| Weekly soccer column: Choice of Bradley no reason to panic | | Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:24:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | And his appointment as the new U.S. men's national team coach -- perhaps a temporary, stop-gap move, perhaps not -- has left most soccer observers distinctly underwhelmed. The reaction to Bradley's hiring probably says more about those of us who follow the sport than anything else. What did we expect? Well, we expected U.S. Soccer would hire Juergen Klinsmann. The former coach of the German national team was the consensus choice for the job among fans, journalists and U.S. Soccer officials. Although other names were bandied about, no one else was seriously on the radar screen. So U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati went after Klinsmann -- hard -- in an effort to fulfill those expectations. It was never particularly clear whether Klinsmann really wanted the job.... | |
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| | | Honesty, strategy, talent built soccer success | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:18:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | GROTON -- For an idea of just how large an impact Dick Nyman has had on boys' soccer at Groton Dunstable Regional High School, look at the Chenelle family of Dunstable. Twenty-five years ago, Kevin Chenelle played for Nyman when the school's soccer program was in its infancy. This season, Kevin's son Chris is the Crusaders' leading scorer. "My dad can relate to all the things that he says," Chris said. "He still has a lot of the same sayings and everything, a lot of the same feedback after the games." That's because Dick Nyman essentially is Groton Dunstable soccer. The program was only four years old when he took over in 1977, and he has coached all 30 seasons since, taking the squad to 25 postseason tournaments and raising the game from what he called "a vague resemblance to soccer" to a Division 1 program that was bumped to the top ranks because of the strength of the program , not the size of the school .... | |
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| | | Buckley named Aussie soccer chief | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:42:00 AM by Blog57 Team | | Ben Buckley has been named chief executive officer of Football Federation Australia (FFA), the governing body of Australian soccer said on Wednesday. Buckley, former chief operating officer of Australian Rules body the AFL, will replace John O'Neill, who is stepping down after three years in charge. "Ben is the best of the new generation of Australian sporting administrators," FFA chairman Frank Lowy told a news conference. "He has the track record and undoubted potential to consolidate the gains football has made in the past three years and take the sport to the next level, both in Australia and internationally." Buckley, who played for North Melbourne's Kangaroos in the AFL from 1986-93, was formerly director of marketing for Nike Australia and Nike Japan, and worked for the AFL for seven years.... | |
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| | | Soccer teams ready to battle in state tournament | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 1:41:29 PM by Blog57 Team | | LAS CRUCES — Title dreams begin today for several area high school soccer teams at the New Mexico State High School Championships at the New Mexico Soccer Complex in Santa Ana Pueblo. In Class 5A boys, No. 7 seed Las Cruces High takes on No. 10 Hobbs today at 4 p.m., while No. 6 Gadsden meets No. 11 West Mesa today at 7 p.m. The two teams had identical 6-2 records in District 3-5A, but Gadsden was awarded the title due to goal differential. "We have confidence going into the tournament," Las Cruces High coach Erik Tuchfarber said. "We're facing a good Hobbs team, they are young, they play hard. We have a big challenge, but we are up for it." The Bulldawgs got a huge lift four matches ago when senior midfielder Josh Suggs became eligible, which Tuchfarber said has helped the team.... | |
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| | | Virtual soccer gets makeover in FIFA 07 | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 7:27:25 AM by Blog57 Team | | LOS ANGELES: Virtual versions of Ronaldinho and Wayne Rooney are dribbling and scoring goals more like they would in real life thanks to a makeover of thousands of international soccer stars in the latest FIFA Soccer video game. In FIFA Soccer 07, this year's addition to Electronic Arts' blockbuster soccer franchise, a new physics and data-driven engine allows the players to move less like robots and more like individuals with their own playing styles. That's because Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and Sony Corp.'s upcoming PlayStation 3 next-generation video game consoles can process a lot more information on each athlete's unique traits than current-generation consoles, the game's senior producer said in an interview. "With the processing power of the next-generation platforms we can now get a level of physics on the player that we couldn't get before," said EA's Andrew Wilson.... | |
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| | | Lady Jackets 5th in soccer poll | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:34:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Montana State-Billings women's soccer team fell from No. 4 to No. 5 in this week's NCAA Midwest Region poll.The Yellowjackets, who have been ranked as high as No. 1, this year, are 13-5-1 overall. Metropolitan State retained the top spot for the second-consecutive poll.The next rankings, which will be released on Oct. 30, will determine the teams that qualify for the NCAA Tournament.In women's soccer, the top four teams in each of the NCAA's eight regions qualify for the NCAA Tourney. .... | |
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| | | Wolf Pack soccer blanks Louisiana Tech | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 3:14:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | The University of Nevada soccer team routed Louisiana Tech in the largest margin of victory in a Western Athletic Conference game this season, 7-0, in Ruston, La., on Sunday. Wolf Pack sophomore Karen Zmirak scored her ninth and 10th goals of the season, setting the school record for most goals in a single season. Zmirak recorded her third multiple-goal game of the season. Miranda Montejo scored Nevada's fifth goal in the 72nd minute to move into second place in career goals with 33. Pack goalkeeper Caitlin Holmes made three saves. Nevada kept Tech keepers Nicole Didier and Jill Medigovich busy with 21 shots on goal. .... | |
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| | | WIAA boys soccer playoffs: Dons advance, Tigers lose opener | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 11:10:16 AM by Blog57 Team | | Marshfield Columbus is marching toward the regional finals after a 14-0 pummeling of Wisconsin Valley Lutheran in a WIAA Division 3 boys soccer semifinal on Thursday at Griese Park. The Dons got points out of 11 players, including a team-high three goals and three assists from Justin Smith. David Knuth notched another three goals and David Mesa tallied two goals and one assist amidst a plethora of scoring from the Dons. The competition was the first in WIAA Division 3 action, and Columbus will now play Menasha St. Mary's on Saturday in the regional title game at 1 p.m. at Griese Park. WVL 0 0 -- 0 Columbus 10 4 -- 14 Marshfield Columbus points: Tony Devries 1 goal, 1 assist; David Knuth 3 goals; David Mesa 2 goals, 1 assist; Pat Meyer 1 assist; Justin Smith 3 goals, 3 assists; Dylan Boucher 1 goal; Josh Hartle 1 goal; Peter Devries 1 goal; Jake Miller 1 assists; Phillip Mueller 1 goal 1 assist; Dodge Langreck 1 goal.... | |
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| | | Lady Raiders defeat Fallon in girls soccer | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:18:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | Reed's defense shut down the Lady Wave for the second time this season as the Raiders took a 4-0 High Desert League girls' soccer win Saturday in Sparks. Earlier this season in Fallon, the Raiders controlled both sides of the field for a 10-0 victory. Fallon falls to 0-9 and hosts Spanish Springs today at 3 p.m. at the Ed Arciniega Athletic Complex. Fallon coach Lance Lattin said the loss to Reed wasn't a great game for the team. "We never got going. The game time was changed, and we had been out in the sun for five hours prior to the games, which didn't help any," he said. Lattin said the players looked sluggish during the game. "We are not a team that can play well without a high level of energy and intensity, and we didn't do that on Saturday," Lattin said.... | |
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| | | Soccer student 'admits' to commuter pass foul | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 1:10:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | A member of Nihon University's soccer club has admitted to having used the names of two fellow club members to buy discount student commuter passes for Keio Corp.'s railway services, according to the university and the railway operator. A Keio Corp. spokesman said that on Aug. 9, the student was caught trying to force his way through a ticket-gate at the Keio Inokashira Line's Shibuya Station. In addition to his own commuter pass, he was found to have passes in the names of two other students, the spokesman said. The railway operator asked the university to investigate the case on the suspicion the student had repeatedly used other students' commuter passes on its trains. According to the university, the two other students are also club members.... | |
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