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==== Potomac Soccer Wire – Dec 15, 2006 ====
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Local soccer news for the greater Washington region.
To subscribe: www.potomacsoccerwire.com/subscribe > Sports and Soccer Visionary Hunt Succumbs to Cancer
> MLS Cup 2007 to be Held at RFK Next November
> FASA and FC Fredericksburg Combine and Add Pro Team
> More Synthetic-Turf Fields Sought for McLean > U.S. to Renew Rivalry vs. Mexico on Feb. 7 in Glendale, Ariz > Popular Documentary on New York Cosmos to Air on ABC -> Potomac Soccer Wire Should Be LIVE Next Week -> WISL Rankings Coming Next Week
Notes and Boasts: PWSI Courage, American Cancer Society, Thomas Richards, Olney Soccer Rangers, Olney Soccer, NCSL, Reston Rapids 95, u13 Herndon Magic, ODSL, WAGS
Soccer Watch:
Auckland City v Jeonbuk Motors, Wigan Athletic v
Sheffield United, Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers,
Bochum v B. Moenchengladbach, Luton Town v Southend
Utd, Charlton Athletic v Liverpool, Inter Milan v
Messina, Energie Cottbus v VfB Stuttgart, Arsenal v
Portsmouth, Fiorentina v AC Milan, Deportivo de La
Coruna v Athletic Club Bilbao, Reading v Blackburn
Rovers, Newcastle Utd v Watford, Real Zaragoza v
Valencia, Mainz v Bayern Munich, Al Ahly v Club
America, Barcelona v Internacional-RS, Utrecht v
Feyenoord, Everton v Chelsea, Catania v Empoli, West
Ham Utd v Manchester Utd, Recreativo v Sevilla,
Manchester City v Tottenham HS, Espanyol v Real
Madrid, Lens v Lyon, Auxerre v Lorient,
Comunicaciones v Municipal, Roma v Palermo, Fulham v
Middlesbrough
Tryouts: Freestate Diplomats u10 Boys, Burke Athletic Club’s U11 Girls Apex Registrations: Premier Athletic Club Winter Futsal League, Sterling Youth Soccer Spring Rec League, MSI Spring Rec League General: CYA High School Prep Program
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> Sports and Soccer Visionary Hunt Succumbs to Cancer Lamar Hunt, a founding investor in MLS and the operator of FC Dallas, the Columbus Crew and until recently, the Kansas City Wizards, died Wednesday night after a long battle with cancer. For almost half a century, Hunt's has been a pre-eminent name on the U.S. sports landscape. His contributions to MLS and soccer in the United States in general are almost immeasurable, ranging from his initial investment in the league to his vision in developing soccer-specific stadiums to his willingness to take over a struggling league-controlled franchise in the interest of the league's survival. http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20...
Editor’s Note: Lamar Hunt could easily be called
the father of modern team sports in America, and we
were fortunate enough for him to catch Soccer Fever,
or MLS may not even exist today. Here are links to
several other stories about this great man. |
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> MLS Cup 2007 to be Held at RFK Next November For the third time in its 12-year history, Major League Soccer will hold its championship event in the Nation's Capital. MLS Cup 2007 will kick off at 12 p.m. ET (live on ABC) on Nov. 18, 2007 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The announcement was made today during a press conference featuring MLS Commissioner Don Garber, D.C. United President and CEO Kevin Payne, D.C. Sports and Entertainment CEO Allen Lew, and Greater Washington Sports Alliance President Robert Sweeney. http://www.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=2006121... |
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> FASA and FC Fredericksburg Combine and Add Pro Team The Fredericksburg Area Soccer Association (FASA) Hotspurs announced a partnership affiliation with FC Fredericksburg. The two organizations will combine their Travel and Classic League programs, as well as start new Super Y, PDL, and W-League teams in United Soccer Leagues. FASA is a member of the Virginia Youth Soccer Association (VYSA) has been serving the area for over 30 years and currently has 43 travel soccer teams playing in NCSL, WAGS, VCCL, ODSL & VSLi. FASA also has a fast-growing Classic / Recreational division called Advanced Soccer Development League (ASDL) for ages 5 & up. http://hotspurs.org/ http://hotspurs.org/CoachesCorner/misc%20forms/FASA%2... |
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> More Synthetic-Turf Fields Sought for McLean McLean Youth Soccer (MYS) officials hope to build 12 new artificial-turf fields in the McLean area and so far have identified four sites that could be used, but only one of those four - the police field - is slated to receive lights. Three of the four fields singled out for synthetic turf are owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority. MYS officials will conduct a capital campaign drive to raise the estimated $3 million needed to put artificial turf on the four fields. http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2006/12/11/fairfax/news... |
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> U.S. to Renew Rivalry vs. Mexico on Feb. 7 in Glendale, Ariz The U.S. Men’s National Team will renew their long rivalry against regional rival Mexico on, Feb. 7, 2007, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The match is the first for new U.S. head coach Bob Bradley against the USA’s fiercest rival and will be played on the first international fixture date of 2007. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and Univision beginning at 7 p.m. MT http://ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_281559.html |
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> Popular Documentary on New York Cosmos to Air on ABC ABC will air Once in a Lifetime - The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos this Sunday at 1:00 PM. Matt Dillon narrates this documentary about the New York Cosmos, a notoriously wild 1970s soccer team that rose from humble beginnings in New York City to bring soccer legend Pele to the U.S. Read the review from Washington Post’s resident soccer star / movie critic Desson Thompson. Desson has organized and played men’s soccer in the DC region for nearly 2 decades. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguid... |
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-> Potomac Soccer Wire Should Be LIVE Next Week Thanks to everyone's help over these past two weeks, I feel pretty comfortable with the format of information we've come up with. Now, with the web site nearly ready for launch, I anticipate next Tuesday's wire to be the real deal, and hope everyone begins referring us to friends and colleagues. This sort of consolidated information on things that concern people who follow or participate in grassroots soccer in MD, DC, and VA is simply not available anywhere else. It has been hard work culling the web for news items, especially with nearly every league in hibernation for the winter. However, when we're live, I anticipate a majority of the news/leads to be sent in by readers, as well as far too much news to choose from once leagues are back in the swing. As that happens, we'll move to more issues during the week to make room. Our goal is to have at least one headline in every issue that interests every subscriber. I hope I've done that so far during this testing phase, and if so - then it should only get easier to do once the leagues start up again. Thanks for you help, and please keep the feedback coming! |
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-> WISL Rankings Coming Next Week We anticipate our first live issue to start next Tuesday. If so, then this space will contain the top 10 men's teams playing in the Washington International Soccer League, based on the past two years of play. The rankings will link to our Potomac Soccer Wire web site where all teams in the league will be represented. Each issue thereafter will contain similar rankings for other leagues in our region, including WAGS, NCSL, ODSL, NVSL, and possibly others. Stay tuned... |
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------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Notes and Boasts ---- ------------------------------------------------------------ Post your boasts for player or team recognition. Notes that aren't quite "news" go here too. www.potomacsoccerwire.com The PWSI Courage '96 Red Girls spent 9 December 2006 making Snowman Soup to hand out for the holiday while collecting money for the American Cancer Society. They were able to collect $300 which will be donated in memory of teammate Krissy Richards' Uncle, George (Tom) Thomas Richards Jr who lost his courageous battle against cancer earlier this year. http://www.pwsi.org/ Olney Soccer Sends Congratulations to Three Teams The U11 Boys Rangers were NCSL Division 2 Champions. The U12 Boys Royals were promoted to NCSL Division 3, while the U13 Boys Rangers were runners up in NCSL Division 1. http://www.obgcsoccer.org/ Reston Rapids 95 are ranked 9th, among U-11 girls' teams, in the state of Virginia on National Soccer Ranking.com. The team, the coaches and the parents are very proud of this accomplishment. http://www.restonsoccer.com/home/default.asp In their first season U13 Herndon Magic captured the ODSL Fall 2006 U13 Girls Division 4 Championship. The Magic finished with a 6-1-1 record and is looking forward to an exciting Spring 2007 season. http://www.herndonyouthsoccer.org WAGS Division Structure Request Forms Due Jan 8 Don’t forget to file your request forms for the Spring 2007 season? http://www.wagsl.com/docs/home/DivisionStructure... |
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------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Soccer Watch - Games on TV ---- ------------------------------------------------------------ games in bold feature teams with American players on roster
Friday, December 15, 2006
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Sunday, December 17, 2006
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