Boys soccer player of the year: Aiman Ginawi

BurlingtonFreePress.comBoys soccer player of the year: Aiman GinawiBurlingtonFreePress.comThe night before South Burlington hosted St. Johnsbury in the Division I boys soccer quarterfinals, Aiman Ginawi ran a 101-degree fever. He hadn't practiced for two days. Feeling no better the morning of the game, he told coach David Martin he wouldn't ...

Valley teen already reaching impressive soccer goals

The Desert SunValley teen already reaching impressive soccer goalsThe Desert SunHe now takes trips to San Diego with his parents to play with the prestigious San Diego Soccer Club Academy, which will participate in the U.S. Youth Soccer National League Tournament, also known as the “Little World Cup.” The tournament begins in ...

Girls soccer player of the year: Paige DuBrul

BurlingtonFreePress.comGirls soccer player of the year: Paige DuBrulBurlingtonFreePress.com... playmaker — she is the lone constant in the Redhawks' current four-year reign in Division I and driving force for their 44-game winning streak. And DuBrul can add one more accolade to her decorated resume: The Free Press' girls soccer player of ...

Boys soccer: Aidan Sim

St. Cloud TimesBoys soccer: Aidan Sim-Campos is Player of the YearSt. Cloud TimesThe key to Aidan Sim-Campos' season was corralling his great passion for the game by controlling his notorious temper. The positives associated with his soccer passion outweighed his anger when things didn't go his way. It helped Sim-Campos lead St.

New law brings new rules for soccer goals

The Journal News | LoHud.comNew law brings new rules for soccer goalsThe Journal News | LoHud.comALBANY – A regulation soccer goal is 8 feet tall, 24 feet wide and can weigh a few hundred pounds. And soon, state law will require it to be anchored into the ground while in use. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill late last week that requires the state ...

New Indian Soccer League Tries Glamour Approach

New York TimesNew Indian Soccer League Tries Glamour ApproachNew York TimesNEW DELHI, India — Indian soccer fans still sometimes dream of an alternate reality, one where their sport, and not cricket, is the national obsession. Domestic soccer is a niche game here, largely starved of funds and facilities and forgotten by most ...

McGuire

Minneapolis Star TribuneMcGuire-Pohlad soccer group gets powerful supporterMinneapolis Star TribuneThough Opat has said little publicly of Hennepin County's potential involvement regarding soccer, he led the push for the county's controversial $350 million public subsidy package for Target Field, the four-year-old home of the Twins that cost a total ...

Hundreds honor Nathan Clark, teen soccer player fatally shot at hotel

myfox8.comHundreds honor Nathan Clark, teen soccer player fatally shot at hotelmyfox8.comScott Wollaston, executive director of Twin City, said friends, family and the soccer community have been struggling to come to terms this week with an immeasurable loss. They wanted to do something, he said, to honor Nathan – who played for Twin City ...

Research Ties Soccer Performance to Facial Breadth

Wall Street JournalResearch Ties Soccer Performance to Facial BreadthWall Street JournalOverall, the soccer-player study showed no great correlation between performance and facial ratio. But a look at the more offense- oriented soccer positions told a different story. Among forwards, whose job is to attack and score, FWHR predicted more ...

Davis soccer players face punishment from district, CIF

KCRA SacramentoDavis soccer players face punishment from district, CIFKCRA SacramentoChristopher Bruno/SXC. At Saturday's section title game between the high school soccer teams of Davis and Oak Ridge, several players got upset at the referee for not making a "hands on" call against an Oak Ridge player in the final few minutes of the game.

Soccer|US Soccer Plans Review of Youth Programs to Try to Close ...

New York TimesSoccer|US Soccer Plans Review of Youth Programs to Try to Close ...New York TimesIt is a particularly vexing reality, too: While the United States has found ways to churn out top athletes in international sports such as swimming and gymnastics and bobsled and figure skating, why has it been unable to produce a truly global soccer star?

Jurgen Klinsmann, Back in London, Sees Exhibition as Important Test for US ...

New York TimesJurgen Klinsmann, Back in London, Sees Exhibition as Important Test for US ...New York TimesHe stirred controversy recently with remarks that some American soccer officials interpreted as disparaging of his own players and especially of the quality of play in Major League Soccer, at least compared with the top European leagues. Meeting ...

One Man's Controversial Twitter Quest To Save American Soccer

VICEOne Man's Controversial Twitter Quest To Save American SoccerVICEMajor League Soccer (MLS) and U.S. Federation officials have blocked his Twitter account. Journalists have told me privately that they've considered legal action against him for libel, usually after grumbling that writing a story about him will only ...

Longtime Franklin soccer coach released

The TennesseanLongtime Franklin soccer coach releasedThe Tennessean"Coach Burchett's record stands for itself," Ruth said. "He's been a phenomenal asset to Franklin High School, we just feel like it's time to take the program in another direction. We just appreciate all that he's done for the girls soccer program over ...

Argentina, Soccer's Feeder System, Feels Talent Drain at Home

New York TimesArgentina, Soccer's Feeder System, Feels Talent Drain at HomeNew York TimesBut those successes mask the poverty of domestic soccer here, where financial scandals, crowd trouble and the lure of riches abroad have fueled a talent exodus that has left Argentine fans fewer and fewer chances to cheer their favorite players. Most ...

Hockey|Ottawa Senators Are Welcoming an NHL Crowd in Soccer's Image

New York TimesHockey|Ottawa Senators Are Welcoming an NHL Crowd in Soccer's ImageNew York TimesThe raucous proceedings, taking place under the watchful gaze of club employees, are believed to be the first team-supported attempt to foster the atmosphere of an avid soccer crowd in the N.H.L. If it catches on, the Senators' arena will feel less ...

Soccer's Revs are hot, but no new stadium in sight

Boston GlobeSoccer's Revs are hot, but no new stadium in sightBoston GlobeEight years after the Revs declared their intent to move out of cavernous Gillette Stadium in Foxborough and build a soccer-specific arena in an urban location, the project is not much closer to reality than it was in 2006, despite the current momentum ...

Greece Athena wins Class A1 boys soccer title

Rochester Democrat and ChronicleGreece Athena wins Class A1 boys soccer titleRochester Democrat and ChronicleSPENCERPORT – Mike Butler hasn't even been on the job as coach of the Greece Athena boys soccer team for three months, but that turned out to be all the time he needed to lead the Trojans to a Section V title. With first-half goals from Ryan Lindeman ...