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...Akpan took it one step further, earning a surprise start in the team’s first game of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers in Panama City against Haiti on Jan. 17. He immediately justified U.S. Coach Thomas Rongen’s trust, scoring a hat trick, and nearly adding a fourth goal...
...Akpan was shut out in subsequent games against Guatemala (which the U.S. tied, 0-0) and Panama (5-0). Today, Akpan is still considered an outside shot for the final roster of this summer’s U-20 World Cup in Canada. Thriving there would be a critical component of any courtship by professional teams from Major League Soccer (MLS) or Europe...
...Hopefully if I make the [World Cup] team...and if I get some playing time, maybe there’ll be some interest,” Akpan says. “And then, if not, obviously I want to come back [to Harvard] next year. And if I have a good year, I mean, we’ll see what happens...
...elder Akpan’s first love, however, was soccer. The Nigerian national team of his youth, nicknamed the ‘Super Eagles,’ had not yet evolved into the World Cup contender of the early ’90s, and so young Nigerian boys cast their eyes west to Brazil, where Péle was capturing the world’s imagination...
...fans who may not have experienced the pleasures of wine, Richard Childress, owner of three Nextel Cup teams and two Busch series teams, has turned his Lexington, N.C., vineyard into a racing enthusiast destination. He markets to race fans with his Fast Track Wine Club and RCR (Richard Childress Racing) collection bottles, and NASCAR fans stop in for tastings during race season. This year he will release the Childress Classic, a checkered flag-labeled cab merlot blend aimed at the first-time wine drinker. He's also going to put his vineyard logo on a few cars. "Wine...