| Event Spotlight: KiXX Defeat Comet, 21-8 For Second Straight Home Win Saturday, December 29, 2001 By Jeff Schumacher The first place Philadelphia KiXX (11-4) defeated the Kansas City Comets (7-9), 21-8 Saturday night in front of a crowd of 4,639. Chris Handsor recorded a hat trick by scoring 3 two-point goals in the 3rd period. Joe Scigliano also notched a hat trick. Don D'Ambra recorded a goal, playing for the first time since going down with an injury on November 28. Goalkeeper Peter Pappas made 9 saves in the win. |
| Event Spotlight: Winter Soccer Festival at Rocket Sports Tuesday, December 18, 2001 By Jason Luzak This Holiday Season the Philadelphia Charge and the Philadelphia KIXX are asking the soccer community to support the Friendship Soccer Games at Rocket Sports on December 26th, 27th or 28th. |
 High School Soccer:Vineland Girls Complete Successful Season Wednesday, November 14, 2001 By Jerry Amari The Vineland High School Girls Soccer Team, coached by Joe Ardito, recently completed the Fall 2001 season. The Fighting Clan's record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie, is one of the best records ever for the Vineland girls soccer program. The girls' season ended at Brick Memorial with a 3-1 loss. The loss was in the second round of the NJ Group IV Regional tournament. |
 High School Soccer:Shawnee Captures Group 4 Soccer Title Friday, November 9, 2001 By Jerome Michaels It was a game that Cherry Hill East seemed to dominate the entire afternoon in front of a capacity crowd. A classic battle between two powerhouse soccer teams met to decide who would capture the South Jersey Group 4 boy's soccer title. The Shawnee Renegades kept their composer all game not allowing the Cougars to get a real good shot on goal. This was a game that only one goal would be scored and it happened at the very end of the second overtime period when Jamie Franks got his shot into the net for the 1-0 victory. |
 High School Soccer:Eastern Ends Cherry Hill East Season In Overtime Thursday, November 1, 2001 By Forrest Robleto Eastern knew from the start of this game that they had to find an answer against a tough Cherry Hill East girl's soccer team. The Lady Vikings were able to get that key goal past the strong goaltending of Cherry Hill East's Emily Brenner. In the second overtime, Aleka Yrantsos scored the winning goal to give the tenth seeded Vikings a second round Group 4 victory over the second seeded Lady Cougars. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Hurricanes Revenge Loss With Shutout Saturday, October 27, 2001 By Bob Stuart In the first game of the soccer season, the Berlin Township Hurricanes were beaten by the Washington Township Charge 2-0. The score did not reflect who dominated in the game. The Hurricanes out shot the Charge 12 to 4, but just could not put the ball into the back of the net. This week's game had a different ending. The Hurricanes started the game down one player when some of the team didn't show up on time. Coach Williams was not happy about this, but had to get his players ready. |
| Event Spotlight: KiXX Re-sign Les Lunsford To MISL Offer Sheet Blue Anchor, NJ Native Returns For Second Season Tuesday, October 23, 2001 By Al Cohen The Philadelphia KiXX today brought back one of their young talents from last season, re-signing midfielder Les Lunsford (Blue Anchor, N.J.) to a Major Indoor Soccer League offer sheet. Per team policy, terms of the deal are not disclosed. |
 High School Soccer:Cherry Hill East Girls Bounce Back Against Pennsauken Monday, October 22, 2001 By Forrest Robleto The Cougars (11-1-1) were bruised by the loss at Triton but came back to blank the Pennsauken Indians by the score of 8-0. Christine Mullin scored three goals and had two assists, followed by Lauren Kraemer with two goals and an assist, and Brittany Kaplan with a goal and an assist. Shana Herman and Dana DiBruno rounded out the scoring. Jessica Young had two assists and Amanda Kravtitz had one. |
 South Jersey Soccer:All-Stars Win In Last Minutes Against Hurricanes Saturday, October 20, 2001 By Boog Williams The Berlin Township Hurricanes and the Atlantic United All-Stars played a great game this past weekend. It was a shame that one team had to lose. The game started late, because the ref 's first game started late. In the heat and the sun, the players took the field and played hard. |
 South Jersey Soccer:PeeWee Update Week 2 Saturday, October 20, 2001 By Coach Siddall & Coach Williams PeeWee soccer is now into its second week and the Green Hornets were playing the Gold Eagles on Saturday. Both coaches from each team were very proud and supportive of their players. Coach Lisa Siddall and Coach Mary Williams recapped their teams performances on the second week of PeeWee soccer. |
 High School Soccer:Triton Snaps Cherry Hill East Unbeaten Season Wednesday, October 17, 2001 By Forrest Robleto Megan Habina scored the only goal against Cherry Hill East on a penalty shot and it was enough to win the Olympic Conference interdivision meeting. The Lady Mustangs from Triton (8-6-1) qualified for the playoffs with the 1-0 victory against the previously unbeaten Lady Cougars. |
| High School Soccer: Life Center Academy Girls Still Undefeated Tuesday, October 16, 2001 By Art Steffen The girls took their 9-0 record on the road today to play a league game against Villa Victoria 7-1. Their only loss coming at the hands of Life Center Academy. Life Center is on its way to their best season ever in their schools history. Like the boys who are 12-1, the girls are showing the boys that they too are a force to reckon with also. |
 High School Soccer:Cherry Hill East Girl's Soccer Stays Unbeaten Against Winslow Twp Monday, October 15, 2001 By Forrest Robleto On a perfectly gorgeous day the Lady Cougars (8-0-1) defeated the Winslow team by a 6-1 margin. Dana DiBruno and Amanda Kravitz each scored two goals, and Daniel DiBruno scored a goal and two assists. Shana Herman rounded out the scoring for Cherry Hill while Maureen Gantt scored Winslow's lone goal. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Sparks And Taggart Score In Win For Hurricanes Saturday, October 13, 2001 By Boog Williams The Berlin Township Hurricanes defeated the Maple Shade Breeze 4-1 in a U-10 South Jersey Girl's soccer match. On a warm October day, M. Sparks turned up the fire on the Breeze as she scored a hat trick and assisted on the other goal for the Hurricanes, as the Berlin Township defense stopped the Breeze. |
 South Jersey Soccer:BTAA PeeWee Opens For The Season Saturday, October 13, 2001 By Jim Larson The PeeWee teams took the field for the first time as the regular scheduled started. The rain and wind from last week postponed the opening. The players had lots of fun and two PeeWee and one little peewee games were played. |
 High School Soccer:Tough Week For Overbrook Lady Rams Soccer - Losing To Camden Catholic, Bishop Eustace Friday, October 12, 2001 By Bob Stuart Overbrook lost two games this week, one to Camden Catholic and the other to Bishop Eustace, but the Lady Rams never gave up. |
 High School Soccer:Overtime Goal Gives Camden Catholic Upset Win Over Cherry Hill East Thursday, October 4, 2001 By Vincent Lewis Teams are always having to prove themselves to others how good they are on the field. No matter what their record states, it all comes down to how well they played. Two very good boy's soccer teams were playing against each other in Pennsauken in an Olympic Conference meeting. Camden Catholic were hosting Cherry Hill East, which both teams were trying to make a statement of how good they could be against a good soccer team. It would be a penalty kick in overtime by Evan Myers to give the Irish a 2-1 win at home. |
 High School Soccer:Early Goals Gives Eastern Shutout Victory at Highland Thursday, October 4, 2001 By Jerome Michaels Eastern traveled to Highland in a game which both teams were searching for ways of getting a win. The Olympic Conference is loaded with teams that have established themselves as the team to beat. On this day, all that mattered was the team that they were playing. The Vikings scored early and came away with a 3-0 win. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Six Games Played At Berlin Township's Edgewood Avenue Complex Saturday, September 29, 2001 By Boog Williams The day started with the PeeWee teams in the morning and didn't end until the U-11 girls team stopping in the late afternoon. The PeeWee (5-7 year olds) teams are broken down into two divisions. The "veteran" players, who have played before, make up four teams and the new "rookie" players made up an additional two teams. The PeeWee's had their first official scrimmage games, two for the older players and one for the newcomers. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Tarkill Berlin Township Play To A Tie Saturday, September 29, 2001 By Boog Williams On the first cloudy, chilly, windy day of the season, the Tarkill Lady Knights and the Berlin Township Hurricanes played to a 2-2 tie. In the first half, the Hurricanes played against the wind. They scored on a shot from the right side of the box by B. Gadzia. B. Gadzia received a ball thrown in from M. Williams down the right side of the field. The half ended 1-0 Berlin Township. |
 High School Soccer:Life Center's Mike Lasme Nets Hat Trick Over Florence Friday, September 28, 2001 By Vincent Lewis By now, most of the soccer world should have heard about a small high school in Burlington County getting their school recognized. Life Center Academy High School has started their boy's soccer season with seven wins and no loses. But more impressively, they have won 35 straight games without a loss. On this day, the Warriors added one more win to their winning streak as Mike Lasme accounted for all the goals scored in this game. Life Center Academy won by the score of 3-0 against the visiting Florence Flashes. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Sparks and Williams Ignite Berlin Township Hurricanes to Win Saturday, September 22, 2001 By Boog Williams The Berlin Township Hurricanes played the undefeated Riverside Rams in a U-10 girls soccer match. The Hurricanes came out flying. M. Sparks scored the first goal of the game. This was the first goal for the Hurricanes this year. She dribbled up the left side of the field and shot from just inside the 14-yard mark. The players and fans were finally able to celebrate. M. Williams scored the second goal of the game; she also dribbled up the left side and shot from almost the same spot as M. Sparks. Both goals were scored in the first 15 minutes of the first half. |
 High School Soccer:Tolman Leads Rams To Win Against Highland Saturday, September 22, 2001 By Jerome Michaels Overbrook's Doug Tolman was a man on a mission in search of their team's first win of their boy's soccer season. The Rams were hosting the Highland Tartans, also looking for win number one. Overbrook got the only goal they needed in the first half for the 6-1 win. Tolman scored twice and had three assists for the home victory. |
| High School Soccer: Life Center Academy Defeats Solebury To Extend Streak Thursday, September 20, 2001 By Art Steffen Life Center Academy took their 5-0 (33-0 since their last lost) game record into this past Thursday's match with a lot of confidence. So much so that they took this Solebury team for granted and Solebury showed them what happens when you under estimate any team. |
| High School Soccer: Life Center Academy Streak Reaches 30 Wins Wednesday, September 19, 2001 By Art Steffen Last Saturday, Life Center Academy varsity boys soccer team got the chance it wanted to actually see if they had what it takes to compete against the big guys at Cherry Hill West. LCA, located in Burlington County, was on its biggest winning streak ever at 30-0. They belong to the Penn Jersey League which consists of some small Christian and local tech schools from Pennsylvania. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Berlin Township U-10 Girls' Soccer Update: Teams Tie In Day Of Remembering Saturday, September 15, 2001 By Boog Williams The Berlin Township Hurricanes traveled to Winslow for a soccer game against the Sharks. The preparation for the game really started the night before. My daughter suggested that it would be nice to give the other team American Flags and a lollipop before the game during a moment of silence. We drove around town for over an hour trying to find flags. We put together the flags and the pops and went to our game. |
| Event Spotlight: KiXX Sign Three Dispersal Draft Picks To MISL Offer Sheets Veteran Defender Scott Henderson Announces Retirement Wednesday, September 12, 2001 By Al Cohen The Philadelphia KiXX today announced the signing of forward Joel Shanker and defenders Chris Handsor and Edgar Bartolomeu to Major Indoor Soccer League offer sheets. The three players were selected in last month's MISL Dispersal Draft. Per team policy, terms of the offer sheets are not disclosed. The KiXX also announced that veteran defender Scott Henderson, an original member of the team and its all-time leader in blocks, has retired. |
| High School Soccer: Delsea Captures Highland Kickoff Tournament Saturday, September 8, 2001 By Vince Nestore The soccer season got underway for some of the area schools with the two day Highland Kickoff Tournament at Highland High School in Blackwood. The boy's championship match featured the Delsea Crusaders against the Rancocas Valley Red Devils. The Championship game was a very intense game with most being played at midfield. The Crusaders defeated Rancocas by a 3-2 margin. |
 Event Spotlight:Charge Season Ends With 3-2 Overtime Loss At Atlanta In WUSA Semifinals Saturday, August 18, 2001 By Al Cohen The Atlanta Beat ended the surprising season of the Philadelphia Charge Saturday night at Bobby Dodd Stadium as Cindy Parlow scored two goals, including the game-winner 11 minutes into overtime in a 3-2 victory. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Soccer Campers Beat the Heat Friday, August 10, 2001 By Boog Williams Just like last year, the Star Soccer Academy day camp rolled into South Jersey and so did a heat wave. With temperatures in the high 90's to low 100's, lots of water was being taken in and coaches had to come up with new ways of doing drills to keep the campers happy. The camp was the last stop of the 9 weeks of camps in the Tri-State area. It was held at the Camden County Vo-Tech High School in Sicklerville, NJ. |
 Event Spotlight:Ailing Nets Hat Trick As Charge Cruise Past Courage, 5-1 Monday, August 6, 2001 By Al Cohen The Philadelphia Charge regained third place in the WUSA with a record-setting performance tonight at Villanova Stadium, as Liu Ailing recorded a hat trick in the first half and Mandy Clemens scored a pair of second-half goals in a 5-1 victory over the Carolina Courage. |
 South Jersey Soccer:South Jersey Barons End Season With Revenge On Rage Saturday, August 4, 2001 By Forrest Robleto The South Jersey Barons were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs but still had a good reason to play. One of the teams that helped knock the Barons out of the playoffs was the Reading Rage and the Rage needed a win in one of their last two games to make the playoffs. The Barons wanted to make sure that they didn't get it here. |
 Event Spotlight:Mellgren Scores Twice As Breakers Down Charge, 2-1 Thursday, July 19, 2001 By Al Cohen (VILLANOVA, Pa., July 19, 2001) - Dagny Mellgren scored a pair of second-half goals to lead the Boston Breakers to a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Charge tonight at Villanova Stadium. The Charge (6-6-3, 21 points) maintained fourth place in the WUSA despite the loss, but saw Boston (5-7-3, 18 points) hop into sixth with six games remaining for each team. The Breakers avenged a 3-2 setback in the first meeting on May 27 in Boston and will host the series and season finale on Sunday, August 12th. |
 Event Spotlight:Philadelphia Charge Weekly Thursday, July 19, 2001 By Al Cohen Upcoming Opponent |
 South Jersey Soccer:Lady Banshees Hands Charlotte Their First Loss Saturday, July 14, 2001 By Art Redd When a team works hard for an extended period of time to achieve a goal, that effort is usually rewarded with a victory. The South Jersey Banshees were hosting the, then, undefeated Charlotte Lady Eagles at Cherokee Stadium in Marlton. Solid goaltending and determined defense kept the Lady Eagles and their eight straight victories off the scoreboard. Midfielder Kristin Dunst received a pass from Lisa Genna from about 15-yards out and scored the only goal of the game. The defense continued to work hard the rest of the game to preserve the win. |
 South Jersey Soccer:South Jersey Barons Still In Playoff Hunt Saturday, July 14, 2001 By Huey Ferguson In the second game of a double header at Cherokee High School, the South Jersey Barons took on the Western Mass Pioneers in USL D-3 soccer action. Both teams came into tonight's game with similar records of 4-7-1. The game ended with the Barons coming out on top with a 3-2 victory. The win puts the Barons record at 5-7-1 and places them in the hunt for a playoff berth. |
 Event Spotlight:Philadelphia Charge Weekly Monday, July 2, 2001 By Al Cohen Upcoming Opponent |
 Event Spotlight:Philadelphia Charge Weekly Monday, June 25, 2001 By Al Cohen Upcoming Opponent |
 South Jersey Soccer:Piedmont Spark bests South Jersey Banshees 2-1 Saturday, June 23, 2001 By Forrest Robleto On a hot and muggy Saturday afternoon with a threat of rain, the Banshees returned home to face the Piedmont Spark in women's soccer action. Although the Banshees had the edge throughout the day and manpower edge for most of the day, the Spark came away with the win. The Banshees opened the scoring at the nine minute mark with a pretty pass from Carlie Lloyd to Adrienne Dugandzic who made no mistake from about six yards out. The Banshees continued to dominate and at the 24 minute mark a Spark's midfielder Adrienne Barnes left the game with a red card. The Banshees continued to dominate and finished the half up 1-0 on shots of 5-2. |
 South Jersey Soccer:South Jersey Barons Defense Rips Rhode Island For Revenge In The Rain, 8-1 Saturday, June 23, 2001 By Forrest Robleto Defensemen Kevin Kelly and Kim Harvey got a combined seven goals in a game that featured several torrential downpours, to defeat the Rhode Island Rays 8-1. The South Jersey Barons were just back from a three week road trip and a 5-1 loss to the Rhode Island Rays. The Barons were playing in the second game of a soccer double header. In the first game the South Jersey Banshees lost to the Piedmont Spark 2-1. The women played in intermittent rain but by the time the men took the field the skies looked ominous. |
 Event Spotlight:Philadelphia Charge Weekly Monday, June 11, 2001 By Al Cohen Upcoming Opponent |
 Event Spotlight:Charge Loses 2-1, But Mia Hamm Brings Out The Fans Sunday, June 3, 2001 By Aimee Jane The Charge lost to Washington 2-1 at home, but it still felt like a home team win. With the Sixers playing game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, who would think that the Charge would have a sellout of 11,800 tickets? Yes, they did. Most of the fans came to see the number one draw in Womens' Soccer, Mia Hamm, playing for the Washington Freedom. |
 Event Spotlight:Philadelphia Charge Weekly Tuesday, May 29, 2001 By Al Cohen Upcoming Opponent |
 South Jersey Soccer:Banshees Hold Two Opponents Scoreless, Gain Tie and Win in W-League Action! Saturday, May 19, 2001 By Peter C. Boggs The South Jersey Banshees battled the Northern Virginia Majestics to a scoreless tie at home Friday night, then found the net three times to win 3-0 on the road against the New Jersey Lady Stallions Saturday evening. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Barons Earn Win, Tie in Week-end Home & Away Series vs Stallions! Saturday, May 19, 2001 By Peter C. Boggs The South Jersey Barons used two Brendan Sullivan goals to defeat the New Jersey Stallions at home Friday night, then came from behind to earn a tie on the Stallions' home turf 24 hours later. Both contests counted as D3 Pro League games, as well as U.S. Open Cup qualifiers. |
| Event Spotlight: Charge Edge CyberRays, 3-2, To Win Home Opener Sunday, May 6, 2001 By Al Cohen Margret Olafsdottir and Michelle Demko scored 13 minutes apart in the second half as the Philadelphia Charge rallied for a 3-2 victory today over the Bay Area CyberRays in their home opener at Villanova Stadium. The Charge improved to 2-0-1 during the inaugural Women's United Soccer Association season and currently lead the league with seven standings points. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Long Island Rides to 3-1 Win Over Barons In Open Cup Contest! Saturday, May 5, 2001 By Pete Boggs Marlton, NJ -- The Long Island Rough Riders scored the game's first three goals to defeat the South Jersey Barons 3-1 Saturday night in a U.S. Open Cup qualification game at Cherokee High School stadium. The loss drops South Jersey's qualification record to 0-2, and severely damages the Barons' hopes of making the Open Cup tournament, a competition which determines a national champion from all levels of professional soccer. |
 South Jersey Soccer:South Jersey Banshee's Open With A Win Over NJ Wildcats Saturday, May 5, 2001 By Forrest Robleto The Banshee's opened their first ever game with a three goal first half to defeat the New Jersey Wildcats 3-2 at Cherokee High School. The final result wasn't as close as the score reflected. The Banshees stayed in control until late in the game when a combination of injuries (mostly ankles) and resting the starters made the game competitive. The Wildcats came within one goal before the final whistle. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Richmond Kickers Kick South Jersey Barons (1-0) In Home Opener Saturday, April 28, 2001 By Forrest Robleto The South Jersey Barons hosted the Richmond Kickers in an Open Cup qualifier for their home opener. The Barons are a D-3 team (just two steps from MLS) and the Kickers are an A team (one step from MLS). The Barons and Kickers played to a 0-0 tie until the last minute of the game when Kicker Peter Luzak picked up a loose ball on a scramble in front of keeper Vartughian and put it in the net. |
| Event Spotlight: Philadelphia Charge Remain Unbeaten With 0-0 Tie In Atlanta Saturday, April 28, 2001 Press Release (ATLANTA, April 28, 2001) - The Philadelphia Charge remained undefeated and unscored upon during the inaugural season of the Women's United Soccer Association as they played to a 0-0 draw with the Atlanta Beat tonight at Bobby Dodd Stadium. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Barons Kick Off 2001 Season This Saturday In Open Cup Contest! Face A-League's Richmond Kickers at Cherokee High School Stadium! Wednesday, April 25, 2001 Press Release Marlton, NJ -- The South Jersey Barons, a perennial D3 Pro League play-off team (1999 D3 Pro League national finalists), will attempt to do something they've never done when they open their season this Saturday. In four years of play, the team has yet to qualify for the U.S. Open Cup Tournament -- a competition which determines a national champion from all levels of professional soccer. |
| South Jersey Soccer: New Women's Team to Announce Team Name, Introduce Head Coach! Press Conference Set For Friday, February 2 at Cherry Hill Hilton! Monday, January 29, 2001 Press Release Cherry Hill, NJ -- South Jersey's new W-League women's soccer team will announce its team name and introduce its new head coach at a press conference at 1:00 PM this Friday at the Cherry Hill Hilton. The team is the new sister team of the South Jersey Barons professional men's team, and it will compete in the nationwide W-League this season. |
| South Jersey Soccer: Barons Add Women's Team for 2001 Season! Sister Team to Play in W-2 League Thursday, January 11, 2001 Press Release Beginning in May! |
| High School Soccer: The Lopsided Victory, How Much Is Too Much Wednesday, January 10, 2001 By Jim Law Last week we all read or heard about the Camden High School men's basketball team roll up an impressive victory at the mercy of Camden County Vocational School. This is the game where one player scored 100 points in a 90-point victory. Just think a 90-point lead and the Camden coach had a full court press on the Vocational School. Camden High is a NATIONALLY ranked high school team and they inflict this punishment on a much inferior team. Was it really necessary? |
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