Drake Bulldogs Move On To Elite Eight

Drake Bulldogs, Luke Gorczyca

NEWTON, MASS. – Senior Luke Gorczyca (Overland Park, Kan./St. Thomas Aquinas) picked an opportune time to net his first career multi-goal game as his game-winning goal in the 69th minute (68:52) lifted the Drake men’s soccer team to a come-from-behind 6-4 NCAA Tournament victory over Boston College on Sunday (Nov. 29) in the Sweet Sixteen. [...]

Lionel Messi wins Europe’s Ballon d’Or award

Lionel Messi, Barcelona

Barcelona and Argentina striker Lionel Messi has been named European Footballer of the Year to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or award. French magazine France Football said that Messi beat last year’s winner Cristiano Ronaldo into second place by a massive margin – 473 points to 233. From the BBC report: Messi, 22, won the treble [...]

SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-11-30

The United States' World Cup jersey for 2010 could look like this… http://tinyurl.com/ykw3mc2 via @usopencup #

2009 MO Class 1 District 6 Soccer All-District Teams

Catholic's David Bailey and Greenwood's Chris Algiere

All-District Team 2009 First Team Position Player Year School Forward/MF Aiken, Chris Senior Greenwood Defender Algiere, Chris Senior Greenwood Midfielder Arens, Taylor Junior Springfield Catholic Forward Bailey, David Senior Springfield Catholic Forward Beezley, Stuart Junior Greenwood Midfielder Bowenschulte, Justin Senior Springfield Catholic Forward Corbett, Dylan Junior New Covenant Academy Midfielder Kofron, Nick Junior Springfield Catholic [...]

Fall 2009 Boys High School Scoring Statistics UPDATED

Here are the accumulated statistics, as provided by the coaching staffs of the regional high schools within my coverage area. Junior Matt Magana, of the Bolivar Liberators, was the leading scorer with 36 goals while senior Mauricio Trujillo, of the Monett Cubs was the assist leader with 22. Information on submitting information can be obtained [...]

SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-11-29

Drake wins a barn burner, will face North Carolina next weekend, winner advances to Final 4 via @DUBulldogs: Drake wins 6-4 # Northwestern (Tombridge) falls to Tulsa 0-1, Golden Hurricane will face #1 Akron next weekend with winner advancing to Final 4 # Indiana (Basecke) falls to North Carolina 0-1, with UNC advancing to play [...]

Heath Melugin – COSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VII First Team

Missouri State Bears, Heath Melugin (2012)

Missouri State men’s soccer sophomore Heath Melugin was named to the COSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VII First Team. Melugin has a 3.93 cumulative grade point average as a cell and molecular biology major. On the field, Melugin has scored six goals this season, which led the team. Two of Melugin’s goals were game-winners. He [...]

Pick The Best Of US Soccer 2009

BestofUS

The 2009 Best of U.S. Soccer Awards will be decided entirely by online fan votes submitted over the next three weeks, and the winners will be announced shortly thereafter (vote now). As with previous years, fans across the country were called on to nominate finalists for four of the twelve categories. During the past three [...]

Alex Riggs Named MVC Defensive Player of the Year

Missouri State, Alex Riggs (2011)

Junior goalkeeper Alex Riggs was named Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year by the league earlier this month. Riggs has eight shutouts, a 0.69 goals against average and has allowed only 12 goals this season. He was named MVC Defensive Player of the Week twice this season (Sept. 21 and Oct. 12) following [...]

Dallas Moses’ Soccer Experience in Dalian, China

Dallas scores on free kick

During the fall semester 2009 my father, Duane Moses, accepted a position at Missouri State University’s College of International Business, campus in Dalian, China. When he first talked to me about this, I was concerned about missing my friends, playing soccer and training with Cory Carr at Integrity. However, it has turned out to be [...]

SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-11-23

200 days until WC2010 RT @FIFAWorldCupTM: Johannesburg celebrates 200 days: http://bit.ly/6JgEb9 #

Champions League Day 5 TV Schedule

Do you have the DVR set up yet? Day 5 in UEFA Champions League group play returns Tuesday. Here’s what to expect: TUESDAY, Nov. 24 on FOX SOCCER CHANNEL UEFA Champions League FIORENTINA-LYON (live), 1:30 pm UEFA Champions League DEBRECENI-LIVERPOOL (delay) 4:00 pm UEFA Champions League BARCELONA-INTER MILAN (delay) 6:00 pm UEFA Champions League ARSENAL-STANDARD [...]

SGFsoccer.com Tweets on 2009-11-22

RT @BobJordan: Concordia Cobbers women's soccer fall to a superior Lynchburg team, 0-4. FInish 18-1-2. WashU already thru to the Final Four. # RT @SLUMensSoccer: It's gameday. SLU vs. Tulsa, NCAA Second Round. 2 p.m. Free web stream and GameTracker. # MVC soccer advances to 3rd round, beating Big Ten in 2nd round RT @DUBulldogs: [...]

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Bolivar Liberators, State Championship game

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Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy at 7:30 pm tonight – MLS Cup!

The first team to reach MLS Cup six times, the Los Angeles Galaxy will take on a team that didn’t exist until the season of their last appearance in Major League Soccer’s championship game – Real Salt Lake – in MLS Cup 2009. The Galaxy lost their first three appearances in the league title game [...]