[THURSDAY ACTION] For difference reasons, both coaches were pleased after No. 5 Virginia and No. 22 Florida State played to a 1-1 tie in their ACC showdown. Ashlee Pistorius tied the Big 12 record with her 69th career goal in No. 16 Texas A&M’s 2-1 comeback win at No. 23 Oklahoma State. For all the Top 25 women’s action …
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Injury epidemic hits Santa Clara women
[PREVIEW] No. 4 Santa Clara will take a depleted roster on the road when the Broncos face No. 1 Stanford Friday and No. 3 UCLA Sunday. Their epidemic got so bad that injuries to Courtney Lewis and Lindsey Johnson left Coach Jerry Smith with only two available substitutes for last Sunday’s game against California.
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Soccer America Men’s Top 25 Results & Schedules
Two big ACC matches will take place this weekend. No. 1 Wake Forest travels to No. 13 Virginia Tech, while No. 6 Boston College hosts No. 5 Duke. For complete Top 25 results and weekend schedules …
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Soccer America Women’s Top 25 Results & Schedules
Conference play continues in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC while WCC and Pac-10 close out non-conference action this weekend. For the complete Top 25 results and schedules …
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NCAA Women’s Division I Thursday Results
Loyola Marymount extended its school-record winning streak to seven games with a 2-0 win over Hawaii. Miami (Fla.) maintained its lead in the ACC with a 1-1 tie at Virginia Tech. For complete NCAA Women’s Division I Thursday results …
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NCAA Men’s Division I Thursday Results
First-year program Florida Gulf Coast improved its record to 5-4-1 with a 3-0 win over Florida Atlantic. Cal State Bakersfield, in its first year as a D1 program, fell to 2-8-3 with a 1-0 loss at Radford. For complete NCAA Men’s Division I Thursday results …
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Nation’s leading scorer realizes dream
Quinnipiac’s Graciano Brito isn’t your typical college star. He never played organized soccer before entering college. Three years later, he leads all NCAA Division I scorers with nine goals — and two hat tricks — in six games, but he still commutes 45 minutes each day between home and school and often works until midnight as a clerk at a local supermarket.
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Ducks letter a quarter of century later
[HISTORY] More than a quarter century after they played pioneering roles in women’s soccer, members of the University of Oregon’s 1980 and 1981 teams will be honored at ceremonies Friday during the Ducks’ game with Portland. It will be the first time that Oregon has honored its 1980 varsity team, and it will also be the first time that the 1981 team has been formally recognized with varsity status and players granted letterman status.
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What They’re Saying
“I have decided that it is necessary to take firm action to reflect the fact that Ricardo Clark‘s violent kick to Carlos Ruiz in last weekend’s game against FC Dallas, while out of character, is unacceptable behavior from an MLS player. In taking this action, Major League Soccer is sending a signal that it will not accept reckless and dangerous behavior on its fields. If there is a repeat of this kind of behavior by any MLS player, even firmer sanctions can be expected in the future.”
— MLS Commissioner Don Garber on the record nine-game suspension he gave Ricardo Clark for kicking Ruiz during last Sunday’s FC Dallas-Houston game.
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MLS’s Garber throws book at Houston’s Ricardo Clark
Midfielder Ricardo Clark, one of the defending MLS champion Houston Dynamo’s key players and a player with a bright future on the U.S. national team, was banned for nine games — an MLS record — and fined $10,000 after a violent kick on Guatemalan Carlos Ruiz during last Sunday’s FC Dallas-Houston game.
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WEEKEND PREVIEW: International Soccer Headliners
Arsenal’s fast start has led to comparisons between Arsene Wenger‘s young Gunners and his “Invincibles” of four seasons ago. Manchester City’s Brazilian, Elano, is one of the best summer signings in the English Premier League. After Marseille’s victory at Liverpool on Wednesday, Belgian coach Eric Gerets must get down to the work he was this week hired for at the French club. Sunday’s River Plate-Boca Juniors derby isn’t the only sporting event that has Argentines talking.
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U.S. ABROAD: Mixed results in UEFA Cup
Of the seven Americans to play Thursday in UEFA Cup action, only three survived to reach the group stage. Ramiro Corrales and Danny Califf had reason to celebrate, as did Tim Howard after a dangerous trip to Ukraine. But Oguchi Onyewu saw red at Standard Liege, and Brad Friedel’s Blackburn Rovers quickly exited from the UEFA Cup. Heavy losses end the European campaigns of Michael Bradley and Charlie Davies.
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MLS hits gut-check time
[TV PREVIEWS] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney breaks down the action in MLS, which begins Friday when Kansas City hosts D.C. United. It’s gut-check time for the Wizards and the Fire, who can solidify if not confirm postseason reservations by winning at home, and must-win time for skidding homies Columbus and Colorado. The Galaxy takes its improbable but not impossible playoff quest to Houston, and the 2005 expansion teams renew their unique rivalry in Utah. Toronto has a whole lot of Mo’mentum after beating RBNY.
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Red Bulls leave barmy BMO rebuffed yet again
If New York coach Bruce Arena told his team it had to break its recent trend of tying three straight games, 2-2, the message came through garbled. Poised again to clinch a playoff spot by winning, again the Red Bulls faltered. They scored an own goal and had a player ejected as ex-New York right back Marvell Wynne and his mates took them down, 2-1, at BMO Field in front of the usual cacophonous crowd of red-clad crazies and a national TV audience.
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UEFA Cup Results
Dutch club Ajax’s European slide continued. Just five weeks after it lost in UEFA Champions League qualifying, the Amsterdam club was ousted from the UEFA Cup, falling to Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia on away goals in their first-round series.
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Celtic Fan Banned for Dida Attack
A Celtic fan was banned from attending the club’s matches for life on Thursday for running on the field during a Champions League match against AC Milan and clotheslining its goalkeeper, Dida. The life ban was imposed on the 27-year-old fan by the club itself; UEFA, the organizing body of the Champions League, has yet […]
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Terry: Valencia Win Could Jumpstart Chelsea’s Season
The odds were very much against Chelsea going into Wednesday night’s Champions League clash with Spanish giant Valencia: the Blues’ first team had scored just one goal in its last four matches and the team still looked to be in disarray following the abrupt departure of former manager Jose Mourinho. Moreover, the club had to […]
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Yallop Cautious over Beckham Return
David Beckham returned to training with his L.A. Galaxy teammates on Wednesday for the first time since injuring his knee in August, but Coach Frank Yallop warned against the possibility of his returning to the England squad for its upcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia. “He’s not even played any competitive games,” Yallop […]
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American Kroenke Goes to Arsenal
Colorado Rapids owner Stan Kroenke visited Arsenal Football Club on Wednesday, touring its facilities and meeting the club’s board for the first time as he sought a deal that would strengthen ties between the two sides. Late last season, Kroenke and the Rapids agreed to a marketing alliance with the London club, but no deal […]
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Beasley: Bring on Barcelona!
Following his team’s remarkable 3-0 Champions League win against Olympique Lyon, American winger DaMarcus Beasley declared, “Bring on Barcelona!” Beasley has every right to be in bullish mood following Glasgow Rangers brilliant away win, as he played an instrumental part in dismantling the French champion, assisting the first goal and scoring the third. With two […]
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NAIA National Rankings
Southern California rivals — Concordia, coached by former U.S. Olympian Don Ebert, and Azusa Pacific — remained 1-2 in the NAIA men’s coaches poll. On the women’s side, Azusa Pacific is also No. 2, behind Lee of Tennessee. For men’s and women’s Top 25 rankings …
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NAIA Players of the Week
Mike Borst of No. 1 Concordia (Calif.) and Armando Rodriguez of McPherson won the NAIA’s Men’s National Player of the Week awards. Lissa Coby of St. Xavier and Brittany Tibbs of Oklahoma City earned NAIA women’s national honors.
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NCAA Women’s Division I Wednesday Results
Playing without Adele Letro, tied for second in the country in scoring, and top playmaker Kelly Isleib, Utah (7-2-2) still managed to beat Utah Valley State, 6-0. Wisconsin-Milwaukee extended its unbeaten streak to five games with a 4-0 win over Wisconsin-Green Bay in Horizon League play. For complete NCAA Women’s Division I Wednesday results …
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Afghanistan picks S.J. State’s Samy for qualifiers
Yousef Samy walked at San Jose State in 2006 and was voted the Spartans’ “Newcomer of the Year” by his teammates. A year later, he is off to represent Afghanistan, beginning Monday, in World Cup 2010 qualifying.
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Travails of a two-sport star
Mark Buchholz should be applauded for his accomplishments as a two-sport star at Clemson. On most Friday nights, the Georgia native plays for the Tiger soccer team, for which he is a four-year starter. On Saturdays, he’s the field goal kicker on Tommy Bowden‘s football team. Problem is, recent misses on the gridiron have local pundits demanding that Buchholz quit soccer.