted Olympics in 1984 and 1996 held previous soccer attendance records. For Olympic soccer attendance history. …
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Rising Star Profile: Sainey Nyassi
[MLS] Sainey Nyassi‘s quick pace has added a new dimension the New England Revolution’s attack. The 19-year-old Gambian midfielder has made 17 appearances (15 starts) for the Revs in 2008. Get to know Nyassi in this profile by Soccer America’s Bryan Alvarez that covers on- and off-field experiences.
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St. Louis prep star leads village to top of Bundesliga
[GERMANY] Hoffenheim, a village with a population of 3,272, is the surprise leader of Germany’s Bundesliga after two days, and its star is a former St. Louis prep star.
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What They’re Saying
“You know how to make yogurt, but you don’t know anything about soccer.”
— What Al-Zawraa fans chanted during the Iraqi Cup final, which the Baghdad club lost, 1-0, to Irbil, the club from the capital of the Kurdish region in Northern Iraq that is known for its dairy. The sellout crowd of 50,000 was largest Baghdad crowd for a sporting event since the U.S. occupation of Iraq began in 2003. (AP)
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Crowded schedule muddles playoff chase
To the perplexing task of predicting which MLS team is best suited to running the gauntlet of playoff matches that determine the league champion can be added yet another variable: attrition from yet another competition.
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Small Will Be Raucous In Philadelphia
Two busloads of Philadelphia soccer fans made the trip to RFK Stadium Saturday to taste the MLS atmosphere ahead of the 2010 season, when its own team will start play. John Smallwood was impressed by the D.C. United fans and the noise they made, but not by the old stadium, looking forward instead to the […]
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Shaping Up For The Eredivisie
Leander Schaerlaeckens looks forward to the Dutch season and rounds up the multitude of off-season coaching changes.
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A Champions League Of Our Own
Steve Davis previews the CONCACAF Champions League, kicking off this week.
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Canadian Coach Unhappy With BMO Field
Following last week’s disappointing 1-1 home tie with Jamaica, Canada coach Dale Mitchell is pleased his side will not be playing on the artificial surface at Toronto’s BMO Field again this year.
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Top Teams Must Move Before Deadline
After just two game days in the English Premier League, it’s already clear to Paul Doyle which clubs need to do some hasty recruitment before the transfer window closes. “Without significant movement over the next seven days,” he writes, “the transfer window will come down like a guillotine on the ambitions of sides such as […]
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Toronto Latest Team Waiting For Ruiz Return
Toronto FC is not the first MLS team to have been kept waiting for Guatemalan striker Carlos Ruiz’s return from international duty. Its new signing from L.A., rumored to be less than happy at being placed with a team that plays its home games on artificial turf, is taking care of some business in Los […]
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Bullish New York Brimming With Self Belief
The New York Red Bulls played reigning MLS champion Houston on Sunday “like a team on a mission,” writes Angela Daidone, and the Dynamo “could do nothing to stop them” as they powered to a 3-0 win. A new confidence on the team was evident from the players she spoke to after its third successive […]
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Team GB Has Simple Lesson For English Soccer
The success of the British Olympic team in Beijing serves up a simple lesson for English soccer, writes Sam Wallace. If you want to create a sporting elite, you have to root out the underperformers and let the country’s best athletes train together. Chelsea and Manchester United both boast impressive youth academies, but because […]
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SMALL COLLEGE: NSCAA/adidas Preseason Women’s Polls
Tampa (NCAA Division II), Wheaton of Illinois (NCAA Division III) and Martin Methodist (NAIA) are ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas Preseason Women’s Polls. For all the rankings …