Photo Credit: Ric Kruszynski/ISNSoccer.com While American soccer fans are focused on tomorrow’s USA vs. Panama match in World Cup qualifying, one of Panama’s top young talents is already plying his trade in MLS with Columbus Crew SC. Cristian Martinez, a talented midfielder from El Chorrillo, Panama City, is one of just nine current Panamanian players competing in MLS. While Martinez may not have the notoriety of past Panamanian stars like Jaime Penedo, Blas Pérez, and Luis Tejeda right now, he
You won’t have to travel to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, or Galway this weekend to see some great Gaelic sport. The Al O’Leary Tournament will be coming to Bath Community Park in Bath, Ohio on October 7th thanks to the Akron Celtic Guards Hurling & Camogie Club. Spectators will be treated to a fantastic display of hurling, camogie, and Gaelic football free of charge. There’s no parking or admission costs for the tournament, which is quite amazing considering that some of the
In a second half comeback effort, Notre Dame College was able to get past Army 31-26 in the final minutes on Saturday afternoon. Army scored within the first two minutes on a rolling maul which placed them in the right side of Notre Dame’s try zone. The Black Knights scored three of their four tries off of a maul. NDC trailed by 14 points at one point of the match. It seemed that the Falcons played the first 20 minutes of the
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. has confirmed that its PES LEAGUE WORLD TOUR 2018 will be the official UEFA Champions League eSports competition. Since 2009, KONAMI has been working with European governing Football federation, UEFA with the license agreement to recreate the UEFA Champions League, the competition that determines the best club football team in European Football. “We look forward to this season’s e-Sports events and the opportunity it provides for gamers and viewers to further engage with the UEFA Champions League brand,” said
Cover Art Courtesy of Y Lolfa Richard E Huws put a decade of research into Y Lolfa’s latest offering, The Football and Rugby Playing Fields of Wales, and to be honest it was well worth the effort. Huws put together a delightful book, and as the title suggests it is about the football and rugby playing fields in Wales. While you might expect to learn about the big clubs in Swansea and Cardiff, Huws gives us all the clubs regardless of size.
Mount Union’s men’s soccer team (3-4) beat La Roche (3-4) by a score of 3-0. Senior Stephen Dages (Uniontown/Akron St.Vincent-St.Mary) led the way for the Purple Raiders with two goals and an assist on the night. The Raiders got on the board in the 10th minute on a goal from sophomore Brian Belz (North Royalton/North Royalton) on the assist from Dages to make the score 1-0 at half. Dages got the scoring going in the second half as he scored an unassisted goal in the 53rd minute.
Notre Dame College stepped up defensively in their 1-0 victory over Concord University as the Mountain Lions were unable to record a single shot in the contest, on Sunday afternoon. The Falcons (4-2, 2-1 MEC), who earned votes this week in the United Soccer Coaches Division II poll, have now shutout three teams already this season. All three of their conference games in 2017 have been decided by one goal. The loss for the Mountain Lions (0-5-1, 0-2) represents the third
After being held scoreless for nearly an hour, the Notre Dame College women’s soccer team went from zero to 100. Real quick. The Falcons (4-0) earned their fourth win of the season, in the same amount of games, against Fairmont State (2-2-1) on Thursday evening with a 3-0 victory. NDC scored each of their goals within 28 minutes of each other starting with a shot from Janelle Bernal in the 60th minute. Bernal took a pass from Alexis Manoa and outpaced a defender to put her
In a road contest, Notre Dame College lost to West Virginia Wesleyan College by a final score of 1-0 on Thursday evening as Juwon Akintunde scored the only goal of the game. The Falcons (3-2, 1-1 MEC) lost their first conference game of the season and were shutout for the first time this year. The Bobcats (4-0-1, 3-0) have shutout every opponent that they have beaten in 2017 and advance to 2-6-2 all-time against Notre Dame. NDC tried to come out of