College Soccer News USF #11

[Guest HowieP1]

Rank School Record Rank last week

1. U.C. Santa Barbara 8-0-1  1

2. Indiana 7-2-0 2

3. California 7-0-2 3

4. Santa Clara 9-1-0 6

5. New Mexico 8-0-0 7

6. UNC-Greensboro 8-0-1 8

7.  Duke 11-0-0 9

8. Virginia 7-2-0 14

9. Creighton 7-2-0 4

10. Penn State 5-1-4 5

11. South Florida 6-0-2 19

12. Stanford 5-1-3 16

13. SMU 7-3-0 20

14. Notre Dame 7-2-1 21

15. VCU 6-2-1 22

16. Boston College 6-2-0 10

17. Michigan 7-1-2 15

18. St. John’s 6-3-1 12

19. South Carolina 7-1-1 23

20. UCLA 5-2-2 17

21. Wake Forest 4-3-1 25

22. Maryland 5-3-1 11

23. Akron 7-2-1 30

24. Washington 8-3-1 NR

25. James Madison 9-0-1 NR

26. William and Mary 6-2-2 29

27. Old Dominion 5-3-1 13

28. UAB 6-3-0 NR

29. Villanova 5-2-2 24

30. Brown 4-2-2 NR

http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index_files/page0059.htm

[bulls96go]

great get in and win in post season

[pdiddybull32]

This team is real good. If your a soccer fan, definitely encourage you to come out and support your bulls. The freshman recruits are gonna be good for a long time here. This team is legit! Go Bulls!! 8)

[Papa_Bull]

COLLEGE MEN: Soccer America Top 25 (Oct. 4)

10/4/2004 6:15:00 PM

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RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK

1. Duke (11-0-0) 2

2. UC Santa Barbara (8-0-1) 1

3. California (7-0-2) 3

4. Santa Clara (9-1-0) 4

5. New Mexico (8-0-0) 5

6. Indiana (7-2-0) 6

7. Stanford (5-1-3) 7

8. UNC Greensboro (8-0-1) 10

9. Notre Dame (7-2-1) 14

10. South Carolina (7-1-1) 15

11. South Florida (6-0-2) 17

12. Penn State (5-1-4) 9

13. SMU (6-3-0) 19

14. Washington (8-3-1) 24

15. Creighton (7-2-0) 8

16. Akron (7-2-1) 21

17. Virginia (7-2-0) 22

18. Wake Forest (4-3-1) NR

19. UCLA (5-2-2) 12

20. St. John's (6-3-1) 13

21. Virginia Commonwealth (6-2-1) NR

22. Boston College (6-2-0) 11

23. William & Mary (6-2-2) 16

24. Maryland (5-3-1) 18

25. Brown (4-2-2) NR

http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562135099

[Papa_Bull]

Monday, October 4

(Records include games of Sunday, October 3)

(First-place votes in parentheses)  

Rank School Record Pts LW

1 California-Santa Barbara (7) 8-0-1 382 1

2 Duke (5) 11-0-0 369 4

3 North Carolina-Greensboro (2) 8-0-1 354 5

4 California 7-0-2 347 3

5 Indiana 7-2-0 339 7

6 New Mexico (1) 8-0-0 320 9

7 Santa Clara (1) 8-1-0 273 6

8 Penn State 5-1-4 265 2

9 Notre Dame 7-2-1 228 18

10 South Florida 6-0-2 225 17

11 Creighton 7-2-0 206 8

12 Southern Methodist 7-3-0 199 22

13 Stanford 5-1-3 195 16

14 (tie) Michigan 7-1-2 162 14

14 (tie) Virginia 7-2-0 162 21

16 Washington 8-3-1 160 24

17 Boston College 6-2-0 159 10

18 South Carolina 7-1-1 147 23

19 St. John's 6-3-1 140 11

20 Virginia Commonwealth 6-2-1 102 nr

21 UCLA 5-2-2 101 13

22 Maryland 5-3-1 92 12

23 William & Mary 6-2-2 70 20

24 Wake Forest 4-3-1 28 nr

25 Old Dominion 5-3-1 22 15

Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie. nr - no ranking

Dropped out: No. 19 Coastal Carolina, No. 25 Tulsa.

Others receiving votes: Akron 17, Coastal Carolina 17, Brown 14, Memphis 13, San Francisco 11, Alabama-Birmingham 8, Seton Hall 8, Tulsa 7, Air Force 6, Clemson 6, Hartwick 5, James Madison 5, Oakland 4, Portland 4, California State-Northridge 3, Connecticut 3, Loyola Marymount 3, Saint Louis 2, Villanova 1.

Voting panel: Louis Bennett, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Mark Berson, South Carolina; Sasho Cirovski, Maryland; Ian Collins, Kentucky; Dan Donigan, Saint Louis; Mike Freitag, Indiana; Mike Getman, Alabama-Birmingham; Kevin Grimes, California; Schellas Hyndman, Southern Methodist; Paul Krumpe, Loyola Marymount; Ken Lolla, Akron; Al Mistri, California State-Fullerton; Bob Reasso, Rutgers; Ray Reid, Connecticut; John Rennie, Duke; Keith Tabatznik, Georgetown; Bob Warming, Creighton.

Voting method: On each ballot, 25 points awarded for first place, 24 for second place, 23 for third, etc., to 1 point for 25th place.

http://www.soccertimes.com/ncaa/top25/men.htm

[smazza]

wow

now lets build on this a become a national power

[usfbulls2004]

Great job soccer team. Keep it up!

[Guest HowieP1]

NSCAA/adidas®

National Rankings  

2004 NCAA Division I Men - National

October 5, 2004

Rank School W-L-T Prev.

1 UC Santa Barbara 8-0-1 1

2 University of North Carolina, Greensboro 8-0-1 2

3 Indiana University 7-2-0 6

4 Duke University 11-0-0 7

5 University of New Mexico 8-0-0 5

6 Virginia Commonwealth University 6-2-1 --

7 California 7-0-2 10

7 Southern Methodist University 7-3-0 17

9 Penn State University 5-1-4 3

10 University of Virginia 7-2-0 21

11 Creighton University 7-2-0 4

12 Boston College 6-2-0 9

13 St. John's University 7-4-1 11

14 University of South Florida 6-0-2 19

15 University of Notre Dame 7-2-1 23

16 Santa Clara University 9-1-0 16

17 University of South Carolina 7-1-1 15

18 College of William & Mary 6-2-2 8

19 University of Michigan 7-1-2 13

20 Stanford University 5-1-3 --

21 Hartwick College 5-2-3 18

21 Brown University 4-2-2 20

23 Seton Hall University 6-3-1 21

24 University of Memphis 7-2-0 --

24 University of Alabama at Birmingham 6-3-0 --

Also receiving votes: Binghamton, Clemson, Maryland

http://www.nscaa.com/rank/20041005/D1M/0/index.html

I don't know why this poll has SMU ranked so far above USF when we beat them 3-0 and have a much better record.

At least they have both Memphis and UAB ranked which will allow us to move up if we can beat them. USF is also scheduled to play St Johns.

This Saturday USF plays Memphis at home.

[Guest AstroBull]

I'll be there Saturday.  Team looks real good out there.  And I have no idea why SMU is ahead of us.

[Guest HowieP1]

Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Sports

Oracle/VICTOR GRILEY

Christian Jimenez, left, and Rodrigo Hidalgo have been a big part of the USF men's soccer team's success this season. They have known each other for five years and are often mistaken for brothers.

A bond of brothers

By Mike Camunas

Staff Writer

October 06, 2004

With their wavy, dark shoulder-length hair, they look like brothers. They even act like they are related.

Freshmen Rodrigo Hidalgo and Christian Jimenez of the USF men's soccer team have been playing soccer together longer than most people spend at USF.

Soccer America rated USF's 2004 recruiting class No. 5 in the nation and these two freshman are a big reason why. Hidalgo was the No. 5 recruit in the country and Jimenez was No. 14.

Neither of the two, who have been playing together for five years, are short on things to say.

When they were younger, the two had to work hard at becoming the soccer players they are today without the support of a regular family.

"We're basically brothers, if you look at it the way I do," Hidalgo said. "We've been each other's families for five years. We haven't been that kid that grows right next to your mommy or your daddy. We've been more of that kid that will be there for the rest of your life."

"It is different growing up in a Hispanic family," Jimenez added. "Usually Hispanic families are real close together, but I guess we're a little different.

"My father treated me really badly, and in the end I never had the confidence to just talk to him as a friend, and it just affected me in a certain way. I never really had anyone else besides (Hidalgo)."

As they grew older, Hidalgo and Jimenez formed their own family with those who remained willing to lend a helping hand.

"We have similarities with our families," Hidalgo said. "I grew up without my mother, and then she came back, and I was like, 'Who are you?' So after that, at age nine, I had a mind of my own. I was always running my mouth."

And while the two regularly agree that Hidalgo is the more talkative of the two, they feel that they compete with each other on a daily basis. From good grades in the same class to the girls they talk to on campus, Hidalgo and Jimenez are always searching for new ways to outdo one another.

"We compete a lot," Hidalgo said. "We really do."

"It goes from how we did in school to how we did on the field," Jimenez said. "We really don't joke around on the field, though. If (Hidalgo) had a bad game, or I had a bad game, we both admit we had a bad game. But then we're like, 'Hey. Don't worry about it.'

"I think all this competition makes us closer together. We fight a lot, but two seconds later we'll be hugging again."

Since being roommates at Edison Academic Center, a school in Bradenton designed to train future prospects for the U.S. National Team with famous alumni such as Freddy Adu, Hidalgo and Jimenez have endured some criticism as to why they chose to come to USF, which is not well known for its soccer team.

"We got picked on a lot," Hidalgo said. "Players on the national team, coaches, people back home. We had choices like UCLA, and then we went to USF. And everyone was like, 'USF? Where's that?'"

"My head coach told me, 'You have a chance to go pro. Why are you going to bother with USF?'" Jimenez said.

Hidalgo and Jimenez found condolence in their eventual choice to become Bulls, partly because of how much Hidalgo pitched USF to Jimenez, but also in the straightforwardness of coach George Kiefer.

"(Hidalgo) called me on a visit at USF," Jimenez said. "And he said I should come visit. And I asked, 'Where? USF? Where's that?'

"So I came the next day, when chances were that I wouldn't like (USF). And (Hidalgo) was right, I loved it, and we went home, and I think we made our decision a day later."

"And Kiefer, he was straight up with us," Hidalgo said. "He told us that we don't care about your national team experience and that he was going to treat us just like we treat the seniors on the team."

Hidalgo and Jimenez, who were two of the top-rated recruits in the country before coming to USF, have now made a direct impact on the offense, becoming indispensable during game situations. Both have scored game-winning goals this season. Hidalgo has nine points in eight games, and Jimenez has three.

Now the two will set their sights on the team goal: the C-USA Tournament.

"I will say this much," Hidalgo said. "We'll be in the Conference USA final. When we get there, there will still be a lot we have to prove."

"I don't like to look that far ahead," Jimenez said. "I don't want to be disappointed. I try to take it one game at a time and set a goal about just wanting to win."

http://www.usforacle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/06/4163e19636d44