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Another young American attacking talent appears to be taking his game overseas.

According to a report out of Sweden, University of North Carolina forward Billy Schuler will sign with top-flight club Hammarby -- the team coached by former U.

What do we mean by "prehistoric"? We mean before FIFA adopted co-opted, some might say women's soccer a couple of decades ago, with its history seemingly dated to the 1990s. Though there has been some coverage of the pre-war era (especially the interesting focus put on Dick, Kerr Ladies), the period between the end of the Second World War and the fall of the Berlin Wall is patchily covered, at least to our knowledge (feel free to leave links to any good books, essays, papers etc in the comments).

On Saturday night, Kelyn Rowe put on his cheerleading hat as he watched the UCLA Women's Volleyball Team compete for the NCAA Championship against Illinois. OK, it wasn't actually a hat, but he was following the entire game, even during his interview with Zarek Valentin for an upcoming podcast. (Zarek gave his blessing, and even asked a couple questions .

Messi and Ronaldo. Guardiola and Mourinho. Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Anyway you slice it, El Clasico is the marquee match of the weekend and will command the eyes of soccer fans around the world. Real Madrid is currently in the driver's seat in La Liga, leading Barcelona by three points, placing added significance on a match that doesn't need any extra luster.

The last hope for a soccer title in 2011 for a Virginia based college was shut out Sunday after JMU was blanked by Connecticut 3-0 i NCAA Championship action.
Complete NCAA game recap here

The great season that University of Virginia women's soccer had came to an end with a 3-0 loss to Florida State in 2011 NCAA Championship play Friday.
Read game recap here.

Only one women soccer player with ties to Minnesota remains in the NCAA D1 Women's soccer tournament after this past weekend. Kassey Kallmans' (Woodbury, Minn., Woodbury HS) FSU will advance to the final 8 teams in the country who are vying for the national NCAA Championship after defeating the University of Louisville on Sunday, 2-0 as [.

What started as four teams from Virginia is now down to two after first round NCAA Championship action Thursday night.
- No. 21 Old Dominion won a thrilling opening round game of the 2011 NCAA Tournament on a chilly Thursday night at the ODU Soccer Complex as they defeated the Liberty Flames 5-4 in penalty kicks to advance.

The 48-team field was announced for the 2011 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament, and as is the case every year, there were some surprises as well as some surprising omissions.

Here is how the field breaks down (seeded teams have first-round byes:

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(1) North Carolina vs 1st-round winner of Elon vs.

The 2011 NCAA men's soccer season is set to kick off this weekend, meaning another year of exciting action across the country featuring future pro stars who could eventually play key roles for the U.S. men's national team.

Defending champion Akron lost most of its top players to MLS last year, but the Zips still head into the new season as one of the leading candidates to lift the NCAA championship trophy again in December.

The 19th ranked University of Denver men's soccer team received another preseason recognition on Monday, this time on an individual level.

Senior midfielder Jarod Stigall was listed at No. 30 in Top Drawer Soccer's Preseason Top 100 Upperclassman list.

"This is a nice honor for Jarod, as well as his teammates that have helped him along the way," head coach Bobby Muuss said.

Gabe Genovesi (Mequon Homestead) has gone from being a two-sport athlete to a one-sport athlete.

Genovesi recently left the Akron men's soccer program – which won the NCAA championship last season – and will instead focus on his career with the Zips' track and field team.

Scott Lamphear's career with the University of Wisconsin men's soccer team was like no other.

The defender is one of two All-Americans in program history, made the All-Big Ten Conference first team three times, is one of four men's soccer players to be UW's annual Big Ten Medal of Honor winner and was the co-captain of the 1995 team that won the program's lone NCAA championship.

The University of Denver men's soccer team will host College Soccer Saturday, featuring the Pioneers, Tulsa, New Mexico and Creighton, all of which played in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium on April 9.

DU will take on Tulsa under the lights at 7 p.m. The Pioneers won the 2010 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were edged 1-0 by UC Santa Barbara in double overtime during the first round.

DURHAM, N.C.-Former Duke University men's soccer head coach John Rennie will be honored for his success in and service to the game of soccer when he is inducted into the North Carolina Hall of Fame on Jan. 22. The longtime coach led Duke to the school's first NCAA title in any sport when the Blue Devils captured the 1986 NCAA Championship.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE - Former Cavalier goalkeeper and 2009 ACC Tournament and NCAA College Cup Most Valuable Player Diego Restrepo has signed a multi-year contract to play professional soccer for Colombia's America de Cali.
"I'm very excited to join America de Cali, one of the most historic clubs both in Colombia and in South American soccer," Restrepo said.

Major League Soccer's annual draft unfolds tomorrow. There will be game changers taken early who will meet expectations, there will be a few busts to giggle about and there will surely be solid role players aplenty plucked from the college and amateur ranks. Nothing new there.

But something is likely to happen tomorrow that is unprecedented in MLS draft history.

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Philadelphia's Danny Mwanga, the top pick in last year's draft, certainly showed that a top MLS draft pick could be a game-changer in 2010.