Posts Tagged ‘Soccer’

What to Watch: Olympics 2012

Written by Rebecca Harris on July 19, 2012. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News Our Town, Our Town, West Side Spirit

With the 2012 Olympics fast approaching, America’s fastest and strongest athletes are ready to go for gold in London. In Beijing in 2008, Team USA topped the international competition with 110 medals, the most taken home by any country in the Games. This year, returning champions and bright-eyed rising stars make up a team that
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Is the Euro 2012 Cup Plagued by Fears of Racism?

Written by NYPress on June 13, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive, Sports, Uncategorized

Euro 2012 host countries Poland and Ukraine find themselves under close scrutiny as racism accusations intensify. The Union of European Football Association (UEFA) has already opened several investigations as we approach the second week of the competition. The controversy was sparked last month with BBC’s “Stadiums of Hate,” a documentary denouncing the presence of
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From Active to Artsy

Written by NYPress on May 2, 2012. Posted in Arts our town downtown, News & Features West Side Spirit, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, Summer Guide, West Side Spirit

A guide to summer day camps By Meghan Gearino, Kat Harrison and Elizabeth Raymond If you tally all of the day camps in the city along with all of the day camps within an hour’s drive, you have an extraordinary menu of summer experiences. From traditional day camps that offer a mix of sports, crafts
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Watch World Cup at Family Outing

Written by admin on June 11, 2010. Posted in Blog

Catch the USA vs. England World Cup game in a family friendly setting on June 12 at MARTE (Manhattan Artisan Retail & Trade Emporium), 121 E. 3rd Street. The artisan flea market is showing the game on a large screen with soccer demos, free snacks and free Hawaiian Shaved Ice for the kids
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Hicks’ Lucky Kick

Written by admin on December 23, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

On rare—very rare—occasions, a soccer goalie gets to have a moment of glory on offense. Maybe the keeper is tall and plays well in the air, so he is brought up to play corner kicks. Maybe he is an excellent ball striker and is good at penalty shots. Dan Hicks isn’t used in either way
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HUNTER HAWKS PUT ON BEST SHOW IN YEARS

Written by admin on December 4, 2008. Posted in Uncategorized

A year ago, Devin Leahy was a little-used freshman on one of the worst college soccer teams in New York City. Now, thanks to his key efforts in the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) championship game on Nov. 8, Hunter College’s soccer team is the toast of the town. Hunter finished the
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FIELD OF THEIR DREAMS

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

There is an obvious distinction between the people who show up for a youth sporting event at 8 a.m. on a cold Saturday in autumn. On one hand, there are the two dozen or so parents sipping coffee with bleary eyes who cannot believe they got up this early. On the other, there are the
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POISED FOR PLAYOFF TRIUMPH

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Uncategorized

When the Martin Luther King Jr. boys’ soccer team lost in September, it was the squad’s first defeat in 33 games and nearly three years. But all good things must come to an end, even for King, the unquestioned powerhouse of high school boys’ soccer in New York City and public school champions for 10
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NEVILLE COLMAN'S TURF LEGACY

Written by admin on October 9, 2008. Posted in Uncategorized

From the window of Glenys Lobban’s apartment at Riverside Drive and 110th Street, the field looks like just another blotch of grass among several others in the expanse of the park below. One would have to actually walk down to the lowest tier of Riverside Park, right next to the Henry Hudson Parkway, to see
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