[MY VIEW] Listening all last weekend on the Red Sox telecasts to the promos of Wednesday’s friendly between Celtic and Sporting Lisbon at Boston’s famed FenwayPark hit home just how mainstream soccer has become. It was one thing to see the “Football at Fenway” ads on NESN. It was an entirely another thing to hear […]
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Don't ignore player discontent
By Mike Singleton Events of the World Cup teach us coaches a lot about the ever-changing game of soccer and the players. The French team’s meltdownhas highlighted multiple players’ willingness to challenge their coach and team leaders. The England team seems to have had its share of players who are willing to tell the coach […]
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Junot returns to take over Harvard program
[COLLEGE] Less than three months after being hired as the Tufts men’s coach, Carl Junot has returned to Harvard as itsnew men’s coach, replacing Jamie Clark, who stepped down last month to fill the vacancy at Creighton. Junot worked as an assistant coach underClark with the Crimson program from 2008-2010. Harvard posted a 26-10-1 overall […]
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Dramatic goal earns underdog New Zealand tie
[GROUP F] In a World Cup seriously lacking in entertainment, it was nice to see an underdog be rewarded — and in dramatic fashion at that. Former Danish youthstar Winston Reid‘s goal in stoppage time gave New Zealand a 1-1 tie with Slovakia on Tuesday. For what we liked and didn’t like about the two […]
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Creighton names Jamie Clark head coach
[COLLEGE] Creighton has named Harvard coach Jamie Clark, the 33-year-old son of Notre Dame coach BobbyClark, as its new head coach, replacing Bob Warming, who took the Penn State job. Clark comes to Creighton after serving as the head coachat Harvard for the past two seasons, leading the Crimson to the NCAA Tournament in each […]
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Offseason Coaching Moves
[DIVISION I MEN] Eight teams (marked with an asterisk) that reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I men’s tournament in the last decade have had theirhead coach leave in the offseason. For all the offseason moves … MEN’S OFFSEASON MOVES COLLEGE OLD COACH …NEW COACH Army Kurt Swanbeck … Russell Payne (Maryland assistant) *Brown […]
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A remarkable legacy in Omaha
[CREIGHTON MEN] Nebraska is football country, but Bob Warming put soccer on the map in the Cornhusker State, buildingCreighton into a national powerhouse. He also made soccer an important part of the Omaha school’s campus, serving as a driving force behind the construction of the 6,000-seat Morrison Stadium. Warming, who left Creighton for Penn State, […]
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Warming takes Happy Valley job
[PENN STATE MEN] An offseason of unprecedented upheaval saw another coaching legend make a move. Bob Warming, who builtCreighton into a national power, has left the Bluejays to take the Penn State job that became vacant when long-time coach Barry Gorman took a position withMLS’s FC Dallas. “My entire family is excited about Penn State,” […]
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Colonel John McHugh, former Army goalie, remembered
Jeff Bradley, a sportswriter for ESPN The Magazine and younger brother of U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley,remembers Colonel John McHugh, who captained the 1985 Army men’s soccer team and was recently killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Jeff Bradley and McHughwere teammates on the same American Legion baseball team in New Jersey. McHugh […]
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U.S. products picked by Honduras
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Roger Espinoza and Ramon Nunez, the sons of Honduranimmigrants who grew up in the U.S. youth system and played college soccer before turning pro, were among the 23 players named to the Honduran World Cup team’s roster. Espinoza attendedhigh school in the Denver area and played at Yavapai College and Ohio State […]