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...decision to Massachusetts Sunday afternoon at Jordan Field. The Crimson (0-1) toughed out its first match against the Minutewomen (3-1), already four games deep into their season. “It was our first game and we have a lot to improve on,” co-captain Jana Berglund said. “But the score did not reflect the quality of our play.” Only in practice for a little over a week, Harvard was quickly put to the test. The Minutewomen challenged the Crimson on both sides of the field as the game...
...that position every week." "Our main goal is to develop a style of play," sophomore Lizzy Nichols said. "We have to find an identity with this team, and that's going to come with experience, both in practice and in games." Junior midfielder Rachel Lau and captain Megan Merritt, who scored Harvard's lone goal in Sunday's loss, were named to the All-Tournament Team. GEORGE MASON 2, HARVARD 1 The Crimson managed just one shot on goal in 90 minutes against George Mason Sunday. It was a good one, but not quite good enough for Harvard to avoid...
...favorably on Saturday, the defending Ivy League champion and 15th-ranked Harvard men’s soccer team opened its 2007 campaign with a win against the defending Atlantic 10 champion, No. 22 Rhode Island. “This is a great win for us,” co-captain Matt Hoff said. “This is one of the better teams we are going to play all season.” Fifteen minutes into the second half, with the score locked at 2-2, Hoff collected a pass on the right wing from junior defender Marcel Perl. Hoff...
...Four years later, rivals are exploring the power of suggestion. At a farewell for the Wallabies in Sydney on Aug. 22, former captain Phil Kearns said the All Blacks had peaked 18 months ago against the British Lions. "They haven't played as well since and I think they're starting to worry," said Kearns, who predicts the Cup favorites will be bidding au revoir in the quarter-finals. The Wallabies' Cup-winning coach of '99, Rod Macqueen, questioned whether the Blacks had the versatility to play more than one style. French mentor Bernard Laporte has accused them of playing...
...creating depth in every position: when someone gets hurt, Henry wants the substitute to be just or almost as good. It's been an unpopular policy at times, says Bunce, "but it gives me confidence." So do the players - including a peerless loose-forward trio of Jerry Collins, captain Richie McCaw and Rodney So'oialo, and Dan Carter, who exemplifies the difference between a great fly-half and a fly-half who's a great kicker, like England's Jonny Wilkinson. "We have guys," says Bunce, "who can break games open...