The players cannot wait to get at it again. The weekly pick-up games and voluntary practices can only do so much. The coach is not going to be present, but the members of the UTEP Men’s Soccer Club are itching to kick the ball simply because they love...

Five games in a nine-day stretch is no easy task for any team.  Perhaps this, added to the midday El Paso heat, contributed to the struggles encountered by the UTEP women’s soccer team as they hosted Houston Baptist at University Field.  Nonetheless,...

It was UTEP’s game from start to finish, as the women’s soccer program hosted the University of Incarnate Word at University Field.  In front of a crowd of more than 500 spectators the Miners scored once in the first half and three more times in...

The offseason is when teams analyze what was done the previous year and plan for the next season.  Free agency becomes the most interesting part of the summer in the NBA, especially when players such as LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony are available...

Until recently soccer’s Mt. Olympus has had two and only two—Pele and Diego Armando Maradona.  However, over the last decade, one player has made the case that he too belongs among these two greats of the sport with his collective and individual...

The second to last game of Brazil 2014 took place today at the Nacional stadium in Brasilia.  In the game nobody likes to play the Netherlands beat host nation Brazil to claim the third place of the tournament. The game began with an all too familiar...

Brazil lost against Germany in the first semifinal of the 2014 World Cup, but the story is not that the host nation failed to reach the final, but the fashion in which it all took place.  Before the end of the first half Germany lea Brazil by five goals...

Argentina is back in the semifinals stage of a world cup after 24 years.  Thanks to a balanced and efficient game and an early goal from striker Gonzalo Higuain, Argentina beat Belgium by the minimum difference today in the Bazilian capital of Brasilia. The...

It seemed as routine as a quarter final can be.  It was just another day at the office for Germany, who is more than accustomed to playing in this stage of a World Cup.  The Germans faced France, Friday in Maracana Stadium for the opportunity to advance...

The favorite has struggled in every match of the round of 16 and the trend continued in Salvador as the United States and Belgium had to play beyond 90 minutes to decide who would advance into the quarterfinals. The game began negatively for the Americans,...

Another tight and competitive match in this World Cup ends with talk of controversy directed towards a decision made by a referee.  France scored twice in the second half and defeated a tough Nigerian squad that seemed to fade in the final stretch of...

For more than 85 minutes Mexico flirted and with the chance of achieving a historical World Cup result. Unfortunatley for Mexico, the Netherlands came back in thrilling fashion to score twice in a span of five minutes, in their round of 16 match in Fortaleza. Mexico,...

There are not enough adjectives to describe what took place in Bello Horizonte as the knockout stages of Brazil 2014 got under way.  90 minutes were not enough, 30 extra minutes were not enough and we were provided with the first penalty shootout of...

Today’s matches finalized the group stage and provided the final four participants in the round of 16. Group G Belgium began the day already qualified and with the task of facing South Korea who still had hopes of advancing. They met in Sao Paolo,...

South American countries have thrived in the group stage so far in Brazil, with all participants up to date having qualified for the round of 16. Today’s results from Groups E and F provided the first country from the host continent to be eliminated...

Since the World Cup Draw took place Group D was for many the most complicated off all groups because it was composed of three former World Cup champions-Uruguay, England, and Italy. No one would have predicted that going into the third match of group...

It came down to one game where the result meant everything. Whatever had been done prior, wouldn’t matter. It would be undone if the result at the end of 90 minutes was not favorable. The Mexican national team made sure it all still mattered when all...

The final series of group-stage games, which will provide two teams from each group to advance into the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014, is underway. Group B was the first in action, with Chile playing the Netherlands and Spain facing...

There is nothing like it.  Nothing comes close to the emotions that a World Cup awakens. The anticipation, the nerves, the passion, and the hopes and dreams created are unmatched. The whole world will be watching as 32 countries compete on soccer’s...