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Devo's Direct Kicks D&C.com Billy Andracki on The John DiTullio Show [Disclaimer: There wasn't a press conference to announce it, but I am the Rochester Lancers Director of Public Relations as well as the News Director for SoccerSam.com & Kick This!]   Yesterday the Rochester Lancers unveiled Billy...

The Rhinos closed out the regular season with a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Riverhounds thanks to a goal from Pittsburgh native Rich Costanzo. The Riverhounds return to Rochester on Friday night in the first round of the USL PRO League playoffs. If the Rhinos win, they would host the Harrisburg-LA w...

Tomorrow night the Rhinos close their regular season at home to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. The Rhinos are tied for first in the National Division with Harrisburg. The City Islanders close out league play in Orlando tonight. The WNY Flash close out their regular season on Sunday at home with a 6pm m...

The US didn't look great in the first half. But, once they brought on Brek Shea and Robbie Rogers in the 2nd half and tweaked their formation, they looked really good late and Jurgen Klinsmann got a 1-1 draw versus Mexico in his USMNT debut. Not too bad. And here are a ton of links from last night:...

The cliche goes that you only get one time to make a first impression. Well, tonight is Jurgen Klinsmann chance to make his first impression as the USMNT coach. Add to that the fact that the opponent in tonight's friendly is Mexico and the interest level in this match is off the charts. So, here are...

Since we're less than 36 hours away from Jurgen Klinsmann's first match as the USMNT coach, here are the boatload of links out there heading into the match. - Timmy Chandler is out and Zach Loyd is in as the replacement and Robbie Rogers has replaced Maurice Edu. - Clarence Goodson is out for tomorr...

Here are a bunch of links as that's what happens when I take a day off on a busy week in soccer news.  Local soccer: - Devo has a blog post and a nice article in today's D&C on Lenin Steenkamp. - Here is Devo's blog post on the WNY Flash's 2-1 win over Boston on Wednesday night. And I thought that i...

Devo has a big article on Alex Morgan in today's D&C ahead of tonight's WNY Flash match versus the Boston Breakers. Here are the gameday notes from the Breakers website. Dan Lauletta at WPS.com looks at the WNY Flash making their push down the stretch of the 2011 season.  In other news, I hope Old S...

The Rhinos bagged 4 pts, the Flash came back from 1-0 down to bag 4 goals and 3 points, and Jurgen Klinsmann was introduced today as the new USMNT coach. Other than that, not too much is going on..... Klinsmann introduction and first impressions on the hire  - Goal.com & SBI.net have eafrly coverage...

US Soccer.com It's official, Jurgen Klinsmann is the new head coach of the US Men's National Team. A press conference will be held on Monday to officially introduce Klinsmann and he will make his debut in two weeks as the US plays Mexico on August 10th in Philadelphia. Here are some comments that Kl...

Here are some links from around the soccer world on this Thursday... - BREAKING NEWS: Bob Bradley is out as the USMNT coach. It's going to be interesting to see who's next. Will MLS coaches like Sigi Schmid and Jason Kreis be the type of coach that US Soccer goes to next. Or, will they go the foreig...

Equalizer Soccer  All White Kit   The Original Winger Soccer America Unprofessional Foul  Dirty Tackle  Inside Minnesota Soccer  If you didn't tune in to Fox Soccer on Sunday night to check out the WNY Flash versus the Boston Breakers, then you missed a sick equalizing goal by Alex Morgan. My reac...

D&C.com Milestone win for the coach? Check First team to clinch a playoff spot in the USL PRO League? Check Knock off a team that was on a six game unbeaten streak? Check The Rhinos were less than 100% with captain Troy Roberts, Quavas Kirk, and Alfonso Motagalvan out with injuries and the Pittsburg...

Devo's Direct Kicks - 5 Thoughts After WWW  Devo's Direct Kicks - Festive Night D&C.com - Soccer Celebration   ESPNW USL Free Kicks Blog Soccer America The Original Winger  NY Times  Rochester was Soccertown, USA last night. But, I'm having a hard time figuring out what last night was, what it cou...

D&C.com Buffalo News.com  In case you haven't heard, Abby Wambach and magicJack are in town to take on the WNY Flash tonight at Sahlen's Stadium. With the Women's World Cup afterglow in full effect, tonight's match will push to be the largest crowd in Flash history, WPS standalone history, Sahlen's...

That had to be the overwhelming reaction to all those involved in yesterday's FIFA Women's World Cup Final on the US side. Whether it was the players themselves, the team's coaching and support staff, their friends and family, or all of the fans that had hopped aboard the USWNT bandwagon since last...

The D&C is the Wambach & Chronicle for a day. The players are getting ready for the biggest game in many of their careers. The US team may not want to admit that they are the favorites today as they have played the hard luck kids role this far. But, the fact that they are 3-0 versus Japan in 2011,...

The US jumped out to an early lead again thanks to a Lauren Cheney goal in the 9th minute. But, France was very dangerous and carried the play for much of the first half. The crossbar came up big for Hope Solo as the US got to halftime with the 1-0 lead. France continued to push and got the equalize...

Today is the day we've been waiting for since Sunday. US v France with a spot in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final on the line. Here we go: - The Salvatore's on Bay Road in Webster is having a viewing party today. - Check out the ESPN mini movie on Abby Wambach to get your day started. - Devo...

According to ESPNW , Abby Wambach has scored two of the top 5 goals in USWNT history, with yesterday's being at the top of the list. Rochester obviously can't get enough of Abby Wambach. Just look at the front page of our paper. But it's not just us. Our neighbors to the west have her on the cover...

The US was unlucky against Sweden. Add in poor play defensively and more finishing issues, and the US dropped their first ever WWC group stage match and will have to face Brazil in the Quarterfinals on Sunday morning. It is ironic that left back, a position that has been an issue for the USMNT for a...

I think the headline says it all, so now onto the WWC links: - ESPNW looks at the US young guns that might be called upon today with Heather O'Reilly & Abby Wambach nursing injuries. - Jeff at Equalizer Soccer has a six pack of WWC questions. - Jeff also has Tuesday's Stars & Subs. - Ray at All...

Devo's Direct Kicks D&C.com When Isaac Kissi missed an early PK, you wondered if the Rhinos streak of solid league play might be getting derailed due to a post-US Open Cup let down. Then Kissi got the Rhinos on the board early in the second half and things looked up for the home side. But less than...

Devo's Direct Kicks USL Soccer.com Not only are Matthew Delicate, Ryan Heins, and the Richmond Kickers in town to face the Rhinos tonight, it's Scott Vallow Bobblehead Night! There are only 1000 of them, so get there early to grab yours. On the field you have the Rhinos that got bounced out of the...

Yesterday features one game that was OK (USWNT v North Korea) and one that was a disappointment (Rhinos v Chicago Fire in the USOC 3rd Round). The US was blanked in the first half for the third time in World Cup group play by North Korea. It has only happened four times in USWNT history. But, the US...

So, my interwebs hook up at the house is down until at least Tuesday. So, here is a dump of links before I get kicked off the WiFi action here in parts unknown. Gold Cup - US-Mexico tomorrow night - WVHooligan rips a Rocky quote for this post title. Gotta like that. - Dan Loney with a little USA...

Lamar Hunt US Open Cup D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks Patriot News - Match preview Patriot News - Match notes The Cup.us - Bracket The Rhinos are in Harrisburg tonight to take on the City Islanders in the 2nd round of the 2011 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup tournament. The winner advances to face the Ch...

Devo's Direct Kicks D&C.com First half goals from Rich Costanzo, Andrew Hoxie, and Drew Cost were more than enough offense as the Rhinos defeated the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in Erie, PA last night. The Rhinos also welcomed Isaac Kissi back into the lineup after having to deal with a potentially car...

Rhinos 2:1 Phoenix SC - Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Round 1 Devo's Direct Kicks D&C.com 2011 Lama Hunt US Open Cup Bracket It wasn't a lopsided blowout, but the Rhinos never trailed in their Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 1st Round match with Phoenix SC of the USASA. The Rhinos will now travel south to Harri...

Rhinos defeat Harrisburg 1-0 - The USL Blog  & D&C.com have the recap of the Rhinos win over the Harrisburg City Islanders on Saturday evening.    - Devo's game day piece on the Rhinos focuses on what F Andrew Hoxie did during the off season to enter his second pro season in better condition. - De...