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...Wisconsin was finally able to convert. Off of a perfect cross, a diving Badger forward headed the ball in past a diving Mann. It was the only blemish on the standout keeper’s card on the day. But after the goal, the Crimson responded, picking up the tempo and eventually regaining control of the ball. And in the end, the team came just inches of a post away from a victory. “I’m really pleased with the way they responded after the goal,” Leone said...
...over Vermont, Stamatis and fellow midfielder junior Brian Grimm also controlled the pace of the match. “Our two midfielders kept control of the game,” Clark said. “[In] what could have been an ugly, dirty game, [Stamatis and Grimm] kept the tempo perfect.” Sager led his team in the backfield, and combined with junior goalkeeper Joseph Alexander to keep the Catamounts scoreless during the match. “Luke Sager in the back was great,” Clark said. “He organized us and kept...
...played really well.” The freshmen on the squad were unavailable to play in the second game, as they were summoned back to Cambridge for Orientation. LONG BEACH 3, HARVARD 0 In the Crimson’s first match of the year, the 49ers controlled the tempo and overpowered Harvard, a team that started playing together just two weeks ago. The Crimson managed to stay even with Long Beach State for much of the first half, but eventually the 49ers struck gold. The opponents found the back of the net twice in the last five minutes...
...Germany itself, some strongly disagree. At the German Engineering Federation, an association of about 3,000 German machinery firms, economist Olaf Wortmann acknowledges that there has been "a change of tempo," but he insists that the upward trend is continuing. The Federation tracks the order inflow of its members, and while that number fell 12% in May, it jumped a spectacular 35% in April. "There are always monthly fluctuations," says Wortmann. For the first six months of 2008, the industry is still expecting growth of at least 5%. One heartening factor: the engineering firms' factories continue...
...Despite being twice-trounced by Spain, Russia had been the tournament's other bright light, and it too played the high-tempo attacking game of the Spanish. A ghost of its CCCP past, this team announced that once again Russia was ready to play on the world soccer stage. Guus Hiddink's men, led by its striking partnership of Roman Pavlyuchenko and Andrei Arshavin, had the wannabe oligarchs in attendance contentedly puffing on their Havanas. The only pity was that the Russians had to play Spain twice...