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Without a conference tournament, the opening games in conference play in the Ivy League matter more than in any other conference in Division I basketball.With the automatic NCAA bid only going to the regular season winner, a slow start in league play is usually devastating, while a fast start can jump a team into title contention.“We have a young team with so many freshmen and sophomores,” said Harvard head coach Frank Sullivan. “What we have been trying to impress upon them is every game is a must win. Every half...
...Under-20 National Team. Akpan was one of 20 players, including nine professionals, pared down from an initial list of 70 by veteran U-20 Coach Thomas Rongen, himself a native of the Netherlands. The squad will compete in the upcoming CONCACAF Under-20 Final Round Qualifying Tournament in Panama City, Panama.. Akpan and the U.S. Team are scheduled to play Haiti in their first game on Jan. 17 at Rommel Fernandez Stadium. They will play Guatemala on Jan. 19 and Panama on Jan. 21. The U.S. has qualified for five consecutive FIFA U-20 World Cups, and would...
...National team. This weekend’s training camp will give head coach Greg Ryan a chance to evaluate the 28 players he has invited to Carson before whittling his roster down to 20 players. Those 20 will then travel to Gungzhou, China, to play in the Four Nations Tournament. The United States, ranked second internationally, will kick off tournament play on January 26 against top-ranked Germany. It will also play 12th-ranked England and ninth-ranked host China over the next four days. With 153 “caps,” Markgraf reports to camp...
...Major League Soccer (MLS) Player Combine. During the holiday break, Ivy League Rookie of the Year André Akpan stayed on as one of 21 players training for the U.S. Under-20 National Team, from which one more player will be cut before the Jan. 17-21 CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Panama City, Panama. Akpan is training with players such as MLS phenom Freddie Adu and UCLA standout Sal Zizzo under veteran U-20 coach Thomas Rongen. Zizzo scored twice in UCLA’s win against the Crimson in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The MLS combine...
...Crimson’s non-conference woes prior to its cross-town showdown with the Eagles, ‘improbable’ hit the bullseye.Harvard entered the game at 1-10, the team’s lone win coming against San Jose State, then 0-7, in a tournament game in Berkeley, Calif. The Crimson had been spanked by then-No. 16 Cal, downed by streaking Wisconsin, and had lost a hard-fought home game to No. 23 BYU. And the Eagles? BC was 9-3 and had won five of its last six. Just a month earlier, the Eagles...