| Soccer camp moved to Phillips Park
With their unique approach in teaching the game, the Brasilian Summer Soccer Camps have become one of the best in the midwest. Players from ages 4-18 and all skill levels are challenged daily in all aspects of the game, with emphasis on technique. From the first day and throughout the camp, all players are going to be challenged accordingly. Trained instructors have more than 20 years of experience in the game playing and coaching at all levels, from professional, college and high school. Camp instructors also have many years of professional playing experience internationally. The camp will also offer goalkeeper training for all ages and skill levels from coaches specializing in the Goalkeeper Program. The first 400 campers will a special edition Brasilian Soccer Camp Ball and T-shirt.
Wizards' attack needs more firepower
But he speaks the universal language of soccer. </p><p> So when Wizards assistant coach Kerry Zavagnin shouted “Golden Goal!” toward the end of a training session Friday morning, Hercegfalvi knew exactly what to do and buried the game-winner with a quick shot. </p><p> The goal-challenged Wizards, who can use some of that finishing firepower during the second half of the MLS season, plan to sign Hercegfalvi, 29, a veteran of professional soccer in Hungary.</p><p> Hercegfalvi, a sturdy, 5-foot-11, 175-pounder, has been idle for the last four weeks since his season ended in Hungary, and won’t be available for today’s game at New England. He’ll have two full weeks of preparation for the Wizards’ next game, on July 25 when David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy visit CommunityAmerica Ballpark.</p><p> “He’s strong, he can hold up the ball well, he’s a decent finisher in front of the goal, and a good passer of the ball, so he’s an all-round good soccer player,” Wizards coach Curt Onalfo said Friday after watching Hercegfalvi set up one goal and score another in a seven-against-seven scrimmage among reserve players.</p><p> “Right now, we’re not scoring enough goals.
Palladino: Miele intense and dedicated
Miele is a former soccer star at Holy Cross High School. She also competed in basketball, softball and indoor track. If you saw Miele on the Crusaders’ defense in soccer, you may remember that whenever there was a pile of players on the pitch, Miele was generally the provocateur of the event.When she went off to college, Miele, 24, mixed it up on the rugby team at UMass-Amherst. Looking for a new way to channel her competitive energies she stumbled upon ultimate fighting, which brings together many forms of martial arts disciplines into an often-brutal form of fighting. For the highly competitive Miele, this new athletic challenge has profoundly changed her life."At first I was just looking to learnSee INTENSE, Page 5C some self defense," she said. "I wanted to get more flexible."She started training in October, 2007.
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