Wednesday, June 25, 2008

U.S. Olympic Women's Soccer Team


Looks like US Soccer has named its Olympic squad for the upcoming tournament in Beijing. To check out the full release, go here.

GOALKEEPERS: Nicole Barnhart (Gilbertsville, Pa.), Hope Solo (Richland, Wash.).

DEFENDERS: Rachel Buehler (Del Mar, Calif.), Lori Chalupny (St. Louis, Mo.), Stephanie Cox (Elk Grove, Calif.), Kate Markgraf (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Heather Mitts (Cincinnati, Ohio), Christie Rampone (Point Pleasant, N.J.).

MIDFIELDERS: Shannon Boxx (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Tobin Heath (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Angela Hucles (Virginia Beach, Va.), Carli Lloyd (Delran, N.J.), Heather O'Reilly (East Brunswick, N.J.), Lindsay Tarpley (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Aly Wagner (San Jose, Calif.).

FORWARDS: Natasha Kai (Kahuku, Hawaii), Amy Rodriguez (Lake Forest, Calif.), Abby Wambach (Rochester, N.Y.).

Alternates: Scurry, defender Ali Krieger, midfielder Kacey White and forward Lauren Cheney.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

UK Soccer: Two TV Games Announced

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- For the first time in school-history, the Kentucky men’s soccer team will have two of its 2008 games televised, including road contests at SMU and at the University of California at Santa Barbara, UK Head Coach Ian Collins announced Tuesday.
As part of a two-game California road trip, Kentucky will face UC-Santa Barbara on the Fox Soccer Channel, marking its first ever appearance on FSC. The game with UCSB will be on Friday September 5 in Santa Barbara, Calif., with a 11 p.m. ET start time.

Kentucky will then face SMU in its final road game of the season, on Sunday, November 2 in Dallas. The game will be televised on CBS College Sports - formerly known as CSTV - the third consecutive year the Wildcats and the Mustangs have tangled on CSTV. Two years ago SMU defeated UK 2-0 in the C-USA Tournament final and last year, SMU entered the UK game ranked No. 1, before Kentucky posted a 2-1 come-from-behind win at the UK Soccer Complex.

“We are very excited to have two games on television in 2008,” Collins said. “This will mark our first ever appearance on the Fox Soccer Channel. We are looking forward to competing with UC-Santa Barbara and SMU in two great College Soccer environments.”