MEN G PLAYER, SCHOOL, YEAR 13 Saidi Isaac, Winthrop, Jr. 13 Joseph Lapira, Notre Dame, Jr. 12 Tommy Krizanovic, Jacksonville, Sr. 12 Riley O’Neill, Kentucky, Sr. 11 Charlie Davies, Boston College, Jr. 11 Joshua Okoampa, Wis.-Green Bay, Sr. 10 Braden Fleak, Wright St., Fr. 10 Kevin Forrest, Washington, Jr. 10 Jarrod Smith, West Virginia, Sr. […]
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2. SOCCER AMERICA MEN’S TOP 25: Corrected Rankings
Incorrect rankings for this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25 appeared in Monday’s College Soccer Reporter. These are the correct rankings with changes to teams ranked No. 2 and No. 5. Maryland and Clemson were incorrectly switched. RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. SMU (11-0-1) 1 2. Maryland (10-1-0) 3 3. North Carolina (10-2-0) 5 4. […]
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1. Rip ’em Eaters!
The rise of UC Irvine, the hottest men’s team on the West Coast, should be no surprise. Last year, Anteaters came within one game of winning their first Big West title, and they returned eight starters, including Brad Evans, a Soccer America Preseason All-American. The Anteaters moved up to No. 14 in this week’s Soccer […]
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GAMES ON TV (thur 10/9): Your Viewing Guide
(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) FRIDAY, Oct. 6 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL U-21 Championship ENGLAND-GERMANY, Qualifying (live), 3 pm. MenÆs College NORTH CAROLINA-MARYLAND (live), 8 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Mexico UAG-QUERETARO (live), 8 pm. SATURDAY, Oct. 7 MLS DIRECT KICK MLS D.C. UNITED-NEW ENGLAND […]
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3. U.S. ABROAD: McBride scores in Fulham tie
American Brian McBride scored on a volley from close range to ignite a Fulham comeback in an English Premier League game at Watford Monday that ended in a 3-3 tie. McBride came on a substitute with the Cottagers trailing, 2-0, and scored their first goal. Fulham eventually went ahead on a shot Watford’s Damien Francis […]
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5. YOUTH: U-17s spending 30 days in South America
The U.S. U-17 boys national team will train in Uruguay and Argentina for the entire month of October. The U-17s will begin their month-long tour by spending five days in Montevideo, Uruguay, before traveling to Argentina, where they will split time training in Buenos Aires, San Luis and Rosario. U-17 coach John Hackworth named a […]
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NIKE WOMEN'S FRIENDLES: U.S. youth results
U.S. U-17 national team Sept. 28 — San Diego Surf U-18 4-0 (DaCosta 11, Morgan 63, Foxhoven 66, 89). Sept. 29 — U.S. U-16 national team 2-1 (Noyola pen. 65, Mathias 76) Sept. 30 — Dallas Texans U-18 5-1 (Henderson 26, Foxhoven 71, 72, Taylor 84, Mathias 85). ROSTER: Goalkeepers: Wendy Balogun (Bowie, Md.), Bianca […]
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4. WORLD: Five European teams advance to China ’07
The outcome of qualifying for the 2007 Women’s World Cup went down to the final day in four of Europe’s five groups. Norway, the 1995 world champion, qualified with a game to spare, but the other four qualifiers — defending champion Germany, England, Sweden and Denmark — all clinched with victories in their final games. […]
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2. HIGHLIGHT & MAGAZINE SHOWS: A Sampling
Fox Sports Report Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 10 pm ET Sky Sports News Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 7 pm ET U.S. Youth Soccer Show Fox Soccer Channel Monday 5:30 pm ET English Premier League Review Fox Soccer Channel Monday 6 pm ET Spain: Ole La Liga Gol TV Tuesday, 3 pm ET. Italy: Ciao Gol […]
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1. GAMES: Live and same-day delay on national TV
(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and soccerTV.com) TUESDAY, Oct. 3 No live games. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL Women’s College RUTGERS-PRINCETON (live), 8 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Sudamericana ALAJUELENSE-COLO COLO, Round of 16,1st Leg (live), 9 pm. GOL TV Copa Interclubes […]
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Milan Clubs Struggle without Sparring Partner
“AC Milan and Inter almost seem to be missing their old sparring partner Juventus,” writes Italian news agency ANSA after the Milanese clubs again failed to beat modest opposition. For AC Milan in particular, finding the back is now proving to be a problem, after the Rossoneri was held to its third successive 0-0 draw. […]
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Ronaldo Sparkles as Rooney Disappearing Act Continues
While Wayne Rooney’s ineffectiveness continues to baffle the press, the heroics of Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo continue to be equally surprising. You’d think that following the criticism Ronaldo received for his part in Rooney’s sending off at the World Cup, it would be the Portuguese who would feel out of sorts playing again in England; […]
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Galaxy Get Another Lifeline
It seems like they’ve already been given a half dozen lifelines, but the Los Angeles Galaxy is finally starting to take its chances. A resounding 3-0 victory in the L.A. derby against Chivas USA Saturday put the Galaxy within three points of the fourth and final playoff spot in the West with two games to […]
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U.S. Coach Shouldn’t be Eriksson
Houston Chronicle columnist Glenn Davis weighs in on U.S. soccer’s coaching vacancy, starting with a list of names he wouldn’t like to see replace Bruce Arena. Sven Goran Eriksson tops that list, after overseeing a series of dour performances for England at the World Cup. Davis points out how Eriksson was vilified in the English […]
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COLLEGE WOMEN: Notre Dame romps before big crowds
Notre Dame remained No. 1 in the Soccer America Women's Top 25 with a pair of wins in Big East games that drew almost 6,000 fans at Alumni Field. The Irish rallied from a goal down at halftime to beat previously unbeaten West Virginia, 3-1, before 3,056 fans on Friday night. The Irish got goals […]
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Real Stutters as Barca, Valencia Go Top
Déjà vu threatened to cast a pall early over Real Madrid’s derby match against Atletico Sunday at the Bernabeu as Miguel Mista benefitted from some porous defending to put Atletico up 1-0 after 6 minutes. After a few other early scares, the Real defense was able to organize itself and then Raul leveled after 37 […]
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2. MLS: Revving up at right time?
By Ridge Mahoney Mexican striker Jose Manuel Abundis celebrated his Revs’ debut by heading in the second goal as New England clinched a playoff spot with a 3-1 thumping of Colorado Saturday. The absence of Pat Noonan (only one goal and three assists in 14 games) has weakened the Revs’ attack and try as they […]
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SOCCER AMERICA WOMEN'S TOP 25: New Rankings
RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Notre Dame (11-0-0) 1 2. North Carolina (12-1-0) 2 3. Florida State (8-1-1) 3 4. Portland (9-2-1) 4 5. Santa Clara (9-2-0) 5 6. UCLA (9-2-0) 6 7. West Virginia (9-1-2) 7 8. Texas A&M (8-3-1) 12 9. BYU (9-1-1) 14 10. California (7-1-2) 15 11. Villanova (11-0-2) 13 12. […]
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SOCCER AMERICA MEN'S TOP 25: Corrected Rankings
The incorrect rankings for Monday's Soccer America Men's Top 25 were published. These are correct rankings with changes in teams ranked No. 2 and No. 5. Maryland and Clemson were incorrectly switched. RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. SMU (11-0-1) 1 2. Maryland (10-1-0) 3 3. North Carolina (10-2-0) 5 4. Virginia (10-1-0) 6 5. Clemson […]
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MLS: Revving up at right time?
By Ridge Mahoney Soccer America Senior Editor Mexican striker Jose Manuel Abundis celebrated his Revs' debut by heading in the second goal as New England clinched a playoff spot with a 3-1 thumping of Colorado Saturday. The absence of Pat Noonan (only one goal and three assists in 14 games) has stilted the Revs' attack […]
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Villanueva comes through for Virginia
Jonathan Villanueva was good enough to earn an extended tryout at famous Dutch club Ajax over the summer, but it took him 11 games to score his first collegiate goal for Virginia. The former Dallas Texans star picked an opportune time for his first goal as it gave the Cavs a 1-0 win over Clemson […]
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AMERICANS ABROAD: Friedel injured; Reading notches fourth win
American goalkeeper Brad Friedel, the U.S. iron man in English Premier League play with nearly 200 starts, was replaced at halftime because of a groin injury in Blackburn's 2-1 win over Wigan. It was Blackburn's fourth straight win. Reading celebrated a 1-0 at West Ham. The newly promoted Royals, with Marcus Hahnmenn and Bobby Convey, […]
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WOMEN: USA crushes Chinese Taipei, 10-0
The USA scored the most goals in a women's international match in more than six years with a 10-0 blowout of Chinese Taipei at The Home Depot Center. Abby Wambach recorded her fifth career hat trick and picked up three assists to lead the U.S. effort that saw a three players — Megan Rapinoe, Leslie […]
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WORLD: Raul ends drought
Spanish star Raul broke a 11-month drought in La Liga to score in Real Madrid's 1-1 tie with crosstown rival Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Raul's goal against the team started out with as a youth came two days after Spain coach Luis Aragones left him out of Spain's squad for next week's Euro 2008 qualifier […]
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USL-1: Whitecaps capture first championship
The Vancouver Whitecaps captured their first USL First Division championship in their 14th season in the league with a 3-0 victory over Rochester on Saturday night. It was the first win by the visiting team in a single-game USL-1 final in 16 occasions. The Caps opened the scoring just before halftime when a Joey Gjertsen […]