Word: soccering
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With scores of sporting events this weekend—men’s soccer takes on Penn for the Ivy League title, football battles the undefeated Quakers for a its share of a three-peat Ancient Eight crown, and men’s and women’s hoops kick off their seasons—the choice is simple. Put down that Life Sci 1a book, grab some face paint and get across the river—that’s what the curve is for anyways...
...have clinched the outright Ivy League title last Saturday night, but the Harvard women’s soccer team is going into this weekend’s match as the underdog. The Crimson (9-6-1, 6-1 Ivy) will take on No. 7 Boston College (15-3-2, 7-3-1 ACC) tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Newton, Mass. in the first round of the NCAA tournament...
...Even non-soccer fans were shocked by the sudden, tragic death of Robert Enke, the goalkeeper for Germany's national team, who committed suicide by leaping in front of an express train near the city of Hannover on Tuesday night. The nation practically came to a standstill on Wednesday - German TV carried nonstop coverage of Enke's death, and hundreds of fans converged on the soccer stadium in Hannover to sign a condolence book and light candles and place flowers at the gates...
...found parked near the tracks and that it was unlocked. The 32-year-old left a suicide note in which he apologized to his loved ones and fans for hiding the full scale of his depression. On the outside, Enke was the rising star of German soccer, in line to be the national team's starting goalkeeper at next year's World Cup in South Africa. He had played eight games for Germany since taking over for Jens Lehmann in goal after the European Championships last year. In his club career, he played in more than 190 Bundesliga games...
...Lara, died of a rare heart condition. "I thought the death of Lara brought us closer together. We both thought we could achieve everything," Teresa Enke said, fighting back tears. She said that although her husband had been receiving treatment for his depression since 2003, he found solace in soccer. "Football was everything, it was his life," she said. But in an ironic way, it may have been his love for the game that ended up hurting him the most. Enke was fearful that news of his depression would also end his career, his wife said. "He was terrified...