Real Salt Lake - From Worst to First

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The same franchise that was once viewed as a joke around Major League Soccer is a first-place team at long last. RSL (6-6-5) upped its season total to 23 points with the win, one more than second-place Los Angeles and Chivas USA. The win also kept RSL unbeaten at home at 5-0-5...
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Arizona 1A/2A/3A Girls State Soccer Championship

Flagstaff Eagles v. Scottsdale Notre Dame 4A girls soccer

4a2gsoc 150256 -- 02/06/08 -- Flagstaff's Diane Buzzard (cq) gets tripped up with Scottsdale Notre Dame's Alex Teran (cq) Wednesday night in Phoenix. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/The Arizona Republic


4a2gsoc 150256 -- 02/06/08 -- Flagstaff's Alyssa Miller (cq) heads the ball against Scottsdale Notre Dame Wednesday night in Phoenix. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/The Arizona Republic


4a2gsoc 150256 -- 02/06/08 -- Flagstaff Eagles' goalie Natasha Slaughter (cq) collides with Scottsdale Notre Dame's Alex Teran (cq) to make a save Wednesday night in Phoenix. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/The Arizona Republic


-- 4a2gsoc 150256 -- 02/06/08 -- Scottsdale Notre Dame's Makenzie Bemis (cq) kicks into Flagstaff's Alyssa Miller (cq) Wednesday night in Phoenix. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/The Arizona Republic

Glendale Raymond S. Kellis v. Phoenix Moon Valley 4A2 boys soccer

4a2bsoc 150253 -- 02/05/08 -- Glendale's Everardo Ledezma (cq), right, and Tyler Minton (cq) sandwhich Phoenix's Eduardo Ayala (cq) as they all take to the air to win possession Tuesday night in Phoenix. Glendale won 2-1 in the closing seconds of double overtime.


4a2bsoc 150253 -- 02/05/08 -- Phoenix's Kossi Lokassou (cq) tackles the ball from Glendale's Tony Valera (cq) Tuesday night in Phoenix. Glendale won 2-1.



4a2bsoc 150253 -- 02/05/08 -- Members of the Glendale Raymond S. Kellis (cq) soccer team celebrate after scoring the game winning goal in the closing seconds of the second overtime Tuesday night against Phoenix Moon Valley (cq) in Phoenix. --

Arizona 5A2 girls soccer

5A2gsoc 150101 -- 01/30/08 -- Marcos de Niza's (cq) Bianca Doller (cq) jumps past a defending Perla Perez (cq) of La Joya (cq)Wednesday night during the first round of the Class 5A women's soccer tournament in Tempe. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/The Arizona Republic

Brophy v. Chandler - 5A soccer

5A1bsoc 150099 -- 01/29/08 -- Temi Molinar (cq) flicks the ball to the right of a sliding Cesar Mendivil (cq). --Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/The Arizona Republic


5A1bsoc 150099 -- 01/29/08 -- Graham Smith (cq), right, keeps the ball away from an aggressive Temi Molinar (cq) Tuesday night in Phoenix. -- Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/The Arizona Republic

Lady Cougars Conquer MWC Tourny

Teammates celebrate with Katie Fellows, center, after scoring the second Cougar goal against the UNLV Rebels Saturday afternoon.
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The Lady Cougars celebrate with their 2007 Mountain West Conference trophy after defeating UNLV 2-1 Saturday at South Field.
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Cougar Katie Fellows wins a head ball against UNLV Saturday. Fellows was awarded the Mountain West Conference Tournament MVP award.
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UNLV defender Dani Morin scores an own goal putting the Cougars ahead 1-0 near the start of the second half Saturday at South Field.

Lady Cougars Knock-out Frogs

BYU's Nicole Urry, right, keeps her eye on the ball as she jumps over TCU's Jackie Torda, left, for a header Wednesday night at South Field.
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Cougar Katie Larkin pressures Frog goalie Kelsey Walters during the first half of Wednesday's 2-0 victory at South Field. Katie Larkin and Carolyn Swenson each scored once to boost BYU into the semi final match against SDSU.
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BYU goalie Erika Woodbury grabs a corner kick against TCU Wednesday night at South Field.

Lady Cougs Win 5th Straight Shutout

BYU's Karen Cook, 4, wins a header over Wisconsin's Shannon Terry,14, Friday evening at South Field in Provo. The Cougar's have set a school record with five straight shutouts.
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Junior Katie Larkin watches her shot strike the back of net for the Cougars' game winning goal against the Wisconsin Badgers Friday night at South Field in Provo. The Cougars' won 1-0 for their fifth straight shutout.

U.S. Open Cup

BYU's Andrew VanWagenen, left, takes flight after colliding with San Francisco Victory midfielder Raul Palomares, right, during the first half of Tuesday night's U.S. Open Cup match at South Field.

International soccer star David Beckham met with fans after practice at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Tuesday night.


World champion and Real Madrid defender Fabio Cannavaro leaped over Real Salt Lake's Jeff Cunningham in the first half of Saturday's Xango Cup. After ninety minutes of entertaining, physical competition, Madrid came out on top, 2-0.


Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes meet with Real Madrid players after their match against Real Salt Lake in Salt Lake City.

Real Salt Lake v Chicago Fire

RSL's Jeff Cunningham battles Chicago Fire's Dasan Robinson during the first-half of Saturday's match. Cunningham carried Real to their third win in four games with two classy goals in the second half. RSL increased their unbeaten streak to four games.