[WOMEN’S TOP 25 PREVIEWS: 21-25] USC, Purdue and Duke are outsiders in their conference races, but they all have lots of talent and will give top teams plenty of trouble.
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2006 NCAA Division I Women’s Attendance Leaders
Portland and Texas A&M were the big draws in NCAA Division I women’s soccer. Both averaged more than 3,000 fans a game in 2006. Only one other school (BYU) topped the 2,000 mark. For the 2006 Top 50 attendance leaders …
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Loyola women favored in MAAC
Loyola (Md.) was selected to win the MAAC women’s title this season in a preseason poll voted on by the league’s 10 head coaches.
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Swiss star Lara Dickenmann heads W-League award winners
Jersey Sky Blue striker Lara Dickenmann was named the 2007 W-League Most Valuable Player.
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USA blasts Germany, 4-0, to win U-21 Nordic Cup
The USA got goals from its quarter of college stars, Danesha Adams, Angie Woznuk, Tina DiMartino and Michele Weissenhofer, and crushed Germany, 4-0, to win the 2007 Nordic Cup.
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U.S. U-20 women reach gold-medal game at Pan-American Games
The U.S. under-20 women’s national team stunned the full Canadian women’s national team, 2-1, on Monday and will face host Brazil on Thursday in the gold-medal game of the Pan-American Games at the famed Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. UCLA’s Lauren Cheney scored both goals in the win for the U-20s.
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USA opens with 1-0 win at Nordic Cup
Santa Clara’s Kiki Bosio came off the bench to score the only goal in the 77th minute and give the U.S. under-21 women’s national team a 1-0 victory over Norway in its opening game at the 2007 Nordic Cup in Narpio, Finland.
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U.S. women’s Pan-Am victory marred by Cheney ejection
North Carolina’s Nikki Washington and Casey Nogueira and Jessica McDonald of Phoenix College scored to give the USA a 3-0 win over Argentina to all but assure itself of a berth in the semifinals of the women’s soccer competition at the Pan-American Games. The USA was dealt a blow, however, when star Lauren Cheney was ejected with a straight red card in the 68th minute after retaliating for a hard foul by the Argentines.
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U.S. men and women open with wins at the Pan-American Games
The USA beat Venezuela, 2-1, on a last-second goal from Stanford-bound Bobby Warshaw in its opening game of the men’s soccer competition at the Pan-American Games. The U.S. U-20 women’s national team has taken control of Group B in women’s soccer with a 7-1 win over Paraguay and3-1 victory over Panama.
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USA sends three teams to Pan-American Games
The USA is sending three soccer teams to 2007 Pan-American Games July 13-28 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the U-18 men’s national team, U-20 women’s national team and futsal national team. For complete rosters …
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U.S. women head to Nordic Cup
[NORDIC CUP ROSTER] Coach Bill Irwin named 18 players who will represent the USA in Vassa, Finland, at the 2007 Nordic Cup, being held from July 18-24.
The U.S. roster features numerous college stars and others who have completed their college eligibility and are playing in the W-League or WPSL.
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Santa Clara gives Smith a seven-year deal
Santa Clara gave women’s coach Jerry Smith a new seven-year deal, extending his contract through the 2013 season. Smith, 45, signed the seven-year agreement after leading the Broncos their ninth West Coast Conference title and collecting WCC Coach of the Year honors for the seventh time in his career. Over the course of his 20 years, Smith has led the Broncos to one national title (2001), one national runner-up finish (2002), 10 College Cup appearances, and 18 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. He has a record of 326-84-27.
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NCAA Division 1 Men & Women Coaching Changes
[MAKING A LIST] The women’s vacancy at Louisiana Tech was filled when Western Illinois coach Kevin Sherry was hired. For all the Division I coaching moves …
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W-League’s Lightning strikes twice against Ft. Wayne
[W-LEAGUE RESULTS] The Minnesota Lightning improved to 5-0-0 with two wins over Ft. Wayne (2-0 and 4-0) in 48 hours. Former Kansas University star Caroline Smith and Sarah Oligney, the former Horizon League Player of the Year at Wisconsin-Green Bay, scored in the 2-0 win over the Fever. Rising Northwestern senior Kelsey Hans and Smith both scored twice in the 4-0 win, which was played as part of a doubleheader with the USL-1 Thunder. For complete W-League results and goalscorers …
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Tom Stone named Texas Tech women’s coach
Tom Stone, who led the Atlanta Beat to the inaugural WUSA championship in 2001, has been named the women’s head coach at Texas Tech, where he succeeds Neil McGuire, who left to become the California women’s coach. Stone, the first coach hired in WUSA, had the best winning percentage of any coach in the league and was selected as the WUSA All-Star Game coach in 2001 and 2003. Mostly recently, he was an assistant at Clemson and also worked as the technical director of the Top Hat Soccer Club in Atlanta.
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NCAA D1 Men & Women Coaching Changes
[MAKING A LIST] Women’s vacancies were filled at Loyola Marymount and Texas Tech, leaving Louisiana Tech as the only women’s program not to name a permanent replacement …
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UCLA assistant Mallia is named Loyola Marymount women’s coach
Two years ago, Joe Mallia came west from Loyola (Md.), which led to five consecutive MAAC women’s titles as head coach, to become the women’s assistant at UCLA. Now, Mallia is moving to nearby Loyola Marymount to become the head coach of one of the rising women’s programs. Mallia is replacing Gregg Murphy, who left the program in May. Murphy served as head coach of the Lions for 11 seasons. LMU advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2006.
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Marquette receives $1 million gift for new stadium
Thanks to a lead gift of $1 million from KBS Construction, Inc., and its chairman, Dennis Klein, Marquette launched a campaign for a new soccer stadium to be named for the Klein family. The new stadium, to be constructed on the current home Valley Fields, will feature a top-quality natural-grass pitch, partially covered spectator seating, team locker and meeting rooms, concessions and restrooms. The cost of the new stadium, which will be funded through private gifts, will total approximately $5 million.
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Notre Dame’s Hanks stars with U.S. U-21 women
Kerri Hanks, the 2006 Soccer America Women’s Player of the Year and Hermann Trophy winner, scored to give the U.S. under-21 women’s national team a 1-1 tie with German Second Division club TuS Cologne. Hanks had also scored in a 5-2 win over Essen-Schonebeck two days earlier. The U-21s opened with a 4-1 win over Gutersloh.
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NCAA D1 Men & Women Coaching Changes
[MAKING A LIST] Vacancies still exist for the men’s soccer head coaching positions at Air Force and Howard, though the Washington Post has reported that Nigerian Joseph Okoh, the head coach at Shepherd in West Virginia will be the Howard coach, placing Keith Tucker. For complete coaching moves …
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Collegians star for U-21 women in Germany
The U.S. U-21 women’s national team opened a three-game tour of Germany on Tuesday with a 4-1 win over FC Gutersloh of the German Second Division. Bill Irwin‘s Americans broke open the close game with three goals in the last 20 minutes by Natalie Capuano (Penn), Ali Krieger (Penn State) and Angie Woznuk (Portland). Natalie Budge (Portland) evened the score in the 19th minute after Gutersloh went ahead with a penalty three minutes earlier.
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UCLA ranks No. 1 in women’s recruiting classes
UCLA has SoccerBuzz’s 2007 top women’s soccer recruiting class in its annual rankings, ahead of Florida State, North Carolina, Boston College and California. Lauren Barnes and Kylie Wright head the Bruins’ 10-player class. The last two years, UCLA’s recruiting class was No. 2 in the country.
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Carolina stars lead Sky Blue in W-League opener
[W-LEAGUE RESULTS] Jersey Sky Blue, which will be a part of the new women’s pro league in 2008, made its W-League debut with a 4-0 win over Western Mass on Saturday. Casey Nogueira and Tobin Heath, who helped lead North Carolina to the 2006 NCAA Division women’s championship as freshmen, powered Sky Blue. Nogueira scored after four minutes, and Heath added two goals. Florida star Stacy Bishop also scored for Jersey.
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U.S. women shred Canadian defense in 6-2 victory
The U.S. women’s national team put on one of its most impressive displays of attacking firepower in recent years, crushing Canada, 6-2, on a steamy Saturday evening at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The Americans struck on six of their 12 shots, and the first four shots of the game were all goals — three for the USA and one for Canada in the first 28 minutes. The U.S. women got two goals from Abby Wambach and goals from Kristine Lilly, Lindsay Tarpley, Lori Chalupny and Heather O’Reilly.
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NCAA D1 Men & Women Coaching Changes
[MAKING A LIST] Vacancies still exist for the men’s soccer head coaching positions at Air Force and Howard, two prominent men’s programs, in addition to position that has opened up at FIU.