23 July 2008, 9:40 am
Brett Helm’s travel itinerary for the month of July more closely resembles that of an international rock star than a high school soccer player. Helm, soon to be a junior at Centennial, is headed Sunday to Europe for a two-week stint with his club soccer team.... read more
23 July 2008, 7:43 am
The challenge of Asian teams ended on a poor note in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille after reigning continental champions UAE were hammered 5-0 by Russia in a must-win match for the Gulf side while Japan lost to Spain 6-1.... read more
23 July 2008, 2:04 am
World Cup soccer players may not be that hard to find in the Fox Valley. At dozens of youth soccer camps run this summer by Challenger Sports, players ages 4 to 17 will be coached by members of Challenger's British coaching staff and taught to spar against their peers in World Cup soccer scrimmages.... read more
22 July 2008, 4:41 pm
Neither heat nor downpours nor more stinkin’ heat nor stinkin’ hot downpours have kept me from finishing my latest summer vacation by watching No. 4 son play in a soccer tournament. But they have kept me from writing a new column.... read more
22 July 2008, 4:27 pm
HYRYNSALMI, Finland - Mud up to her waist and the yellow wig hanging sideways, swamp-soccer veteran Tuula Brocke reached for the ball just barely a meter in front of her, but her foot would not move an inch.... read more
22 July 2008, 12:53 am
Action from last weekend's Swamp World Cup final between Russia's Sputnik and Finland's www.lomalyly in Hyrynsalmi.... read more