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  Sasha Victorine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sasha Caleb Victorine (born February 2, 1978 in Santa Ana, California) is an American soccer midfielder, who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer.
Victorine played college soccer at UCLA, leading them to the NCCA title in 1997, and being named a first-team All-American in 1999.
Sasha spent five years with LA, winning the US Open Cup in 2001 and the MLS Cup in 2002.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sasha_Victorine   (269 words)

  
 UCLA's Victorine steps forward
Victorine, a Corona resident who is the UCLA team captain, has led the Bruins to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Sasha Victorine is a sometimes rival and an occasional teammate with former Corona High star Joey DiGiamarino, now a member of the Colorado Rapids of the MLS.
Victorine said his dream is to play for the United States in the World Cup but he might not be mature enough as a player by the next one in 2002.
www.press-enterprise.com /newsarchive/1999/11/26/943591491.html   (904 words)

  
 Sasha Victorine Selected Met-Rx Student-Athlete Of The Week :: Bruin soccer standout earns season's first honor.
Victorine, a 1999 pre-season All-American who was just recently named a finalist for the Hermann Trophy, recorded his first career hat trick in UCLA's 6-0 season- opening win over Denver.
Victorine's efforts helped the Bruins win the Cal State Fullerton FILA Classic and attain the No. 1 ranking in the nation.
Victorine is a senior Economics major with a 3.02 cumulative GPA.
uclabruins.cstv.com /genrel/090799aaa.html   (138 words)

  
 ESPN.com - SOCCER RECAP -
The Galaxy forced the tiebreaker as Sasha Victorine scored twice in the first half before an announced crowd of 6,154 at the Rose Bowl, giving both teams four points in the first-to-five-points series adopted in 2000.
Victorine made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute, putting a left-footed shot diagonally past the onrushing Howard.
Sasha Victorine knocks it past Tim Howard for his second goal of the game.
espn.go.com /soccer/mls/2001/20010929/recap/nymlos.html   (490 words)

  
 Quick recovery leads to quick victorine - THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Yet Victorine battled back and is now leading his Bruins back into the spotlight, looking to repeat their NCAA Championship of a year ago.
Victorine continued on into high school where he was immediately playing on the varsity squad.
Victorine has almost completely recovered from his injury and is currently helping lead his Bruins both on the field and in spirit back to the championship.
www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=13492   (1452 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Rookie Victorine debuts big for Los Angeles in 4-0 victory over D.C. United
Victorine, starting for injured midfielder Roy Myers, set up Clint Mathis in the 11th minute and took the ball off the foot of Eddie Pope to start the play that led to Cobi Jones' first goal in the 59th.
Victorine, who hit the right post in the 47th, scored in second-half injury time off a nice feed from Mauricio Cienfuegos.
Victorine, sprung open with a long pass on the left flank, raced down in open space, but was denied by a nice diving save by goalkeeper Tom Presthus.
www.caller2.com /2000/march/26/today/sports_n/3480.html   (455 words)

  
 U.S. squad going for its first medal
Substitute Victorine moved in and nailed the winner, to the utter disbelief of the Japanese.
Victorine, who replaced Chris Albright in extra time and then kicked the fifth penalty just past Narazaki's dive, said the game was the greatest of his career.
After Victorine converted his penalty kick just inside the post to the bloodied Narazaki's left, the entire American squad sprinted onto the field as if it had won the World Cup, tearing off shirts and pumping clenched fists in triumph.
deseretnews.com /sydney/view/1,3466,195016497,00.html   (812 words)

  
 MLS Semifinals start to come Together
The win forced a third game to be played in LA. The Galaxy started the scoring with a strike from Sasha Victorine in the 4th minute.
Victorine had started the scoring in the 21st minute with a header that barely found its way into the gaol under the crossbar.
Victorine doubled the score in the 33rd minute when Cobi Jones timed a perfect pass to beat the offside trap and set Victorine one-on-one on Tim Howard.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/major_league_soccer/81460   (475 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - Soccer - Closer Look: Victrorine gives U.S. victory - Saturday September 23, 2000 02:17 PM
Latest: Saturday September 23, 2000 02:17 PM Sasha Victorine is mobbed by teammates Chris Albright (right), Brian Dunseth (far left) and Conor Casey after his game-winning penalty kick.
With the tiebreaker deadlocked at 4-4 and a chance to win the game with his kick, Victorine took the long walk from the center circle toward the goal at the north end of Hindmarsh Stadium.
Victorine, 22, said he and his teammates weren't nervous before the kicks.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2000/soccer/news/2000/09/23/closer_look   (665 words)

  
 MLSnet.com - News - 09/20/2005
Victorine hopes to be able to continue to man the center of midfield with companion Kerry Zavagnin despite a contusion on the fifth metatarsal of his right foot suffered in Saturday's contest.
Besides disappointing Victorine, not playing at The Home Depot Center for the first time against his former side in the return battle of this home-and-home set would also provide a damper to a significant part of the crowd.
So even though Victorine spent some time talking with former comrades-in-arms Kevin Hartman, Chris Albright and others while they were in Kansas City, he will have no problem tuning into the mission come the Wizards arrival for Sunday's match.
www.mlsnet.com /MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20050920&content_id=43401&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp   (734 words)

  
 Soccer365   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
After joining Kansas City in the off season, Sasha Victorine has become a regular in the starting line-up as last year’s Western Conference champs try and defend their title in the Eastern Confernece.
Sasha Victorine joined the Kansas City Wizards after five seasons with the L.A. Galaxy.
The tall midfielder who drew acclaim during the 2000 Olympic performance of the U.S. team has been busy trying to help the defending Western Conference champs adjust to their move to another conference, since the Wizards were realigned into the Eastern Conference at the start of this season.
www.soccer365.com /_365_Interviews/page_123_98955.shtml   (759 words)

  
 6/22/02 Los Angeles Galaxy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Victorine applied a flick-on header to the service and the ball fell in the middle of a group of players, including Ruiz, near the penalty spot.
His cross was weighted perfectly for a powerful Victorine header which beat Jordan for the midfielder's first goal of the year.
In the span of two minutes between the 66th and 68th minutes, both teams made attack-minded substitutions with the Galaxy bringing on rookie Gavin Glinton and the Burn inserting star forward Eddie Johnson, who was making only his third appearance of the season after nursing a high ankle sprain for several weeks.
www.3rddegree.net /archives/2002/box/62202la.htm   (820 words)

  
 INSIDE THE GALAXY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Los Angeles Galaxy has a lot of money and marquee status invested in its front line of Cobi Jones and Luis Hernandez, but it is the unheralded Sasha Victorine who leads the team in goals halfway through this Major League Soccer season.
Victorine, a 2000 U.S. Olympian, has two goals and three assists in the past three matches, giving him a total of five goals and three assists (13 points) this season.
Victorine scored three goals and had six assists (12 points) in 28 matches last season as a rookie.
www.press-enterprise.com /newsarchive/2001/06/22/993186898.html   (570 words)

  
 MLSnet.com - News - 01/28/2005
The Kansas City Wizards announced Friday that defender Nick Garcia and recently acquired midfielder/defender Sasha Victorine have signed multiyear contracts with the club, though specific terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Victorine, who joins the Wizards after four seasons with the Los Angeles Galaxy, is also a five-year MLS veteran.
Victorine played nearly every position on the field in his five seasons with the Galaxy, though he was mostly used as a wide midfielder or defender.
dcunited.mlsnet.com /MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20050128&content_id=21602&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp   (464 words)

  
 MLSnet.com - News - 06/25/2005 10:55PM
Jimmy Conrad, Davy Arnaud and Sasha Victorine all scored second-half goals for the Wizards, who put an end to their five-game winless run while extending the Chivas USA winless streak to 10 games.
Zavagnin played the ball first time back into the area in the air to Sasha Victorine, who headed it with his back to goal to Conrad despite seemingly being in an offside position.
Victorine added Kansas City third goal in the 85th minute, a clinical header after being left completely unmarked from about 10 yards away from goal from Klein's free kick near the right touchline.
chivas.usa.mlsnet.com /content/printer_friendly/y2005/m06/d25/c34503.html   (887 words)

  
 Mid-Atlantic Soccer Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Freddy Adu's takedown of Ryan Pore led to Sasha Victorine's penalty, but Jaime Moreno converted a penalty of his own to give DC United a 2-1 win over Kansas City.
Sasha Victorine scored Kansas City's lone goal on a penalty, sandwiched between the two United goals.
Victorine stepped up, and with his right foot, hit his penalty low to the left corner, beating United goalkeeper Troy Perkins, who dove the opposite way.
mid-atlantic.matchnight.com /umindex.cfm?page=ARTICLE&show=18947   (1502 words)

  
 Olympics: Victorine's kick puts U.S. men in semis
ADELAIDE, Australia -- Sasha Victorine hadn't played one minute in these Games until he was sent into the U.S.-Japan game Saturday when it went into sudden-death overtime.
It proved to be the most astute move yet by U.S. coach Clive Charles, because the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder's calmly taken penalty-kick goal clinched a place in the semifinals for the Americans.
After Victorine converted his penalty kick just inside the post to the left of bloodied goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki, the entire American squad sprinted onto the field as if it had won the World Cup, tearing off shirts and pumping clenched fists.
www.sptimes.com /News/092400/news_pf/Olympics/Victorine_s_kick_puts.shtml   (531 words)

  
 rediff.com: Liverpool goalie in US squad
Also midfielder Sasha Victorine, who is in his first season with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer (MLS), was brought in to replace Chris Armas, who suffered a knee injury in the Americans' 7-0 win over Barbados in a World Cup qualifier this month.
Charles made the announcement after learning Armas would not recover in time from a Grade 2 sprain of the MCL in his left knee, while Brown was dropped from the roster on Tuesday due to leg injuries.
Victorine has made six appearances for the U.S. Under-23 team and has scored three goals in his first season with the Galaxy.
www.rediff.com /sports/2000/aug/31liv.htm   (306 words)

  
 Not as sharp at Gillette - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Soccer - Sports
The Kansas City goal, headed in by Sasha Victorine in the 51st minute, seemed to catch the Revolution by surprise.
Two defenders (Jay Heaps and Michael Parkhurst) were positioned between the ball and Victorine, and Joe Franchino was directly behind Victorine.
The ball was chipped into the penalty area by Jose Burciaga Jr., and Victorine redirected it toward the far post, goalkeeper Matt Reis diving to slightly deflect the short hop.
www.boston.com /sports/soccer/articles/2005/06/06/not_as_sharp_at_gillette   (561 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet - MLS - Galaxy's Victorine out with hip fracture
"Obviously during this difficult time our thoughts are with Sasha, it is unfortunate that this has occurred to someone whose presence and leadership is felt by everyone in our organization, both on and off the field," said Galaxy vice president and general manager Doug Hamilton.
Victorine has appeared in 94 MLS games (83 starts) amassing 45 points on 14 goals and 17 assists.
In the playoffs, Victorine contributed 1,300 minutes on the field, appearing in 15 games (14 starts) while scoring three goals and adding two assists.
soccernet.espn.go.com /headlinenews?id=274503&cc=5901   (281 words)

  
 Burciaga pulls Wizards win out of Fire
Sasha Victorine fed the ball ahead to Sealy running at the goal from the left wing.
Victorine sent Burciaga down the left side with a pass past Griffin, who stumbled as he turned to chase.
Burciaga, Victorine and Jewsbury stood over the ball, Burciaga tapped the ball to Jewsbury, who had a clear shot on goal only for it to come back off the woodwork.
www.810whb.com /scripts/archives/getStory.asp?article=12502   (906 words)

  
 Sasha Victorine - THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
After having graduated seven seniors from last year's squad, who took 68 percent of the team's scoring and 70 percent of its assists with them to greener pastures, the UCLA men's soccer team looked to be in for a large-scale rebuilding process this season.
Topping the list of phenoms is mid-fielder and National Under-20 Team member Sasha Victorine, who already secured a starting job in the midfield and established himself as the leader of the incoming class.
"Victorine is a confident player and has shown a tremendous amount of leadership," Schmid said.
www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=7377   (461 words)

  
 MLSnet.com - News - 05/30/2004
Sasha Victorine scored his first of the year Saturday night against the Burn.
Sasha Victorine opened the scoring with a first-half header before an own goal doubled the lead.
The refined left foot of Andreas Herzog, who nearly doubled the Galaxy's lead at the close of the first half on a long distance laser shot which was parried by Garlick, put his stamp on the match after the break.
dcunited.mlsnet.com /MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20040530&content_id=3986&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp   (855 words)

  
 Slidetackle Magazine - Major League Soccer News, Results, Stats & More...
Sasha Victorine and Carlos Ruiz scored for the Galaxy, setting up a monstrous return leg in San Jose.
L.A. midfielder Sasha Victorine opened the scoring in the 59th minute, doggedly pursuing a broken play to put the Galaxy ahead 1-0.
The redirected ball fell to the feet Victorine at the far post, who managed o get two touches on the loose ball before forcing it between the post and a scrambling Pat Onstad.
www.slidetacklemagazine.com /sjeqpages/nov03/wcsemisla20sj110103.html   (1135 words)

  
 MLS: Wizards Beat Crew, Regain First Place :: PaddockTalk :: Two drivers, Two cars... Drop the flag...It's all good!
Kansas City's Sasha Victorine was also the recipient of a Columbus foul that did some noticable damage in the first half.
Victorine took a couple of touches on the ball shielding off the Crew defender on his left shoulder.
Just as Busch reached Victorine, the Wizards midfielder hit a perfectly-timed square pass to his left and into the path of a wide-open Wolff who was streaking down the left side.
www.paddocktalk.com /news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=31821   (1123 words)

  
 AllSports' Major League Soccer MLS Coverage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Stringing together 18.5 shutouts during his three seasons, Rimando received Second Team NSCAA All-America honors as a sophomore in 1998 and was part of the Bruin legacy that captured the 1997 NCAA Division I National Championship.
Victorine, the 1999 Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year, scored 21 goals and 21 assists in his four seasons at UCLA.
Shak, the backbone of the UCLA defense that allowed just 18 goals in 1999 and led the team to a berth into the Final Four, was a walk-on his rookie season.
www.allsports.com /mls/20000201-1.htm   (569 words)

  
 Sports 4 - Kreis Notches 100th; Wizards Still Beat Rsl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
But Victorine's second strike of the contest gave the visitors some breathing room.
Victorine gave Kansas City the early lead when he scored his first goal in the eighth minute.
Kansas City, though, was not about to let the lead slip away, and Victorine made sure his team earned the full three points it coveted.
www.wciv.com /news/stories/0805/251841.html   (476 words)

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