Day 2 of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League concludes with live and delayed coverage of Wednesday’s matches on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and Setanta Sports USA. There is also live pay-per-view coverage as well as Internet viewing on ESPN360.com.
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Northern Kentucky achieves something special
[SMALL COLLEGE] For the first time in its history, Northern Kentucky is the top-ranked NCAA Division II men’s team in the NSCAA/adidas rankings. The Norse has combined a stingy defense and timely scoring to move into first place in the tough Great Lakes Valley Conference.
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Who’s the best in the West?
[ANALYSIS] Cal State Northridge’s 3-0 victory over UCLA on Saturday summed up the state of affairs this fall in the Far West men’s soccer. Northridge’s convincing victory kept the Big West unbeaten in meetings with Pac-10 schools. Indeed, the Big West’s overall record in non-conference games is the best of the four Far West Division I men’s conferences.
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NCAA Women’s Division I Scoring Leaders
Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi still leads all NCAA Division I women’s goalscorers with 14 goals, but the Japanese international is getting competition from Ashlee Pistorius (Texas A&M), Jodie Taylor (Oregon State) and Adele Letro (Utah). For the Top 10 goalscorers …
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NCAA Men’s Division I Scoring Leaders
Cape Verdean Graciano Brito of unbeaten Quinnipiac leads all NCAA Division I men’s goalscorers with nine goals in only six games. For the Top 10 goalscorers …
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Estrada leads UCLA past San Diego
[TUESDAY ACTION] In just his second game back after missing the first seven games of the year with a fractured metatarsal, David Estrada, the 2006 Soccer America Freshman of the Year, scored to give UCLA a 1-0 victory over visiting San Diego.
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BU knocks Brown from unbeaten ranks
[TUESDAY ACTION] Freshman Aaron O’Neal‘s goal in the 63rd minute gave Boston University a 1-0 win at previously unbeaten Brown. The Bears’ loss leaves only three unbeaten Division I men’s teams: Wake Forest (7-0-1), Quinnipiac (5-0-1) and Michigan State (6-0-2).
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No. 1 Wake Forest held by surging Elon
Elon held unbeaten and untied Wake Forest, the No. 1 team in the Soccer America Top 25 men’s rankings since the second week of the season, to a 1-1 tie in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Tuesday night.
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Men’s & Women’s Small College Rankings
Lynn fell from the top spot in the NCAA Division II rankings. The other No. 1 teams in the NSCAA/adidas polls, all still unbeaten and untied, remain the same: Trinity, Texas (DIII men), Grand Valley State (DII women) and Wheaton, Ill. (DIII women).
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Media Training Is Your Business, Too
Hope Solo’s outburst is a reminder of why media training of youth players should be considered part of the business of running your soccer organization.
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A Slew of EPL Transfer Busts
So much of the European off-season is focused on big money transfers. Anything over $10 million gets a headline followed by an analysis of how the player will affect his new team. Many of the highest-profile signings came from England this year, thanks to a massive cash infusion from foreign owners like Liverpool’s George Gillett […]
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‘Keeper-Gate’ Necessitates Coaching Change
Hope Solo’s negative comments about U.S. coach Greg Ryan’s decision to drop her in favor of veteran Briana Scurry for the World Cup semifinal against Brazil have been referred to as “Keeper-Gate” by some in the U.S. press, yet Clemente Lisi of USSoccerPlayers feels that the young goalkeeper’s ousting was “the main reason” why the […]
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Newcomers Should Dominate MLS Awards
The 2007 MLS season has been the year of the newcomer, and ESPN’s Ives Galarcep expects newcomer players and coaches to dominate this year’s player and coach of the year awards. The MLS Player of the Year should be D.C. United’s Luciano Emilio, who hasn’t stopped scoring goals since he arrived last spring. Emilio’s deadly […]
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Ronaldinho Says He’s Staying at Barca
Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho has been the franchise player at Barcelona for four years now, but thanks to the emergence of young Leo Messi, the Brazilian’s undisputed standing has lost its air of infallibility. In fact, it’s no secret that Barcelona has looked better so far this season without Ronaldinho, who’s […]
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Supreme Court refuses to hear Dorrance case
Nine years after she was cut from the University of North Carolina women’s team, Melissa Jennings may finally get her day in court. The U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for a jury trial, denying a petition Monday to hear arguments in the sexual harassment case against legendary UNC coach Anson Dorrance.
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Division III Salve Regina suspends men’s program for five games
Salve Regina’s men’s program has been suspended for five games as a result of an unspecified violation of department policies.
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Binghamton draws record crowd for stadium inaugural
Binghamton opened its new $4.2 million Bearcat Sports Complex on Saturday night with a 3-0 win over Cornell before a record crowd of 1,862. Hat trick hero Cameron Keith, who attracted the interest of Nottingham Forest while playing in Scotland’s Highland League, scored his first goals for the Bearcats.
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Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week
California freshman Alex Morgan, who began the weekend with a hat trick in the Bears’ 4-0 victory over St. Mary’s and then scored in their 2-0 win over then-No. 1 Santa Clara, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 24-30.
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Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week
Kara Lang and Amy Rodriguez, who scored for UCLA and USC, respectively, in wins over Portland were named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 24-30.
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Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week
A pair of Big East freshmen — Andre Mittoo of South Florida and Sean Mergenthal of Villanova — are among the players named to the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 24-30.
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Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week
All-American Julius James, who led No. 2 Connecticut to Big East victories over St. John’s (3-0) and Syracuse (1-0), is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 24-30.
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Frauenfussball grows in Germany
When Germany won the 1989 Women’s European Championship, the players’ bonuses consisted of a coffee set. Each member of Germany’s victorious 2007 Women’s World Cup team earned a bonus of $70,000. The team was also greeted by 15,000 fans at Frankfurt’s Roemer city hall, the traditional celebration point for victorious teams, when it returned from China following its 2-0 final win over Brazil, which drew high TV ratings in Germany.
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Women coaches work for Germany
Only three of the 16 teams at the 2007 Women’s World Cup were head-coached by women: Germany (Silvia Neid), England (Hope Powell) and China (Marika Domanski-Lyfors). Germany’s title win marked the second time a female coach won the Women’s World Cup. Tina Theune-Meyer guided Germany to 2003 World Cup title while assisted by Neid, who took the helm in July 2005. Third-place USA had an all-male coaching staff: Greg Ryan, assisted by Bret Hall, Phil Wheddon and Billy McNicol
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Clint Dempsey to go unpunished
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Fulham’s Clint Dempsey will not be punished for throwing an elbow that broke the cheekbone of Chelsea’s John Terry. Referee Martin Atkinson apparently saw the incident and did not call a foul or include it in his game report to the English FA. Under FIFA guidelines, retroactive action is only supposed to take place if incident was not seen by the referee or if there has been a huge error in judgment.