| Notes and Boasts: Nikki Pond, Richmond Strikers U15 Girls Elite GK, Dana Daniels, DC Stoddert U14 Edge, Beach U11 Red boys, PWSI Toys for Tots Labor Day Tournament, local college action, U.S. WNT, D.C. United, Thabiso 'Boyzzz' Khumalo, Greg Janicki, Pittsburg Riverhounds, Ibrahim Koroma, Ryan Miller, Domenic Mediate, Jeff Carroll, Dane Murphy, Jozy Altidore, U.S. Under-17 MNT v Richmond Kickers Youth, US Soccer Development Academy, 2008 NSCAA/adidas Team Academic Award Nominations, Virginia State Cup, Fredericksburg Cup 2008, D.C. United fans, International Coastal Cleanup Day, More Warner v Keane, The New Freddy (hopefully without the unrealistic expectations) |
| Soccer Watch: DC United v Saprissa, Puerto Rico v Tauro FC, Barcelona v Sporting
Lisbon, Chelsea v Bordeaux, Villarreal v Man.Utd, Montreal v Joe
Public, R.Madrid v Bate Borisov, JMU v Penn
State, Columbus v New York, Spurs v Wisla Krakow, Everton v Standard de
Liege, US Youth Soccer Show, Stanford v Creighton, Charleston v Carolina |
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> Gallardo to miss tonight's Champions League opener at RFK
D.C. United Designated Player Marcelo Gallardo will miss tonight's CONCACAF Champions League opener at RFK between D.C. United and Saprissa. His is not the only injury for the struggling team with nine games to play over the next month and only a three point cusion in the MLS Cup playoff race.
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>Wambach, Krieger, Whitehill allocated to Washington Freedom
The Washington Freedom got great news today as player allocations were
revealed for the 2009 start of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS).
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>PSW Regional College Round-up: September 9-15, 2008
View results and stories from the past week for men's and women's division I college programs throughout Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.
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> D.C. Settle for a draw with Dallas at RFK Saturday
After entertaining the crowd at RFK with four goals from Kenny Cooper, Jaime Moreno, Santino Quaranta and Andre Rocha, D.C. United and FC Dallas came away with a 2-2 tie Saturday night. As the playoff race gets tighter, the tie does very little for either team.
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> US Women open victory tour with 2-0 win over Ireland in Philadelphia
The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team opened the Achieve Your Gold Tour, a 10-game domestic run of matches to celebrate the 2008 Olympic gold medal, with a 2-0 defeat of Ireland in front of 13,176 fans at Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia.
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> Under 20 women's team drawn into Group B for World Cup
The U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team has been drawn into Group B of the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup along with France, Argentina and China, and will be based in Chillan for its first two games before moving to Temuco to round out the first stage.
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> UMD Men's Soccer Coach Cirovski ties record for most wins
Maryland's 1-0 victory over Boston College Friday night marked a milestone for Coach Sasho Cirovski, who is in his 16th season at the helm of the Maryland program. The victory gave Cirovski 217 wins to tie long-time coach Doyle Royal for most wins in Terrapin men's soccer history.
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Nikki Pond, Richmond Strikers U15 Girls Elite GK, has been selected to go to the ODP Inter-Regionals in November. Only 18 girls from Region One were invited.
GK Dana Daniels, DC Stoddert U14 Edge, has been selected for the Olympic Development Program's Region I player pool.
The Beach U11 Red boys fought their way into the Championship Game at the PWSI Toys for Tots Labor Day Tournament in Northern Virginia and were awarded Finalists.
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Results, News, and Notes on the previous week's local college action can be found in the weekly PSW College Round Up.
The U.S. WNT travels to face Ireland again at Giants Stadium tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
D.C. United has signed four new players in the past week. Forward Thabiso 'Boyzzz' Khumalo and defender Greg Janicki come on loan from the Pittsburg Riverhounds. Ibrahim Koroma has been signed from Sierra Leone, where the 19 year old has been playing professionally, as well as manning central defense for their full national team. And just yesterday, defender/midfielder Ryan Miller was claimed off waivers from Columbus.
To make room for the new D.C. United players mentioned above, midfielders Domenic Mediate and Jeff Carroll have been placed on the season-ending injury list and Dane Murphy has been waived.
American transfer fee record holder Jozy Altidore debuted in La Liga for Villarreal this past weekend in their 1-0 defeat of La Coruna.
The U.S. Under-17 MNT will play nine exhibition games against U.S. Soccer Development Academy clubs, including the Richmond Kickers, on October 11.
Results from September action to date in the second year of US Soccer Development Academy are posted.
Nominations by coaches for deserving high school and college teams for the 2008 NSCAA/adidas Team Academic Award are due by October 1, 2008.
Results from the first weekend of Virginia State Cup play, September 13, are posted.
Results are available for the Fredericksburg Cup 2008, August 23-24, 2008.
D.C. United fans will again help out on International Coastal Cleanup Day, putting efforts into cleaning up the riverbank in the area of Anacostia Park on Saturday, Sept. 20, 9am - noon. All ages are welcome to participate.
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More Warner v Keane: Just following up Friday's Editor's Corner entry highlighting the war of words between Sunderland Manager Roy Keane and CONCACAF/FIFA official Jack Warner. Warner has fired back at Keane by making fun of him for walking out on Ireland during the 2002 World Cup - ouch.
The New Freddy (hopefully without the unrealistic expectations): If you watched the U17 men's Nike Friendlies last December, you noticed the 14-year old Charles Renken lighting up the pitch. He's trained with several HUGE European clubs, and has been repeatedly compared to Freddy Adu. Check out his background story in this ESPN article.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
2:30 PM: Barcelona v Sporting Lisbon - LIVE - ESPN2 - CL
4:45 PM: Chelsea v Bordeaux - Delay - ESPND - CL
8:00 PM: DC United v Saprissa - LIVE - FSC - CON CL
11:00 PM: Puerto Rico v Tauro FC - Delay - FSC - CON CL
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
2:30 PM: Villarreal v Man.Utd - LIVE - ESPN2 - CL
2:30 PM: R.Madrid v Bate Borisov - LIVE - ESPND - CL
8:00 PM: Montreal v Joe Public - LIVE - FSC-L - CON CL
Thursday, September 18, 2008
3:00 PM: Spurs v Wisla Krakow - LIVE - FSC - UEFA
5:00 PM: Everton v Standard de Liege - Delay - FSC - UEFA
7:00 PM: Columbus v New York - LIVE - ESPN2 - MLS
8:00 PM: JMU v Penn State - LIVE - FSC - College(W)
Friday, September 19, 2008
6:00 PM: US Youth Soccer Show - LIVE - FSC - USYS
8:00 PM: Charleston v Carolina - LIVE - FSC - USL
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The fall edition of the PWSI Adult 7v7 League will be starting the week of September 22, 2008. Divisions are currently open for Men's Open, Men's Over 30, Women's Open, and Coed. Games are played on weeknights with 8:30pm and 9:30pm start times. The games will be played under the lights at Howison Park in Woodbridge, VA on world class Fieldturf playing surfaces. To register a team or as an individual go to www.pwsi.org. Registration includes a commemorative league t-shirt to be worn as the jersey. Leagues fill up quickly so register today!
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