Sports - Oct. 29, 2009
WIAA football playoffs head to the second round
Though there were few surprises Tuesday, the second round of the playoffs feature some interesting matchups. Soccer, volleyball and cross country seasons also shift into overdrive this weekend.
Tags: wiaa, state playoffs, homestead, arrowhead, menomonee falls, cross country, soccer, volleyball

Sports - Oct. 25, 2009
Marquette High rolls to another state soccer berth
Milwaukee Marquette, which has won six state boys soccer titles since joining the WIAA in 2000, shoots for a seventh this week.
Tags: wiaa, marquette hilltoppers, soccer, uihlein soccer complex, arrowhead, homestead, aly coran

Bars & Clubs - Sept. 10, 2009
Brat House opens early for soccer fans
Listen up, hooligans: you now have another option for watching English Premier League matches ... and having a cold one.
Tags: milwaukee brat house, schlitz, premier league, soccer

Sports - Jan. 20, 2009
Soccer still hasn't scored with American sports fans
As good a game as soccer is, the sport just isn't able to make that leap into our mainstream consciousness. Attendance around the Major Soccer League is down. Television ratings continue to plummet. ESPN, which -- for some odd reason -- paid $64 million for an eight-year deal, televised more games than ever. And ratings, which were miniscule to start with, dropped by 30,000 per telecast. Television does matter.
Tags: soccer, wave

Sports - Aug. 29, 2008
Kickoff time!
The Brewers face the Pirates and the Badgers start their season. But this weekend also marks the start of play in Italy's Serie A soccer league.
Tags: Torino, Serie A, Italy, soccer, Grande Torino

Bars & Clubs - June 4, 2008
Nomad accepts Euros
Dig through that suitcase in the closet because during the Euro 2008 tournament, The Nomad World Pub, 1401 E. Brady St., lets American soccer fans buy drinks with their leftover Euros.
Tags: Euros, Nomad, Eitel, Euro 2008, soccer

Sports - May 3, 2008
MU hosts Soccer Mom Camp
The Marquette University men's and women's soccer programs will be hosting their second annual "Soccer Mom Camp" beginning with a celebration May 9 at Valley Fields.
Tags: marquette, soccer, soccer mom camp, stan anderson

Milwaukee Buzz - April 22, 2008
Non-profit Spotlight: America SCORES Milwaukee
One of the more unique after-school programs in Milwaukee combines soccer and poetry in an attempt to help inner-city students develop teamwork skills and self-confidence.
Tags: america scores, john eggebrecht, soccer, poetry, non-profit spotlight

Sports - April 8, 2008
The good, the bad, the boring and the unwatchable
In an unabashed fit of sports snobbery, Dave Begel proclaims the sports he likes and dislikes and lists the reasons why.
Tags: begel, nba, wnba, soccer, hockey, john jagler, gene mueller

Sports - April 7, 2008
The difficult struggle of the beautiful game
A host of soccer bars and free soccer broadcasts is helping feed Milwaukee's soccer fans, but with an MLS bid, is there any hope for the game in Brew City?
Tags: Peter Wilt, Mike Eitel, Mike Lafferty, Milwaukee Wave, Milwaukee Kickers, Nomad World Pub, Highbury, Carleton Grange, soccer, World Cup, MLS

Sports - Feb. 27, 2008
Kickers name Garcia-Velez executive director
Milwaukee Kickers Soccer Club named Alvaro Garcia-Velez executive director, the club announced today.
Tags: Milwaukee Kickers, soccer, Uihlein Field, Garcia-Velez, Notre Dame Middle School

Sports - Jan. 2, 2008
A Wave of reflection
I went to my first Wave game this week and here are some reflections.
Tags: Wave, soccer, indoor soccer, Brewers, U.S. Cellular Arena

Sports - Dec. 26, 2007
Don't trust me to root for a winner
Why are all my sports teams mediocre?
Tags: Torino Calcio, Juventus, Italy, soccer, Mets, Yankees, Brewers

Movies & TV - Sept. 27, 2007
Resourceful soccer fans win in "The Great Match"
"The Great Match" is a comedy by writers Gerardo Olivares and Chema Rodríguez -- directed by Olivares -- that follows three indigenous groups as they work hard to achieve the same goal: watching the 2002 World Cup final on television.
Tags: great match, olivares, soccer, world cup, ronaldo, miff

Sports - Sept. 6, 2007
A tale of life, death, soccer and the ties that bind
Marquette men's soccer coach Louis Bennett and his friend, Yale coach Brian Tompkins, will pay a special tribute to a special friend Friday night.
Tags: doug beard, brian tompkins, louis bennett, soccer, yale, marquette, ties