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Soccer Watch: Olympiacos v Real Madrid, Liverpool v Besiktas , USA v Portugal, Shakhtar Donetsk v AC Milan, Schalke 04 v Chelsea, Solomon Islands v Mexico, Manchester United v Dynamo Kyiv, Barcelona v Rangers, Lyon v VfB Stuttgart, Barcelona v Rangers, Inter Milan v CSKA Moscow, Millonarios v Club America, Panama v El Salvador, Arsenal de Sarandi v River Plate, New England v Chicago, Hereford United v Leeds United, Veracruz v Tecos, Wake Forest v Virginia, El Salvador v Honduras, Tuberos de Colima v Jaguares de Tapachula
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> Portugal's last second goal sends USA home from Beach World Cup
Portugal beat USA with a last-second extra time goal to qualify for the quarter-finals of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2007, where they will face host nation and defending champions Brazil. It is the end of the road for USA, however, but they can be proud of their performance at the tournament which augurs well for the future.
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> McLean High School hires alum Mike Anderson
McLean High School has hired a familiar face to take over the Highlanders' boys soccer program. Mike Anderson, who graduated from McLean in 2000, has been tapped by McLean Director of Student Activities Tom Herman to take the reigns of the boys' soccer program from former head coach Andy Wagner, who resigned due to personal reasons in August. [ full story +]
> Seniors lead Terps to a 4-1 rout of Cavaliers21st ranked Maryland won emphatically on Saturday against their 18th ranked southern rival Virginia. In their final regular season appearance, Maryland's seniors lead the way extending the team's unbeaten streak to nine (6-0-3) and increased its scoring total in the last two matches to nine. Virginia (10-5-2, 1-4-2) slipped further in the ACC standings following its 7-1-2 start and still must play at second-ranked Wake Forest in its regular season finale Friday. [ full story +]
> Los Angeles Galaxy's coach resigns to coach Quakes new MLS teamGalaxy star David Beckham said Frank Yallop resigned as head coach of the Los Angeles MLS team Sunday night after its charity game for Southern California's wildfire victims. Multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN.com that Yallop is leaving the Galaxy to take up the reins of the expansion San Jose Earthquakes, a move that will be formally announced at a press conference on today. [ full story +]
> Poplar Point project draws seven proposals, but none from D.C. United Seven development teams have told D.C. government officials they would like the job of turning Poplar Point into a mixed-use waterfront development and offered their ideas to make that happen. Two of the proposals include options for a D.C. United soccer stadium. But none of the bidding teams includes San Francisco-based MacFarlane Partners, the owner of D.C. United. However, under the rules of the selection process, MacFarlane could still partner with one of the teams. [ full story +]
> Tribe defeats ODU, 4-1, to earn second consecutive CAA regular-season title
The William and Mary women's soccer team claimed its second consecutive Colonial Athletic Association regular-season title with a 4-1 triumph at Old Dominion on Thursday evening. W&M (14-4-1, 9-1-1) earned a first-round bye in the conference tournament and will await the winner of the VCU-UNC Wilmington quarterfinal match up. With the triumph, the Tribe has now won six straight contests and is 13-2-1 in its last 16 matches. [ full story +]
> Aegean Hawks cruise into MDCVSA final
The Hawks rolled over Real International on Saturday, Oct.27, in the MDCVSA Open Cup semifinals by a score of 8-0. Andreas Nydal scored a hat trick in the opening 25 minutes of the match, leading the club to a 5-0 halftime lead, and putting the game out of reach. The Hawks performed well despite a busy recent schedule. On Thursday, they defeated Mercernaries FC of the Northern Virginia Soccer League 12-0 in an Amateur Cup quarterfinal match. They move on to the MDCVSA Final later this month against World Bank, a team also from the Washington Premier League. [ full story +]
> Bruce Arena resigns after playoff failure
Former U.S. national coach Bruce Arena resigned as New York Red Bulls coach and sporting director Monday, two days after the team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the second straight year. Arena compiled a 16-16-10 regular-season record with the Red Bulls. [ full story +]
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---- Boasts ----
The Baltimore Blast won their third straight to open the 2007/08 MISL season on Saturday night, defeating expansion side Orlando 17-6.
UMBC freshman midfielder Levi Houapeu (Germantown, Md./Watkins Mill) was named America East Conference Men's Soccer Rookie of the Week for games ending Nov. 4, 2007.
William and Mary junior Abby Lauer has been selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III First Team. With the honor, Lauer will now be considered for Academic All-America distinction. This season, the Oak Hill, Va. native has helped the W&M defensive unit post shutouts in 12 of its 18 contests. In doing so, the College has recorded a 0.43 goals against average, a figure that ranks fourth nationally. Lauer currently has a GPA better than 3.90.
Senior Terps Spencer Allen (Washington, D.C.) and Aki Kadotani (Fairfax, Va.) were honored along with Stephen King (Medford, NJ) prior to Saturday's match against Virginia. It was the Seniors' final regular season home match.
Congratulations to the four VCCL teams who reached the Virginia State Cup Finals: VA Beach U15 boys; VA Beach U15 girls; Roanoke U16 boys and VA Legacy U17 boys. The VA Legacy U18 boys have advanced to the semifinals. The semifinals and finals are scheduled for November 10-11.
Navy women's soccer (11-4-4, 3-1-2 PL) has clinched one of the four playoff bids in next weekend's Patriot League Tournament to be played in Lewisburg, Pa. after a 2-1 victory over Colgate (10-8-1, 3-4-0 PL) last Saturday afternoon at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility.
Hunter Thames, recovered from injuries, recorded a hat trick as the Urbana Hawks eliminated Wheaton 3-1 in Tuesday's Class 3A West quarterfinal. The Wheaton Knights forfeited the game in the end after head coach Oscar Amaguana received his second yellow card for dissent and was ejected from the game by official Jeff Gardner. The Knights had no assistant coach available from the bench.
Freshman Stephanie Gianguili's overtime goal gave Linganore the winning goal in a 2-1 win over second seed Perry Hall in Tuesday's Class 4A North Region quarterfinal girls soccer game.
---- Notes ----
Posting classified ads on the Potomac Soccer Wire web site
is now completely free. Post your tryouts, camps, tournaments, and even
commercial businesses (soccer related of course) on line today.
Remember to nominate a Responsible Coach from your community by
November 15. US Youth Soccer and Liberty Mutual are sponsoring the
Responsible Community Coach Awards, which recognize youth soccer
coaches who demonstrate the characteristics of a Responsible Coach and
are important youth mentors and community leaders.
Terry Foley has launched a new Soccer School to help players of all ages improve
their game. The School if offering training sessions throughout the
winter in multiple indoor facilities around Northern Virginia. Sessions
are available for all ages, including one beginning in Sterling on
November 15 for 6-7 year old "Early Kickers". D.C. United's Mark
Simpson has also teamed up with the school to lead the Goalkeeper
sessions.
Virginia heads into the ACC Women's Soccer Championship as No. 4 seed
and will be facing No. 5 seed Miami Hurricanes. The battle for the
league title gets underway Wednesday, November 7 at Disney's Wide World
of Sports Complex.
The co-leaders of the Colonial Athletic Association, Old Dominion
(10-6-2/ 7-2-1) and Drexel (10-4-3/7-2-1) battled each other for 110 minutes of soccer and after a 0-0 tie both men's soccer teams are still
even up atop the league standings. The Monarchs travel to William and
Mary Thursday night for a 7 p.m. regular season finale.
The U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team played Scotland to a 1-1 draw in
their final game of the Limoges Tournament in France. The U.S. finished
the Limoges Tournament with a 0-2-1 record.
Accepted teams and schedules are available for the 2007 VCCL College Showcase. The Virginia Legacy Soccer Club hosts the event on November 17-18 for
girls and December 1-2 for boys.
SOCA, the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle, recently
announced its plans to locate its permanent home and year-round,
all-weather playing facilities in the Belvedere development, located
off of Rio Road East, in Charlottesville. The project is expected to
total over $5 million in value and will take several years to complete
with the first office/field house component expected to be online by
late 2009/early 2010.
Online registration for Arlington Travel Soccer Club's Spring Invitational 2008 - March 1-2 (Girls) and March 7-9 (Boys) - is now
open. Deadline for registration is January 27, 2008.
The Richmond Kickers Youth Soccer Club is offering recreation soccer in
three areas this coming Spring 2008. Online registration is available
for all three now.
Fifteen boys from our region will participate with other top national
talent when they converge on Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex for
the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (US Youth Soccer ODP)
Boys Thanksgiving Interregional. They will practice on Friday, November
23, with competition play beginning on the 24th and running through
Monday, November 26. Rosters and schedules may be found at
Fifteen girls from our region will participate in the annual US Youth
Soccer Olympic Development Program (US Youth Soccer ODP) Girls
Thanksgiving Interregional, scheduled to be at the North Community Park
and Coral Glades High School Sportsplex in Coral Springs, Florida.
Teams will arrive on November 17 for two days of training, with
competition play beginning on the 19th and running through Friday,
November 23. Rosters and schedules may be found at
---- Editor's Corner ----
Election Day: Just a reminder it's Election Day today. Go make a difference!
Champions League: What's better than Election Day? How about a full slate of Champions League action from Europe! Check out the full
schedule, as well
as the omnipresent daily soccer on TV schedule on our home page.
Boring MLS playoffs: Loving Ian Plenderleith again! With D.C. and
Chivas out of the MLS playoffs, there won't be much chance at seeing
any barnburners in the remaining three games this season. It's hard to
blame the coaches, but this is a huge reason why the league needs more
dynamic, aggressive, attacking talent. It's too easy to "go defensive"
and force 1:0 games in MLS today, but when we get more attacking talent
and speed, bunkering just won't be enough.
Traveling fans subsidized: So, Bobby Convey and his teammates at
Reading in the EPL are personally shelling out almost $10K for their
next away game to help supporters buy bus tickets. Very NICE! Now, tell
me again why MLS teams don't take the lead to organize bus trips for
fans to see away games? D.C. United is blessed with the best organized
fan groups in the country, and they do a fine job at making it easy for
fans to travel to away games. But why doesn't the team do the leg work
to organize this sort of thing (Greyhound or Amtrak sponsorship
anybody)? At the very least D.C., New York, and New England should each
organize and promote discount bus/train passages for their away fans,
while Chicago and Columbus could do the same. Houston, Dallas anyone?
And certainly LA and San Jose next season. We need to get ready for the
day when there are two teams in New York, and a team in Philly! All
with their own stadiums, and finally creating some real atmosphere from
the visiting end.
Emotional Tank: Check out this refresher on how to fill your players' or childrens' emotional tank. US Youth Soccer has posted a fresh
article on the subject, and it's a great reminder of how being positive
coach and role model can pay much larger dividends than leading through
fear.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
2:30 PM: Olympiacos v Real Madrid - LIVE - ESPN Dep - Champions League
2:30 PM: Liverpool v Besiktas - LIVE - ESPN2 - Champions League
4:45 PM: USA v Portugal - Same DD - ESPN2 - Beach Soccer WC
4:45 PM: Shakhtar Donetsk v AC Milan - Same DD - ESNP Dep - Champions League
7:00 PM: Schalke 04 v Chelsea - Same DD - ESPN Dep - Champions League
8:00 PM: Solomon Islands v Mexico - Same DD - Galavision - Beach Soccer WC
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
2:30 PM: Manchester United v Dynamo Kyiv - LIVE - ESPN2 - Champions League
2:30 PM: Barcelona v Rangers - LIVE - ESPN Dep - Champions League
4:45 PM: Lyon v VfB Stuttgart - Same DD - ESPN Dep - Champions League
5:00 PM: Barcelona v Rangers - Same DD - ESPN Classic - Champions League
7:00 PM: Inter Milan v CSKA Moscow - Same DD - ESPN Dep - Champions League
8:00 PM: Millonarios v Club America - LIVE - FSE - Copa Sudamericana
9:00 PM: Panama v El Salvador - Same DD - GolTV - UNCAF
Thursday, November 8, 2007
7:00 PM: Arsenal de Sarandi v River Plate - LIVE - FSE - Copa Sudamericana
7:30 PM: New England v Chicago - LIVE - ESPN2 - MLS Cup Semis
Friday, November 9, 2007
2:30 PM: Hereford United v Leeds United - LIVE - FSC - English FA Cup
7:00 PM: Veracruz v Tecos - LIVE - FSE - Futbol de Mexico
8:00 PM: Wake Forest v Virginia - LIVE - FSC - College (M)
8:00 PM: El Salvador v Honduras - LIVE - GolTV - UNCAF
10:00 PM: Colima v Tapachula - Same DD - GolTV - Futbol de Mexico A
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=== Tryouts ===> Real Maryland F.C. Holding Open Tryouts for Professional TeamThe newest Second Division professional team of the United Soccer Leagues is holding open tryouts on two Saturdays in November and December. The team is coached by Silvino Gonzalo, who recently left Northern Virginia Royals after 10 years to take the reins. Tryouts are open to any player who believes they have what it takes to be a professional. Tryouts will be held on two Saturdays, which each requiring separate registration. The location and times will be announced soon. The first Saturday is November 24, and you must pre-register by November 16. The second date is December 22, which has a registration deadline of December 14. A registration form and more information can be found on our website: www.realmaryland.us. === Camps and Clinics ===> Winter Futsal and Striker training by Soccer the Brazilian WaySTBW is offering Futsal Training and striker training sessions this winter. Futsal is a form of indoor soccer that requires quickness, vision and excellent ball skills. All the great South American soccer players developed their skills growing up playing Futsal. Our Futsal training focuses on developing superior ball skills, balance and spatial awareness-the attributes of a complete soccer player. This winter we are also offering STRIKER TRAINING sessions integrated with Speed and Agility Drills. Team rates are available in all our locations! This winter we are at the Freedom Center, Manassas, Lifetime Fitness Columbia, Centreville and Fairfax, Wakefield Park, Annandale, Xerox Center, Leesburg and more. For more information go to our website at www.soccerstbw.com or call us at 301-996-4625(GOAL). > Terry Foley Soccer School now open in VirginiaThe new Terry Foley Soccer School is now open for business, with sessions planned throughout Northern Virginia. Terry, one of the most successful youth coaches in the USA, winning 24 Virginia State Cup Championships, and coached over 100 players to Division 1 colleges. Terry has also teamed up with Mark Simpson (D.C. United Goalkeepers Coach) and Ricky Ervins (former Redskins running back and Super Bowl Champion) to offer a comprehensive winter training program. Skills, goal keeping, strength, and speed - all in one place. The first session starts November 15 in Sterling for U6 and U7 players, with many more sessions for all ages on the way in both Sterling and South Riding areas. We also offer custom team training. Learn more and sign up today at www.fcvirginia.com/academy=== Help Wanted ===> Sports Reporters and Columnists neededWith the launch of the new PotomacSoccerWire.com, we are in need of sports writers. We have paid positions available for: Columnists, Maryland High School, Virginia High School, DC High School, Maryland Youth, Virginia Youth, and College reporters. Some stories will be on assignment, but most will be on your own time and at your descression. Pay is per story and varies by length and subject matter. Email chris.hummer@hummersport.com or call 703-433-1887 for more information. Please include links to other published work, if applicable. Students welcome. |
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