The Revolution selected four collegians during Tuesday's Supplemental Draft, which was held via
conference call.
Foward Dawyne Smith (Bethel University), midfielder Alec Purdie (Indiana), defender Kevin Garcia
(Villanova) and forward Mike Roach (St. Louis) all had their names called by the Revolution brain
trust.
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Union
Danny Califf and Sebastien Le Toux both agree that the hope among the players is that there will
not be as much player movement in the closed season. Le Toux said, "I hope with the good result we
got this year, we'll get most of the guys back and move on and continue.
By JOHN BOSCHINI
There's still a week to go until the brackets for the 2011 NCAA Tournament are revealed but
several teams have already seen their postseason hopes extinguished.
Only four teams remain in the Big East Tournament as Connecticut, Louisville, St.
The strongest conference in college soccer will begin the path toward crowning its champion
today as the Big East Tournament kicks off and a half dozen nationally-ranked teams do battle for
the crown currently held by Louisville.
South Florida enters as the favorite, with pre-season favorites Louisville and UConn being
forced to take longer roads to the semifinals after enduring some disappointing results.
Virginia Tech celebrates their big win over UNC. (Photo via Hokiesports.com)
You can tell it is early in the season because change keeps taking place. College soccer this
week will have a new number one after UNC fell over the weekend at Virginia Tech. Last year we only
had two teams grace the top of the rankings, this year it seems to be a curse to have the big
target on your back.
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Then you had results like New York tying an expansion club at home, the Philadelphia Union
extending their unless run against an expansion team at home and the San Jose Earthquakes snapping
their long winless streak thanks to last year's Golden Boot winner Chris Wondolowski.
Aquí pueden ver los goles de esta final (clic) , pero de lo que se habla mas es de la pelea y
los desplantes (por decirlo de alguna manera) del especial Jose Mourinho.
Como ya lo dije antes el villano perfecto de cualquier pelicula incluso una de Santiago Segura es
con seguridad absoluta el portugues Jose Mourinho.
En un dia en el cual casi nadie pudo ver el partido en vivo en México por ser un juego de
transmisión pago por evento, muchos se perdieron de un juego lleno de bronca y polemica de
principio a fin.
En resumen los goles del Real Madrid son circunstanciales y los del Barcelona de una manufactura
excelsa en las tres ocasiones que el balón beso las redes.
Barcelona beat Real Madrid in Spain's Supercup on Wednesday, 3-2, with a 5-4 aggregate. Real Madrid
Coach Jose Mourinho showed him self to be a bit of soar loser when he pinched the ear/neck of
Barcelona Assistant Coach Villanova:
Here's bonus video from today's match, Messi's brace, gotta love Ray Hudson's reaction:
Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty ImagesBarcelona beat Real Madrid in Spain's Supercup on Wednesday, 3-2, with a 5-4 aggregate. Real Madrid
Coach Jose Mourinho showed him self to be a bit of soar loser when he gouged the eye of Barcelona
Assistant Coach Villanova following the dust-up that occurred after Marcelo picked up a red card
for a tackle on Barcelona's newest player, Cesc Fabregas.
The Union announced yesterday that Carlos Valdes will be eligible to play against Dallas FC
Saturday. The absurd yellow card he received against Houston was supposed to lead to a
suspension.
Michasel Orozco-Fiscal says he is happy to be back in Philly, even if it's just to train with
the US National team.
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Union
The Union are surely feeling the effects of their performance over the last two games, earning
only one point out of six. If they are in need of a boost, the news that the Union have acquired
the full rights to Carlos Valdes, who was on loan from Independiente Sante Fe, just might do the
trick.
Villanova announced yesterday that their women's soccer will play Penn at PPL Park on September
9 at 7:00 pm.
"It is... a terrific opportunity to promote women's soccer here in the Philadelphia area,
especially having a WPS franchise, the Independence, in the area and after a World Cup performance
by our women's national team that really caught the public's attention," Villanova head coach John
Byford told Villanova.
November 19 might prove to be more than just the jumping off point for annual rivalry games at
PPL Park between Villanova and Delaware.
According to the Delaware Online, Villanova is looking at the game as a possible jumping off
point for their possible conference move.
Villanova coach Andy Talley called the Nov.
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Union
Marc Narducci writes on the fact that teams seem content to come to PPL to play for a draw given
the effectiveness of the Union's backline. "It's a tactic and the way they chose to play, and you
have to respect that," Faryd Mondragon told Narducci. "Our job is to try to get the solution and
find a way to break all these defensive tactics.
The Philly Soccer Page " Player ratings and analysis: Union 1-1 Sounders
Sigi Schmidt was happy with the result. That says it all. MLS is not afraid of PPL Park. Confused?
Yes. But not scared.
An Open Letter to Everyone Who Went to the Seattle Game | Philly Union Talk
A note of praise to everyone who came home from PPL and had to wring stuff out.
The Philly Soccer Page » Player ratings and analysis from Union win
After his team shut down the highly rated offense of the rival New York Red Bulls, Peter Nowak was
asked whether he was worried by the low number of chances his offense created.
An Open Letter To PPL Security | Philly Union Talk
Despite the occasional minor disagreement, we love PPL's other boys (and girls) in blue (and
yellow), the security team.
There are really three purposes for substitutions - injury, general fitness, protecting the
lead, or making a comeback. For injury the bench needs a few guys that can play in multiple roles.
Roger Levesque seems to be turning into one of those guys for the 2011 Sounders. General fitness
comes into play when guys are just tired and so a one for one swap is used.
