The University of Mary Washington women's soccer team used the strength of two second half goals in
defeating Catholic University, 2-0, on Saturday at the Battleground. The Eagles improve to 3-0 on
the season.
After a scoreless first half, UMW scored at 47:54 on a penalty kick from freshman Adrian Newcomb.
Herculez Gomez got one step closer to assuring himself of receiving a call-up for the U.S. men's
national team's friendly with Mexico later this month, scoring his second goal in the early parts
of the Mexican Apertura on Friday night.
Gomez netted for the second time in the first three games of the season for Santos Laguna by
thundering home a header on a drawn up set piece in the 15th minute of their match against DaMarcus
Beasley and Puebla.
Once again back is the incredible - and not just because it'll distract you all from asking me
about the transfer scenes. Ahem... Lazio's Hernanes is a bad, bad man. Memphis Depay shows all the
footwork, rodeo skills and demolition derby agility in the world to add PSV Eindhoven's insurance
tally against Groningen.
Sacha Kljestan has scored in league play in MLS and Belgium, for the U.S. men's national team
and in the UEFA Europa League. He can now add UEFA Champions League goalscorer to his resume.
Kljestan scored the opening goal and assisted on the second tally in Anderlecht's 6-0 rout of
Lithuanian side Ekranas in a UCL third-qualifying-round match on Wednesday, a win that sealed an
11-0 aggregate victory and puts Anderlecht within one round of the UCL group stage.
The Rapids definitively needed a win and on Saturday night the team delivered a definitive
victory in eviscerating the Portland Timbers 3-0.
Colorado (7-8-1) scored early to take control and late to make it a rout in dismantle the
Timbers. Jaime Castrillon scored in the 18th minute and Conor Casey tallied four minutes later as
Oscar Pareja's offense finally showed signs of coming together.
What a difference a few days made for the Colorado Rapids and Portland Timbers.
After Portland stifled the Rapids with a 1-0 result at Jeld-Wen Field last Friday to put the
2010 MLS Cup winners in last place in the Western Conference, the Rapids bounced back with a
comprehensive 3-0 victory over the Timbers at Dick's Sporting Goods Park Wednesday night.
The Chicago Fire Reserves defeated the Colorado Rapids Reserves by a score of 3-1 on a sunny
mid-August afternoon at the Toyota Park practice field today. Much like the first team, the
reserves conceded the first goal before retaliating with three unanswered goals from Daniel
Paladini, Dominic Oduro, and Victor Pineda.
Reynolds' Late 2OT Score Lifts UMW Women's Soccer to 5-4 win in 2012 Opener Junior Erin Reynolds
scored her second goal of the day with just 36 seconds remaining in the second overtime to lift the
University of Mary Washington women's soccer team to a 5-4 win at Bridgewater College in both
teams' season opener on Friday afternoon.
Benny Feilhaber returned to form out on the left during Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Crew.
Feilhaber assisted on Jerry Bengtson's 23rd minute tally. (Photo: Kari
Heistad/CapturedImages.biz)
One-goal games.
It's often said that good teams prevail in one-goal games. That, somehow, whether it's squeezing
out the lone goal of a 1-0 win, or grabbing the game-winner in an offensive outburst, good teams,
more often than not, come out on top.
With SønderjyskE midfielder Conor O'Brien grabbing his side's lone goal in a 2-1 loss against
Odense BK, that brings the American strike tally to nine for the "weekend" round. His second goal
of the young season cut the away lead in half, but there was to be no complete rally. Clip search
underway.
Swansea City 2-2 Sunderland Premier League 1st September 2012
Steven Fletcher celebrated his debut for Sunderland with a fine brace which would ultimately
earn the Black Cats a creditable share of the points at the Liberty Stadium.
Goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni is no stranger to finding the net, having scored more than 100 career
goals. But he's more accustomed to blasting in free-kicks and penalties at the other end of the
pitch than scoring embarrassing own goals. On this occasion the goal won't be added to his tally
after he got a punch [.
Title holders Germany are through to the next round of the U-20 Women's World Cup and boy, oh
boy, will they be facing an opponent worthy of the final match-up itself : Japan! The
German girls thrashed Norway 4-0 in Saitama, a squad that has been trying to replicate their 1995
Women's World Cup success for more than a decade.
Neymar takes his instructions to 'crush South Korea' a little too literally
Despite a brief period of early South Korean dominance and a largely crap first half, Brazil
more or less sauntered through to the Olympic final with a comfortable 3-0 win at Old Trafford
courtesy of a goal from Romulo and a second-half double from Leandro Damiao who now sits pretty at
the top of the scoring charts having taken his tournament tally to six.
Neymar takes his instructions to 'crush South Korea' a little too literally
Despite a brief period of early South Korean dominance and a largely crap first half, Brazil
more or less sauntered through to the Olympic final with a comfortable 3-0 win at Old Trafford
courtesy of a goal from Romulo and a second-half double from Leandro Damiao who now sits pretty at
the top of the scoring charts having taken his tournament tally to six.
The final weekend of almost every regular season has its share of drama, and the USL Pro's
season finale was no different as two teams snuck into the playoffs while another saw its
postseason hopes vanish.
The Harrisburg City Islanders and the Wilmington Hammerheads booked the final two spots in the
postseason and the Charlotte Eagles fell out of sixth place and the playoff picture by losing on
Sunday.
DOOP. That's the Philadelphia Union fan thing. I know, I know - It's silly. They play that
horrible Doop, Doop, Doop song at their stadium, to no end, and they bombard Twitter with the #DOOP
hash-tag. I got one for you, Doop boys! Wait for it, wait for it... #COOP!!!
On a night when Vancouver Whitecaps rookie Darren Mattocks served notice that he has every
intention of being the MLS Rookie of the Year this season, it was a seasoned veteran who stole the
show late.
Terry Dunfield punished the team that traded him away a year ago, scoring a stoppage-time winner
to give Toronto FC a 3-2 victory over the Whitecaps at BMO Field on Wednesday.
Rapid Vienna waited until the waning minutes of the second leg to salvage their Europa League
campaign, thanks to an extra time penalty from Dani Alar and an insurance tally from Terrence Boyd.
The visiting Austrianers triumphed decisively in the Viennese derby on Sunday afternoon, thanks to
a one-two from Roman Kienast, and an insurance tally from Tomas Simkovic.
Nails were bitten to the quick. Voices hoarse from yelling. Heart palpitations no doubt sent
soccer fans reaching for their chests. The United States vs. Canada women's soccer semifinal in
Manchester, England on Monday was about as thrilling as a match could be.
In the end, after two overtime periods, Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) scored in the 123rd minute
to lift the US to a 4-3 win over their neighbors to the north.
Britain's womanhoods's soccer squad, who act component in the first act of the Olympic Games when
they compete New Zealand in Cardiff next Wednesday, forced 0-0 with Sweden in their first
prescribed tally at the Riverside Stadium on Friday.
New Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is looking to strengthen the club's attacking options for the
upcoming season and is believed to have earmarked young Belgian winger Dries Mertens for this
purpose.
The Belgian international moved from Utrecht to PSV Eindhoven last summer and stunned fans by
adjusting quickly to life at the Philips Stadion.
A slightly controversial headline today regarding Monsieur Balotelli from yours truly in
preparation for today's Euro 2012 final. This is something which has been on my mind for a while
but whether any of it is any true is entirely a different matter.
Anyway, firstly back to the game between the Germans and the assured Azzuri which was perhaps
provided one of the most surprising results of the tournament so far.
In the first half of Sunday's 1-1 draw with Seattle Sounders FC, FC Dallas midfielder Jackson
delivered another goal for his side, the equalizer after the visitors had gone ahead thanks to a
nice sequence from Seattle's Steve Zakuani and Mauro Rosales in the 20th minute. Jackson's tally
was clearly a case of him being in the right place at the right time and capitalizing on the
opportunity, something he's done quite well during his time with Dallas.
Josh Gatt has been a shining star for Molde FK this year, helping the Norwegian club in its
quest to repeat as league champions with six goals in the first six months of the Tippeligaen
campaign.
The U.S. Men's National Team forward scored two more goals today, both of the quality variety,
in AZ Alkmaar's 3-1 win against Heracles. That gives him four in two matches, and gives him an
outstanding start to the season.
Indeed, the time has come friends for us to say our goodbyes. If you follow us on Twitter, then
you're well aware of the news. If not, then hit the jump to get informed. We're not disappearing,
just moving locations of sorts. More, after the jump:
With just three weeks to go before the start of the season, one of the most surprising aspects of
this summer is the enhanced quality of the ‘out of work' list – a roster of players that can be
pondered with increasing incredulity here. In the past, the directory was populated with the kinds
of players one might expect – journeymen who had reached the end of their shelf life and eternal
fringe performers.
Men's Olympic soccer kicked off this morning, and Jerry Bengtson was in action with Honduras.
Los Catrachos faced off against Morocco in Group D action at Hampden Park and came away with a 2-2
draw, with both Honduras goals scored by our boy Jerry.
After Morocco opened the scoring in the 39th minute with a volley from Abdelaziz Barrada,
Honduras took over.
Those looking forward to seeing Reading-native Corey Hertzog re-take the field for New York will
have to wait a little longer. Last week, New York agreed to extend Hertzog's loan to Wilmington
until the end of the USL Pro season. Originally loaned for a one-month stint, Hertzog will now
appear in the Hammerhead kit at least until August 18 when Wilmington plays its last regular season
game.
