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A women's soccer team that can dominate a World Cup opponent as the U.S. just did to Thailand deserves a level playing field for pay.

Loyola Maryland's Pat Spencer, who ranks in the top-five all-time of both points and assists in NCAA Division I, was selected first overall by the PLL’s Archers to become the first collegiate player ever selected by the new league.

Jared Bernhardt scored four goals and Logan Wisnauskas added three goals and two assists to lift the No. 3 Maryland men’s lacrosse team to an 11-6 win over visiting No. 16 Colgate on Tuesday.

Remember when Art Modell, Vinny Testaverde and Lil Shelton were in the news?

Washington, New York/New Jersey and Philadelphia are among the other host city finalists, which will be set in 2020.

Digest: Former Terps Gonzalez, Zusi on U.S. World Cup qualifying roster

Cities have until Sept. 5 to declare their interest in taking part in the bid process.

Digest: D.C. United's Hamid, former Terp Zusi named to U.S. Gold Cup roster

Maryland, Va., compete to permanently host large international equestrian event. Fair Hill is angling for the four-star event and state officials say it could have an annual economic impact of $20 million to $30 million each year.

The U.S.-led bid, launched Monday, expects 60 games to be played stateside, with 10 in Canada and 10 in Mexico.

California Chrome heads a full field of 14 horses for the Breeders' Cup Classic, with the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner likely to be the prohibitive favorite in the $6 million race.

Jozy Altidore scored two second-half goals in his return to the U.S. national team, and the Americans rallied to beat Peru, 2-1 in an exhibition Friday night in Washington.

United States men's soccer team striker Clint Dempsey achieved his first hat trick in an international match when he scored three goals in Saturday's 6-0 rout of Cuba.

Despite the crowd being the smallest for an international soccer game in Baltimore in recent years, Ravens senior vice-president and director of stadium operations Roy Sommerhof was pleased with the turnout for Saturday's CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals and seems hopeful that the tournament will return to Baltimore in 2017.

Clint Dempsey took care of that, though saying singlehandedly might be an oxymoron in soccer. Singleheadedly or singlefootedly might be a more accurate description. The veteran striker, who was removed as the U.S. captain after a much-publicized red card in an MLS game, scored in the fourth minute and added two more goals in a 6-0 rout of undermanned Cuba in Saturday's Gold Cup quarterfinal at M&T Bank Stadium.

The crowd that showed up for Saturday's CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match between the U.S. men's national team and Cuba was as one-sided as the final score.

American flag shirt, shorts and bandanas replaced the typical purple Joe Flacco and orange Adam Jones jerseys on the streets surrounding M&T Bank Stadium and Camden Yards on Saturday. The vendors with Orioles apparel had a special section filled with United States shirts. American flags were sold on street corners. And soccer balls replaced footballs at the tailgates.

In advance of Saturday's U.S. Gold Cup quarterfinal against Cuba, The Baltimore Sun covered all the local and national angles, and will be on the case for the game as well.

It's been two years since the United States Men's National Team hosted the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals. In 2013, the team took down El Salvador in front of more than 70,000 fans at M&T Bank Stadium.

Two years after the El Salvador men's soccer team and its rabid soccer fans gave M&T Bank Stadium a taste of what games are like in their home country for a Gold Cup quarterfinal against the heavily favored U.S., the scene at the same venue for the same event should be quite different Saturday. The result between Team USA and Cuba should not.

In conjunction with the U.S. men's national team playing in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal round Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium, the 43-year-old McBride served as soccer ambassador by hosting a community event at Patterson Park. Working with Gold Cup sponsor Allstate Insurance, he signed autographs, posed for photos (the Gold Cup trophy was also on hand), had a Q & A session and participated in a soccer clinic for nearly two dozen youth in the inner city.

The preliminary round run to M&T Bank Stadium for Saturday's CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal knockout game against Cuba has been fueled mostly by the old guard.

33-year-old couldn't say no to chance at helping national team win second straight Gold Cup

Russell Payne, who turned 40 on Monday, is revisiting his roots this week as the goalkeeper coach for the U.S. men's national team, which will play in the Gold Cup quarterfinals Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium.

With Tim Howard taking a one-year break from the team, Brad Guzan has emerged as the potential No. 1 goalkeeper for Team USA not only in this year's Gold Cup but as it gets ready for the 2017 Confederations Cup and the 2018 World Cup.

Former Maryland Terps roommates, teammates Graham Zusi and Omar Gonzalez helping Team USA in its quest to win the Gold Cup.

Baltimore gymnast Donnell Whittenburg wins silver medals in floor exercise and still rings at the Pan American Games in Toronto.

Now, as fans in the area eagerly await the return of the Gold Cup quarterfinals to Baltimore on July 18, another huge turnout at M&T Bank Stadium is expected, especially with the U.S. team playing in one of the two games.

Courtney Kalisz, James A. "Jim" Pusateri, John Ferrari and Russell "Kim" Williams will be inducted into the Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame on Oct. 24.

The Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation announced plans on Wednesday to reopen the Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum in Baltimore on Friday.

Baltimore¿s M&T Bank Stadium will host a pair of CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal matches on July 18, and if the United States finishes in the top two spots of its round-robin group, the men¿s national team will play in Baltimore for the second straight tournament.

Jason Alder of Cooksville is one of 15 national finalists competing for a $50,000 top prize in the 2015 Search for a Champion online video contest.

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Hasim Rahman will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award tonight at The Black Wall Street Awards Sports Edition at the Choo Smith Youth Empowerment Center in Owings Mills.

Argentina will play exhibition games against El Salvador on March 28 at FedExField in Landover.

Terry Hutchinson of Annapolis was named Wednesday as US Sailing's 2014 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year.

CONCACAF, the governing body for North and Central American soccer, announced Tuesday that Baltimore is one of four cities that will host the elimination rounds of the 2015 Gold Cup, the confederations bi-annual championship tournament.

Football calls it the Super Bowl, baseball the World Series. Hydroplane boat racing calls it the Gold Cup

DaMarcus Beasley is playing his latest, and likely last, World Cup with little fanfare ¿ just the way the soft-spoken defender prefers it.

As a kid, Kyle Beckerman always had his eye on the World Cup. He painted pictures of U.S. soccer stars, wowed classmates at Crofton Woods Elementary with his command of a soccer ball and even tagged his adolescent signature: "USA #15."

The World Cup has become a major event for local sports fans, thanks to the growth of youth soccer and the proliferation of overseas soccer coverage on American television.

Landon Donovan was left off the United States World Cup team, but Crofton's Kyle Beckerman and Maryland Terrapins Graham Zusi and Omar Gonzalez will all travel to Brazil.

Crofton native Kyle Beckerman and former Terps stars Omar Gonzalez, Clarence Goodson, Graham Zusi, and Maurice Edu were all named Monday to the United States¿ 30-man provisional roster ahead of next month¿s World Cup in Brazil.

In the past, El Salvador has been a tough soccer out for the U.S. national team, particularly on the road. Not Sunday.

Chris Wondolowski, the reigning MLS MVP, has scored five goals through three Gold Cup matches for the United States.

After the U.S. men's national soccer team lost a friendly to Belgium in May, a disgusted coach Jurgen Klinsmann tried to talk about what positives the Americans could get out of the surprising defeat.

The U.S. men's national soccer team's first appearance in Baltimore since 1997 took a couple of interesting twists this week leading up to Sunday's CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal against El Salvador at M&T Bank Stadium.