SOCCER: SAMPSON HIRE LONG IN WORKS.Byline: Patrick Hipes Daily News Staff Writer The Las Virgenes Blazers, one of the top girls' club programs in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , made national headlines when they introduced former U.S. national team coach Steve Sampson Steve Sampson (born January 19, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a soccer coach and the former head coach of the United States men's national team and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. as the club's technical director last week. Newsgroups This is a list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history. As of October 2002, there are about 100,000 Usenet newsgroups, of which approximately a fifth are active. from USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. to the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times and Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. ran the story, which became an issue when Blazers girls' coaching director Scott Murray
``This was well under way well in advance of the World Cup,'' said Sampson, who lives in nearby Agoura. ``If I stayed on as U.S. coach, it would allow me a way to maintain my sharpness as a coach during the week, because you get little time to coach with the national team.'' What's in a name? A perception may exist that the six-team Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Exiles Soccer Club got its name after a core group broke away from the parent Santa Clarita United Soccer Club just over a year ago. The split, giving the region four club programs, has in some circles been blamed for diluting the talent base in the region. Maybe the Santa Clarita area is spreading its soccer too thin, some suggest. The Exiles want to clear up a few things. ``Originally, this club was founded 17 years ago in Pasadena,'' publicity director Bob Arcos said. ``The founder of that club, E.B. Modha, started it with Rod Stewart and called themselves Exiles. ``When they left Santa Clarita United (last year), E.B. thought that Exiles was a cool name and he always liked it.'' So, contrary to a possibly popular belief, the Exiles contend the name is coincidental and nothing else. Yes, him: To sort out confusion, the original Pasadena-based Exiles did feature Modha and the Rod Stewart, ageless English pop sensation. It is widely known that the only thing Stewart loves more than music is soccer. Recently, Stewart found himself in the middle of an English national team English national team may refer to:
Stewart apologized and the talented midfielder has been left off England's roster (for now) for the 2000 European Championships. Exiles, Part III: The new version of Exiles, an under-12 girls' squad, lost in the finals of the California Sun and Surf Tournament last weekend in Long Beach, falling 1-0 in double overtime to North Huntington Beach. Nice guys: In an effort to step up its role in the community, the L.A. Galaxy announced Tuesday it will donate a portion of its walk-up ticket sales from tonight's match with Kansas City to charity. The Galaxy, which holds the best record in Major League Soccer at 18-6, will give $1 of every ticket sold at the 7 p.m. game at the Rose Bowl to the Ronald McDonald House Charities This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. of Southern California. ``We believe that it's very important to give back to the community in which we do business,'' Galaxy president/general manager Danny Villanueva said. Tickets cost between $10-$18. For information, call (888)MLS-KICK. |
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