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...most strategic substitution may have come five minutes prior to Stony Brook’s goal, when Clark sent on Rogers for his first collegiate match. Much is expected of Rogers, and the speedy striker did not take long to show everyone in attendance that he intends to live up to the hype...
...matches.Now a co-captain, Akpan entered his senior campaign determined to come out of the gates firing.So his weekend’s tally of two goals and three assists in the Crimson’s first two matches—both wins—was sure to please the striker as well as his teammates and coach.“He’s gotten off to a hot start, and that’s what our team needs right now to get wins,” co-captain Brian Grimm said.“Andre is a notoriously slow...
...Buchanan, they're helping to revive a town. BRE pays wages of up to $600 a month for a heavy plant operator and Baines reckons the number of shops in Buchanan has doubled since BRE arrived. Buchanan suddenly has a third-division soccer team, in which Baines plays striker. "It's moving so quickly," says Nelson Hill, 39, BRE's nursery manager. "When the company arrived, people were just sitting around. Most people had never had a job. Now people are singing in the fields." McCall MacBain, who plans to replicate the model elsewhere in Africa, says the most common...
...January transfer window, more than the amount spent in any of Europe's next four biggest leagues - are again in the mood to shop. The benevolence of billionaires helps. London club Chelsea, bankrolled by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, reportedly bid $74 million on June 9 for Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero. Manchester City, owned by Sheik Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a member of Abu Dhabi's royal family, is also keen to strengthen its squad. (See pictures of soccer's European championships...
...Invitational in October, Pollak finished tied for ninth, shooting 71 the first round and 75 the second. With his signature monster drives, Pollak dominated the field on long par-5 holes, leading all golfers with -4 on those holes.“He’s a great ball striker,” Shore said of Pollak. “He has a very sound, solid game. To play any sport in college, it’s all about focus and priorities.”At the Harvard-Riverside tournament at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., Pollak tied...