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Wow, that is another impressive result for Alcoa.

Catholic Players: Do not read BigG's posts. He will spend this spring talking about how good you are, in a shameless attempt to inflate your egos just enough /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=" J/K G, but it is sort of true. The SH game was fun. SH always plays an attacking style that creates a fast and flowing game. There were plenty of chances for both teams. Farragut will present a much different challenge. They usually play a little more conservative and will pick their chances to go forward carefully. Like last year, both teams should benefit from the sceimmage.

I read today that the US will likely be taking "B" team to Copa America. They will use the top team for the Gold cup, which is just prior to the Copa. Very few players will play in both tournaments.

MJ, Ridgeway should be 7 and everyone else should be bumped down a slot. Otherwise, you have 26 teams in your top 25.

Mexico is in mid season in their domestic league and most of the US players are off-season.

11/4/06 - A Tale of True Sportsmanship While many of you may have heard or seen the final result from the recent Framingham vs. Bridgewater women’s match, the following is an account of the actual events of the game, and how a team chose sportsmanship and fair play over victory. On October 29th, the Framingham State women took on Bridgewater State, in a must win for Framingham. Bridgewater was in first place in the MASCAC and needed to win to earn the conference title, while Framingham State was in fifth place (of the 7 team MASCAC) and needed the win to qualify for the MASCAC tournament. Bridgewater controlled the first half although they failed to score. It was 0-0 at halftime. About 7 minutes into the second half a ball was played in front of the Bridgewater goal from the flank. The ball rattled around in traffic and ended up in the back of the net. Although the ball was in the net, the Framingham coaches felt there was something odd about the goal as their girls weren't celebrating wildly. Two of the Framingham players, the freshman forward who took the shot, Kellen Doughterty from Amherst, MA and the attacking central midfielder, Carolyn Reinstein from Ashland, MA, both ran to the bench and told the coaches the ball had passed through the side netting and was not a goal. The players were instructed to tell the referee. After conferring with his AR for a few minutes, the referee mysteriously awarded the goal. As Bridgewater State lined up, the Framingham players were instructed by their coach to permit Bridgewater State to score a goal uncontested. As it was a very windy day, not all of the players heard the instruction but eventually Senior Captain Karin Knutsen, and Senior Goalkeeper Ashley Baker conveyed the instructions, and Bridgewater was permitted to score uncontested. The score stood at 1-1. The match ended with Bridgewater prevailing 3-2 (or 2-1 without the "non-goals"), Framingham waseliminated from post-season play, and Bridgewater State won the MASCAC. When asked about his decision, Framingham coach Tucker Reynolds said “The decision was an easy one, made even easier by the honorable conduct of my players. I don't coach soccer, I coach young athletes. There were far more important lessons learned by all of us last Sunday than which team could win a game on a windy Sunday afternoon. I have never been more proud of a team than I am of my young Framingham State team right now. They may have lost a game, but they proved that sportsmanship, integrity and a sense of honor are invaluable personal qualities. The Bridgewater State coaches, players, Athletic Department and even some parents have expressed their thanks and gratitude not only for our girls' honesty, but also for allowing their "...toughest MASCAC match of the year..." to be decided fairly. From all of us here at D3Kicks, we would like to say thanks to Framingham State for displaying true sportsmanship and honor, and even though you will not be playing in November, you should hold your heads high because all of you have shown the character of a true champion.

Turner is THE MAN

Notre Dame tied it with under two minutes to play. Overtime is in progress

Final: Catholic (3) - Sweetwater (2)

FINAL Catholic wins 3-2 with a golden goal from Anna Hickey

No change after 2 10 minute OTs

Still 2-2 through the two ten minute OTs

End of regulation Catholic (2) - Sweetwater (2)

Catholic (2) - Sweetwater (1) with 20 minutes left in regulation

Last I heard Catholic was up 1-0 with 14 minutes left in the first.

In progress.... 14 min left in first half Catholic (1) Sweetwater (0)

Catholic (2) - Elizabethton (0)

Catholic improved greatly between the first two matchups. Round three has been moved up to Wednesday at CAK at 6:00 to beat the predicted rain on Thursday.

Wow. What a result. Was this expected or somewhat of a suprise? In any case, if the favorites win the region finals, the right side of the of the state bracket will be wide open and the left side will have the top three teams in the state.

1 CAK 18-2-4 1 05/24 W 1-0 Tour CPA(05) &nbsp05/26 W 3-0 Home CSAS(03)&nbsp05/27 W 1-0 Tour Knox Catholic(02) 2 Knox Catholic 21-4-1 3 05/24 W 3-0 Tour Chatt. Christian(06) &nbsp05/25 W 2-0 Tour Dyersburg(04)&nbsp05/27 L 0-1 Tour CAK(01) 3 CSAS 12-5-0 7 05/24 W 3-1 Tour USJ(08)&nbsp05/26 L 0-3 Away CAK(01) 4 Dyersburg 18-4-0 6 05/24 W 2-1 Tour Columbia Acdy(07)&nbsp05/25 L 0-2 Tour Knox Catholic(02) 5 CPA 15-8-0 4 05/24 L 0-1 Tour CAK(01) 6 Chatt. Christian 14-5-3 2 05/24 L 0-3 Tour Knox Catholic(02) 7 Columbia Acdy 13-3-1 8 05/24 L 1-2 Tour Dyersburg(04) 8 USJ 18-4-2 5 05/24 L 1-3 Tour CSAS(03) 9 Notre Dame 9-6-1 9 10 Madison Academic Magnet 17-1-2 10 11 Pigeon Forge 13-5-2 11

Final Eurosport rankings are out. For the first time in recent memory, there are two A/AA teams in the final Redmond 11. CAK at #4 is probably the highest finish ever for an A/AA team. I think the voters were rather harsh on Christian Brothers and Brentwood. Also, I would probably put BGA at #1 overall. My top four would be as follows: 1. BGA 2. CBHS 3. Bearden 4. CAK Obviously, the rankings are based on the state results and any objections can only be related to the percieved strength of each division. What does everyone else think?

Does anyone know what Notre Dame has returning?

Stop posting hoya, you made me think you knew something...

Conrats to CAK. This game was a tale of two halves. Our stat book had the teams about even in shots, but we had only one in the first half and they had only two in the second. G, your boys played great and are deserving of a championship, I just wish we had 10 more minutes to play!

I'm sure there are some who may disagree, but I thought the officiating was first class this year. We (Catholic) had three different crews and all were very consistent. All of them seamed to understand that the games were high level and they were goning to be physical. They really let the boys play without blowing the whisle every time players went shoulder to shoulder. Overall, I was very pleased with the officiating. (I just wish the posts were more generous)