Notes and Boasts: Sarra Moller, Crystal Palace Baltimore, U15 Baltimore Bays Chelsea, John Coppola, Jenna Richmond, Briana Hovington, MSYSA State Cup applications, Americans playing abroad, 2010 FIFA World Cup ticket sales, Landon Donovan Scores His First Premier League Goal For Everton, Less Injuries With Cleats-Natural Grass Combination, Is U.S. Soccer's Development Academy Working?, Potomac Soccer Wire Joins the Twitter World
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Soccer Watch: B.Munich v Mainz, Liverpool v Bolton,
Fulham v Aston Villa, Birmingham v Tottenham, Espanyol v A.Bilbao, Leicester v Newcastle, Hoffenheim v Schalke, Burnley v Chelsea, Napoli
v Genoa, Montpelier v Marseille, Deportivo v Real Madrid, Santos v
Oeste, West Ham v Blackburn, Bari v Palermo, U20 USA v U20 Mexico, Monterrey v Cruz Azul, Wigan v Everton, Guadalajara v Estudiantes Tecos, Pachuca v Atlante, Hull v Wolves, San Luis v Morelia, Man City v Portsmouth, Milan v Livorno,
Getafe v Racing, Auxerre v
St Etienne, Arsenal v Man Utd, Leverkusen v Freiburg, A.Madrid v Malaga, Unam v Toluca, Corinthians v Palmerias,
Juventus v Lazio, Lyon v PSG, Sevilla v Valencia, Club America v Indios, Sunderland v
Stoke
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Tournaments: Southern Soccer Showcase: April 10/11 - U15 to U18G - Winston Salem NC, 2010 Chesterfield Icebreaker - March 6-7 in Richmond, Prince William Courage Icebreaker Tournament, GMU 5th Annual Girls Pre-Season Friendly Scramble - March 6 and 7
Camps and Clinics: Soccer the Brazilian Way Spring Break and Summer Residential Camp
Leagues and Events: Champions Fieldhouse has great soccer and futsal programs!
Tryouts:
Real Maryland Super Y League Tryouts Girls U13 & U14, TSC Maryland Pride Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) tryouts, 2010 Royals
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> U-20 WNT defeats Costa Rica 2-1, secures spot in U-20 World Cup
Second-half goals from Kristie Mewis and Teresa Noyola, both from set
plays, led the U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team to a 2-1 victory
against Costa Rica in the first semifinal of the 2010 CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championships, to earn a berth to the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.
[more +]
> Setback for Women's Professional Soccer as LA Sol folds
Holders of the best record WPS
in 2009, and with the best player in world on their roster in Brazilian
Marta, the Los Angeles Sol has collapsed. The demise of the team may be
a short term gain for other WPS teams in
terms of talent becoming available, but is also a major political blow
to a league yet to begin its second year of operation.
[more +]
> MLS and Players Union agree to continue to negotiate through Feb. 12
Major League Soccer (MLS)
and the Major League Soccer Players Union (Players Union) announced
that the two organizations have agreed to continue to negotiate through
February 12, as they work towards reaching a new collective bargaining
agreement. The current CBA is set to expire on Jan. 31, 2010.
[more +]
> D.C. United announces 2010 preseason schedule
D.C. United announced the club's preseason schedule, as the team
prepares for the 2010 Major League Soccer campaign. Players are set to
report to RFK
Stadium on Friday, January 29 for fitness testing. United will host
their first home match of the new season on Saturday, April 3 at 7:30
p.m. against the New England Revolution.
[more +]
> U.S. U-20 Men's National Team draws Atlas 1-1 in Copa Chivas group play
Victor Chavez scored just three minutes after entering the game as a
substitute, while goalkeeper Zac MacMath picked up his second assist,
leading the U.S. to a 1-1 draw against Atlas at the 2010 Copa Chivas in
Mexico.
[more +]
> ESPN announces FIFA World Cup TV schedule
ESPN will cover the 2010 FIFA
World Cup June 11, through July 11, from 10 stadiums in nine cities
across South Africa. All 64 matches will be aired live and in high
definition on ESPN (44 matches), ESPN2 (10 matches) and ABC (10 matches). ABC will air the U.S. Men's National Team opener vs. England in HD on Saturday, June 12 live at 2pm ET.
[more +]
> Setanta USA off the air February 28th, rights move to Fox Soccer Channel
Setanta Sports will cease broadcasting its channel in the United States
and the Caribbean on February 28th 2010. They have reached an agreement
with Fox Soccer Channel to transfer select programming rights,
including many premium soccer and rugby events. Fox Soccer Channel will
acquire these rights effective March 1, 2010.
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Soccerplex Field #18. For the U14's, an additional tryout will be held:
Feb. 7th, 2010, 10:30am-12:30pm in Olney (check back for further field
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---- Boasts ----
Former Loyola star and current women's soccer assistant coach Sarra
Moller has signed a contract to play for Kvarnsvedens IK, a
professional women's soccer team in Sweden.
---- Notes ----
Crystal Palace Baltimore released a statement after Crystal Palace UK announced that administrators have been appointed to rescue the club, reconstruct its finances, and find buyers.
On Wednesday at a news conference at ESPN Zone in Baltimore, the city's professional soccer team unveiled a new name (Crystal Palace Baltimore) and a new general manager (Keith Lupton) as it prepares for the 2010 season in the North American Soccer League. PSW had a reporter there, look for more in the coming days.
The U-15 Baltimore Bays Chelsea will compete as the US Youth Soccer National League Under-15, Under-16 and Under-17 Boys teams will resume league play Feb. 13-15 at Weston Regional Park in Weston, Fla., as a part of the Weston Cup Showcase tournament.
Archbishop Spalding has named John Coppola its new boys soccer coach. Coppola, a 1995 Spalding graduate who went on to Loyola, spent the past three years coaching the Cavaliers' junior varsity team.
Local elite players Jenna Richmond and Briana Hovington were profiled in the Greater DC edition of the Jan/Feb ESPN RISE Magazine.
The application is now available for all teams to apply to the 2010 Maryland State Cup. The U14 - U18 age groups, who play in the spring, have a deadline on Saturday, February 20th, 2010.
Check out Americans playing abroad who are in action this weekend.
After three of five ticketing sales phases for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, two-thirds of the available tickets have been sold.
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Landon Donovan Scores His First Premier League Goal For Everton: The U.S. Men's National Team's Landon Donovan has scored his first Premier League goal. In the 19th minute against Sunderland, Donovan struck a left-footed shot off of a headed pass from Tim Cahill to give Everton a 2-0 lead at halftime.
Less Injuries With Cleats-Natural Grass Combination: This is the conclusion from a study by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) that tested the strain placed on the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of four different shoe-surface interactions: Astroturf/turf shoe, modern playing turf/turf shoe, modern turf/cleat, and natural grass/cleat. With the natural grass/cleat combination, there is less force occurring at your ligament for the same cut than with the others (note this is only non-contact injuries). The study appears in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.
Is U.S. Soccer's Development Academy Working?: In 2007, U.S. Soccer began the "Development Academy," an initiative to provide the best youth teams and players a professional environment and highly competitive games. Has it worked? Check out J.R. Eskilson's column about the Development Academy, the move away from "development," and the need for yet another overhaul of youth soccer in the U.S.
Potomac Soccer Wire Joins the Twitter World: I'm sure we're one of the last ones on the planet that to do this, but with a rapidly growing inventory of original news and opinion, and after seeing how quickly our Facebook fan base has grown (245 as of today), we finally got around to setting up a Twitter account for PSW under the name "TheSoccerWires". If you use Twitter, please click over and "follow" us. Our home page looks so lonely.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
9:30 AM: B.Munich v Mainz - LIVE - GolTV - Bundesliga
9:30 AM: Liverpool v Bolton - LIVE - Setanta. - EPL
10:00 AM: Fulham v Aston Villa - LIVE - ESPN2 - EPL
10:00 AM: Birmingham v Tottenham - LIVE - FSC - EPL
12:00 PM: Espanyol v A.Bilbao - LIVE - GolTV - La Liga
12:15 PM: Leicester v Newcastle - LIVE - Setanta. - CCC
12:25 PM: Hoffenheim v Schalke - LIVE - ESPN Deportes - Bundesliga
12:30 PM: Burnley v Chelsea - LIVE - FSC - EPL
2:30 PM: Napoli v Genoa - LIVE - FSC - Serie A
2:55 PM: Montpelier v Marseille - LIVE - Setanta. - France
3:55 PM: Deportivo v Real Madrid - LIVE - ESPN Deportes - La Liga
4:30 PM: Santos v Oeste - LIVE - GolTV - Brazil
5:00 PM: West Ham v Blackburn - DELAY - Setanta. - EPL
5:00 PM: Bari v Palermo - DELAY - FSC - Serie A
5:30 PM: USA v Mexico - LIVE - Fox Sports Espanol - U20-W CONCACAF
6:00 PM: Monterrey v Cruz Azul - LIVE - Telemundo - Mexico
7:00 PM: Wigan v Everton - DELAY - FSC - EPL
8:00 PM: Guadalajara v Estudiantes Tecos - LIVE - Telemundo - Mexico
8:00 PM: Pachuca v Atlante - LIVE - Telefutura - Mexico
8:30 PM: Hull v Wolves - DELAY - Setanta. - EPL
9:45 PM: San Luis v Morelia - LIVE - Telefutura - Mexico
Sunday, January 31, 2010
8:25 AM: Man City v Portsmouth - LIVE - Setanta. - EPL
9:00 AM: Milan v Livorno - LIVE - FSC - Serie A
10:55 AM: Getafe v Racing - LIVE - ESPN Deportes - La Liga
10:55 AM: Auxerre v St Etienne - LIVE - Setanta. - France
11:00 AM: Arsenal v Man Utd - LIVE - FSC - EPL
11:30 AM: Leverkusen v Freiburg - LIVE - GolTV - Bundesliga
12:55 PM: A.Madrid v Malaga - LIVE - ESPN Deportes - La Liga
1:00 PM: Unam v Toluca - LIVE - Telemundo - Mexico
2:00 PM: Corinthians v Palmerias - LIVE - GolTV - Brazil
2:30 PM: Juventus v Lazio - LIVE - FSC - Serie A
2:55 PM: Lyon v PSG - LIVE - Setanta. - France
4:00 PM: Sevilla v Valencia - LIVE - GolTV - La Liga
5:00 PM: Club America v Indios - LIVE - Univision - Mexico
Monday, February 1, 2010
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=== Tournaments ===
> Southern Soccer Showcase: April 10/11 - U15 to U18G - Winston Salem NC
The Southern Soccer Showcase for girls is a Got Soccer Platinum event
where the best of college and club soccer come together. In conjunction
with the club matches, the ACC Women's Soccer Tournament and other NCAA
matches will be played at BB&T Soccer Park - so your team will be
playing in front of and along side some of the best college coaches and
teams in the nation. Tammy DeCesare, Head Coach at Western Carolina
University will hold several recruiting seminars during the day on
Saturday, April 10th. www.twincitytournaments.com
> 2010 Chesterfield Icebreaker - March 6-7 in Richmond
The Chesterfield Icebreaker is back and ready to host the region's top
teams in the 17th annual tournament. The Icebreaker will be held in
Richmond, VA March 6th and 7th 2010. Clubs bringing multiple teams are
guaranteed acceptance at a discounted rate. The tournament will include
some exciting features including a "Coaches Against the World" match
where participating coaches square off against the United Staff. The
tournament will host a college exhibition game highlighting the area's
most successful college programs. The deadline for applications is
January 29th 2010. For more information on the Icebreaker, visit
www.chesterfieldicebreaker.com. Contact
tournaments@chesterfieldunited.com for questions.
> Prince William Courage Icebreaker Tournament
Prince William Courage will be hosting its annual Icebreaker Tournament
over two weekends this spring. The first weekend will be March 20-21
and will include U11 and U12 Boys only. The first weekend games will be
played on turf fields. The second weekend will be March 27-28 and will
include U9-U19 Girls as well as U9,U10, and U13-U19 Boys. The second
weekend will be played on both turf and quality grass surfaces. The
Icebreaker is one of the largest premier spring preason tournaments in
the Mid-Atlintic region. To register for the tournament go to
http://www.pwsi.org/Icebreaker/index_E.html
> GMU 5th Annual Girls Pre-Season Friendly Scramble - March 6 and 7
This George Mason University Women's Soccer
Fundraiser will take place on our two outdoor lighted Turf Grass
fields. Games will be on either a half field with full sized goals or
full field if age appropriate. Each age group is completed in the same
day and each team is guaranteed 3 matches. Entry Fee is $250 per team
and deadline is February 20. Call (703) 993-3295 to apply today!
=== Camps and Clinics ===
> Soccer the Brazilian Way Spring Break and Summer Residential Camp
Learn the flair and technique that are hallmarks of the Brazilian
soccer experience. Immerse yourself in the Brazilian style of training
and play with Soccer the Brazilian Way's (STBW)
youth soccer training camps. Get ready for the Spring season with
STBW's Spring Break Camp, offered on all-weather turf fields at Long
Park in Haymarket. We offer 1/2 day and full day camps for field
players and keepers, ages 8 to 17. This Summer STBW
will expand to three sessions of our popular residential camp at the
Madeira School in McLean. Train and play in a pristine wooded setting
on a secure campus. Get ready for swimming, zip-line, movie nights,
futsal, and, of course, a lot of soccer with some of the best trainers
in the region. Sign up early to reserve your spot!
The times and dates for the sessions are available on-line at
www.soccerfrombrazil.com You can register there or call us at 301-996-GOAL.
=== Leagues and Events ===
> Champions Fieldhouse has great soccer and futsal programs!
Goal Keeping Clinic with the Montgomery Soccer Academy is on Monday
nights. Make Your Move, youth futsal clinic; join today at a pro-rated
price! Looking for soccer camps, look no further, all of our soccer
camps can be found at
http://www.championsfieldhouse.com/camp_events.shtm or call (301)
838-7403.
=== Tryouts ===
> Real Maryland Super Y League Tryouts Girls U13 & U14
Real Maryland FC will be having tryouts for their Super Y League Girls
Teams in the Age Groups of U13 and U14 on Jan. 31, 2010, 12-2pm MD
Soccerplex Field #18. For the U14's, an additional tryout will be held:
Feb. 7th, 2010, 10:30am-12:30pm in Olney (check back for further field
information). Players born on or after Aug 1, 1996 are eligible for the
Super Y League U13 Team. Players born on or after Aug 1, 1995 are
eligible for the Super Y League U14 Team.
If interested, please send the information below to:
U13's bmenge@comcast.net and U14's rlandismd@yahoo.com
Name, Current and Past Club/ODP/Super
Y-League Teams, D.O.B., Age, Playing Experience, Position(s) Desired
and which Tryouts You Plan To Attend (participation in all tryouts
strongly recommended).
Registration form and Release Form will be sent to you once e-mail
is received. This must be turned in with 1) $50 registration fee prior
to first tryout and 2) two pictures (passport size).
> TSC Maryland Pride Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) tryouts
TSC Maryland Pride women's team that competes in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL)
has announced the dates of their 2010 open tryouts. The first of four
scheduled tryouts is scheduled for January 23rd at Rockburn Park (#5)
from 2:30pm - 4:30pm. All tryouts will be at Rockburn Park (#5) on the
turf field. There is a one-time $50 tryout registration fee payable by
check (to TSC Maryland Pride).
Dates: January 23rd 2:30-4:30pm, January 24th 4:00-6:00pm, January 30th 2:30-4:30pm, and January 31st 4:00-6:00pm.
Location: Rockburn Park - 5400 Landing Road, Elkridge, MD 21075
Tryouts are open for High School, College, former College and
international players. Contact Coach Steve Knapman at
stevek@brit-am.com to request a copy of the "Player Information Form".
Please check back at www.thundersoccerclub.org
or www.mdpridesoccer.com
for updates!
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