Battery and Blues played to a 2-2 draw in season opener
Miami at Charleston Friday on FSC
Early season rematch pits Blues versus Battery – 8:00 pm ET
Only four weeks into the USL First Division season, the Charleston Battery and Miami FC Blues will square of for a second time when they pick up off a season opening draw Friday night live on Fox Soccer Channel at 8:00 pm ET.
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Seven games mark start of season opening night
W-League 2008 Opening Night
14th season kicks off Saturday May 10
The 14th official season of W-League play begins with seven matches Saturday night and an eighth Sunday afternoon. Among the competitors will be champion Washington, finalists Atlanta and six new expansion teams.
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PDL Player of the Week, Kellan Wilson
Weekly PDL Honors Announced
Kellan Wilson named Player of the Week
United Soccer Leagues announced today the USL Premier Development League Team of the Week for the third week of the USL season, honoring the San Francisco Seals’ Kellan Wilson as the Player of the Week. Wilson upstaged his Team of the Week companions by coming off the bench in the 54th minute of a then, 2-0 game in favor of the defending Southwest Division Champion Fresno Fuego.
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Fort Collins to face the Washington Freedom in a W-League exhibition
Wambach to Headline Celebration
Second Women’s Soccer Celebration to promote the spirit of sport
Colorado will be the focus of women’s soccer on Thursday, May 15 when U.S. National Team superstar Abby Wambach joins executives from North America’s three leading women’s soccer leagues for the Women’s Soccer Celebration Summit at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park near Denver.
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The Islanders open the series at home May 9
Qualifying series set for Islanders
Puerto Rico faces San Juan Jabloteh in CONCACAF Champions League series
The final CFU (Caribbean Football Union) representative to the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League™ will be determined this month as the Puerto Rico Islanders take on San Juan Jabloteh of Trinidad & Tobago in a home-and-away series. The Islanders will stage the first-leg of the CFU Playoff in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on May 9.
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Platter and Brooks led Thunder and Palace to wins
Week 3 Pro honors announced
Platter and Brooks Players of the Week
United Soccer Leagues announced the USL First Division and USL Second Division Team of the Week honors Tuesday for Week 2 of the season, honoring Minnesota’s Nicolas Platter and Crystal Palace Baltimore’s Gary Brooks as the Players of the Week, respectively.
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Promotion ended 23-year absence from top division (stokecityfc.com)
Stoke earns EPL promotion
Austin Aztex affiliate reaches England's top flight
Stoke City have been promoted back to the top flight of English football to end a 23-year absence following a goalless draw against Leicester City Sunday afternoon. Over 26,600 supporters packed in to the Britannia Stadium, the highest league attendance in ten years, to witness the historic game.
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