Soccerblog 19 November @ 10:20 PM EST
Amidst all the drama with the Ireland vs France match and earlier the Egypt vs Algeria showdown,
the USA played a friendly with Denmark. Bob Bradley started Jeff Cunningham and I am happy to say,
it turned out well because he scored his first international goal and nearly set up Altidore with
another.
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It's not strictly Arsenal-related, I know, but by now I'm sure you've all seen the controversial
goal which put France into the 2010 World Cup.
If you haven't: there was a cross into the box which fizzed past the far post, and looked like
it was headed over the touchline for a goal kick. But off one hop, it hit the arm of Thierry Henry,
and deflected back into play in a perfect spot for him to center it directly into the path of the
oncoming William Gallas, who headed home the winning goal.
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The second round of the NCAA tournament was played this weekend, with maybe 3 upsets in between,
but 1 HUGE upset. Here are the results:
- Stanford 2, BYU0
- Oklahoma St 1 (5), Santa Clara 1 (6)
- UCF 0, Wisconsin 1
- Connecticut 0, Boston College 2
- Portland 2, Washington 1
- Dayton 1, Virginia Tech 3
- Penn St 2, Virgina 6
- San Diego St 0, UCLA 5
- North Carolina 4, Georgia 0
- Washington St 0, Maryland 1
- Wake Forest 3, West Virginia 0
- Rutgers 0, South Carolina 1
- Notre Dame 6, Central Michigan 1
- Oregon St 1, Florida 0
- LSU 1 (2), Texas A&M 1 (4)
- Cal 0, Florida St 3
UCF v Wisconsin: UCF was seeded 3rd and was definitely a team that could make
it to the quarter finals for sure, but they ended up losing in just the second round of the NCAA
tournament.
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The second round of the NCAA tournament was played this weekend, with maybe 3 upsets in between,
but 1 HUGE upset. Here are the results:
- Stanford 2, BYU0
- Oklahoma St 1 (5), Santa Clara 1 (6)
- UCF 0, Wisconsin 1
- Connecticut 0, Boston College 2
- Portland 2, Washington 1
- Dayton 1, Virginia Tech 3
- Penn St 2, Virgina 6
- San Diego St 0, UCLA 5
- North Carolina 4, Georgia 0
- Washington St 0, Maryland 1
- Wake Forest 3, West Virginia 0
- Rutgers 0, South Carolina 1
- Notre Dame 6, Central Michigan 1
- Oregon St 1, Florida 0
- LSU 1 (2), Texas A&M 1 (4)
- Cal 0, Florida St 3
UCF v Wisconsin: UCF was seeded 3rd and was definitely a team that could make
it to the quarter finals for sure, but they ended up losing in just the second round of the NCAA
tournament.
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The Fort Lewis College men's soccer team defeated West Texas A&M 3-1 in front of a loud and
lively crowd Sunday in the second round of the Divison II playoffs.
Fort Lewis advances with a 21-1-0 record; the Skyhawks find out the location and opponent of
their next match today (Monday).
FLC opened the scoring the 24th minute, when the Buffs attempted to clear the ball but it
bounced to the top of the box.
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Sodium 16 November @ 12:26 AM EST
As it is every time Sodium meets LOSC, a battle of epic proportions. Bodies flying, shots ripped
and break-a-ways. I know for a fact that there is many, many sore muscles, bruises and scrapes.
Exhausted falls short of describing the Sodium squad and I'm sure LOSC feels the same.
These two teams left everything they had on the field of play this evening as they met for the U14G
OPL Championship.
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The four European World Cup Play-offs games are delicately posed heading into the second leg on
Wednesday. Here is a look at each game, plus the big winner take all game in Africa.
Republic of Ireland 0-1 France
France were the one European team to win away from home on Saturday, putting them in the strongest
position of all the teams playing on Wednesday.
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The goal came from a David Beckham free kick. Omar Gonzalez got a head to it at the far post, it
rebounded off Eddie Robinson and came to Gregg Berhalter for his first Galaxy goal - ever - in the
103rd minute.
Update: The half is over with the Galaxy up by one. Fifteen minutes until MLS Cup beckons.
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Kickapoo Chiefs, Ian Kennedy (2010)
Springfield Kickapoo Chiefs 0
Columbia Hickman Kewpies 1
A 77th minute goal by Brian Wilcox from a corner kick is all that seperated these two teams
today.
CBC Cadets 2 (2nd OT)
Vianney Golden Griffins 1
After surrendering a goal to the Griffins in the 2nd half this afternoon, the Cadets battled back
to tie the game on Carenza's header via a set piece with 8 min remaining in regulation.
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CBC Cadets, Justin Bilyeu (2012)
Springfield Kickapoo Chiefs 0
Columbia Hickman Kewpies 1
A 77th minute goal by Brian Wilcox from a corner kick is all that seperated these two teams
today.
CBC Cadets 2 (2nd OT)
Vianney Golden Griffins 1
After surrendering a goal to the Griffins in the 2nd half this afternoon, the Cadets battled back
to tie the game on Carenza's header (below) via a set piece from sr Captain Austin Tierney, with 8
min remaining in regulation.
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David N'Gog won a controversial penalty that spared under-pressure Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez
a humiliating home defeat to Birmingham in a 2-2 draw at Anfield. The draw means Liverpool, with
only one win in nine matches, are seventh but 11 points behind leaders Chelsea. Birmingham stay
15th, two points above the drop zone.
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The second batch of Major League Soccer playoff games saw some tense football, great goals and
short tempers. At the end of it, four teams progressed to the two conference finals. But did David
Beckham and Cuauhtemoc Blanco make it?
On the 5th November, the King was dead.
Columbus Crew were behind 1-0 on aggregate
against
Real Salt Lake and, despite quickly setting about overturning the deficit,
the champions were ejected from the playoffs at the first hurdle.
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Drury Panthers Record Setting Crowd, Ben Taylor set piece
#1 Drury Panthers 3 (1st OT)
#5 Bellarmine Knights 2
In a game whose tempo never faltered, but took the players and fans on wild mood swings, the #3
nationally ranked Drury Panthers justified the confidence of their Coach, and the team itself, in
fighting off an extremely effective Bellarmine Knights squad that pushed them to the edge.
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Wayzata 2 1 Woodbury
The final for the girls' 2A State High School Championship matched the #1 team in the nation,
the Woodbury Royals, against the 3rd seed in the tournament the Wayzata Trojans. To most Wayzata
was an underdog team. "If you're going to look at stats and where they were ranked and where we
were ranked they were favored for a reason, they're a very solid" said Wayzata coach Tony
Peszneker, but added, "There wasn't a great deal of difference between the two teams.
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Wayzata 2 1 Woodbury
The final for the girls' 2A State High School Championship matched the #1 team in the nation,
the Woodbury Royals, against the 3rd seed in the tournament, the Wayzata Trojans. To most, Wayzata
was an underdog team. "If you're going to look at stats and where they were ranked and where we
were ranked they were favored for a reason, they're a very solid," said Wayzata coach Tony
Peszneker, but added, "There wasn't a great deal of difference between the two teams.
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Orono 5 0 The Blake School
Sophie Babo lit up the Metrodome in the Class A Girls' Championship game. The Orono forward, who
is only in seventh grade showed that she would be a player to watch for the next few years by
scoring three of the Spartan's 5 goals. When asked what it was like to play as a seventh grader
Babo replied, "I don't think of myself as a 7th grader.
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Orono 5 0 The Blake School
Sophie Babo lit up the Metrodome in the Class A Girls' Championship game. The Orono forward, who
is only in seventh grade, showed that she would be a player to watch for the next few years by
scoring three of the Spartan's 5 goals. When asked what it was like to play as a seventh grader,
Babo replied, "I don't think of myself as a 7th grader.
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The first playoff match for the Colorado-Colorado Springs women's soccer program turned out to
be a 3-0 loss to Fort Lewis. Hayley Hollenga, Sam Smith and Torrey Lawson scored in a span of less
than four minutes in the first half on Wednesday in Durango in the Rocky Mountain Athletic
Conference quarterfinals.
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FC Barcelona has essentially put their Champions League qualification at risk by drawing against
the Russian champions. With this draw we stand at second in standing and have a chance to end the
night at third in overall standing if there is anything other than a draw in the match against
Inter and Kiev.
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The Second round of the 2009 Minnesota State High School Soccer Tournament wrapped up today
with the girls semifinals in class 2A.
Woodbury 3-0 Eagan
The first game saw the #1 seeded Woodbury Royals (20-0-1) take on the Eagan Wildcats
(19-2-1).
The scoring got underway just 5 minutes into this match.
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The Second round of the 2009 Minnesota State High School Soccer Tournament wrapped up today
with the girls semifinals in class 2A.
Woodbury 3-0 Eagan
The first game saw the #1 seeded Woodbury Royals (20-0-1) take on the Eagan Wildcats
(19-2-1).
The scoring got underway just 5 minutes into this match.
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Rolla Bulldogs, Daniel McCaddon (2010)
#3 Rolla Bulldogs 3 (PKs)
#2 Waynesville Tigers 2
In a hard fought battle worthy of these two teams and the stage they were playing on, the Bulldogs
fought back from a two-goal deficit Tuesday evening and ultimately prevailed in penalty kicks,
winning 5-4.
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The second match of the boys 1A Semifinal saw the Hermantown Hawks (21-1-9)Â take on the Simley
Spartans (18-1-4). The game started slowly with both teams feeling the other out.
Ten minutes into the match things started winding up with both teams taking shots and testing
each others keepers.
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The second match of the boys 1A Semifinal saw the Hermantown Hawks (21-1-0)Â take on the Simley
Spartans (18-1-4). The game started slowly with both teams feeling the other out.
Ten minutes into the match things started winding up with both teams taking shots and testing
each others keepers.
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The second Class 1A Girls semifinal of the day saw the Cloquet Lumberjacks (19-3-1) take on The
Blake School Bears (16-3-1).
Blake took the lead at 34:10 with a goal by Morgan Oie and assisted by Andi Foss. Foss come
into the box from the right side with a defender on her side. The Cloquet keeper Kaitrin Rathe came
out of goal and Foss saw her chance.
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The second Class 1A Girls semifinal of the day saw the Cloquet Lumberjacks (19-3-1) take on The
Blake School Bears (16-3-1).
Blake took the lead at 34:10 with a goal by Morgan Oie and assisted by Andi Foss. Foss come
into the box from the right side with a defender on her side. The Cloquet keeper Kaitrin Rathe came
out of goal and Foss saw her chance.
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The Colorado School of Mines women's soccer team won its fourth straight match, posting a 2-0
victory over Colorado Christian on Sunday afternoon in Golden. The win helped the Orediggers secure
the No. 2 seed in the RMAC tournament, the highest seed Mines has ever earned.
Dani Hering gave Mines a lead in the 10th minute of the match.
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FC Barcelona squandered two points with a last second own goal from Pique to help Real Madrid close
the gap on top to one point. In a game where the defenses held their fort, Barca went ahead with a
strike from Keita in the 72nd mnute but they had to pay dearly for wasting a host of chances after
the goal.
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Hermantown Hawks 5-1 Mankato West
First State Tournament for Hemantown provides motivation.
Gusty winds and a heavy mist that came in waves is what greeted fans and players in the first
game of the night at Roseville HS. The boys State 1A Tournament quarterfinal matched the section 7A
champion Hermantown Hawks (20-1-0) against the section 2A winner, the Mankato West Scarlets
(18-2-0).
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Hermantown Hawks 5-1 Mankato West Scarlets
First State Tournament for Hemantown provides motivation.
Gusty winds and a heavy mist that came in waves is what greeted fans and players in the first
game of the night at Roseville HS. The boys State 1A Tournament quarterfinal matched the section 7A
champion Hermantown Hawks (20-1-0) against the section 2A winner, the Mankato West Scarlets
(18-2-0).
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Egan 1-0 Centennial
The first game of the Girls class 2A State Quarterfinals at Park High School in Cottage Grove
featured the 4th seed Egan (18-2-1) against 5AA champion Centennial (15-2-2). This year's is the
first State tournament appearance for Centennial while Egan has participated 3 times before, but
not since 2001.
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Eagan 1-0 Centennial
The first game of the Girls Class 2A State Quarterfinals at Park High School in Cottage Grove
featured the 4th seed Eagan (18-2-1) against 5AA champion Centennial (15-2-2). This year's is the
first State tournament appearance for Centennial while Eagan has participated 3 times before, but
not since 2001.
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Northfield 1-0 Elk River in overtime.
The Elk River Elks (12-4-3) took on the Northfield Raiders (13-4-3) in a rain soaked class 1A
Boys State Tournament quarterfinal game on Thursday evening at Hopkins HS. The match saw a number
of chances for both teams. Northfield broke down Elk Rivers defense a number of times turning
defenders for shots.
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