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CHASING THE GAME: America and the Quest for the World Cup," by Filip Bondy, DaCapo Press, 344 pages, $26 It wasn't too long ago that the world's soccer fans considered anything American -- players, coaches, national teams -- to be irrelevant.
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CHEYENNE -- The growth of a sport in a community doesn't just happen. Over a period of years, people express interest in it, and it either grows like rain-soaked grass or dies in the drought of disinterest.
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MUNICH, Germany -- William Gallas has a theory on how Portugal became a surprise World Cup semifinalist, and it has more to do with acting than soccer. They like to dive, so it depends on the referee," the French defender said Tuesday, a day before Les Bleus meet Portugal for a berth in Sunday's World Cup final against Italy, a 2-0 winner in extra time over Germany.
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For the Loras College soccer teams, the season begins this week with the most cultural of training camps. The Duhawk men's and women's clubs are kicking off the season in Costa Rica with a series of friendlies against top Costa Rican clubs and a week-long immersion into the rich culture, cuisine and history of the soccer-mad Central American country.
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Jotting down a line or two every few minutes in his notebook, Mat Santoro saw plenty to work on from the sideline of the University of Southern Indiana men's soccer exhibition on Tuesday. But since taking over as head coach in January, Santoro has seen plenty he's liked, too, and there was some more despite an unsightly 3-2 loss to NAIA Campbelsville (Ky.) University. So while there's adjustments still to be made before Saturday's season opener at Martin Methodist College, Santoro is confident they will in fact be made. It's that confidence, in part, that made Santoro USI's choice after shuffling longtime coach Dan Hogan out after last season - the program's fifth consecutive with a losing record.
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College News Services With its second 4-1 victory during a 24-hour period, this time over visiting Kalamazoo College on Sunday afternoon, The College of Wooster women's soccer team has gotten off to the best start in program history, having won all six of its matches thus far.
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By PAUL SHUGAR YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
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HARRISON - The memories flooded back to Tab Ramos and John Harkes as they looked around the Harrison Soccer Courts that helped mold them into two of the greatest players in the history of U.S. soccer. They remembered the medal poles used as goal posts, the concrete playing surface cracked from tree roots, the chain fence lined with onlookers and the blood that spilled whenever someone tried for a slide tackle.
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PORTLAND The gulf between a club with 111 years of history and one of the larger budgets in the sport and a Major League Soccer expansion team was clear from whistle to whistle Wednesday in AFC Ajaxs 2-0 victory over the Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field. The Dutch champions, in their final match before their offseason, moved the ball with ease around the FieldTurf, cashed in on a defensive breakdown, and gave the young Timbers a glimpse of the talent at the top of their sport.
