Notes and Boasts: Ivan Guerrero, 2008/09 Super Y-League ODP National Camps, 2008 NJCAA All-Region XX honors, Brandon Humbertson, Mike Edwards, Fredericksburg Gunners BU15 & GU15, North American Finals, Richmond Kickers U16 Boys Central, CASL Shootout, Capital Fall Classic, Richmond Kickers Elite Teams, NCAA Women's Championships predictions, CONCACAF Final Round World Cup qualifying drawing, Washington Freedom rally, Development Academy Winter Showcase, Richmond Kickers Academy teams, Commonwealth Soccer League finals, 2008 Best of U.S. Soccer Awards, US Youth Soccer Show, Clear Spring MD Teen Overcomes Cancer to Play Soccer, Too Many Cooks In United's Kitchen?, MLS Final Four Set, Red Bulls Romp, MLS Playoff Attendance Embarrassment, Jeff Agoos interview
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Tournaments: 2009 PSWI Icebreaker Tournament
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> U.S. Under-17s advance to World Cup semis, Roberts assists
The U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team advanced to the semifinals of the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with a dominating 4-2 victory against the Korea Republic. The USA will now face Germany in the tournament's second semifinal on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. local / 1 a.m. ET.
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> Hucles earns 100th Cap in U.S. win over Korea Republic in Tampa
In Angela Hucles' 100th career appearance, the U.S. women closed out a three-game series with Korea Republic as part of the Achieve Your Gold Tour with a 2-0-1 record. Hucles, a Virgina Beach native, shattered her career highs this year in games played (30), starts (13), minutes played (1,768) and goals (8). She is the 24th player to reach the 100-game milestone for the United States.
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> PSW Regional College Round-up: November 7-November 10
Highlights from our region's NCAA Division I, II, and III soccer teams: post-season action, players of the week, PSW's men's and women's games of the week, and all the other college soccer results you're looking for.
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> PSW Maryland State High School playoff round-up
All sixteen Boys' and Girls' State Semifinals matches have been completed and the state championship matches set. All matches will be played this Thursday through Saturday at UMBC's Retriever Stadium. This roundup contains all results and finals schedules.
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> Radford women hold off Coastal Carolina for Big South Championship
Radford scored a pair of first half goals and then held off No.1 seeded Coastal Carolina for a 2-1 victory in the title game of the 2008 Big South Women's Soccer Championship Sunday. The second-seeded Highlanders (14-1-6) captured their third Conference crown, first since 2002, and receive the Big South's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship.
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> Double OT heartbreaker ends Mids' season in League final
Army's senior forward Pia White scored with 4:45 remaining in double overtime to break a scoreless deadlock and propel the No. 3 Black Knights (12-5-3) to a 1-0 victory over host and top-seeded Navy (15-4-3) in the Patriot League Championship game in front of a season-high crowd on Sunday at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility.
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> Salisbury men defend CAC championship, punch ticket to NCAA tournament
The No. 19 Salisbury University men successfully defended its Capital Athletic Conference championship on Saturday as the third-seed Sea Gulls shutout fourth-seed Wesley College 3-0 in the title game. The victory gives Salisbury (15-3-3) an automatic bid into the upcoming 2008 NCAA Division III men's soccer tournament.
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> Forty from Maryland and Virginia named to ODP Region I rosters
The annual US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (US Youth Soccer ODP) Thanksgiving Interregionals will take place later this month. The girls will play at the North Community Park and Coral Glades High School Sportsplex in Coral Springs, Fla., while the boys will converge on Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando.
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> Maryland Trooper, soccer coach dies while attending CASL tournament
Over this past weekend, Trooper Tobin Triebel was killed after being struck by a tree-trimming truck while out for a jog during his visit to North Carolina for the CASL Raleigh Shootout soccer tournament. Triebel was active in WAGS as an assistant coach and father of two players. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14.
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D.C. United midfielder/defender Ivan Guerrero has been called up to join the Honduras National Team to play a World Cup Qualifier against Mexico in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on November 19.
A number of local boys and girls from clubs in our region are on the list of players selected for the 2008/09 Super Y-League ODP National Camps announced by United Soccer Leagues. The list represents the top 2-percent of players in the Super-Y League.
Two Allegany College of Maryland men's goalkeepers were voted to receive National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Region XX honors for their achievements during the 2008 season; Brandon Humbertson (Calvary Christian HS, Md.) and Mike Edwards (Southern HS, Md.).
The Fredericksburg Gunners are sending two teams to the North American Finals, November 20-25 in Tampa, Fla; Gunners' U15 boys and U16 girls qualified with first-place finishes in their respective South Atlantic Division Y League.
The Richmond Kickers travel teams were out in force last weekend competing at the CASL Shootout and Capital Fall Classic. The U16 Boys Central Team defeated U16 Boys FC Richmond Magic 1-0 in the Championship Match of the Premier Division.
The Richmond Kickers Elite Teams concluded their Fall 08 VCCL season with an impressive record of achievements. The Girls teams (U11-U18) claimed the overall standings to cement the program as one of the best in the state.
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NCAA Women's Championship brackets have been released. Discuss the women's tournament and enter your predictions here.
FIFA will draw to determine the placement of teams in the CONCACAF Final Round hexagonal for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying on Nov. 22. The six teams from our region, including the U.S., will learn their opponents and dates for all 10 Final Round qualifiers that will determine the three automatic berths for CONCACAF in 2010 in South Africa.
Mark your calendars. Join the Washington Freedom at a Freedom Rally on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Maryland SoccerPlex as part of the Bethesda Soccer Tournament. It's free.
The Kickers hosted local rivals Strikers this weekend in Academy league play at Sports Backers Stadium. The U16's battled hard in difficult conditions but were eventually defeated 1-0, succumbing to a late own goal off a corner kick. The U18's fared better and continued to demonstrate their desire to claim a playoff spot with a comfortable 3-1 victory.
All three division finals in the Commonwealth Soccer League have been set and will be played this weekend in Fredericksburg.
Nominations being accepted for five categories in 2008 Best of U.S. Soccer Awards.
The next monthly US Youth Soccer Show on Fox Soccer Channel this Thursday at 1 p.m.
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Clear Spring, MD Teen Overcomes Cancer to Play Soccer: Courage has no age limit. Check out this inspiring story about Alec Long, a Clear Spring, MD 16-year-old who played high school soccer this fall after battling cancer into remission.
Too Many Cooks In United's Kitchen?: In this open letter to D.C. United fans, owners Victor MacFarlan and Will Chang have inserted themselves as dual CEO's, with Kevin Payne and Dave Kasper each reporting directly to the owners. Is this letter a sign that there WERE too many cooks and conflicts in the club this past year, or is this a sign that adding two more opinions to each decision will make things even worse? Time will tell, but sure sounds like a lot of people in one place to me.
MLS Final Four Set, Red Bulls Romp: With D.C. United out of the playoffs and so much going on in our area with high school, college, and youth soccer, I must admit, MLS is not on the top of my list of important news to cover related to our region (and why should it be if the local fans in those markets can't even turn out to watch their teams - see MLS Attendance Embarrassment below). So, with no real newsworthiness, I'll use the Editor's corner to bring you up to date in case you care. The final four are Chicago, Columbus, Real Salt Lake, and New York. Chicago takes on Columbus Thursday night in Columbus on ESPN2. New York travels to Utah to take on RSL, which can be seen on Fox Soccer Channel or HDNet (I recommend HDNet if you have it, better picture, better commentators). The shocker so far is 3-0 drubbing the red hot Red Bulls put on two-time defending MLS Champion Houston, wow is all I can say. Houston must have had a horrible game, as it was only New York's second-ever playoff win, and finished the regular season with losing record.
MLS Playoff Attendance Embarrassment: Eight games, 108,506 thousand spectators. BARELY more than a single college football game in Happy Valley. It's much worse when you take out Houston's sixth-best-ever attendance at Robertson Stadium of 30,053 in their 3-0 playoff exit on Sunday. 5,221 to see Chicago and New England on October 30th, 11,578 in New York for their first Houston match, 14,719 at spankin new Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake for the Real v Chivas match, then 10,385 in Kansas City for their opener with the Crew. Game-twos were better, most likely due to the extra week's notice for ticket sales, as well as the fact the home teams' fans have known for weeks their team would be in the post season. 17,312 in Chicago, 11,153 in Columbus, 19,265 in LA, and the aforementioned 30,053 in Houston. What's the point really of having playoffs if the fans just don't care enough to trek out to the stadium on short notice? And with teams finishing below .500 allowed in the post-season, aren't the playoffs in MLS really only about the money anyway? Here's an idea - let's name the team with the best overall regular season record MLS Cup Champions, and then have a post-season single elimination tournament between the eight teams with highest regular season attendance figures for the year, and call that winner the "Supporters Shield" Champion. The league would get fewer games, but more attendance, more predictability of a first-round schedule, and a major incentive for fans to attend matches since they literally could effect whether or not their team made the "playoffs". Would something like this fly? It would be a gimmick for sure at first, but you never know. Maybe the top three teams in each division, and then two attendance-measured wildcards to keep things a little more fair? One thing for sure is the league would finally be forced to report attendance numbers on a consistent basis - read ATTENDANCE, not SALES or TICKETS DISTRIBUTED. Using an attendance-only format, this year's playoff teams would have been, in order: Los Angeles, Toronto, DC United (ironically, 3 teams that did NOT make the playoffs this year), New England, Chicago, Houston, Salt Lake, and New York. The team with the best record in the league - Columbus - would be sitting home, thinking really hard about how to get fans to care about their winning record.
Jeff Agoos, an American Idol: Check out this great article on "Goose" from FIFA.com, which proves once again it's just impossible to come up with anything negative about the man. He really is an idol that more American youth players should seek to emulate.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
2:30 PM: Arsenal v Wigan - LIVE - Setanta - Carling Cup
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
8:00 PM: Colorado v Missouri - DELAY - FSC - Big12 Final
2:00 PM: Tottenham v Liverpool - LIVE - Setanta - Carling Cup
3:55 AM: Adelaide U v G. Osaka - LIVE - Setanta - Asian CL
Thursday, November 13, 2008
1:00 PM: US Youth Soccer Show - LIVE - FSC - USYS
7:30 PM: Chicago v Columbus - LIVE - ESPN2 - MLS Cup Semis
2:30 PM: Juventus v Genoa - LIVE - FSC - SerieA
8:00 PM: Virginia Tech v UNC - DELAY - FSC - ACC Final
2:30 PM: 1st Round Replay - LIVE - Setanta - FA Cup
Friday, November 14, 2008
8:00 PM: Dartmouth v Brown - LIVE - FSC - College(M)
11:00 PM: Tennessee v Georgia - DELAY - FSC - SEC Final
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=== Tryouts ===
> Real Maryland FC Pro Team Holding Open Tryouts in November
The second year USL-2 Real Maryland FC Monarchs will hold a "Locals Only" Open Tryout for players that hale from either Maryland, Virginia or D.C. on November 1st at Mark Twain Park in Rockville, MD., followed by a "National" Open Tryout for interested players on November 15th, also at Mark Twain Park in Rockville. Both tryouts will be limited to a certain number of players who can attend, but all can apply. The Monarchs will be playing at their new home this season - Richard Montgomery H.S. The newly developed 90-Million Dollar facility is near the Rockville Town Center area. Please check the website for location address and registration information. All trialists must pre-register by mail, including a player bio, fee, and photos. Registration deadline for Local Tryouts is October 27. The deadline to register for the National tryouts is November 10th. A third tryout date is also set for December at dates and times TB D. Each tryout will be limited to 50 players, so register early.
=== Tournaments===
> 2009 PSWI Icebreaker Tournament
Prince William Soccer will once again be hosting its annual spring pre-season Icebreaker Tournament. The tournament will be held on March 28-29, 2009. The Icebreaker has grown to be one of the best spring pre-season tournaments in the mid-atlantic region. Over 500 teams will be participating from more than 12 states and Canada. The tournament facilities, fields, and competition truly make the Icebreaker a class event. Registration is now open. Go to www.pwsi.org for more information.
=== Camps and Clinics ===
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=== Leagues and Events ===
> Fredericksburg Field House Winter Activities
We offer a wide range of winter soccer opportunities for kids of all ages. All leagues and clinics are run to the highest standard of excellence.
- Winter I Recreational Soccer- ages 5 to 16
- Winter I Competitive Small Sided Soccer- Travel and Classic teams- ages U9- U14 boys and girls
- Winter I Soccer Clinics
- Chelsea Elite Coaching and Player Clinic- November 11-13th
- Recreational and Competitive Adult Leagues
- Winter High School Soccer
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