WVHooligan 16 November @ 02:47 PM EST
Union Home Kit.
Things are coming along very nicely in Chester, PA currently for Major League Soccer's newest
expansion club. Since my last update back in September, the stadium has come on leaps and bounds
with being close to 50% complete, open tryouts in New Jersey have just taken place, the home kit
has just been shown to the public officially with the jerseys making their way to retail stores by
the end of this week and the first three opponents of the Union have been announced.
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WVHooligan 15 October @ 10:41 AM EST
After a couple weeks of wondering when Toronto FC would get their home opener announced for next
season, the club came out today and announced the date and their opponent. The Reds will open the
home portion of the 2010 MLS season on Saturday, April 17 against the expansion Philadelphia Union
on their new natural grass field at BMO Field.
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For the second straight year, we will play host to an expansion side in our home opener. Our 2010
home opener will be on April 17 against Philadelphia Union, on a nice and new grass surface. I find
the timing of the announcement a little odd, given the fact that we are nearing the end of a very,
very tight playoff race.
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The Denver Dynamite has announced its Webcast schedule for the 2009-10 season and has introduced
Iain Bryant as the voice of the team.
For the first time, the Denver Dynamite Web site will carry a minimum of nine games 2009-10,
beginning with the home opener November 14 against the San Diego Sockers at the Bladium in
Denver.
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Thirty-two minutes into the Fire's 2009 home opener against the New York Red Bulls, Fire
midfielder Marco Pappa lit up a windswept, rain soaked Toyota Park crowd when he smashed a 20 yard
half volley off the post and into the back of the net. Pappa's goal - which would prove to be the
game winner - set the tone for a fantastic start to his 2009 campaign, and gave fans hope that the
21-year-old Guatemalan would emerge as the Fire's next big-time offensive threat.
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As I sit here watching the first game of the "weekend' - U.S.-Korea at the U-20 World Cup on
ESPN2, BTW and reshown on Galavision at 4 p.m. - I was struck by the paucity of quality games on
the tube this weekend (Liverpool-Chelsea at 8 a.m. Sunday on Fox Soccer Channel excepted).
Fox Soccer Channel is showing San Jose-New York on Saturday, for instance, on a weekend fraught
with playoff implications.
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Some of you professional indoor soccer indoor fans might be considering making the occasional trek
to our neighbors to the northwest, the Rockford Rampage, since the Chicago Storm are officially on
hiatus. The Rampage listed on their Twitter page Monday afternoon that the team's home opener will
take place at 7:35 p.
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For those that hadn't seen my twitter post earlier today (BTW, twitter is currently the best way to
follow this blog in regards to breaking news on the Wizards), the Wizards season opener for 2010
has been released. KC once again opens the season at home, this time against DC again on March 27th
at 7:30pm at CAB.
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Claudio Lopez scored his first goal in a Wizards uniform in his first-ever game last year against
DCU in the season opener at CAB.
That's right, as most of you have seen by now, we will host D.C. United next year for our home
opener (which is also the season opener). The game will be played Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 7:30
p.
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Match Fit USA 21 September @ 03:26 PM EST
By now you've probably heard the news that Major League Soccer and the Philadelphia Union are
looking into alternative venues for the expansion side to play their inaugural home opener; with
the...
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Following their 1-0 win at San Juan Jabloteh on Sept 15th, the guys have been resting up,
practicing, and hopefully getting some tactical and finishing work in before their next game on
Thursday, against Marathon. I've been doing much of the same, save for the practicing or working on
my finishing.
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MLS Daily 17 September @ 04:02 PM EST
Confirming a report made by the Wasington Post's Steven Goff on Wednesday, Philadelphia Union
president Tom Veit acknowledged this morning that the club may end up playing their first-ever
league game in a venue other than the 18,500-seat stadium that is currently being built for them in
Chester. Instead, there is a possibility that the team will kick off their first season in the
league at 68,000-seat Lincoln Financial Field, home of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles.
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MLS will take a break during the opening round of next summer's FIFA World Cup.
Next season, MLS will take a break during the opening round of the FIFA World Cup for the first
time in League history. Take a look at the press release below from MLS regarding the details of
next year's schedule:
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced today that for the first time in its history,
MLS will not play League games during the group phase of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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MLS Daily 16 September @ 04:15 PM EST
Major League Soccer officials have announced this afternoon their decision to schedule a league
break during the group phase of the 2010 FIFA World Cup next summer, marking the first time it has
done so in its 14-year history. The move comes in response to constant criticism of the league's
policy of scheduling games on FIFA-recognized international dates and during tournaments, such as
the Gold Cup, Confederations Cup and World Cup.
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Well, for the group stage anyway and by the end of that phase the U.S. should be done, no? Two
weeks off is a huge improvement.
Good to see the MLS suits finally grab a clue.
Now, if they could only have one league division.
Here's today's press release with the details:
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced today that for the first time in
its history, MLS will not play League games during the group phase of the 2010 FIFA World
Cup.
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The European calendar resumes after an exciting break featuring World Cup qualifiers all over the
world. Week 2 of La Liga witnessed the two powers playing on Saturday to give them an extra days
rest before their midweek Champions League matches. Barcelona defeated Getafe on the road 2-0 with
goals by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and 2nd half sub Lionel Messi.
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Toronto FC fan favourite Danny Dichio has called time on his playing career. The man is Toronto
FC's first real "legend". Possibly my favourite memory so far at BMO Field happened at 23:13 in our
match against the Chicago Fire on May 12, 2007.
He's an English journeyman, having spent time at QPR, Sunderland, Millwall, and Preston Northend.
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The St Leo women (0-0-1) finally have a result to put in the books tonight. It took 110 minutes,
but finally the Lions finished a match after tying Armstrong Atlantic (3-1-1). St Leo had their
first game of the year called before it became an official result and then cancelled two matches
due to swine flu concerns.
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The Madison Area Technical College men's soccer team got off to a quick start in its home
opener...
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Tyler Lassiter scored twice and Chrystel Bakong and Ronnie Bouemboue added goals as North
Carolina State shut out the University of Denver on Friday at the Duke/Nike Classic in Durham,
N.C.
Lassiter scored at the 40-minute mark off a corner kick and added a second goal 60 minutes into
the game.
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Missouri Southern Lions 2
Rockhurst Hawks 1
Michelle Dimza received a pass in a crowd from Jentri White and turned and launched a shot into the
net to lead the Missouri Southern Lions to a dramatic, 2-1 overtime win over the Rockhurst Hawks in
their 2009 home opener at Fred Hughes Stadium.
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All of the top European leagues are underway in the 2009-10 season as La Liga just opened their
season this past weekend.In England, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are on top with a perfect 4-0-0
record while Man City is not far behind at 3-0-0 with a match in hand. Portsmouth and Bolton remain
the only teams with no points on the season.
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When: Today 5pm
Where: Webber Campus, Babson Park, FL
The St Leo University women open their regular season schedule this afternoon by taking a little
trip over to Polk County to take on Webber International University. The two schools met last
season at University Field and and the Lions defeated Webber 3-1.
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Drury Panthers 3
Newman Jets 0
The Panther's showed off their high-powered offense this evening in their home opener against
Newman (Wichita, KS), winning courtesy of Micah Whorton's hat trick. While the Jets were able to
defeat the Panthers 3-2 at home last year, this years Panther's squad appears to have a chip on
it's shoulder that should help them avoid those upsets this year.
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Drury Panthers 3
Newman Jets 0
The Panther's showed off their high-powered offense this evening in their home opener against
Newman (Wichita, KS), winning courtesy of Micah Whorton's hat trick. While the Jets were able to
defeat the Panthers 3-2 at home last year, this years Panther's squad appears to have a chip on
it's shoulder that should help them avoid those upsets this year.
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Fresh off a 4-2 victory at Truman State to open the season on Friday, the Drury men's soccer
Panthers will play their home opener when Newman visits Harrison Stadium for a 7 p.m. match
Sunday.
Newman, which will be opening its season Sunday against the Panthers, defeated Drury 3-2 in
Wichita, Kan.
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Fresh off a 4-2 victory at Truman State to open the season on Friday, the Drury men's soccer
Panthers will play their home opener when Newman visits Harrison Stadium for a 7 p.m. match
Sunday.
Newman, which will be opening its season Sunday against the Panthers, defeated Drury 3-2 in
Wichita, Kan.
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On a rainy Thursday evening, both USF and UT men's teams were able to win at home as the collegiate
season is now in full swing with two games tonight and two women's matches Friday.
USF handled Stetson 3-0 in the Bulls' last exhibition match, in front of 430 supporters, before
starting the regular season next Tuesday against UCF.
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Port 23 August @ 04:24 PM EST
Porto has won their home opener defeating a nine man Nacional 3-0. Falcao opened the scoring for
Porto from the penalty area after Nacional's Clebao received his second yellow card of the game on
a hand ball in the box. Nacional's Cleber then was next to be sent off in the 65th minute and Porto
pushed forward against the short manned Madeira squad and Rolando scored off a set piece before
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At half time of Minnesota Golden Gophers home opener at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Stadium on
Friday evening, Cat Parkhill, freshman starting goalkeeper for the team, was honored in a
ceremony.
The presentation in front of 987 home fans honored Parkhill for being the first Golden Gopher in
history of the Minnesota Soccer program to play in International competition.
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Photo By Jeremy Olson - www.digitalgopher.net
At half time of Minnesota Golden Gophers home opener at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Stadium on
Friday evening, Cat Parkhill, freshman starting goalkeeper for the team, was honored in a
ceremony.
The presentation in front of 987 home fans honored Parkhill for being the first Golden Gopher in
history of the Minnesota Soccer program to play in International competition.
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There's no accurate comparison in the U.S. to the European system of promotion and relegation, but
consider this theoretical scenario. The University of Chicago, a founding member of the Big Ten,
revives its long dormant college football program, works its way up through Division III and
Division II, and eventually returns to Division I-A status.
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Cody Thorn of the Neosho Daily News visited with Head Coach Brad Smith in advance of today's
home opener for the Roughriders and fills us in on the new facility the Roughriders will be playing
in as well.
The new Crowder soccer field will make its debut today when Crowder hosts Allen County Community
College at 4 p.
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