After road losses to the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the country, the 16th-ranked St. Edward’s men got back on track Sunday with a 2-0 win over Northeastern State. They’re on the road again this weekend, at No. 24 Incarnate Word, then hosting a rare Monday game, 4pm Oct. 13 against UT-Permian Basin. The St. Ed’s women, 2-0 in the Heartland Conference, host two conference games this weekend: TAMU-International, 4pm Friday, Oct. 10, and nationally ranked Incarnate Word, 1pm Sunday, Oct. 12.
The UT Longhorns dropped their first game of the season Friday night at Nebraska, 2-1, then beat Iowa State on Sunday, 2-1. They’re on the road this weekend at Colorado and Texas Tech, before hosting OU and Oklahoma State next weekend – the next-to-last home games of the season.
The Houston Dynamo beat Panamanian champion San Francisco FC, 2-1, Tuesday night in CONCACAF Champions League action to move into a tie for the Group B lead. The Dynamo also clinched an MLS playoff spot last week; with three games to go in the regular season, they seem a safe bet for the Western Conference title, but five other playoff spots are still up for grabs, and not a single team is yet eliminated from contention.
In international action, World Cup qualifiers take the spotlight this week, with a full lineup of games around the world Saturday and Wednesday, Oct. 11 and 15. The U.S. plays Cuba on Saturday in Washington, then travels to Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday. The unbeaten and unscored-on Americans will almost surely clinch a spot in the final qualifying round on Saturday. A more interesting side bet: How many Cuban players will defect during the visit? The over-under is at 2.5.
This article appears in October 3 • 2008.