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Changing Atlanta’s youth… One soccer game at a time
 
Changing Atlanta’s youth… One soccer game at a time

Changing Atlanta’s youth… One soccer game at a time

Slowly but surely soccer is gaining popularity in the United States. But for Jason Longshore, and Soccer in the Streets it is a way of life. Over the past decade Longshore has gone from being a dedicated volunteer to an integral part of an organization that serves to the underprivileged youth of Atlanta. Soccer in the Street [...]

Real Salt Lake Takes The Cup

Real Salt Lake Takes The Cup

23 November 2009

Real Salt Lake defeated the L.A. Galaxy 5-4 in penalty kicks to win the 2009 MLS Cup in front of over 46,000 fans.  Real Salt Lake became just the second 8 seed to win the MLS Cup. The shootout win came in the 7th round of kicks when Robbie Russell found the back of [...]

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Mens NCAA Division 1 Tournament

Mens NCAA Division 1 Tournament

20 November 2009

#1 Akron Bracket: First Round – Stetson (14-3-2) at South Florida (13-3-3) South Florida 2-0 Stetson Second round – South Florida at #1 Akron (20-0-0) First Round – St. Mary’s (10-4-5) at Stanford (10-5-2) Stanford 3-0 St. Mary’s Second round – Stanford at #16 UC Irvine (15-6-0) First round – Green Bay (14-2-3) at Notre Dame (10-7-4) Notre Dame 2-1 Green Bay Second round [...]

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FIFA Denies Ireland’s Replay Effort

FIFA Denies Ireland’s Replay Effort

20 November 2009

It is official. Today, Ireland was denied by FIFA in their efforts to replay the match which sent France to the World Cup on a controversial hand ball by Thierry Henry. This was expected coming from FIFA, seeing that France was the ideal team to advance to the World Cup in their [...]

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Ireland Asks FIFA For Replay

Ireland Asks FIFA For Replay

19 November 2009

Following their 2-1 controversial loss in World Cup qualifying to France, Ireland’s soccer federation is asking FIFA for a replay of the match. France qualified for the World Cup after a blunder of errors by the referees allowed France to go up 2-1 in the first overtime session. Replay of the goal clearly [...]

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U.S. Finish 0-2 In Europe

U.S. Finish 0-2 In Europe

18 November 2009

As the U.S. national team looked for answers to fill out its squad for next summers World Cup in South Africa they performed extremely poorly with a make shift team. The U.S. went 0-2 in their two international friendlies against Slovakia and Denmark. For U.S. coach Bob Bradley this was a great test [...]

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Elizabeth Lambert Incident

Elizabeth Lambert Incident

18 November 2009

There is still controversy surrounding Elizabeth Lambert’s in game tirade that has resulted in a suspension for her and worldwide attention to the incidents that occurred. Lambert is a starting back on New Mexico which lost to BYU 1-0.  Lambert committed numerous hard fouls and everything was caught on tape. Here is a video that [...]

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Real Salt Lake to Face L.A. Galaxy For The Cup!

Real Salt Lake to Face L.A. Galaxy For The Cup!

16 November 2009

This past weekend the L.A. Galaxy and Real Salt Lake punched their ticket into the 2009 MLS Cup Final with exciting matches that were both decided in extra time. L.A. defeated the Houston Dynamo in extra time to win the Western Conference, while the Real Salt lake and Chicago Fire  game was decided with penalty [...]

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Should the U-17 Residency Program Be at Fault?

Should the U-17 Residency Program Be at Fault?

13 November 2009

With the poor showing recently at the U-17 World Cup, should the residency program be blamed?  The U.S. U-17’s went 2-2 in the tournament, getting ousted in the round of 16 by Italy 2-1.  Overall the performance of the squad has been up and down.  In the USA’s defense, they were facing players who are [...]

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USA Looks For Answers This Saturday

USA Looks For Answers This Saturday

12 November 2009

This Saturday Bob Bradley’s squad will face Slovakia in an International friendly in Bratislava.  With this being the first match for the U.S. since qualifying for the 2010 World Cup there are numerous questions to be answered due to recent injuries.  Bradley is in a tough spot now with Charlie Davies and Oguchi Onyewu out [...]

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German Star Goalkeeper Killed By Train

German Star Goalkeeper Killed By Train

10 November 2009

Germany has reported that star goalkeeper Robert Enke was killed late Tuesday night in Hannover.  Early reports from police are finding that Enke’s death will be ruled a suicide.  The train crossing where Enke was killed is not far from his home in Hannover. Enke was almost surely guaranteed a place on Germany’s squad for next [...]

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