Word: fullbacks
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...Junior fullback Damon Jones is out for the year after surgery for an abdominal strain, and senior tailback Troy Jones is gone with a broken arm suffered on the first play of the first scrimmage. Junior defensive end Brian Daigle broke his ankle in Saturday's scrimmage, and projected starting wide receiver Steve Durbin hasn't taken a snap in practice...
There is a question mark at fullback, wheresophomore Grady Smalling will make his firstcareer start in the season-opener againstColumbia. Damon Jones was a great athlete and athreat as a receiver and runner last season, butSmalling will probably have a more limited role...
...nothing on the U.S. national soccer team that takes the field this week in the World Cup finals, La Coupe du Monde, being held in France. There are blacks, whites and Hispanics. One striker is South African, and the sweeper is from Germany. Better to talk to the left fullback in French; one midfielder is Dutch-born, another is from Uruguay and yet another from Yugoslavia. Throw in some California dudes, a couple of kids from Jersey, a farm-boy goaltender from Washington State and, bless us, a few sons of suburban soccer moms, and you've got a classic...
...squad has been largely overhauled by Sampson, and the fight for starting positions has been fierce. Stalwarts, including the popular Uncle Sam-goateed defender Alexi Lalas and Marcello Balboa, have been benched. Lalas' spot has been taken by David Regis, a fluid fullback who was born in Martinique, lives in France and plays in Germany. Regis is married to an American, and he got his citizenship papers just before the U.S. team left for France. Regis was tutored for his citizenship test by other players, and soon after becoming an American answered his phone to hear the national anthem being...
...Fullback Damon Jones has returned from injury to give Harvard yet another skill-position threat. He catches the ball well out of the backfield and can even be a breakaway threat when he carries the ball...