Great soccer
on TV
WUSA
playoffs Saturday on PAX TV
It's win-or-go-home this
weekend for the 4 teams that made the playoffs: Atlanta
Beat (runner-up in 2001), Carolina Courage (finished last
in 2001), Philadelphia Charge (2nd year to make playoffs)
and Washington Freedom (first time in playoffs). The
winners of Saturday's games meet the following Saturday
in Atlanta to battle for the Founders Cup. TV sked:
12:30 pm CDT on PAX
Washington v Philadelphia
2:30 pm CDT on PAX
Atlanta v Carolina
For more info, see http://www.wusa.com
This
Saturday's MLS game on ESPN2
is DC United at San Jose at 3 pm. San Jose sits atop the
western division standings, while DC is tied for last in
the eastern division. More online at
http://www.mlsnet.com
The WUSA
All-Star game will be in
Portland, Oregon on Saturday, September 21. You can help
choose the all-star team -- vote online at
http://www.wusa.com/all_star. The game will be on PAX TV
at 3 pm CDT.
The US women
take on Scotland for the
first time ever on Sunday, September 8 in Columbus, Ohio.
The game will air on ESPN at noon CDT.
For an amazingly thorough listing of every kind of soccer
on TV, see http://soccerTV.com/
Around town
The women's collegiate soccer season kicks off August 30.
Below are links to schedules for Texas A&M, UH &
Rice.
http://sports.tamu.edu/sports/soccer/schedule02.html
http://uhcougars.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/sched/hou-w-soccer-sched.html
http://www.riceowls.com/sports/wsoccer/schedule.asp?SEASON=2002
The Houston Chronicle features a Sunday soccer column by
Houston's own Glenn Davis (commentator for the Dallas
Burn and ESPN's World Cup coverage). Let the Chronicle
know what you think about their soccer coverage (or lack
thereof) by emailing sptletters@chron.com.
The WUSA ... coming soon to a soccer field near you. Stay
tuned.
The 2002 US Soccer Festival held at U of H ran so
smoothly that US Amateur Soccer plans to return in 2003!
plus U.S. men make World Top 10 list
The men's national team cracked the FIFA Top 10
for the first time in history. In the latest rankings,
the USA ranks ninth in the table, tied with traditional
powerhouse Italy. For a complete listing of the rankings,
see http://www.fifa.com.
Ranking as of August 14, 2002
1 Brazil
2 Argentina
3 Spain
4 France
5 Germany
6 Mexico
7 England
Portugal
9 Italy
USA
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