Sentences with phrase «national team in a game»

Not exact matches

Wambach, a forward for the U.S. Women's National Team, broke Mia Hamm's all - time scoring record in 2013, and leaves the game with 159 goals.

On a clear blue night in May the Saints are playing an exhibition game against the Russian National Federation team.

The national team is becoming the only game in town.

It means, he hopes, that the big free - to - air networks will be enticed to take a package of NBL games along with the rights to telecast what will be the biggest basketball matches in Australia for years, between the Boomers led by international names such as Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons and fellow National Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in the sport.

Test veteran Justin Langer will replace Darren Lehmann as coach of Australian men's cricket, leading the national teams in all three formats of the game.

CNN: Mormon linebacker helps lead Catholic Notre Dame to national championship game It was a goal - line stand in the fourth quarter that sealed the University of Notre Dame football team's Saturday victory over the University of Southern California — and earned the No. 1 - ranked team a trip to the national championship game.

This weekend, players and team owners across the NFL demonstrated during the National Anthem in nearly every game played.

To showcase once again how Heineken ® is pairing their decades of passion for soccer with the momentum the beautiful game has seen in the U.S., Heineken ® has launched the «Soccer is Here» campaign, which debuts a hat trick of renowned players as spokespeople, including International Spanish star and New York City Football Club (NYCFC) captain, David Villa, U.S. Women's National team captain and summer games hero, Carli Lloyd and American soccer legend Landon Donovan.

While neither team is really in the hunt for the national championship, one could both go a long way toward earning a bid to a BCS bowl game with a win.

But comparing Olympic teams is hardly like matching up the National League East, in which everybody has 25 players and 81 games, home and away.

If that team is able to then beat Missouri or South Carolina in the SEC Championship Game, it will almost assuredly be headed to the national championship.

Danny Litwhiler, onetime outfielder in the National League, now Florida State University baseball coach, hit seven home runs in seven tournament games depite a broken hand, sparked his Tallahassee, Fla. team to the state slow - pitch softball title.

In fact he was a key player for his national team back then, starting four of the five games as they won the under 19 Euros in 2010, where he provided the assist for the winning goal in the semi-final to cap a great tournamenIn fact he was a key player for his national team back then, starting four of the five games as they won the under 19 Euros in 2010, where he provided the assist for the winning goal in the semi-final to cap a great tournamenin 2010, where he provided the assist for the winning goal in the semi-final to cap a great tournamenin the semi-final to cap a great tournament.

The Method: The current bowls are maintained with their automatic bids and allocations (sans the BCS national championship game), and after all bowls are played, the top two teams (according to, presumably, the BCS rankings) would play in the title game.

The lesser fans of lesser teams will say it was because the Vikings got the game at home (as if the NFL knew back in 2014 when they gave the game to Minneapolis that the 2017 Vikings were going to be really good), but really it's because Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman have built the best defense in the National Football League over the course of the last four seasons since Zimmer's arrival.

«The defence I play with is full of experienced players who have played many games in strong national teams.

Arturo Vidal said Sanchez never mentioned to anyone of them in the Chilean camp that he was leaving Arsenal for city, also corroborated by his national team captain and keeper, who said Alex was only focused on the Chilean game and not on any transfer matter.

And various undefeated teams — No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Florida State, No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 10 Miami and No. 18 Virginia Tech — find themselves fighting for two spots, not just one, in the Sugar Bowl, which will be the national - championship game if the Rose Bowl doesn't horn in on the action.

Janssen has hit 27 in 34 league games in his debut season for Alkmaar, was prolific for the Dutch U21s & has now made two appearances for the full national team - drawing comparisons with all - time great, fox - in - the - box Ruud Van Nistelrooy.

Dodgers utility man Kiké Hernandez had the game of his life Thursday night, hitting three home runs and driving in seven runs to lead his team to an 11 - 1 win over the Cubs to clinch the National League pennant and the franchise's first World Series trip in nearly three decades.

He is decent in the England national team but needs to step up his game to push for a place in the starting line - up at Arsenal.

We will have to wait and see whether the Arsenal and England defender Kieran Gibbs is selected by his national manager Roy Hodgson for the friendly game against France at Wembley tonight, which is bound to be an odd and emotionally charged encounter after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris, but with England wracked by injury problems and having to play a very young team, as well as the limp performance put in by Ryan Bertrand at left back against Spain, I will be surprised if Gibbs does not start.

Croatia national team star Mario Mandzukic gave his side the lead against Northern Ireland in the international friendly game played between the two sides on Wednesday evening.

Clemson will have its chances in the national title game, but in Arlington, Alabama proved why it has been the best team in the country.

On five separate occasions, demonstrably superior USC teams have lost to UCLA, often with a conference or national title on the line: 1992 (to a walk - on fifth string quarterback), 1994 (with the Rose Bowl possibly on the line), 1995, 2006 (with a national title shot on the line), and 2012 (with a spot in the first Pac - 12 title game at stake).

Armored personnel carriers had to be used to protect representatives of Malaysia's national soccer team before a game in Jakarta after the team's fans were accused of using laser pens to distract the opposing Indonesian team during the first leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup home - and - home series.

Having left Sevilla at a young age, Sergio Ramos has since become one of the finest defenders of his generation, winning all there is to win in the game with Real Madrid and the Spanish national team.

So hearing the England national team boss Roy Hodgson reveal that the reason he replaced the Gunners» new centre forward Danny Welbeck with Rickie Lambert towards the end of the game in Estonia was because the Arsenal man had turned an ankle was the last thing we needed.

It was the first home basketball game for the Bulldogs since the football team's loss to Alabama in the national championship game on Monday night.

While the 2006 loss kept the Sooners out of the running for the national title game, the»08 and»15 Sooners both made the title game / Playoff, each time losing in the Orange Bowl to a team with orange helmets quarterbacked by a dual - threat star (Florida's Tim Tebow and Clemson's Deshaun Watson).

All of this was unfathomable after the Tigers finished 3 — 9 last year and became the first team in history to fail to win a conference game two years after being national champion.

The Englishman went onto play 143 games for Palace in all competitions and also earned his first cap for the England national team in November 2012 for his impressive performances in the Championship — he has played two matches in total to date.

«We have to try to be more efficient... Every second counts in games like this with the national team.

Fans of the England national team filled the streets outside Wembley in the buildup to the game and although the official attendance figures have yet to be released the stands are expected to reach near full capacity.

The Cardinals played 36 games against the second - and third - best teams in the National League.

His brave decision to take a step one step back in order to take two steps forward appears to be paying dividends: he's got five goals in 11 games in Germany this term, and got a national team call up to boot.

The Wildcats beat Wichita in one of the most dramatic games of the tournament, and then they beat four more teams en route to the national title game.

SUM has established business ties to, among others, the world governing body, Federation Internationale de Football Association (by buying the U.S. English - language TV rights to three World Cups), and the Mexican federation (by acquiring the rights to promote Mexican national team games in the U.S.).

The winger has scored twice in 15 games for his national team.

His team got rocked in the National Championship game, and he played terribly.

Beckham rejoinedthe national team last month, producing three gorgeous assists in two games, and the transformation was complete.

He would want to play games and keep his starting spot in the national team.

Not only are there 10 teams within three games of a postseason spot (or leading the chase), but there are seven such teams in the National League.

The West German national team, which has battled England in two of the game's pivotal contests of recent years, turns a rematch before 100,000 at London's Wembley Stadium into something of a Teutonic romp

The Portuguese national team did now however, suffer a major set back early in the game when Dimitri Payet's challenge on Cristiano Ronaldo forced the team captain off.

I would like to tell arsenal fan that the transfer window is not arsenal's problem.Let explain what is in my mind.We need to reinforce our team but we need to think in the future that most of the high class players are going to refuse signing for arsenal fc because of Mr Wenger's philosophy.It looks like arsenal becomes cemetery of players.How many players came in and left because of performance, became good players out of arsenal.We need to accept all of the transformation Mr wenger brings in arsenal but now it does not work.Why??? because lack of tactics, strategies and pretending best players for Mr wenger mind but in reality those players do not get standard of best player.Mr wenger wants to prove everybody that he is wright that players who are calling by wenger are best.I means Mr wenger is the only one can see all matter in good position or bad.He is wrong by thinking this way.He does not like criticism.he is the mind of arsenal.Everything he can say or defend is wright.Think about morrinho comments about arsenal!!!! Why he likes to be arsenal coach!!!! One thing I want to say about arsenal players, I think everybody watch arsenal games.We have got short mind players who play two good games and the rest shameless.They are working hard in the training ground for catching Mr wenger's mind to let them play; what is behind their (players) mind to be the most regular players.Those players have no vision even ambition; they are never becoming high class and their carriers are going to finish in arsenal after arsenal we are going to see them playing for championship.They do not care to become legend as Ian wright, Vierra, Berckam, piress, Henry... What is the big behind their mind to use wenger name to be selected in national team.They are not able to face different leagues in the world.

Next, when we lose it will be because of injuries, or fatigue (we play 4 - 5 away games in a row), plus he will say this international break had an affect becuase we had «x» amount of players playing for their national team., that was why we played with handbrake.

This means he has now scored 8 goals in his last 8 games for the national team, and he really would like the fans to stop picking on him!

The future NBA Hall of Famer trained this week the New York Cosmos B Team of the National Premier Soccer League, the Daily News has learned, and there's a possibility he plays Sunday in a game against the Rhode Island Reds.

In case a football team is participating in many different competitions simultaneously, for instance, in the National Cup as well as some international competitions, its players may be fatigued and not entirely ready for the next gamIn case a football team is participating in many different competitions simultaneously, for instance, in the National Cup as well as some international competitions, its players may be fatigued and not entirely ready for the next gamin many different competitions simultaneously, for instance, in the National Cup as well as some international competitions, its players may be fatigued and not entirely ready for the next gamin the National Cup as well as some international competitions, its players may be fatigued and not entirely ready for the next game.