Soccer News Video: July 2008

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Peace Garden Hosts Athletes

Many people already know the International Peace Garden is a great setting for tourists and patriotic ceremonies But did you know for the past 47 years it s been a great place for athletes too Debbie Kuehn explains Surrounded by cascading waters and an abunDance of fragrant petals the contenders agree to let the games begin Curtis J Phillips Camp Admin -Basketball Volleyball Soccer No it s not the summer olympics equestrian track and field But it s not all fun and games either gymnastics judo This is the annual Legion Athletic Camp A Canadian sports camp for athletes in grades 6 through 12 For 47 years young athletes from all over the world have gathered here at the International Peace Garden to work on everything from their jump shots to their volleys Curtis Ives Ontario- I m hoping to get to a place where I can play college basketball at least and see where it goes from there Carla Nava Mexico-You learn skills You learn how to play if you don t actually know And if you know you get better And that s awesome Curtis Phillips Camp Admin -Here the kids are here for an entire week for their chosen sport So they may be on the field endeavor for eight nine hours during the day but then they have the social interaction with the other athletes too and that s why the coaches continue to come down The week is spent improving skills boosting confidence and making friends Kim Addison Manitoba- I really like the friends I make because I keep in touch with them and the coaches area really good In fact that s one of the main reasons the kids return time and time again And even if they aren t handing out gold silver and bronze medals Who knows Carla- SO we may see you in the olympics someday Yeah you would I m sure you would These poesy packed fields and courts could be the training grounds for future olympic athletes Cam 2 Phillips says last year the camp hosted athletes from all over Canada plus 18 U-S states and 14 countries

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Soccer Field

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Federico Garc and iacute;a recuerda a Pel and eacute;

Federico Garci a residente de Dallas y ex delantero del Dallas Tornado estuvo en la cancha para el debut del astro de futbol Pele en la North American Soccer League en 1975

Vandalism At Hamilton Park Soccer Complex

Sunday, July 27, 2008

FOX16 Sports: Another Razorback Arrested

Fayetteville police arrested wide receiver Marques Wade SEC Media Days Twisters are playoff bound hosting Central Valley Felix Jones signs 5 year contract with Cowboys US Youth Soccer Nationals Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Kyle Busch gets 15th victory

FOX16 Sports: SEC Media Days

Bobby Petrino is the man of the hour at SEC Media Days Matt Jones unsure of future with Jaguars Felix Jones reaches agreement with Cowboys Twisters vs Cooperheads Lee becomes AL s 1st 14 game winner US Soccer national championsips at Burns Park Allstate 400

Saturday, July 26, 2008

2700 Players Compete in Tournament 7/26/08

More than 150 youth soccer teams from New York amp Canada are in Central New York to kick-off the 23rd annual Salt City Soccer International Tournament

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Get Fit: Year-round workouts for teen athletes

These young athletes work out two or three times a week in season or out whether they play basketball baseball soccer or run track

Monday, July 21, 2008

Kevin Calabro, voice of the Sounders FC

Seattle s professional soccer team will broadcast their games on KING 5 and KONG 6 16 Paul Silvi introduces you to Kevin Calabro the voice of the Sounders FC

Sounders FC will broadcast games on KING and KONG

Seattle s professional soccer team has announced they will broadcast their games on KING 5 and KONG 6 16 Paul Silvi has more details

FOX16 Sports: ALL-SEC Football Team

ALL-SEC Football Team Four Red Wolves names All-SBC New Razorbacks Website Harrison talks NFL Lee wins again U S Youth Soccer Championship

Soccer mom charged with embezzling

A soccer mom has been charged with stealing from her Pierce County youth soccer league
According to court documents Deborah Angilley was the treasurer of the Fife-Milton-Edgewood Soccer Club Drew Mikkelsen reports

Friday, July 18, 2008

FOX16 Sports: British Open

Thursday was the first round of the British Open US Bank Championships Travs vs Naturals San Diego vs St Louis Cedric Cobbs 5th annual football camp Scotty Thurman ready for camp The U S youth soccer national championships

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Huber Heads to Holland

Travis Huber is 17 and doing something most high school students will never get to do Travel overseas to play Soccer Huber was selected as part of the People to People organization to travel to Holland as part of the US soccer team Huber is the only North Dakotan to play on the team and will be part of the 18 s division He ll have a chance to be coached by some of the best coaches in Europe he ll be a senior at St Mary s this fall But besides being an athlete Huber will also be asked to be an ambassador to help bridge cultures TRAVIS HUBER ST MARY S SENIOR I ll be put on a team with I don t know any of the guys and we only have a couple days to put our stuff together and it ll be a great experience I think it ll help me adapt to different styles to game play cause over in Europe game play is fater than here and it ll be a great experience hopefully it ll help my skills some Huber left today to travel to Holland he ll be gone 9 days

Wambach Out of Olympics After Injury

Local soccer star Abbey Wambach s surgery went well today

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Robots compete in hi-tech world cup

In this Olympic year a lesser-known international sporting event is taking place in China s equivalent of Silicon Valley Robocup2008 a competition pitting the world s best robots against each other in a game of soccer

Mexican Soccer Teams Thrills Fans in Round Rock

Monday, July 14, 2008

Keeping Their Memories Alive

Three Yukon teenagers died in car crash one of the victim s family set up scholarship fund to help soccer players

Soma Celebrity News 6/28/2007

The Latest in celebrity news from SomaGirls tv In today s report Nicole Kidman Carrie Underwood David Beckham and Jennifer Hudson

Friday, July 11, 2008

Crouch's return to Pompey

Peter Crouch returns to Portsmouth where he joins his former manager Harry Redknapp

Thursday, July 10, 2008

UND Switches Conference

They ve moved to Division One and now UND has officially moved into a new conference which is actually a new conference Today the Fighting Sioux announced that they re joining the Great West in 15 sports this Fall The Great West is expanding beyond Football and competition in track cross-country and Golf begins this coming school year with most other sports on-board the following year UND officials say membership came a lot sooner than expected Brian Faison I think initially the thought was when they UND went through the planning process for this transition was looking maybe three years down the road before realistically they thought that they might have the ability to get into a conference situation Five other schools nationwide are joining the Great West and one of them is a familiar foe in former NCC rival South Dakota UND is still looking for a conference for women s Soccer as well as swimming and diving Hockey will continue to compete in the WCHA

Teaching assistant arraigned 7/10/08

A Syracuse teaching assistant and owner of the Liverpool Soccer Academy was arraigned Thursday morning on rape and sexual abuse charges

Sunday, July 6, 2008

School construction an inconvenience for park-goers

CONTROVERSY IS BREWING OVER AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS A-P-S IS REBUILDING GEORGIA O KEEFE ELEMENTARY - AND THEY RE DOING IT BY TAKING OVER THE MAJORITY OF A CITY PARK SOME SAY IT S WORTH IT BUT OTHERS SAY IT S NO PICNIC JEFF MAHER IS LIVE NEAR TRAMWAY AND ACADEMY WITH TONIGHT S TOP STORY JEFF RIGHT NOW TWO- THIRDS OF GEORGIA O KEEFFE PARK IS BEING USED FOR PORTABLES FOR THE KIDS TO LEARN IN WHILE THEIR NEW SCHOOL IS BEING REBUILT NEXT DOOR A-P-S REACHED A COMPROMISE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD EARLIER THIS YEAR - BUT NOW THAT CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY -- SOME NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS FOR THIS GROUP OF FRIENDS - THEIR REGULAR RUGBY PRACTICE IS NOT QUITE THE SAME ANYMORE we used to use this field so much we would come here like every other day THIS IS WHAT GEORGIA O KEEFE PARK LOOKED LIKE LAST DECEMBER AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW - LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION AND A LOT LESS SPACE for one if anyone else is playing football or soccer it takes up the entire field section and in rugby we practice kicking and you kick the ball - it goes over the fence - you have to go over the fence to go get it I think it s pretty sad really you have a big old spot for kids to come and play get outside and get some exercise and you cut it down to this BUT OTHERS SAY SACRIFICING THE PARK IS WELL WORTH THE CAUSE I think it s a good compromise there is going to be a new school built over here which is needed long overdue GEORGIA O KEEFE ELEMENTARY WAS BUILT IN 1989 AS A MODULAR SCHOOL - MEANING IT CONSISTED OF JUST PERMANENT PORTABLE CLASSROOMS IT WAS ONLY MEANT TO LAST TEN YEARS EARLIER THIS YEAR A-P-S OFFICIALS HELD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH THE CITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST PLAN FOR HOW AND WHERE TO REBUILD THE NEW SCHOOL ONCE THE 15- MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IS FINISHED A-P-S OFFICIALS SAY THE KIDS WILL HAVE A BETTER AND MUCH LONGER-LASTING CAMPUS even though we ll go through some pain to get there we must have some compromise to eventually get what is best for the neighborhood and the taxpayers of Albuquerque THE PARK WILL BE THIS SAME SIZE UNTIL JANUARY OF 2010 - THAT S WHEN CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SCHOOL WILL BE FINISHED AFTER THAT - A-P-S WILL FIX THE PARK AND HAVE IT READY THAT SUMMER LIVE IN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS JEFF