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    Deaf Athletes

    I know this response comes a month or two too late, but I played college soccer, and am playing with the US Deaf Men's National Soccer Team. What do you want to know? As for the question whether deaf athletes should play mainstream sports. My personal opinion is an unequivocal yes, but I'm...
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    US Soccer Tour of England

    I was at that game. We played the Cincinnati Riverhawks. They were good sports even though we lost the game 7-0 or something. What I do remember is that they gave us the game tape, which helped us diagnose a lot of our weaknesses and work on that. We may have another exhibition in Ohio -...
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    US Soccer Tour of England

    Yes I am on the team. I don't know John Evans though, but we did meet many of the British players on the team after the game. One thing I love about the British game is that there are rarely any hard feelings - both teams get together at the pub for a round of drinks no matter how scrappy...
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    US Soccer Tour of England

    USA - Great Britain Result Great Britain brought a strong squad, including 13 of their Deaflympics squad and 7 starters from the gold medal game. Team USA brought 7 veterans in addition to 11 rookies. After a pulsating match in which both teams had chances on goal that missed narrowly, the...
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    US Soccer Tour of England

    Wooo.. that's a challenge. Gonna come and watch your guys try and live up to it? I wouldn't make such challenges lightly - Team USA has been known to knock off worthy competitors - after all, we did beat Italy 2-1 in the 2001 Deaflympics. Italy gave up 3 goals all tournament and scored god...
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    Northern Arizona University, Arizona State Univ. and University of Arizona

    Looks like this thread spun off into two - one talking about the accommodations at U of A vs ASU and NAU; the other talking about comparisons between PHX and TUS in respect to traffic/airports. I can address both... Accommodations: I don't know about ASU - never been there, but I am a 2nd year...
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    US Soccer Tour of England

    The US Men's National Deaf Soccer Team (www.usdeafsoccer.com) is preparing to leave for England on July 20. We will train in Birmingham for most of the week, and play three games: July 22, 11:00pm: Harrison's FC at the Walsall Sports Centre at the University of Wolverhampton July 24...
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    Anyone here a soccer fan or play soccer??

    The men's team is facing off against the Great Britain Deaf National Team on July 28th in northern London - if any of you guys are out there, come cheer us on! We're also playing games in Birmingham on the 22nd, 24th, and 26th. Leaving in 11 days!
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    Anyone here a soccer fan or play soccer??

    Hey all - did y'all know there's an entire organization devoted to deaf soccer? www.usdeafsoccer.com The women's team just completed a training camp in Santa Barbara, CA in early June. The Men's team is preparing to depart for England this month. Between July 20 and 29, the team will play 3...
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