Sentences with phrase «teams in the country playing»

Each season, the Women's Blues have progressively improved to become the best university women's ice hockey team in the UK and one of the best university teams in the country playing non-checking hockey.

Yet the manager's comments seemed more akin to Sutton preparing for their FA Cup fifth round clash at Arsenal than one of the best teams in the country playing in Europe's top club competition.

Fans, schools, and athletes have panned the series for failing to live up to its promise of having the best teams in the country play each other for the national championship.

Not exact matches

Unlike in Canada, where the country's biggest universities play in front of sparse crowds and go years without winning a season, U.S. colleges outside of the Ivy League depend upon their sports teams to bring in new students, attract attention, and draw donations and revenue.

Every year when this game comes up, one Group of 5 school is charged with proving to the world that they can play with the marquee teams in the country, and I want to see the Golden Knights pull off something special here.

This weekend, Uber may also find it picked a particularly good time to offer a getaway trip, as Romania's soccer team is playing Albania on Sunday in its third game of the UEFA Euro 2016 championship, a match that will be a huge spectating event across the country.

Most started playing professionally on one of the thousands of semi-pro clubs and company teams scattered across the country: steel mills and ice creameries offered $ 40 a month plus a job for good arms and hot bats, and every small town in the Midwest seemed to have its own amateur squad.

There is absolutely no way to make a tournament where the advancing teams get to play in their home countries.

I mean, how many teams in the country have already played 2 top - 10 teams?

What I can not understand is why teams in other EU Countries do not have these problems, Joel Campbell could play in Spain and Greece but not UK until recently.

talking of brothers, whoever signs Mbappe must also sign his younger brother who plays in the Monaco youth team, as well as moving his parents to that country.

Mark Schwarzer battled and lost in the race to play regular football with the Blues previously, but feels no shame in hailing his former team - mate as the best in the country.

We know seven - on - seven is a sport because seven - on teams all across the country play each other in seven - on tournaments.

«Here in this country,» he went on, «it is more the individual, less the team, more kick and rush, more that everybody tries to play first fiddle.»

Iowa ran and ran and ran on standard downs (70 percent SD run rate, 12th in the country and higher than almost any non-option team), played at the slowest possible tempo, and threw as many screens as it could get away with on passing downs.

Offensively, however, his lineup is far from weak — includes WC winner and best finisher in the EPL, Little Mozart Czech team captain, standout from WC knockout stage Costa Rica, Ox who is proven already at club and country, and Diaby who has shown he can play with anyone as long as he is healthy.

In last year's Cincinnati preview, I said, «With the bounces that went against UC in 2015, the rough - draft talent that will show up in uniform in 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.&raquIn last year's Cincinnati preview, I said, «With the bounces that went against UC in 2015, the rough - draft talent that will show up in uniform in 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.&raquin 2015, the rough - draft talent that will show up in uniform in 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.&raquin uniform in 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.&raquin 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.&raquin the country.»

These two games are vital for Southgate to see what team would be best to take to Russia this summer, so if Jack can show his drive and passion to play for his country I am sure he will be included in the squad.

West Virginia has played well against two of the four best teams in the country (OU and Alabama), No. 25 TCU has passed the tests it's been given, and both No. 21 Oklahoma State and No. 23 Kansas State created opportunities to beat Florida State and Auburn, respectively.

Asoro has been attracting interest from a number of clubs this term, having been promoted to the Sunderland first - team squad since the summer, and even became the youngest ever player from his country to play in the Premier League.

Trice is the only black player on the Iowa State football team, the first black varsity athlete at Iowa State College (as Iowa State University was then known) one of only a few black football players in the country at the time playing against white opponents.

The former Tottenham Hotspur boss, who was once a strong candidate to take the job of coaching the national team after Fabio Capello quit the position back in 2012, believes that half the players «don't give a toss» and that the fans are fed up of watching their country play.

The Horns were a few plays away from a 10 - win season in Tom Herman's first year, add one of the country's best recruiting classes to a roster that loses very little, and play in a conference whose three best 2017 teams all lose a lot of what made them great.

I remember the pair playing together against the best team in the country at the time man United and absolutely owning them.

Monday night, the two best teams in the country (yes, the two best teams) are playing.

These teams blow our top teams by a country mile in terms of playing level.

No clue about tactics, no clue about substitutions, no clue about team selection (Cech would have dominated his area and prevented at least one of the headers + he is most experienced keeper trophy winning keeper in the country and would remain calm), no plan B when he realised Carroll is playing.

«If they're the second - best team in the country at the moment, I wouldn't like to play Man United,» joked Barnsley coach Dave Flitcroft.

The Frenchman played a key role in helping his country's football team to reach the final of Euro 2016 this month, but has been under intense scrutiny for his club form in recent terms.

«I feel honored having the opportunity to play the No. 1 - ranked team in the country, although we're certainly not as healthy as I would like for us to be,» drawled Bryant before the game, communicating as usual in a mumble that sounds as though a coffee can full of rocks is being shaken.

Louisville played arguably its best game of the season on Sunday, shooting 45.8 percent from the field and scoring 66 points on a Northern Iowa team that came into the game allowing opponents an average of just 54.3 ppg, good for fourth - best in the country.

Captains in a team, I think it is wise to have strong one's who are from the country they play in.

see our team is good but never consistent, i will still blame Arsene, for buying average players, the likes of Elneny, Ramsey, Walcot, shouldnt be in our team, now Santi is getting old, needs replacement he can buy someone like James of madrid, look at walcot he's only deceiving us, the guy isn't good for our team, forget Euro or No 10 role, this is not Wales, its Arsenal, Ramsey loves his country more than Arsenal, he doesn't play with the same passion!

«Probably every college team in the country watches [the draft] and thinks, Man, that could have been one of us, but I always saw myself playing college basketball,» says McRoberts, who will start for Duke immediately.

He's 28, hasn't played a great deal of football the past 2 seasons, played in la liga all his life on a team that dominates every game but you think he'll just move to a different country on a brand new team and perform?

I love england and support the team in the world cup and euro (of course as long as they don t play against France lol) but i only speak in terms of football for having lived in both countries, no offence.

For both their clubs and their country, they are true superstars, with the ability to play multiple positions for any team in the world.

The France manager Didier Deschamps made it clear earlier this year that Debuchy would lose his place in the national team if he wasn't playing regularly, and with the Euros being held in his home country next summer he is desperate to win his place back.

And clearly, that's Villanova, the best team in the country, with the only two stars (Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges) you can really trust... although, let's face it: Duke has the most talent and is playing like it, but then again Kansas's Devonte Graham could totally get into Grayson Allen's head and beat Duke in the Elite Eight, and anyway, this does not feel like a year when the most talent or the best team wins, so watch out for Florida State and Texas A&M....

Living in Big 12 country, I saw basically every game this team played, and not since 1995 Nebraska had a team been so capable of knocking you out five minutes into the game.

This year's senior class has nine who will play varsity lacrosse at four - year schools: Stinn at Notre Dame (the No. 1 team in the country), Peter Alimam at Fairfield, Timothy Baker at Air Force, Finn Barry at Furman, Aidan Chandless at Washington & Lee, Nick Dupuis at Vermont, Grant Giuliano at Hobart, Henry Hinds at Colorado College and Ben Knaus at Trinity.

If they play as done Wednesday in CL qualifier, we are in serious dirt; their speed, passing are devastating Of course Sanchez might play Liverpool, doesn't mean he is staying; he will be in better shape for his country two games... In that case he will take a direct flight back to team buying while out in country's duty... I» m a true gooner but realistic, honest; from what u saw that night, Liverpool has most pleasant game in EPL and Europe's Top 3 to in CL qualifier, we are in serious dirt; their speed, passing are devastating Of course Sanchez might play Liverpool, doesn't mean he is staying; he will be in better shape for his country two games... In that case he will take a direct flight back to team buying while out in country's duty... I» m a true gooner but realistic, honest; from what u saw that night, Liverpool has most pleasant game in EPL and Europe's Top 3 to in serious dirt; their speed, passing are devastating Of course Sanchez might play Liverpool, doesn't mean he is staying; he will be in better shape for his country two games... In that case he will take a direct flight back to team buying while out in country's duty... I» m a true gooner but realistic, honest; from what u saw that night, Liverpool has most pleasant game in EPL and Europe's Top 3 to in better shape for his country two games... In that case he will take a direct flight back to team buying while out in country's duty... I» m a true gooner but realistic, honest; from what u saw that night, Liverpool has most pleasant game in EPL and Europe's Top 3 to In that case he will take a direct flight back to team buying while out in country's duty... I» m a true gooner but realistic, honest; from what u saw that night, Liverpool has most pleasant game in EPL and Europe's Top 3 to in country's duty... I» m a true gooner but realistic, honest; from what u saw that night, Liverpool has most pleasant game in EPL and Europe's Top 3 to in EPL and Europe's Top 3 to 5.

So for any gay soccer player who has hopes of playing for the U.S. National Team at the World Cup, being open about their sexuality could have real consequences when they set foot in countries with laws that could land them in jail», said Rogers.

He keeps playing the same team and you can see the players are just on their knees (I wonder how Sanchez will manage during the Copa America in his home country?).

And we know that while USC has played poorly enough in 2013 to get its coach fired before the end of September, UCLA has played better than all but three or four teams in the country so far this season.

Other than that, they've been one of the better teams in the country, and they've played their best basketball lately.

He has just come off a two - month suspension, and though he is back with his club side, Somerset, his future on England's national team — from which he has never been dropped for cricketing reasons since he first played for his country in 1977 — looks worse than bleak.

FAU rolled to the C - USA title, playing like one of the best teams in the country over the last three months of the year.

When we were putting out top 10 teams, MCW or Ennis really were top guys in the country b / c of the overall level of play the team was being elevated to.

It was a country mile offside, surely one of the officials must've seen that, as everyone else in the stadium did, and I can't see the penalty being given against any other team, so I think Wenger has a right to feel aggrieved in that sense, but the starting lineup was incomprehensible with Lacazette on the bench, the amount of opportunities we had in the first 15 mins, he surely would've put one away, and why play Coq rather than Wilshere?