Notes and Boasts: VISTA HotShots and United college recognition, Southampton Academy, Andrew Edwards, Drey Chrysatosmous, Craig New, Brett Moore, Real Maryland Super 20 v NoVA Royals, D.C. United Developoment Academy, Justin Moose, Crystal Palace Baltimore v UMD, Richmond Kickers US Academy selections, Maryland State Cup, Virginia State Cup, Richmond Cup Invitational Tournament, FC Richmond's 5th Annual Sun Cup, A Real good opportunity, Robinson's Coach Cicala, Ghanan Olympian Simon Addo.
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Catania, Juventus v Parma, Valencia v Getafe, San Lorenzo v Caracas,
San Jose v Chivas, Inter v Lazio, Santos v Cucuta, Libertad v Arsenal,
Fluminense v LDU, U. Catolica v America, Columbus v DCU, River Plate v
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> U.S. Women's National team confirmed to play at RFK May 10The U.S. Women's National Team will return to Washington, D.C., for the first time since 2003 to take on Canada on Saturday, May 10, at RFK Stadium as the U.S. continues preparations for the 2008 Olympics. The U.S. and Canada will both represent the CONCACAF region at the 2008 Beijing Games after recently completing successful qualifying campaigns from April 2-12 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The match against Canada is the third in three weekends for the U.S. with matches vs. Australia on April 27 in Cary, N.C., and on May 3 in Birmingham, Ala. This will be the seventh trip for the U.S. Women to RFK Stadium, with the most notable meeting coming on Sept. 21, 2003, as the U.S. opened the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup with a 3-1 victory vs. Sweden. [ more+]
> Crofton Maryland native puts two past D.C. United in Utah Saturday
D.C. United laid an egg Saturday night on the concrete and turf field at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake, Utah. Coming off their Wednesday Champions Cup victory over Pachuca, this match was the 5th in 15 days for the defending MLS Supporters' Shield winners and, with another home MLS game on tap for Thursday, Head Coach Tom Soehn rested several starters. After putting four goals past Toronto FC in the nation's capital a week ago, United had the same fate handed to them by Crofton Maryland's Kyle Beckerman and his pals in Salt Lake in the 4-0 win. That score was the most goals scored and largest margin of victory ever for the 4th year Rocky Mountain club. D.C. United faces Columbus on Thursday at RFK. Kick off is 8:00 p.m. in a game that will be nationally televised on ESPN2.
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> Baltimore Blast advanced to the MISL semifinals Saturday with 6-4 win
The Baltimore Blast defeated the New Jersey Ironmen, 6-4, Saturday night in Game Two of the MISL Quarterfinals to advance to the MISL Semifinals against the Milwaukee Wave. Adauto Neto scored the game-winning goal with 2:20 left in the match. In game one, Machel Millwood led the Blast with eight points (three goals and two assists) and Sagu earned the game one victory. The Blast will now host the Milwaukee Wave on Wednesday, April 16 at 7:05 p.m. at 1st Mariner Arena. Game two of the semifinals will be played Sunday, April 20 at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee.
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> U.S. Women's soccer wins CONCACAF Olympic tournament in PKs
The U.S. Women's National Team got a dramatic overtime free-kick goal from Carli Lloyd before Canada tied the game three minutes from the end, sending the final match of the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament into a penalty kick shootout. The world's number one women's team eventually won the shoot out 6-5 on a spectacular save by US Goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart. The U.S. team, which has been on the road for 25 days, will now go on a much-deserved break before regrouping on April 22 in Cary, N.C., to prepare for several domestic matches in preparation for Beijing.
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> Real Maryland downs UMBC in final pre-season scrimmage
Four different players were on target as Real Maryland wrapped up its pre-season in style with a 4-2 win over UMBC Friday evening in Baltimore. The first year USL-2 Monarchs finished their pre-season with a record of 3-1-1 and now turn their focus to next Sunday's inaugural match - and home opener - against Western Mass at 4:00 PM at the Maryland SoccerPlex.
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> Four UMD women join Northern Virginia Majestics for summer
The Northern Virginia Majestics announced Sunday the additions of four University of Maryland standouts to the 2008 roster. Natalie Arias, Yewande Balogun, Brittany Cummins, and Megan Watson will represent the Maryland Terrapins on the pitch for Northern Virginia this summer. The Northern Virginia Majestics face a challenging schedule of opponents in the Northeast Division in the upcoming season, including previous W-League Champions Washington Freedom and New Jersey Wildcats. The Majestics open the season on the road against historical powerhouse Boston Renegades on May 17th, and will kick off their home season Saturday, June 7th against the expansion Connecticut Passion.
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> 2008 Kicks Against Breast Cancer Tournament highlights
The 2008 KICKS Against Breast Cancer Tournament was held under a bright, sunny sky at the Maryland SoccerPlex on April 12th. After a full day of matches featuring some of the best schools on the east coast, the day culminated with a highlight match that featured the 2007 W-League Champions, Washington Freedom and the Penn State Nittany Lions. A crowd of over 1,000 cheered on their favorite teams. At the final whistle of the match, the Freedom topped the Nittany Lions with a score of 2-0. By Sunday, fundraising efforts had surpassed $40,000. Donations to Kicks Against Breast Cancer are still being accepted.
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The VISTA HotShots and United recently recognized their current college player and recently committed players planning to begin their collge soccer careers next Fall.
Southampton Academy's senior goalkeeper Andrew Edwards recorded his first shutout of the season in the varsity soccer team's 5-0 win over Brunswick Academy last Thursday night. Eighth-grader Drey Chrysatosmous led the Raiders in scoring with a hat trick and sophomores Craig New and Brett Moore scored single goals.
Last Wednesday, the Real Maryland Super 20 team tied the Northern Virginia Royals PDL team 1-1 in an exhibition match held in Ashburn Virginia.
D.C. United's U-16 and U-18 Development Academy teams enjoyed home advantage last weekend, as they took on FC Delco and PA Classics. The teams continue to mirror each other in play and record, both logging a tie and a win over the weekend.
---- Notes ---- D.C. United announced today it has waived Justin Moose in order that the midfielder could sign with USL First Division side Vancouver Whitecaps. Moose spent the past two seasons with the Black-and-Red after being drafted by the club in the first round (7th overall) of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft.
Crystal Palace and the University of Maryland played to a draw in a scrappy pre-season game last Thursday night, despite eight regulars missing from the Palace roster. Palace has one more pre-season fixture on Saturday, April 19th at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA before their season opener on Friday, April 25th at 7:30pm at home against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.
The Richmond Kickers have announced the 2008-2009 US Academy Selections for the U16 and U18 teams. U17 Elite tryouts will take place Saturday, April 26th, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm at Bryan Park.
Results are posted for the Maryland State Cup third round of play, held on April 12, for boys' and girls' age groups U-13 through U-18. Semi-finals for U13 - U18 age groups will be April 26 (rain date April 27).
Results are posted for Virginia State Cup games played April 12; more action to come weekend of April 19.
Online registration is available for the 2008 Richmond Cup Invitational Tournament. Deadline for receipt of application is August 1.
Online registration is available for FC Richmond's 5th Annual Sun Cup, a recreational tournament held May 31 - June 1. Deadline for receipt of application is May 8.
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A Real good opportunity: Frederick News-Post staff writer John Cannon profiles
the new Real Maryland USL-2 club, a local men's league player who walked on and earned a spot, as well as other aspects of the club as it prepares to open its season on April 20th.
Robinson's Cicala Brings Wealth of Experience: Lot's of good stories by the regional papers on soccer as the Virginia high school season is finally in full swing. This one profiles Robinson's Jac Cicala, the new Rams' boys coach who has coached in Northern Region for 38 years at schools like Lake Braddock and George Mason University.
Wisdom from the Net: Paul Frommelt of the Connection Newspapers also posted this story about former Ghanan Olympian Simon Addo, who trains some of the top goaltenders [it's actually "goalkeepers" Paul, but we'll forgive you out of appreciation for writing about our sport] in the Northern Region.
The Moose is loose in Canada! - Sorry, had to to be said :-)
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
2:00 PM: Hertha Berlin v HSV - LIVE - GolTV - B.Liga
7:30 PM: Estudiantes v Cuenca - LIVE - FSE - CONMEBOL
10:00 PM: Duanblo v Lanus - LIVE - FSE - CONMEBOL
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
12:00 PM: Roma v Catania - LIVE - GolTV - Italy
3:00 PM: Juventus v Parma - LIVE - FSC - SerieA
4:00 PM: Valencia v Getafe - LIVE - GolTV - Spain
6:30 PM: San Lorenzo v Caracas - LIVE - FSE - CONMEBOL
8:30 PM: San Jose v Chivas - LIVE - FSE - CONMEBOL
9:00 PM: Inter v Lazio - LIVE - GolTV - Italy
Thursday, April 17, 2008
1:00 AM: Santos v Cucuta - LIVE - FSE - CONMEBOL
3:00 AM: Libertad v Arsenal - LIVE - FSE - CONMEBOL
6:00 PM: Fluminense v LDU - LIVE - FSE - CONMEBOL
8:00 PM: U. Catolica v America - LIVE - FSE - CONMEBOL
8:00 PM: Columbus v DCU - LIVE - ESPN2 - MLS
Friday, April 18, 2008
12:00 AM: River Plate v San Martin - LIVE - FSE - CONMEBOL
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