TCF Bank Stadium first: Grass surface being installed for soccer match

Minneapolis Star TribuneTCF Bank Stadium first: Grass surface being installed for soccer matchMinneapolis Star TribuneIn a TCF Bank Stadium first, the playing surface is in the midst of changing over from artificial turf to grass ahead of two soccer matches this weekend, one pitting two top-flight teams from Europe. The Minnesota Gophers have been playing exclusively ...

For three FCKC players, playing for the hometown soccer club is surreal

Kansas City StarFor three FCKC players, playing for the hometown soccer club is surrealKansas City StarAs a high school soccer player at Lee's Summit North, Marlborough, 23, recorded 232 goals in four years, breaking a Missouri state record. After playing her first three years of college soccer at Nebraska, she transferred to Santa Clara for her final year.

Freshman forward Jazmarie Mader figures big into ASU soccer plans

azcentral.comFreshman forward Jazmarie Mader figures big into ASU soccer plansazcentral.comThat she will at minimum help to fill the hole created on the Arizona State soccer front line by the departure of Devin Marshall, eighth in career goals (22), tied for sixth in game-winning goals (7) and ninth in points (55). For now, with ASU's first ...

Tiny Soccer Club Promoted to Take On Spain's Giants

New York TimesTiny Soccer Club Promoted to Take On Spain's GiantsNew York TimesSoon, however, these star players will discover the challenge of playing at Ipurúa, a hillside stadium with just 5,250 seats that is home to Eibar, the new kid on the block in Spanish soccer. It has required more than just victories for tiny Eibar to ...

Soccer Is on a Roll in America but Not Everyone Is Happy

NewsweekSoccer Is on a Roll in America but Not Everyone Is HappyNewsweekThen Sean Hannity, of Fox News, waded in by saying that soccer was boring, while others branded the world's most popular game as a liberal invention that smacks of socialism and is mainly played by immigrants, possibly some of them living illegally in ...

When Soccer Trumps Solar

ForbesWhen Soccer Trumps SolarForbesAt the InterSolar conference held in San Francisco a week ago an interesting phenomenon was taking place. The World Cup soccer tournament finals overlapped the show. (Note that just by calling it “soccer” rather than “football” I have immediately ...

'Soccer is a language in itself'

NCAA.com'Soccer is a language in itself'NCAA.com"I have always wanted to study abroad, so this seemed perfect," Morgan said. "All three of us could go, it wasn't too long, we heard great things from other students who went previously, it didn't take away from soccer or school and we have always ...

British soccer star poised to join NY team once mocked Americans after 9/11 ...

New York Daily NewsBritish soccer star poised to join NY team once mocked Americans after 9/11 ...New York Daily NewsA British soccer star poised to ink a deal to play in New York City once got in trouble for mocking grieving Americans after the 9/11 attacks. Frank Lampard, 36, is reportedly in negotiations to join the New York City FC Major League Soccer team, which ...

Pro Soccer Player Holds Clinic In Columbia

WLTX.comPro Soccer Player Holds Clinic In ColumbiaWLTX.comEven after the U.S. lost in the World Cup, soccer fever still hasn't peaked. An international soccer star came to Columbia to help some young players improve their game. 12-year-old Kyle Dudley has been playing soccer for six years and knows the ...

After the Beauty of Soccer Comes the Heathen Season

New York TimesAfter the Beauty of Soccer Comes the Heathen SeasonNew York TimesN.F.L. training camps open this week. With that summer ritual, the eagerly awaited heathen season is upon us. N.F.L. football is back. For casual soccer fans, the World Cup was an intriguing spaceholder. Great theater. In fact, soccer offers much ...

2014 All

The State2014 All-Area Boys Soccer: Torres heads above the rest as Player of Year; BA's ...The StateThat combination of incisive, spellbinding individuality and selflessness was enough to draw the praise of area coaches and earn Torres recognition as The Beaufort Gazette and The Island Packet's All-Area Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Torres excels ...

Fair Grove dedicates soccer field to deceased 11

KY3Fair Grove dedicates soccer field to deceased 11-year-old boyKY3He just loved playing soccer," Highfill said. On Friday, the Fair Grove community payed tribute to the enthusiastic goalie. Fair Grove dedicated the town's soccer field to Jesse Highfill - so he can always be on the soccer field that he loved. "For ...

In Qatar's Bid for Soccer Respect, Big Bankroll and Imported Talent

New York TimesIn Qatar's Bid for Soccer Respect, Big Bankroll and Imported TalentNew York TimesDOHA, Qatar — A little more than a decade ago, Andreas Bleicher, then a director of one of Germany's Olympic training centers, arrived in the tiny gulf nation of Qatar, wooed there by its royal family to help turn the hopeless national soccer program ...

Brooklyn soccer whiz, 14, moves to Spain for competitive youth academy, coach ...

New York Daily NewsBrooklyn soccer whiz, 14, moves to Spain for competitive youth academy, coach ...New York Daily NewsThe next Lionel Messi just might be from Brooklyn. The family of 14-year-old Noah Leeds will soon move out of Park Slope for Spain, where the teen expects to play with some of the world's premiere soccer prospects at F.C. Sevilla's youth academy. The ...

So much crying: Brazil fans weep after World Cup thrashing by Germany

SFGate (blog)So much crying: Brazil fans weep after World Cup thrashing by GermanySFGate (blog)Photo By Bruno Magalhaes/Associated Press. 1of37. A Brazilian soccer fan cries as she watches her team get beat during a live telecast of the semifinals World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Germany, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday, July 08, 2014.

The 5 Best And Worst Things About Soccer

ForbesThe 5 Best And Worst Things About SoccerForbesWith its compact schedule over a month, the World Cup exposes everything to like and dislike about soccer. I don't claim to be among the most ardent devotees to the game, but I started watching the World Cup in 1982, watched the WC extensively since ...

Brazil's Other Beautiful Games

New York TimesBrazil's Other Beautiful GamesNew York TimesThe World Cup does have many things — consuming attention, enthralling soccer and a carnival atmosphere — but it does not have beauty queens. In the Amazon rain forest, though, there is a tournament that is equal parts soccer and beauty pageant.

Next step for soccer organizers is to keep interest on US soil

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteNext step for soccer organizers is to keep interest on US soilPittsburgh Post-GazetteIt's a point that has been debated almost breathlessly since the U.S. men's soccer team's 2-1 loss to Belgium Tuesday in the World Cup knockout round: Were the World Cup's massive television ratings simply a product of fans looking to root on the red ...

Searching for No. 10: For US soccer to take next step on World Cup stage, it ...

New York Daily NewsSearching for No. 10: For US soccer to take next step on World Cup stage, it ...New York Daily NewsThey don't keep records for this, though maybe they should. The U.S. national team might have set some sort of all-time mark during its World Cup stay in Brazil by not fielding a No. 10 player for 390 straight minutes in any of its four matches. This ...

World Cup: What Now for America and Soccer?

Wall Street JournalWorld Cup: What Now for America and Soccer?Wall Street JournalIt means creating a culture where kids have a soccer ball at their feet in every spare moment—at lunchtime in the schoolyard, after school in the park, in organized practices but, just as importantly, in pickup games in the playground, where true ...

Five 'soccer' moments in baseball

ESPNFive 'soccer' moments in baseballESPNBecause baseball relies so much on the hands -- gripping the ball, throwing the ball, catching the ball -- it doesn't have much in common with soccer, apart from 1-0 scores if Clayton Kershaw is pitching or the Padres are batting. But with the U.S ...