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Wednesday, February 13 PRESIDENTIAL CLASSIC Great job at the FVAA Presidential Classic. Four well played, hard fought matches!
Monday, December 8 US U20 WNT TAKE GOLD AT THE WORLD CUP! The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team captured the 2008 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup Sunday with a 2-1 victory against Korea DPR. Sydney Leroux got the U.S. started early on, and Alex Morgan put away the game-winner late in the first half before Korea DPR inched back with just seconds remaining in second-half stoppage time. For their efforts, Leroux was awarded the Golden Boot and Golden Ball, Morgan was awarded the Bronze Boot and Silver Ball, Alyssa Naeher was named Best Goalkeeper and the U.S. received the Fair Play Award. Sunday, October 12 US MEN SECURE SPOT IN WORLD CUP QUALIFYING DaMarcus Beasley scored his first international goals in 16 months, Landon Donovan added his record 37th goal for the United States and the Americans breezed past Cuba into the final round of World Cup qualifying with unusual ease. “It’s never easy,” Donovan insisted after a 6-1 rout Saturday. But relatively speaking, it was. After Beasley scored the first two goals, Donovan and Brian Ching padded the lead early in the second. Jozy Altidore and Oguchi Onyewu added goals in garbage time as the U.S. won its sixth straight match. With two semifinal-round matches remaining, the Americans (4-0) already have secured a berth in next year’s six-nation finals of the North and Central American and Caribbean region. The top three teams in the finals qualify for the 2010 World Cup, and the No. 4 nation goes to a playoff against the fifth-place team in South America for another berth. Sunday, October 12 US MNT TV SCHEDULE You should take every opportunity to watch higher level soccer - high school or college or the Wilmnington Hammers in person or higher level matches on TV:
Monday, August 25 U.S. Women Win Olympic Gold! The U.S. Women’s Olympic Soccer Team put together a near perfect defensive performance to hold powerful Brazil scoreless for 120 minutes while getting a goal from Carli Lloyd just six minutes into overtime to record a historic 1-0 victory and earn the gold medal. This victory marked the third gold medal for the U.S. women in four Olympic Games. The USA also won gold in 1996 and 2004 while taking the silver in 2000. Saturday, August 16 US WNT HEADING TO THE SEMIS! A dramatic diving header goal from Natasha Kai in the 101st minute of overtime gave the U.S. Women’s Olympic Soccer Team a 2-1 victory against Canada and a berth to the semifinals of the 2008 Olympic Games. The U.S. will now face Japan in the semifinal match at Beijing Workers Stadium on Monday, Aug. 18 at 9 a.m. ET live on MSNBC, Universal HD and the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel. The USA defeated Japan just six days ago by a 1-0 score in Group G play. It was the second game of the Olympics for both teams. The U.S. had taken an early lead in the 12th minute on a goal from Angela Hucles, but less than 10 minutes later, sheets of rain starting falling, lightning cracked across the sky and thunder rolled through the stadium. The match was halted and delayed one hour and 39 minutes due to the lightning. The game picked up where it left off in the 21st minute, but nine minutes later Canada leveled the score at 1-1 on a 23-yard blast from captain Christine Sinclair. That score would stand until the Kai’s game-winner in the 101st minute. Monday, July 28 2008 WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER 2008 UNITED STATES OLYMPIC WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM
Sunday, April 13 US WOMEN BEAT CANADA IN OLYMPIC QUALIFYING FINAL Nicole Barnhart made a diving save on Brittany Timko's penalty kick to give the United States a 6-5 shootout victory over Canada on Saturday night in the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying final. The United States won the shootout after the teams finished regulation play tied 0-0, and 30 extra minutes tied 1-1. Barnhart stopped Timko after Heather O'Reilly gave the United States the lead. Carli Lloyd, Leslie Osborne, Abby Wambach, Angela Hucles and Christie Rampone also scored for the Americans in the tiebreaker. Kara Lang, Rhian Wilkinson, Christine Sinclair and Melissa Tancredi and Clare Rustad scored for Canada in the shootout. Sunday, April 6 Abby Wambach scores 3 goals to help US beat Jamaica 6-0 in CONCACAF Olympic qualifying Abby Wambach had three goals to lead the United States to a 6-0 victory over Jamaica on Friday night in its opening Group A game in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. Lauren Cheney, Heather O'Reilly and Tobin Heath also scored for the United States, which outshot Jamaica 11-3. In Group B play earlier Friday, Costa Rica tied Trinidad and Tobago 2-2. Thursday, March 13 US WOMEN WIN THE ALGARVE CUP Abby Wambach scored her 88th international goal Wednesday to help the United States win the Algarve Cup for a record sixth time with a 2-1 victory over Denmark. Wambach scored the winning goal in the 49th minute, sprinting down the right flank and breaking two tackles before exchanging passes with Natasha Kai and sending a low drive into the corner. Kai gave the Americans the lead with a header in the 14th, but Denmark’s Cathrine Sorensen scored in the 30th. The United States, which plays in an Olympic qualifying tournament in Mexico next month, scored 12 goals in four games, improving on its previous record of 11 in the 2000 tournament. “If our performances continue to improve as they have done, I feel we will do well,” Wambach said. “Getting to Beijing is on all our minds.” Monday, March 10 US WNT TEAM ADVANCE The U.S. Women’s National Team got four second half goals from four different players in a 4-0 win over Norway, sending the USA to its sixth consecutive Algarve Cup final. The win gave the U.S. Women a perfect nine points in Group B and they will now face Group A winner Denmark for the championship on Wednesday, March 12, at Municipal Stadium in Vila Real de San Antonio. Sunday, February 24 US WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM
The U.S. team, which has been placed into Group B at the prestigious tournament, will open play on March 5 against China, face Italy on March 7 and finish the first round against Norway on March 10. The USA will play its first two matches in Faro at the Estadio Algarve, a beautiful 30,000-seat venue built for the 2004 European Championship. The U.S. women will face Norway in Portimão. The USA will use this tournament as final preparation for 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying, which will be held April 2-13 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. All three of Europe’s entrants in the 2008 Olympic Women’s Football Tournament will be competing at the 2008 Algarve Cup. In addition to Norway in the USA’s group, Olympic qualifiers Germany and Sweden are in Group A, along with Denmark and Finland. This year Group C features Portugal, Ireland, Iceland and first-time participant Poland. “The Algarve Cup is a very important tournament for several reasons,” said Sundhage. “First, it is excellent preparation for the Olympic qualification, especially playing four difficult matches in eight days. That is a test of our fitness, our mental toughness and also our depth. But also, like we faced in the Four Nations Tournament in China, it gives the team a chance to play against three very good teams in the group who all play different styles, and that is fantastic for the development of our team rhythm, as well as for our young players getting experience at a big tournament.” Besides the matches at the Estadio Algarve, all the games will be played at small venues spread out over the Algarve region on the southern coast of the country with the placement matches taking place on March 12. Fans can follow the USA’s intense schedule of four games in eight days online via ussoccer.com's MatchTracker and watch exclusive highlights on ussoccer.com’s all_access video. Since the expansion from eight to 12 teams seven years ago, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows: The teams in Group A and B will compete for the title as the group winners will play in the championship game on Wednesday, March 12, in Vila Real de San Antonio, which is on Portugal’s eastern border with Spain. The two second-place finishers in Groups A and B will play for third place while the third-place finishers will play for fifth. The Group C teams will be competing for a chance to play for spots 7-12 as the winner of Group C will play the best fourth place team from Groups A or B for seventh place. The second place team in Group C will play the worst fourth place team from Groups A or B for ninth place and the third and fourth place finishers in Group C will play each other for 11th place. This will be the 13th trip to the Algarve Cup for the U.S. women who from 2003-2005 won an unprecedented three straight championships at what has become one of the world’s most competitive women’s international events. At last year’s Algarve Cup, the USA defeated Denmark, 2-0, in the championship game on goals from Kristine Lilly and Carli Lloyd in the team’s fifth consecutive Algarve Cup final. The USA advanced to the championship game of the 2006 Algarve Cup but fell in penalty kicks to Germany. While the USA will be without Kristine Lilly, its all-time leading scorer in Algarve Cup matches (13 goals), several players on the USA’s roster have seen some great success at the Algarve Cup. Last year, midfielder Carli Lloyd had a breakout tournament, scoring in all four matches to garner tournament MVP and top scorer honors. Forward Abby Wambach has scored nine goals in her tournament career, including a hat trick against Norway in the 2004 championship game. Midfielder Angela Hucles has scored three of her five career goals at the Algarve, all coming in 2004. Midfielder Shannon Boxx has twice been named MVP of the Algarve Cup (2004 and 2006). Fifteen of the players on the roster were on the USA’s 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup Team, and all of these 15 have played in multiple Algarve Cups, including defenders Christie Rampone and Cat Whitehill, who will be playing in their eighth Algarve Cup. But Sundhage has also infused the roster with some young talent. Uncapped defender Rachel Buehler makes her first-ever tournament roster with the WNT after having played extensively with the U.S. U-21 Women’s National Team as well as in two FIFA U-19 world championships (Canada ’02 and Thailand ’04). Young forwards Amy Rodriguez, who made her debut at the Algarve Cup in 2005, and Lauren Cheney were named to the roster along with midfielder Angie Woznuk and flank defender Tobin Heath, who is the youngest player on the squad at 19. Cheney, Woznuk and Heath, all of whom played for the USA at the Four Nations Tournament in January, will be making their first trips to Portugal. Goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart, who has just four caps, was named to the roster and has the chance to play in her second Algarve Cup after earning her first cap in goal for the USA at the 2005 Algarve Cup in a 1-0 win over France. Barnhart joins Hope Solo as one of the two goalkeepers on the roster. Defender Heather Mitts, who has not played for the USA since May of 2007 when she suffered a torn ACL, was not named as one of the 20 players on the Algarve Cup roster, but after participating in her first full training camp over the past two weeks, she will travel to Portugal as the 21st player to train with the team as her comeback nears completion. UNITED STATES WOMEN’S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM2008 Algarve Cup Roster March 5-12, 2008 – The Algarve, Portugal
Tuesday, October 31 SUCCESS vs WINNING The emphasis on winning is a detriment to young players because it prevents us from developing technically proficient players. We want competition. Theyll always be competition and its not bad. The bad part is the emphasis on winning. John Hackworth, US U17 Head Coach Many coaches speak about winning and success as if they have the same meaning. A player can win without performing well or can lose even though the performance has been outstanding. Success is a measure of how well the players are participating, how well they are achieving both personal and team goals. Success is self-measured, based on individual performance and contribution (Kidman, 2001). Worrying too much about winning and losing gets in the way of development. There are always shortcuts that you can find to win the next game. That doesnt necessarily mean youll be winning five, six years from now. We should be concerned about the players performance, not the final score. Manfred Schellscheidt, Head of U.S. Soccers U-14 program Were not giving them the ability to make decisions. You cant find a youth soccer game where the coaches arent screaming the whole time, telling kids what they should do and how they should do it. John Hackworth, US U17 Head Coach Undoubtedly winning is a major factor in sports participation but success is more important. Success for athletes is rarely winning; it is usually focused on achieving their goals (Kidman, 2001). Monday, October 2 NOW YOU MAKE THE CALL US Soccer's "You Make The Call" shows actual video of youth games before asking for your opinion in poll form. After your response, you'll be shown the correct answer, an explanation referred to the LOTG, and the percentage of people who selected the various choices. Just double click the title of this article and test your knowledge of the Laws of the Game. Friday, October 7 LET"S WORK TOGETHER TO GET GolTV IN OUR AREA One thing we definetly need is more soccer on TV and here is a way we can do that and win great stuff for our team. What great stuff? How about Uniforms and Cleats for the entire team. How about a $2,500 sponsorship, $1000 sponsorship, $500 sponsorship? This is real easy; just open the below handout, go to the website and sign the petition (by clicking the title of this article), or you can call 1-866-64GOLTV - have your friends do the same. You'll need my NSCAA number; it is 131178. It's a win-win situation. More soccer on TV and great stuff for the team! Handout: Gol TV QUOTES WORTH REQUOTING! "The only thing wrong with YOUTH sports is ADULT participation." - Jerry Healy "Pain is fear leaving the body." - Dusty Cooper "Young Players need to be placed in uncomfortable situations; that's how they improve. They need to see new ideas all the time, in order to grow." - George Cook, Capital Soccer Club Co-founder "It is my experience that the more a coach shouts the less likely he is to know." - Allen Wade in "Positional Play, Midfield" (Keep this in mind the next time you see a screamer on the touchline, then giggle to yourself). "S/he praised us when we played well, s/he taught us when we played poorly." High School student writing about their coach - lesson for ALL of us. "Victory is what happens when 10,000 hours of practice meet up with one moment of opportunity" - Author Unknown "Strikers score goals, defense WINS GAMES!" - Original Author Unknown but repeated by countless coaches at every level "Winning is important but honoring the basic principles of life is far more significant" -Coach Robert Baptista (i.e. SPORTSMANSHIP). Soccer is ART - Don't scribble on the page!" - Anonymous "A winning strategy is like a pound balanced against an ounce." - Sun Tzu "Play the BEAUTIFUL game!" - Pele ('nough said) "Soccer games are won by taking advantage of space." - Coach Cameron "Nothing is more certain than defeat of a man who gives up." - Anonymous "It has been said that the best referee or umpire goes through a game unnoticed; perhaps the same can be said of parents" - Sports Illustrated "Real soccer = 2 feet + 1 ball. The rest is imagination" -Gene Schwartzman "In my opinion, the only thing wrong with youth soccer is that there isn't enough of it." - Raymond Nelson "For me, it's not whether we win or lose, it's developing my team to play to their potential." - Jim Parcell, Coach, NY Jets (pointy football, sorry, but agreat quote from an excellent coach) Thursday, August 4 Players Page Be sure to check the "Players Page" of the news section by clicking at the bottom of the left hand scroll bar. Monday, September 10 SOCCER ON TV
MATCHES LISTED ARE FOR LOCAL CHANNELS; FOR DISH/TELEMONDO/ETC, PLEASE CHECK THE LINK. US College, UEFA, English Premier, Italia Serie A, English FA, etc are listed. THESE MATCHES ARE LISTED ACCORDING TO CATAGORY NOT DATE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MATCH ON A PARTICULAR DAY, SCROLL THROUGH THE CATAGORIES.
US vs Korea DPR
Final:
Euro 2008 Qualifying
Slovakia vs Wales
Albania vs Netherlands
England vs Russia
England vs Estonia
FIFA Men's Under-17 World Cup
English Football
Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal
West Ham United vs Middlesbrough
Manchester City vs Aston Villa
Premier League World (Weekly Magazine Show)
Calcio Italiano (Italian Football)
Lazio vs Empoli
TBA
Parma vs Cagliari
Italian Serie A Highlights Show --------- FRIENDLIES -----------
TBA vs United States
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