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France hands Ireland a loss
Reuters is reporting today that French captain Thierry Henry has admitted that he handled the ball in the build-up to a controversial goal that sent France to the World Cup at the expense of Ireland on Wednesday.
Ireland’s Robbie Keane criticized FIFA and UEFA after the loss, saying the two governing bodies would prefer seeing France in the World Cup.
“(Henry) nearly caught it, so it’s a bit of a killer. When you see the reaction of the players, (goalkeeper) Shay (Given) especially, he’s two yards away from it,” Keane said. “You don’t get a reaction like that if he’s not sure it’s a handball. He almost caught it and ran into the net with it.”
Read more of Keane’s comments here.
And here’s a video of the goal in question.
DU FRESHMAN RECOGNIZED: University of Denver men’s soccer player Alex Tarnoczi was named to Top Drawer Soccer’s all-rookie honorable-mention team. Tarnoczi, who was also Denver’s second-straight Mountain Pacific Sports Federation newcomer of the year, led the Pioneers and was tied for fifth in the MPSF with seven goals.
AIR FORCE HONORS: Three seniors from the Air Force Academy men’s soccer team were named to the all-MPSF teams. Midfielder Kevin Rosser was named to the first team, while forward Steven Noller was a second-team selection and defender Aaron Eshkenazi was named honorable mention. It is the second consecutive all-conference honor for each player.
DU HONORS: Five DU players were named All-MPSF. Collin Audley, Kris Banghart and junior goalkeeper Joe Willis were named to the first team. Tarnoczi was a second-team selection, and Jarod Stigall earned honorable mention.
BIG SKY HONORS: Three members of the University of Northern Colorado women’s soccer team have been honored by the Big Sky Conference. Three players, senior Marcie Johnson and sophomores Ariel Cook and Kimmie Feidler, were named to the all-Big Sky second team. Four players were honorable-mention selections: freshman Alexys Tamayo, senior Sydney VanderVelde, junior Brittani Knott and freshman Laura Wayland. Johnson scored four goals in conference play, including two goals against Northern Arizona in the Bears’ last game. Cook led the Bears with five goals and 11 points and also scored the other two goals against Northern Arizona. Cook also started in all 17 games for the Bears. Feidler ended the season with two goals and three assists.
MLS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez has been named the 2009 MLS rookie of the year. Gonzalez started and played all 30 of the Galaxy’s regular-season games and helped the club improve its defense from statistically the worst in 2008 to one of the best during the 2009 season. The 21-year old defender from Dallas becomes the second consecutive Galaxy defender to win the award. Teammate Sean Franklin received the honor in 2008. Gonzalez received the most votes in polling of media, MLS players and MLS coaches and general managers.
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