U.S. Soccer: U-17’s Defeat Brazil

The U.S. U-17 Men’s team pulled off a bit of an upset in Florida today, defeating Brazil 2-0 at the Nike Friendlies. The young Americans are now 2-0 this weekend and will take on Turkey tomorrow in their final friendly this weekend.
As was the case on Thursday, Carlos Martinez & Stefan Jerome scored both USA [...]

Fulham’s 15 Month Nightmare Continues

Once again Fulham fails to gain a road victory and I will spend the next hour pissed off and venting on various soccer forums & blogs. It was a rainy & windy day at Goodison Park. With the elements so shitty, I thought the match would end as the first half ended, 0-0.
But Everton’s Yakubu [...]

Rugby Sevens: Finals

This post will be kind of ongoing as results come in from South Africa. 8 teams remain with a shot at taking home some hardware and there are some very interesting final match ups.
Shield Final
Canada-31 Zimbabwe-14
Canada jumped out to a 26-0 lead and cruised to an easy victory. A nice win for Canada, as [...]

Rugby Sevens: Day 2 Update

Day 2 of the IRB South Africa Sevens kicked off earlier today & as expected, the USA Eagles lost to New Zealand 36-0 in the quarterfinals. The Kiwis would eventually advance to the Cup Finals by knocking off Argentina in the Cup semifinals. New Zealand will take on the winner of South Africa [...]

NCAA: End Of The Road For The Irish Ladies

The Notre Dame Women’s soccer team dreamed of returning to the NCAA College Cup Finals once again this season. The dream ended in the semifinals. Florida State avenged their loss to the Irish in last season’s semifinals by defeating the Irish today 3-2.
FSU’s Amanda DaCosta tallied the game winning goal in the 72nd minute and [...]