The Webb City school board is being pushed once again to add Girls Soccer to the activities offered by the school. You may recall in the Summer of 2008 when the School Board said no

Superintendent Ron Lankford said the R-7 Board of Education voted June 10 not to add girls soccer and golf programs this fall based on his recommendation.

Duke standout Andrew Wenger and Stanford senior Teresa Noyola were named winners of the Hermann Trophy on Saturday in recognition of being the top players in Division I NCAA soccer.

Wenger, who signed a Generation Adidas contract after a stellar junior year at Duke, led the ACC with 17 goals and eight assists.

I've seen Luis Suarez do this but Recreativo Estrellas keeper Gabriel Orozco actually draws blood after biting Nicolas Cardinal on the face and deservingly getting a straight red card in doing so.

By Alan Duffy

In a bizarre act of utter madness that even Chris Foy (or is it Hoy?) and his team of assistants couldn't miss, one Gabriel Orozco, goalkeeper for Argentinian side Recreativo Estrellas, decided to bite the face of an opponent after a minor coming together in the box during a local cup game in Cordoba.

The Stanford Cardinal are the newest champions of Division I women's college soccer after defeating Duke 1-0 in a hard-fought final at KSU Soccer Stadium outside Atlanta. The winning goal was scored about ten minutes into the second half by Teresa Noyola. Much had been stated about Duke's slow starts in their previous NCAA Tournament matches, and I think coach Robbie Church must have communicated to the team that if they did the same against Stanford they would find themselves behind early.

The U.S. WNT was right smack in the middle of training today when the final whistle blew at the 2011 NCAA College Cup, giving the Stanford Cardinal its first NCAA title in women's soccer. That didn't stop Stanford Alumni and WNT regulars Kelley O'Hara and Rachel Buehler from hearing the score right away and sharing high fives and a big hug.

#GoCardinal

Teresa Noyola scored from point-blank range Sunday to help top-ranked Stanford beat No. 3 Duke 1-0 and give the Cardinal their first NCAA women's soccer title after three consecutive attempts. It was the perfect finish to Stanford's unbeaten season.

Stanford seniors Noyola, Camille Levin, Kristy Zuhmehlen and Lindsay Taylor finished their college careers with a record of 95-4-4.

After pounding ACC tournament champion Florida State 3-0 on Friday night in the first semifinal of the College Cup, Stanford has a chance to play once again for the national title. The Cardinal advanced to soccer's version of the Final Four by completing its third straight unbeaten season, a feat that parallels the great University of North Carolina teams with Mia Hamm in the early 1990s.

The NCAA Women's College Cup, taking place this weekend at Kennesaw State Stadium in Kennesaw will be the first NCAA soccer championship held in Georgia since 1968. And one thing is for certain there will be a first-time national champion crowned at this year's NCAA final.

All four College Cup teams were seeded first in their respective brackets, and include three ACC schools—Wake Forest, Duke and Florida State—and two-time NCAA runner-up Stanford, making its fourth consecutive College Cup appearance.

In the updated BCS standings, the Stanford Cardinal have moved up to No. 4. Boise State, like usual, got screwed and dropped a spot to No. 5, while the top three of LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma State remained the same.

Stanford jumped from No. 6 after beating USC in triple overtime. However, Stanford will need some help to move into the national championship picture.

Stanford, the No. 6 ranked team in the land, had a fight on their hands at USC against the Trojans. But Andrew Luck and the Cardinal kept scratching and clawing until they took home a 56-48 victory in triple overtime.

Luck finished the game 28-for-39 for 302 yards and three touchdown passes.

Bill Griffiths, Farmer's Gastropub (on right)

The Champions League Final between Barcelona and Manchester United kicks off at 1:00 pm Saturday on Fox Sports Midwest (same channel as Cardinal's games, right?) which conflicts with the Springfield Catholic Quarterfinal game. So...

For local Soccer fans Bill Griffiths will have two screenings of the game at Farmer's Gastropub.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

For the second-consecutive year, the Hermann Trophy is in the hands of a Zip and a Cardinal.

Akron junior forward Darlington Nagbe was voted the best Division I player by the National Soccer Coaches of America (NSCAA), beating out fellow forwards Will Bruin of Indiana and Colin Rolfe of Louisville.