The team continues to undergo it's offseason makeover. Leo Krupnik, formerly of Maccabi Haifa, has just signed on with Maccabi Netanya for an undisclosed sum. He appeared in only three games, starting in two.

If you are keeping score at home, that is now 9 players that started 2009 with the Bulls, who now find themselves elsewhere.

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Big Apple Soccer, home of everything New York Soccer, reports speaking to "El Professor" Juan Carlos Osorio about his move to Once Caldas. His reply?

"The offer is a very good offer," he said. "The club is a very good club. I am considering the offer. However, I would like to stay in the United States.

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Easy schedule or not, there's no stopping the Akron Zips. While their conference schedule in Mid-American play is regarded as fairly light, Wednesday's match against Penn State was a chance at answering those critics, as the Nittany Lions came in ranked 16th in this week's RPI.

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Easy schedule or not, there's no stopping the Akron Zips. While their conference schedule in Mid-American play is regarded as fairly light, Wednesday's match against Penn State was a chance at answering those critics, as the Nittany Lions came in ranked 16th in this week's RPI.

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Nice soccer team ya got there.
Be a shame if something happened to it. Like, God forbid, your playoff hopes go for an evening cruise on the Stugots with a couple of fat guys in see-through socks.
Or soaking wet young Senegalese guys
Toronto FC showed up at the Meadowlands last night pretty confident. Click to continue reading...

South Florida (5-5-3) lost a close match to Providence College (7-5-2) in a Big East Conference game at home on Friday night. A thirty-six minute goal by the Friars and the Bulls inability to convert any of its ten shots on the night led to their five match unbeaten streak coming to an end.
The final home game of the season for the South Florida women in this Sunday at Noon against Connecticut. Click to continue reading...

The Bulls and Jazz met in a preseason game in London last night and the BBC was there to capture the action. Just take one listen to it and hear how terrible they were, hey they did not even know the rules to the. Just when you think American announcers are terrible with soccer just remember this video. Click to continue reading...

Apparently the Bulls and Jazz are playing an exhibition game in England sometime and decided to take in Chelsea-Liverpool over the weekend.
Of course, they brought some cheerleaders. Click to continue reading...

Both the Spartans (6-0-1) and the Bulls (7-1-1) were recognized for good results from last week in the NSCAA poll released today.
UT beat the top ranked Lynn University team on Saturday evening and edged up in the Division II rankings from number four last week, to number three this week. Lynn's loss to the Spartans dumped them all the way to number fourteen. Click to continue reading...

Members of both the South Florida men and women's teams were recognized today for their outstanding defensive performances last week.
Bulls senior goalkeeper, Mallori Lofton-Malachi and defender Angelique Waller [above] were named to the weekly Big East Conference Honor Roll for their play in two shutouts over the weekend. Click to continue reading...

The Akron Zips continue to be unstoppable. At this stage of the season, the Zips have begun their important conference schedule and look to roll through their opponents. This time around it was a 3-0 defeat of Florida Atlantic, proving that Akron can win on the road as well as at home. They'll have to back that up over the next two weeks, with three straight games away from home.

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The Akron Zips continue to be unstoppable. At this stage of the season, the Zips have begun their important conference schedule and look to roll through their opponents. This time around it was a 3-0 defeat of Florida Atlantic, proving that Akron can win on the road as well as at home. They'll have to back that up over the next two weeks, with three straight games away from home.

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On Sunday afternoon, Mallori Lofton-Malachi [left] and the South Florida defense did what now other team this season has been able to do: Shutout Rutgers' potent attack. Coming into the match, the Scarlet Knights had not met a team that could keep them off the score sheet for ninety minutes, including two top twenty-five teams. Click to continue reading...

If defense wins championships, then the South Florida men (7-1-1) looked like champions on Saturday night. Cincinnati (7-4-0) was scoring two goals a game on average before they met USF's defense. It wasn't easy, but thanks to seven saves, including stopping a late penalty kick, Jeff Attinella [left] recorded his fourth shutout of the year. Click to continue reading...

When: Tonight, 7:30pm
Where: USF Soccer Stadium
Tonight's match is a clash between Big East Red Division rivals. USF (6-1-1 overall / 2-1-1 Big East) is currently second in the division while the visiting Bearcats (7-3-0 overall / 2-2-0 Big East) sit fourth. The Bulls are ranked number six in the NSCAA poll and hold an all time edge in the series over Cincinnati 7-6-3. Click to continue reading...

The South Florida women edged visiting Seton Hall (4-6-1) on Friday night with a 1-0 victory off a goal by Chelsea Klotz [left]. Her eighty-fourth minute goal, assisted by Noelle Pineiro, was the second time in as many games that the duo had teamed up for the game winner. Last Sunday, the roles were reversed as Klotz assisted on Pineiro's late goal that sealed West Virginia's defeat at the USF Soccer Stadium. Click to continue reading...

When: Tonight, 7:30pm
Where: USF Soccer Stadium
With a three game unbeaten streak under their belts and four consecutive home games lying ahead, South Florida (4-4-2) has to be feeling that now is the time to make their move up in the Big East standings. The Bulls are 1-1-1 in conference play and take on Seton Hall (4-5-1) tonight, who are win less in Big East contests this season. Click to continue reading...

The Crowd=The Passion

Goats v Bulls ,

My name is Simon a 30 something Brit now living here in sunny California ,

I was born in Swindon England where I lived pretty much all my life ,

My team is my home town club Swindon Town F.C. , an unfashionable

Small team from Wiltshire , for 30 years I followed my Robins from the lows of

The old division 4 to the dizzy high of the premiership only to fall from

Grace to the foot of England's professional leagues ,

On arrival to the states I was keen to check out the local "soccer" for my personal

Views about football and my ultra mentality I could not follow nor shout for galaxy ,

For their golden boy becks and his one time links to Manchester Utd , but for now I shall

Save those views for another time ,

Chivas USA came to my attention and now for the last year the goats have substituted my Robins ,

For my footballing fix.

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Since I've led off the last two Mondays with late game PK's (deserved or otherwise) I figure it's only fair to show this effort, whereupon I will propose that in the future any similar effort shall be known as "a Kljestan", as in "Boy, I was really pissed when Kevin Stott called that phantom hand ball PK, but fortunately the shooter pulled a Kljestan, so it didn't matter"
When the first people who come up to you after a PK effort are both wearing your opponents' uniform, you've really screwed the pooch. Click to continue reading...

USF's leading scorer, Noelle Pineiro [left], secured a big win for the Bulls on Sunday with an assist and then a goal to defeat West Virginia (4-3-4) in front of just 267 at the USF Soccer Stadium. Pineiro, a sophomore from Bradenton, has been USF's most consistent source of scoring this season, while the team has lacked the finishing touch at times. Click to continue reading...

What did the Bulls really need after being upset by West Virginia on Friday night in a Big East Conference match? How about a date with the Big East whipping boys Pittsburgh Panthers (1-8-0)? Perfect.
South Florida (6-1-1) pushed the attack against Pitt, out shooting them 19-10. The Bulls were rewarded at the quarter hour mark when Andre Mittoo scored his first goal of the season. Click to continue reading...

When: Today, 1pm
Where: Founders Field, Pitt Campus
After suffering their first defeat of the season to West Virginia on Friday night, South Florida (5-1-1) will try to rebound this afternoon against the lowly University of Pittsburgh (1-7-0). Pitt is currently enduring a seven match losing streak and has not scored in their last five matches. Click to continue reading...

The latest player to go down: midfielder Bojan Stepanovic, out four to six weeks - essentially the season then - with "a dislocated patella in his right knee" suffered Wednesday in the game against that other Chivas.

Didn't he just get here?

And I bet Preki was thrilled this happened in a friendly.

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A large crowd of over 1,500 turned out on a cool Friday evening in Morgantown to watch West Virginia (3-2-2) shock the number three ranked Bulls barely a minute into overtime. Ninety minutes of regulation time yielded a poor effort from South Florida (5-1-1) as they failed to get one of their just three shots on the Mountaineer goal. Click to continue reading...

When: Tonight, 8pm
Where: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, Morgantown, WV
South Florida (5-0-1) travels tonight to take on the Mountaineers (2-2-2) in the Bulls' third Big East game of the season. USF has a number three ranking in the latest NSCAA poll to defend and would like to improve its position in the Big East Red Division, where the Bulls are in third place after two matches. Click to continue reading...

The Bulls are no stranger to extra time, Thursday's match in Pittsburg was the third South Florida game to go past ninety minutes this season. After 110 minutes of scoreless soccer, South Florida (3-4-2) and Pitt (5-2-2) settled for a draw.
Taking the shut out for the Bulls was senior, Mallori Lofton-Malachi, who now has two on the season and seventeen during her career. Click to continue reading...

After a seemingly endless string of MLS PK awards that have sent fans of virtually every MLS team out into the night in search of replacement TV's (since the one they watched the game on now has a brick in it) it's nice - well, maybe nice isn't exactly the word; let's say a relief - to finally see an official point to the spot in stoppage time and not see him immediately surrounded by a lynch mob of players bent on demonstrating that the FIFA "Respect" progam is the soccer equivalent of "WIN" buttons:
Seriously, when is the last time you saw a ref call a spot kick and NOBODY says a single word to him? Click to continue reading...

South Florida (5-0-1) was rewarded for starting its Big East schedule 1-0-1 last week by leaping over number four Maryland to land in the the number three spot in the latest NSCAA Division I poll. The Bulls' men will continue their conference schedule with a pair of matches this coming weekend away to West Virgina and Pittsburgh. Click to continue reading...

A slight pattern is developing; if the USF women (3-4-1) score more than once in a game, they win. The Bulls came back from a 2-1 deficit to tie the match and then win it in overtime on the road against the Hatters (4-4-0).
USF's Chantelle Goodson scored her first goal of the season on a long range shot in the thirty-sixth minute that glanced off the crossbar and into the goal. Click to continue reading...

When: Today, 4pm
Where: Stetson Soccer Complex, Deland, FL
After dropping their Big East Conference opener 2-1 to Marquette on Thursday, the Bulls (2-4-1) face a non-conference opponent in Stetson this afternoon. This will be South Florida's final non-conference match. These schools drew 1-1 last season in Tampa. Click to continue reading...

When: Tonight, 7:30pm
Where: USF Soccer Stadium
South Florida (4-0-0) starts its Big East Conference schedule, tonight, at home to Marquette (1-3-0). Last season, Marquette was the doormat of the conference, winning just one conference match. USF comes into this match ranked number five by the current NSCAA poll. Click to continue reading...

South Florida's offensive difficulties continued tonight in Wisconsin against Marquette (6-2-1). The Bulls (2-4-1) dropped the curtain raiser for their 2009 Big East Conference schedule 2-1 to the Golden Eagles. USF has only had one multiple goal performance this season and has been shutout twice. Click to continue reading...

When: Tonight, 8pm Eastern
Where: Valley Fields, Milwaukee, WI
South Florida (2-3-1) starts its Big East Conference schedule tonight, on the road, against Marquette (5-2-0). The Golden Eagles are currently undefeated at home and the Bulls are win less in two road games. To overcome Marquette, the South Florida offense will have to get more shots on goal and better shots. Click to continue reading...

The South Florida men have risen three spots in the latest NSCAA Division I poll on the back of two wins last week and an overall 4-0-0 record. The Bulls now are now ranked number four in the nation by the NSCAA.
Meanwhile, in the NSCAA Division II poll, the UT men (4-0-0) maintained their hold on the top spot by staying unbeaten last week. Click to continue reading...

Two USF players, one current and one former, have received accolades for last week's performances.
South Florida's junior goalkeeper, Jeff Attinella, was named the Big East Conference goalkeeper of the week based on his two shutouts last week. The 1-0 wins against Valparaiso and Virginia Tech have paced the Bulls to a perfect 4-0-0 start. Click to continue reading...