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De Rosario Rallies Houston Dynamo For Repeat at MLS Cup 2007
2007-11-19 15:40:00 Down a goal with less than a half hour remaining in their 2007 campaign, the Houston Dynamo rallied behind the relentless play of Dwayne De Rosario to defeat the New England Revolution, 2-1, at RFK Stadium in Washington DC on Saturday (11/18) and capture the team's fourth MLS Cup title in seven years.De Rosario, 29, set up teammate Joseph Ngwenya, just in front of the opposition goal in the 62d minute. Ngwenya took two point blank shots on keeper Matt Reis, the second slipping past for the equalizer.Moments later, the Canadian born De Rosario scored the winning goal himself, heading home a cross from about 12 yards out in the 74th minute. "I would normally volley it," De Rosario said, commenting on the goal after the match, "but I decided to head it in and luckily it went in."Just 3 minutes from full time, Houston keeper Pat Onstad rescued his team's victory with a stunning save of Jeff Larentowicz' blast from inside the 8 yard line.The win marks the second straight title since...
By: Soccerphile Blog
"Sexy Football" Comes to MLS as Gullit Joins Galaxy
2007-11-09 02:27:00 Just as AEG and the LA Galaxy's Beckham gambit seemed to have pulled a fast fade--5 matches, 1 goal, no playoffs, no cup--the MLS club got even "sexier" by announcing Ruud Gullit as new head coach.Gullit will be introduced tomorrow (Fri., Nov. 9) as the replacement for Frank Yallop, who left at the end of this season to take the reins of the expansion San Jose franchise which begins league play next year.Gullit, 45, had been rumored as one of two finalists last week, along with former German national coach, Jürgen Klinsmann. Klinsmann is a resident of Newport Beach, California, not far from Los Angeles. His name seems to be added to the list every time a high-profile coaching job comes up lately; earlier this year he was reportedly on the short list to coach the US Men's National Team through the next World Cup, but such a deal did not materialize.Gullit, former European Footballer of the Year (1987), comes to Los Angeles with previous coaching experiences at Feyenoord, Newcastl...
By: Soccerphile Blog
US Soccer October Recap: Marta Makes Her Mark, Beckham No-Shows, and Blanco
2007-11-05 02:03:00 In October, as so often happens in the USA, the world of women's soccer easily out-shone that of the men.In that month, the US women's team made it all the way to the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup in China, but having got there were summarily dismissed by Brazil and their emergent national team. Indeed, the USA bowed out to Marta and company, 0-4, the budding superstar punctuating the victory with what had to be the classiest World Cup goal scored since Denis Bergkamp's YouTube classic against Argentina at France 1998.The "early" exit for the US women seems very much to have disappointed the national federation and--though the Olympic tournament is less than a year away--a coaching change has already been announced.Simultaneously, the biggest news in US men's soccer is that David Beckham and LA Galaxy are absent from the MLS playoffs, now underway. This past weekend (Nov. 2-3) the final four teams vying for the 2007 MLS Cup were determined in conference championshi...
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More About Laurell K Hamilton
2007-04-18 19:41:00 Laurell's Favorite Vampire MoviesCount Dracula 1974Dracula 1931Dracula 1979Fright Night 1985Interview with a Vampire 1994Love at First Bite 1979My Best Friend is a Vampire 1994Near Dark 1987The Lost Boys 1987Vampire Circus १९à¥à¥§ Laurell"s Favorite Vampire BooksEncyclopedia of Death -Avon referenceSymbolic and Mythological AnimalsThe Cemetery Book Voodoo in HaitiThe Illustrated VampireVampire Book Melton - an encyclopedia
Laurells Biography
2007-04-16 22:59:00 Laurell's grandmother, Laura Gentry, was responsible for Laurell's interests in things that go bump in the night. Mrs. Gentry related tales of horror originating in the hills of Arkansas, the state where she grew up. From those stories Laurell got this lesson: "Rawhide and bloody bones will get you if you aren't good".When Laurell was 13, she discover a short story collection titled "Pigeons from Hell". "It was the first heroic fantasy I'd read. It was fights, swords, monsters I decided not only did I want to become a writer, it was this I wanted to write". She chanced upon another book in the high school library " The Natural History of the Vampire". She read it so many times she nearly memorized it. When it's suggested that her choice of creepy films and stories were unseemly when her friends' companions were dolls: "I wasn't like most girls" she said.Laurell was born in Heber Springs, Arkansas but grew up in Sims, Ind. A hamlet with a population of 100. Laurell's mother w... |
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