European girls soccer roundup

Defending champions all reach finals

All three defending girls champions will get a chance to win those crowns again Thursday, when the Divisions I, II and III girls title games are scheduled to be played at Ramstein high school.

D-II soccer roundup

Favorites fight to keep seasons alive

Day 2 of the DODDS European Soccer Championships for Division II schools was Day 1 of the win-or-go-home, single-elimination portion of the four-day event. And the sense of urgency that situation provoked blanketed both fields at the VfB Waldmohr grounds.

D-II European soccer

Vicenza upends Hohenfels in pool play

The Vicenza Cougars got the 2012 DODDS European Soccer Championships Division II play started with a bang Monday by toppling the top-seeded Hohenfels Tigers 3-2 on a pair of goals in the game’s final two minutes.

Girls European soccer preview

Patch, Naples, Rota looking for repeats

Three impressive streaks will be on the line Monday and Tuesday when the girls’ European Divisions I, II and III soccer tournaments get under way at German clubs in the Ramstein area.

Boys European soccer preview

Champs will have tough time winning again

The defending Division I, II and III boys’ high school soccer champions are in peril of one-and-done seasons in the throne-room, based on seeds for the three events released Wednesday.

Boys soccer roundup

Vicenza upends AOSR to tighten up Region IV

The Vicenza Cougars returned the favor the Marymount Royals granted them seven days earlier by handing the visiting American Overseas School of Rome Falcons their first defeat of the season Saturday.

Girls soccer roundup

D-I powers romp to easy victories

Big-margin shutouts by the power programs in girls’ soccer were the order of the day on a Saturday that saw Ramstein blank Bitburg 10-0, Patch thump Schweinfurt 9-0 and Kaiserslautern whitewash Black Forest Academy 5-0. All three of those victors remained unbeaten and on a collision course for the European Division I title to be settled May 21-24 at Ramstein.

Loney, Owens head All-Europe selections

Two-time Stars and Stripes players of the year Janelle Loney and Tre’von Owens headline the All-Europe boys’ and girls’ basketball teams selected in late March by panels of coaches chaired by DODDS-Europe athletic coordinator Karen Seadore.