最新杏吧原创an Tim Ream will be on roster for U.S. national team for match at CityPark on Nov. 18
U.S. men鈥檚 national team defender Tim Ream hydrates while warming up before an international friendly soccer match against Uzbekistan at CityPark in 最新杏吧原创 on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.
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U.S. Soccer will announce its roster for its upcoming CONCACAF Nations League games with Jamaica, including one in 最新杏吧原创 on Nov. 18, on Sunday morning and 最新杏吧原创an Tim Ream will be on that roster, a source confirmed.
Ream, who played at St. Dominic High and 最新杏吧原创 University before heading off on a 13-year run playing in England, including five seasons in the Premier League, has made 64 appearances with the national team and has been with it fairly consistently since 2019. He was captain for the U.S. in its most recent match, a 2-0 loss to Mexico in Guadalajara on Oct. 15.
Ream returned to the United States in August to play for Charlotte in Major League Soccer. Charlotte lost to Orlando on Saturday in the teams鈥 decisive match of their best-of-three first round series in the MLS playoffs, falling in penalty kicks after the teams had played to a 1-1 draw.
U.S. coach Maurico Pochettino was to be in attendance at the match; with its first game in this home-and-home series in Jamaica, the U.S. is holding camp in Orlando and will head to 最新杏吧原创 after that game on Nov. 14. The match in 最新杏吧原创 four days later will be at CityPark, kicking off at 7 p.m.
Ream, who turned 37 years old on Oct. 5, is one of only 10 field players to see action with the U.S. team at that age and the first to do it since Preki in 2001.
The other 最新杏吧原创an who currently is in the national team pool, forward Josh Sargent, won鈥檛 be playing in the Jamaica games. He had surgery on a groin injury earlier in the week and his English club, Norwich City, has said he will be out for two months.
The match at CityPark will be the first home match in an official competition for Pochettino.
Hochman: The story of SLU鈥檚 soccer star and her pet cow Winston
最新杏吧原创 University senior Emily Gaebe tips the ball in for a goal in the Bronze Boot game on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024 at CityPark.
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Emily Gaebe, 最新杏吧原创 U.鈥檚 confident and dominant soccer star, actually is quite quirky and, per her coach, 鈥渧ery humble鈥 and can 鈥渓augh at herself,鈥 which makes it fitting that Gaebe is the proud owner of ... a pet cow named Winston.
鈥淲e always joke about getting him here for a game as a mascot,鈥 Gaebe said. 鈥淏ut he鈥檚 like 2,500 pounds now.鈥
And so, Gaebe鈥檚 biggest supporter never has seen her play. He remains on the family鈥檚 land back in Union, 48 miles from Midtown, where the senior Gaebe and SLU (13-1-6) will play Massachusetts (13-4-3) at noon Sunday for the Atlantic 10 Conference women鈥檚 soccer title.
A win and SLU鈥檚 in the NCAA Tournament. The Billikens have won the A-10 tournament in each of the past six seasons 鈥 oh, and haven鈥檛 allowed a goal in the tourney in their past eight games (23-0 aggregate score).
A loss and SLU still might be in 鈥 after all, the Billikens are ranked 26th in the NCAA Division I Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).
And this year鈥檚 club is stacked, as it annually is under coach Katie Shields. For instance, defender Lyndsay Heckel made the all-conference team for a fifth consecutive season (she earned an extra year because of the pandemic). And Gaebe was named conference offensive player of the year, just like she was last season.
An argument can be made that Gaebe is the best SLU women鈥檚 soccer player ever. So far this year, she has scored 14 goals in her 19 games played (the next-closest goal-scorer is actual the defensive player Heckel, with five). Gaebe is SLU鈥檚 career leading scorer, with 45 goals. And she鈥檚 tied for fifth all-time in assists, with 22.
鈥淪he鈥檚 just one of one,鈥 Shields said. 鈥淚鈥檝e never, ever coached a player like her 鈥 and I don鈥檛 know that we ever will again. 鈥 I think Gaebe is maybe the most exciting player to ever play here, because when she gets the ball, it鈥檚 wild. 鈥 She鈥檚 just such a pure goal scorer 鈥 both in mind and body. 鈥
鈥淎nd from a goal-scoring standpoint, she鈥檚 somebody who can dribble through (a defense). She can go 1 v. 3, 1 v. 4 and somehow find her way to goal. She just has a knack for finishing in a lot of different ways. And she runs about 20 miles per hour when she gets going. She鈥檚 the second-fastest player on the team. So, yeah, she鈥檚 something special to watch.鈥
Shields explained that Gaebe is extremely well-liked by her teammates 鈥 鈥渁 special human.鈥 And Shields said she鈥檒l forever remember the first time she saw Gaebe play.
The SLU coach was at the Lou Fusz Athletic Complex in Creve Coeur. A local club director said to check out this one player.
A seventh-grader.
鈥淗e goes, 鈥楾his one is something special. What do you think?鈥欌 Shields said. 鈥淎nd I sat there, and nothing happened. Nothing happened. And then ...鈥
Shields snapped her fingers.
鈥淪he scored two goals just like that.鈥
Once Gaebe became official recruiting age, Shields began the process to nab this elite scorer of what Shields calls 鈥渂uckets of goals.鈥
鈥淚 always liked soccer because my older sister played soccer,鈥 Gaebe said. 鈥淚 always wanted to be as good as her 鈥 so I always just pushed myself. 鈥 Through and through, I鈥檓 all about scoring goals. I just think it鈥檚 fun. Playing with your teammates, everybody鈥檚 celebrating. 鈥 I would say that our team pours into each other 鈥 everybody does their best to make your teammate look good.鈥
How much is scoring on Gaebe鈥檚 mind? She literally even dreams about it.
鈥淢e and Julia Simon talk about this all the time,鈥 Gaebe said. 鈥淟ike, we literally have dreams about scoring goals. Like, 鈥業 assisted your goal. It was the coolest goal ever. We鈥檙e going do that tonight (in the game)!鈥 鈥
Gaebe is in SLU鈥檚 athletic training program, but she very well could make a roster in the National Women鈥檚 Soccer League. There鈥檚 currently one other Billiken in the league 鈥 Maddie Pokorny of the Louisville club.
In the short term, Gaebe鈥檚 focus is Sunday鈥檚 game and being able to play in front of family, friends and fans once more. The Billiken mascot likely will be there. The same, of course, can鈥檛 be said for Winston.
鈥淚 think I was a freshman in high school,鈥 Gaebe said of how her family acquired a pet cow. 鈥淪o we have a farm, 20 minutes away from my house, and my dad has cattle on it. One of the cows had a baby 鈥 and the mom couldn鈥檛 feed it. I guess sometimes cows can turn away. So my dad had to bring it home. My mom had to bottle-feed it, which led to her getting attached to it. So then he basically turned into, like, a dog for our family.
鈥淗e would just walk outside around our house 鈥 we live on seven acres. And when he was small enough, he would lay on our front porch. He was literally like a dog until he got too big. He would start trying to head-butt people 鈥 he was just playing around, but he was 1,000 pounds. So we had to fence him in, inside our backyard. He鈥檚 huge.鈥
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SLU women play host to UMass for Atlantic 10 soccer title Sunday
The 最新杏吧原创 University women鈥檚 soccer team has a few streaks going: 15 games without a loss, four games without allowing a goal. If the team can extend those streaks, it can extend an even more significant one.
SLU can assure itself of a spot in the NCAA soccer tournament for the seventh year in a row with a win over Massachusetts in a noon game Sunday at Hermann Stadium. SLU鈥檚 r茅sum茅 likely is good enough to get in even if it loses聽鈥 a 13-1-6 record; 26th in the RPI with the only loss coming to Penn State, a top 10 RPI team; and a win and a tie against the other two top 50 RPI teams it faced. But a win would increase its chances of getting a home game in at least the first round.
SLU also will be looking for its seventh consecutive A-10 tournament title. In the regular-season meeting between SLU and UMass, SLU won 1-0 on the road.
鈥淚t took every bit we had to beat them in the (A-10) opener,鈥 SLU coach Katie Shields said. 鈥淏oth teams have played a lot of soccer since then, but it鈥檚 a great opportunity.鈥
鈥淲e鈥檙e definitely growing with each game we鈥檙e playing, but we know how serious UMass can be, so we鈥檙e just taking it day by day,鈥 said midfielder Julia Simon. 鈥淥ur big thing has just been focusing on the step in front of us, instead of looking too far ahead. Just because we won it six times, it doesn鈥檛 mean that we鈥檙e guaranteed the seventh one. We鈥檙e just making sure we鈥檙e the most prepared we can be for our game.鈥
UMass (13-4-3), the No. 3 seed, beat Loyola-Chicago in the quarterfinals and beat No. 2 seed Dayton on the road in the semifinals to earn the trip to 最新杏吧原创. It鈥檚 37th in the RPI.
The 64-team NCAA field will be announced at 3 p.m. Monday, with first-round games that weekend.
SLU men advance on PKs
The SLU men's team, the No. 6 seed in the Atlantic 10 tournament, advanced to the semifinals, beating No. 3 seed UMass 3-0 in a shootout after a 0-0 tie in Amherst, Mass.
SLU will play at No. 1 seed George Mason in the semifinals on Wednesday.
Big Ten women鈥檚 final Sunday at CityPark
The Big Ten Conference鈥檚 women鈥檚 soccer championship will be played just down the street from SLU at the same time as the SLU game when UCLA and Rutgers meet at CityPark.
UCLA, ranked No. 9 in the nation, advanced by beating Washington on Thursday in the semifinals. Rutgers defeated No. 4 USC on penalty kicks. UCLA is No. 15 in the RPI, Rutgers No. 30.
City SC announcer Joey Zanaboni hopes calling baseball in Dubai sparks Cardinals' interest
Joey Zanaboni grew up in 最新杏吧原创, honing his broadcasting skills as a kid by describing his brother鈥檚 games to his sisters while sometimes impersonating prominent local sportscaster Ken Wilson.
He turned those childhood calls into a professional career, as Zanaboni is City SC鈥檚 radio play-by-play broadcaster to top his varied and extensive resume. Now in a way he鈥檚 following Wilson鈥檚 lead again.
Wilson spent last winter Down Under, where he broadcast home games of the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League. Zanaboni, with City SC鈥檚 Major League Soccer season now over, also has taken an overseas assignment. He鈥檚 in the United Arab Emirates this week to call games in the Arab Classic baseball tournament.
It should be a fun assignment for Zanaboni, who has broadcast a considerable number of minor league baseball games on his trek up the career ladder. He hopes he isn鈥檛 done ascending those steps, as he hasn鈥檛 climbed high enough yet to not need a side gig. He had been teaching literature and English at Holy Cross Academy, a Catholic middle school in Webster Groves, but has reduced his role in education to being a substitute instructor in English and math at multiple schools around the area. That move gives him more time to devote to his quest to reach his sportscasting goals.
鈥淔or so many years, baseball was my 鈥榤ain鈥 sport,鈥 Zanaboni said. 鈥淚 am living my dream in soccer as the announcer for City, and I don鈥檛 make any secret that I am 最新杏吧原创 through and through. I want to represent 最新杏吧原创 on the radio in baseball as well.鈥
He has an excitable, over-the-top showmanship style punctuated by attention-grabbing one-liners referencing anything from current events to pop culture to the arcane. To wit:
Once after a City goal: 鈥淛oao Klauss cramming things home like a hoarder family in a secondhand RV!鈥
And: 鈥淪ealed it like he used to be married to Heidi Klum!鈥 he shouted after City goalkeeper Roman Burki made a big save (singer Seal once was married to supermodel Klum).
While it works for him in his broadcast ventures, which have included Ambush soccer as well as college baseball and basketball, how his boisterous delivery would translate to a traditionally much more staid Major League Baseball booth would be open for debate. But he鈥檚 ready for that conversation to begin.
鈥淥ne dream I鈥檝e always had is to work with the Cardinals,鈥 he said. 鈥淎 spring training game, a little fill-in work. As fans of my baseball stuff know and as City fans know, it鈥檇 be electricity. That鈥檚 a guarantee. There鈥檚 so many fans, especially young ones, who come up to me when I鈥檓 at Busch Stadium watching a game to tell me they listen on Y98 (KYKY, 98.1 FM) and Apple TV. I know I can help a ballclub. So I hope the Birds on the Bat will be tuning in as well.鈥
The tourney he鈥檚 calling this week is being conducted in Dubai and is comprised of teams representing nine countries 鈥 India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Palestine and the UAE 鈥 and is being played in a new stadium.
This is the second consecutive year Zanaboni has been to Dubai to broadcast a baseball event, both conducted by Baseball United 鈥 a company promoting growth of the sport in the Middle East and India.
“In 2023, after joining City, I was focused on soccer and building our broadcast on Y98,” Zanaboni said. “When Baseball United came calling, it was a somewhat unexpected surprise. Last year’s showcase gave me an opportunity to stay involved on the baseball side in a big way. Our broadcast was carried in 127 countries and was on . I’m fortunate for the experience as a broadcaster and as a person.”
He says this year鈥檚 event is bigger.
鈥淚t is the largest, most competitive international baseball event ever in the Middle East and South Asia,鈥 Zanaboni said. 鈥淚鈥檓 honored to be a part of it.
鈥淥ne of the coolest parts about Baseball United is getting to see young players from countries where baseball is on the rise. Seeing some special young talents from around the globe is one of the major appeals of this job. Plus, Barry Larkin, Adrian Beltre and Elvis Andrus (former big leaguers who made appearances on the broadcast last year) have announced they will be in the house for the Arab Classic.鈥
The four-day event began Thursday and concludes Sunday, with Zanaboni scheduled to call multiple games each day that will be streamed on the website.
最新杏吧原创 Post-Dispatch photographers captured October 2024 in hundreds of images. Here are just some of those photos. Edited by Jenna Jones.
SLU women's soccer reaches A-10 final with 2-0 win over St. Joseph's
One of the things 最新杏吧原创 University women鈥檚 soccer coach Katie Shields had her team working on in practice this week was following up shots and pouncing on rebounds.
Which is exactly has SLU got its first goal in its 2-0 win over St. Joseph鈥檚 in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament at Hermann Stadium.
鈥淲e鈥檙e really, really happy,鈥 Shields said.
Julia Simon鈥檚 goal in the 21st minute gave the Billikens the early lead and a 63rd minute goal by Emily Gaebe provided insurance as SLU ran its unbeaten streak to 15 games and advanced to the tournament final on Sunday to play Massachusetts at Hermann Stadium at noon with an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament at stake.
鈥淚t was a big focus of our practice going into this game,鈥 said Simon, who was named to the all-conference second team earlier in the day, 鈥渂ecause there鈥檚 too many times we鈥檝e missed those opportunities. Just had to make sure we were there.鈥
Though this time, the rebound did not come off an opposing player. Midfielder Lucie Schwartz鈥檚 shot hit forward Hope Kim cutting in front of the goal. The ball caromed off Kim to Simon, who put it in for the goal from about 6 yards out.
鈥淚t worked out,鈥 said Simon, who scored her fourth goal of the season. 鈥淲e wouldn鈥檛 have got that goal if she didn鈥檛 block the shot in the first place.鈥
鈥淚鈥檒l take it,鈥 said Shields. 鈥淵ou鈥檝e got to be there. You鈥檝e got to believe, you鈥檝e got to follow it up.鈥
And taking an early lead is always a plus.
鈥淵ou get a sense of calmness,鈥 Simon said. 鈥淥K, we got the first one, now let鈥檚 go and get the second one.鈥
The second goal was the result of something else the team had talked about. Hannah Larson made a long run with the ball into the box, which drew goalkeeper Katie Cappelletti toward her and she then crossed the ball along the grass to Gaebe for her 13th goal of the season. 鈥淚 was really happy because that鈥檚 how we thought we might be able to score,鈥 Shields said.
SLU probably should have had more. The Billikens (13-1-6) finished with 22 shots, 12 on goal, and 11 corner kicks. 鈥淚 think we could have scored more,鈥 Shields said. 鈥淚鈥檓 a little disappointed with the corner kicks. We鈥檝e been productive on corner kicks and set pieces the last six or seven games and to not be tonight, though we did have one saved off the line, that was a little bit of a disappointment.鈥
Heckel, Goebe take player of year honors
Center back Lyndsey Heckel was named the Atlantic 10鈥檚 defensive player of the year and forward Emily Goebe was named offensive player of the year as seven SLU players earned all-conference awards. For both, it was their second straight season earning the honor.
The two also earned all-conference first-team spots, taking SLU鈥檚 run of having multiple first-team players to nine seasons. Defender Sophia Stram and midfielder Julia Simon made the second team. Forward Hope Kim was named to the all-rookie team, the eighth time in nine seasons SLU has had a plyer on that team.
Defender Katie Houck and goalkeeper Emily Puricelli received all-academic honors.
Heckel and Stram, who are both playing a fifth season because of COVID, have gotten all-conference honors in five season. Heckel has been a first-team all-conference player all five years. For Gaebe, it was her fourth all-conference selection.
