After what we've seen at this year's Africa Cup of Nations it's perhaps a little foolish to talk in terms of more shocks. Why should we continue to be shocked when our predictions are continually thrown back in our faces time after time?

Sudan became the latest side to upset the African apple cart when they qualified for the quarter finals last night.

I lost a friend and a mentor on Monday when Bob Jordan passed away due to a heart attack. Bob, and his efforts on behalf of first the Pershing Generals and later the Glendale Falcons, was the impetus for my efforts here. Without his support and assistance, I would not have been able to pull it off.

The District tournament will be held at Kickapoo High School, with a pair of play-in games on Saturday October 29th. The semifinal games are scheduled for November 1st followed by the Final on November 3rd.

Seed School Record
1 Nixa (20-3)
2 Kickapoo (19-5)
3 Glendale (13-9)
4 Ozark (10-10)
5 Parkview (7-12)
6 Branson (5-10-3)

Saturday October 29th at 1:00 pm
#4 Ozark Tigers
#5 Parkview Vikings -

Saturday October 29th at 3:00 pm
#3 Glendale Falcons -
#6 Branson Pirates -

Tuesday November 1st at 5:00 pm
#1 Nixa Eagles -
#4 Ozark Tigers/#5 Parkview Vikings winner -

Tuesday November 1st at 7:00 pm
#2 Kickapoo Chiefs -
#3 Glendale Falcons/#6 Branson Pirates winner -

FINAL Thursday November 3rd at 6:00 pm

MSHSAA Link

After 110 minutes of play neither the Pioneers nor the Falcons could score a goal Saturday at CIBER field at the University of Denver.

DU is now (2-4-3, 0-0-1 MPSF) and Air Force (6-2-1, 0-0-1 MPSF). Saturday's match was the opener in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play for both sides.

Air Force women's soccer rallied to tie IUPUI, 2-2, Friday afternoon in opening day action at the Crusader Classic at Eastgate Field.

The draw puts the Falcons at 4-5-1 on the season, while the Jaguars moved to 1-5-3.

Air Force got a pair of second-half goals to erase 1-0 and 2-1 deficits.

Brad Hilton scored the only goal of the game in the 63rd minute to lead the University of New Hampshire men's soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Air Force Friday evening in the first round of the Nike Fall Classic at Bremner Field.

The win lifts the Wildcats to 3-4 on the season, while the Falcons, who had their four-game winning streak snapped, fell to 5-2.

John Melcher and Garrett Getschow each scored twice and the Air Force men's soccer team scored three goals in the first seven-plus minutes as the Falcons won its fourth straight game with a 6-1 victory Sunday over Buffalo at Cadet Soccer Stadium.

The Falcons, off to their best start since 2001, improved to 5-1-o, while the Bulls fell to 4-3-1.

A pair of goals by Kailey Anders pushed Arkansas past Air Force, 2-1, Friday night at the Cadet Soccer Stadium.

The loss drops the Falcons to 4-4-0 on the season, while the Razorbacks improved to 2-4-0.

Anders scored the game-winning goal in the 72nd minute, stopping a Falcon rally.

Brian Klazura scored in the first five minutes and Garrett Getschow and John Melcher each added a second-half tally to lead the Air Force men's soccer team to a 3-1 victory Friday over College of Charleston at Cadet Soccer Stadium.

With the win, Air Force's third straight, the Falcons improved to 4-1-0, while the Cougars fell to 3-2-1.

Brian Klazura scored two goals, including the game-winner in the 80th minute, to lead the Air Force men's soccer team to a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Duquesne on the final day of the Pitt / Nike Invitational in Pittsburgh, Pa.

The Falcons captured the tournament title with a perfect 2-0 record and improved to 3-1 this season, their best start since 2004.

Adams State College men's soccer has marked a lot of firsts in the team's brief history. On Friday night, the Grizzlies grabbed several firsts as the team recorded its most goals, largest margin of victory, first shutout and first visit to a .500 record.

Hawken Hanna scored the first goal and what would prove to be the game winner in the 6th minute as the Grizzlies dominated the UT-Permian Basin Falcons, 4-0, at ASC Soccer Field.

The University of Northern Colorado finally found its way to the win column on Friday as the Bears traveled to Colorado Springs and beat the Air Force Academy Falcons 1-0.

The lone score of the match came from Brittany Dunn in the 72nd minute. Dunn got to a ball near the left corner of the box, spun around and sent one in to the right side of the net.

The Air Force men's soccer team scored four second-half goals en route to a 5-2 victory over Houston Baptist in both teams' regular season opener Saturday evening at Sorrels Field.

Sophomore Brian Klazura had a goal and two assists while senior John Melcher and junior Kevin Durr each added one goal and one assist.

congopress Nigeria: Football Crisis is Costing Us Laurels - Sports Minister - http://allafrica.com/stories... 5 hours ago from AllAfrica News: Latest - Comment - Like New minister of sports and chairman National Sports Commission (NSC), Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, has attributed the failure of the Super Falcons at the just concluded FIFA World Cup held in Germany, the non qualification of the Dream Team V and their women counterpart for the forthcoming 10th All African Games in Maputo as well as the inability of the country's U-17 football team, Golden Eaglets to reach the last African Youth Championship and the World Cup held in Rwanda and Mexico respectively to the crises in Nigerian football administration.

Nigeria made a quick exit from the Women's World Cup falling to Simone Laudehr's 64th minute toe poke through traffic. The defending champions had numerous chances but were unsettled by the physical Super Falcons. However, Germany kept their composure and in the second half Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi's free kick (she's half Nigerian) led to a goalmouth fracas ending in Laudehr's strike.

I fell in love with the Super Falcons during the 2008 Olympics, watching them slug out the ultimate group-of-death: Germany, Brazil, Nigeria and North Korea. None of the games in that tournament were as exciting as those Nigeria played in this group.
Nevertheless, Nigeria didn't make it past that stage.

Well, I'm not in Germany. I know this because even though the country I'm in (France) has a good team in the World Cup, and even though that team was on the cover of more than a few of the weekend papers and Sunday magazines, no one cares that they scored the tournament's first goal in a win over Nigeria.

Emily Cline, Glendale Falcons (2011)

The Post-Dispatch has the story from Wednesday's U18 Girls Final at the Missouri State Cup:

Cline came off the SLSG Green Academy bench to score the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over SLSG Navy in the Under-18 women's championship game Wednesday night at the Scott Gallagher Complex.

Kindra Lierz, Glendale Falcons (2014)

The Missouri Soccer Coaches Association has released the Class 3 Southwest Region Honors. The Region includes Districts 11 and 12, won by Glendale and Parkview respectively. Glendale finished 3rd in the recently completed Class 3 State Tournament. District 11 includes Finalist Kickapoo, Ozark, Nixa and Branson.

The schedule for the day starts with the Class 2 consolation game. I'll provide scores and short reports here on Catholic's pursuit of the Class 1 title and Glendale's match against IWA.

Class 1

noon, Field 1
Springfield Catholic -
St Vincent Indians -

11:00 am, Field 5
Pembroke Hill -
Orchard Farm -

Class 3

1:00 pm, Field 5
Glendale Falcons -
Incarnate Word Red Knights -

6:00 pm, Field 1
Liberty Jays -
Ursuline Bears -

Class 2

4:00 pm, Field 1
Visitation Vivettes -
Notre Dame de Sion Storm -

10:00 am, Field 1
Harrisonville Wildcats -
Notre Dame Rebels -

The Class 3 games will begin at 5:00 pm Friday on Field 1. Twitter user can follow the #MO4soc hashtag for updates from SGFsoccer.com and other users.

Ursuline Bears 2 (1st OT)
Incarnate Word Red Knights 1
Molly Hubers puts her shot from the top of the box off the underside of the crossbar for the golden goal 10 min into the 1st OT

7:00 pm, Field 1
Glendale Falcons -
Liberty Jays

The Championship game between the Ursuline Bears/Incarnate Word Red Knights and the Glendale Falcons/Liberty Jays will kick off at 6:00 pm on Saturday evening on Field 1.

Drury women's soccer coach Alf Bilbao has announced the completion of a five-member recruiting class for the 2011-12 season including three Springfield prep standouts for the Panthers.

Joining the DU program this fall are:

Emily Cline, Glendale Falcons (2011)

Emily Cline – Forward from Springfield's Glendale High School who plans to play both soccer and basketball at Drury.

Both regional quarterfinal games will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday, the same time as the Champions League Final. For those of you who will be watching the international match, please refrain from tweeting or posting status updates on Facebook about your glee or the the games progression. Allow those of us who are supporting the local game to catch the game on a delayed basis without spoiling it!

UPDATE The game at Ozark High School has been moved to 4pm today. The rematch, the one for all the marbles, grab your favorite sports cliches folks.

District 11: at Ozark High School, 4:00 pm
#1 Glendale Falcons -
#2 Nixa Eagles -

The winner will host Parkview on Tuesday May 24th in the Sectional

District 10: at Camdenton, 1:00 pm
#1 Camdenton Lakers -
#3 Waynesville Tigers -

Rance Burger of the Lake Sun News offers a nice preview of the Lakers who return to the District Title game for the first time in 11 years.

Tonight District 11, the toughest District in the Region regardless of class, will determine who advances to the Final. In Columbia, Rock Bridge and Jefferson City will determine a District Champion.

District 12: at Harrison Stadium in Springfield, Final on Thursday between #1 Parkview Vikings vs #2 Joplin Eagles

District 11: at Ozark, Final Friday
#1 Glendale Falcons -
#4 Ozark Tigers -

#2 Kickapoo Chiefs -
#3 Nixa Eagles -

District 10: at Camdenton, Final on Thursday between #1 Camdenton Lakers vs #3 Waynesville Tigers

District 9: at Columbia Hickman, Final
#1 Rock Bridge Bruins -
#2 Jeff City Jays -

Sectional Games on Tuesday May 24th, the host will be the winners of District 9 and 11 (Odd year, Odd Districts host Sectionals).

Rachel Scott (Catholic 2011) defends Emily Cline (Glendale 2011) in 2008

There are two High School games on tap tonight. At Harrison Stadium, the Central Bulldogs will host Camdenton in a Varsity-only match on Senior Night.

Further East, the Glendale Falcons will host Springfield Catholic in another Varsity-only match that will determine bragging rights for the season.

Emily Cline & Alix Opfer, Glendale Falcons, 2011 Mar

One regularly scheduled match and a pair of weather make-ups are on tonights calendar. The scheduled match is Kickapoo vs Glendale, the game that counts towards Conference rankings in their annual derby. Glendale is undefeated in Conference and a loss to Kickapoo would drop them to 8-1, sharing the title with Camdenton.

Large slate of Ozarks Conference games tonight with leader Glendale visiting Lebanon and challenger Camdenton hosting Joplin.

5:00 pm at Joplin
McAuley Warriors -
Carthage Tigers -

OZARKS CONFERENCE

4:00 pm at Parkview
Parkview Vikings -
Waynesville Tigers

5:00 pm at Lebanon
Lebanon Yellowjackets -
Glendale Falcons -

5:00 pm at Camdenton
Camdenton Lakers -
Joplin Eagles

5:00 pm at Kickapoo
Kickapoo Chiefs -
Hillcrest Hornest

The race for the Conference Title is quickly coming to a close. With #1 Glendale (5-0-0) hosting #2 Rolla (7-1-0) and #3 Camdenton (6-1-0) hosting #4 Kickapoo (4-2-0), we'll either see the a couple of teams separating themselves from the pack or a tightening. I'll be at Glendale to provide live reports.

Did your favorite team draft well in the 2011 NFL Draft? Check out the list below to see how we ranked your team's draft. Since this draft was relatively strong, a lot of teams got solid grades. However, like every season, there were teams who had no idea what they were doing.

Bengals A

Buccaneers A

Lions A-

Chargers A-

Steelers B+

Colts B+

Browns B+

Packers B

Ravens B

Broncos B

Bills B

Jets B

Bears B-

Texans B-

Saints B-

Rams B-

Cardinals B-

Cowboys B-

Giants B-

Dolphins B-

Eagles C+

Chiefs C+

Titans C+

Patriots C+

Redskins C+

49ers C+

Vikings C+

Panthers C

Seahawks C

Jaguars D

Raiders D

Falcons F

The Falcons got the only failing grade

Post from: EveryJoe

The Falcons JV won the Kickapoo JV tournament with wins over Catholic and Kickapoo.

Championship Game
Glendale Falcons 2
Kickapoo Chiefs 1
Match Stats: Becca Burton (1G), Keri Cook (1G), Nikki Bates (1A).

3rd Place Game
Catholic Fightin' Irish
Parkview Vikings

Morning Matches

Kickapoo Chiefs -
Parkview Vikings -

Glendale Falcons -3
Catholic Fightin' Irish 1.

The regular season comes to an end two weeks from today. District seeding may occur as early as next week.

4:00 pm at Hillcrest Varsity first
Hillcrest Hornets -
West Plains Zizzer

5:00 pm at Greenwood Varsity only
Greenwood Blue Jays -
Logan-Rogersville Wildcats

5:00 pm at Carthage A District 12 match
Carthage Tigers -
Central Bulldogs

5:00 pm at Marshfield A Class 2 District 11 match
Marshfield Wildcats -
Republic Tigers

5:00 pm at Neosho
Neosho Wildcats -
Glendale Falcons

OZARK CONFERENCE
The Bulldogs sit atop the Conference with an unblemished record (6-0).

4:30 pm at Joplin
Joplin Eagles -
Waynesville Tigers -

4:30 at Logan-Rogersville
Logan-Rogersville Wildcats -
Willard Tigers

5:00 pm at Ozark
Ozark Tigers -
Glendale Falcons

5:30 pm at JFK Stadium note change
Hillcrest Hornets -
Glendale Falcons -

4:30 pm at Joplin
Joplin Eagles -
Waynesville Tigers -

3:00 pm start 5:00 pm at West Plains, Varsity 1st today
West Plains Zizzers
Kickapoo Chiefs -

5:00 pm at Camdenton
Camdenton Lakers -
Parkview Vikings -

5:00 pm Lebanon
Lebanon Yellowjackets -
Rolla Bulldog -

Molly Brewer, Glendale Falcons (2012)

The Missouri Soccer Coaches have released their second poll of the season with Glendale moving into number 1 after knocking off former number 1 Nixa last night, 1-0 on a goal by Emily Cline from Molly Brewer.

1. Glendale (8-1) 28
2. Nixa (11-2) 23
3.

There are weather related schedule changes, check the individual games below!

The Rolla Bulldogs sit atop the Conference right now with a 4-0 record, visiting Waynesville. Glendale is 3-0 while Kickapoo, Camdenton and Lebanon are all 2-1 currently.

5:00 pm at Waynesville
Waynesville Tigers -
Rolla Bulldogs

5:00 pm at Lake Country Soccer, Cooper #3
Glendale Falcons -
Parkview Vikings

5:00 pm at Joplin
Joplin Eagles -
Kickapoo Chiefs -

4:30 pm at Camdenton VARSITY FIRST
Camdenton Lakers
West Plains Zizzers -

5:00 pm at Lebanon
Lebanon Yellowjackets -
Hillcrest Hornets

Tonight's game with District impact is Glendale's visit to Nixa. The winner of this game will likely be one of the top 2 seeds in mid-May.

4:30 pm at Nixa
Nixa Eagles
Glendale Falcons -

4:00 pm at Hillcrest (V first)
Hillcrest Hornets -
Willard Tigers

4:00 pm at PHS Grass Field
Parkview Vikings -
Branson Pirates -

4:30 pm at Carl Junction
Carl Junction Bulldogs -
Neosho Wildcats -

4:30 pm at Joplin
Joplin Eagles
Ozark Tigers -

5:00 pm at Greenwood Stadium Field (Varsity only)
Central Bulldogs -
Mt View/Liberty Eagles -

5:00 pm at West Plains
West Plains Zizzers -
Marshfield Blue Jays

5:00 pm at Ashland, SoBoCo High School
Southern Boone County -
Osage Indians

If you want to get out for an early game Saturday, check out the Glendale vs Jackson match at 10:00 am at Kickapoo.

3:30pm KHS South
CHAMPIONSHIP
Nixa Eagles -
Rock Bridge Bruins -

3:30 pm KHS North
3rd Place
Glendale Falcons -
Parkview Vikings -

1:00 KHS South
5th PLACE
Parkway West -

1:00 pm KHS North
7th PLACE

8:00 am Parkview (Grass field)
BISHOP DUBOURG
PARKWAY WEST wins

10:00 am Parkview (Grass Field)
JACKSON
POPLAR BLUFF

10:00am KHS North
NIXA wins
PARKVIEW

10:00 am KHS South
ROCK BRIDGE 3
GLENDALE 2
A late goal puts the Bruins thru for a rematch with Nixa

Rock Bridge Bruins (2-0)
Nixa Eagles (2-0)
Glendale Falcons (1-1)
Parkview Vikings (1-1)
Parkway West (1-1)
Poplar Bluff Mules (0-1)
Jackson Indians (0-1)
Bishop Dubourg (0-2)

Three matches this evening, two of which are also District match ups. Keep an eye on Camdenton at Waynesville, a District 10 game and Joplin's visit to Parkview. The Vikings have moved West into District 12, will the West End Girls be able to send a message?

Parkview Vikings 1
Joplin Eagles 0

West Plains Zizzers -
Glendale Falcons

Waynesville Tigers -
Camdenton Lakers -

Catch scores for tournament games elsewhere. Here are the other regional games today.

5:00 pm at Camdenton
Camdenton Lakers -
Sedalia Sacred Heart

5:00 pm at West Plains, Varsity-only
West Plains Zizzers -
Mt View Liberty Eagles -

5:00 pm at Fulton
Fulton Hornets
Osage Indians -
A Class 2 District 10 match up, Helias are defending District Champions

5:00 pm at Greenwood Stadium Field
Greenwood Blue Jays -
Parkview Vikings

7:00 pm at Cooper 3, Varsity-only
Glendale Falcons -
Westminster Academy Wildcats
A Class 2 program from St Louis, the Wildcats are 2-2 having beaten John Burroughs most recently and falling to Notre Dame (STL) earlier.