• The tournament known to bring together the fiercest international soccer players in competition is kicking off tonight in Santa Clara, California and will make its way to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium tomorrow. Orlando is one of ten cities hosting the tournament which, in its 100th year, is taking place for the first time outside of South America.
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• The Citrus Bowl will host the US Women’s National Soccer team – the same team that won the World Cup last month. They’re traveling the nation on their victory tour and will take on the Brazilian national team in a friendly contest. Is Orlando becoming the soccer capital of the south?
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• UCF football players head to their first practice of the 2015 football season Wednesday. The Black and Gold’s first two weeks of practices will be closed to the public.
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• The Orlando City Soccer Club have a packed week – they face DC United tonight in the nation’s capital and host the LA Galaxy at home on Sunday. To talk more about the inaugural Major League Soccer season of the Orlando City Lions, and the possibility of their first win at home, 90.7’s Brendan Byrne spoke with soccer blogger Andrew Harrison.
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• Every year roughly twenty-nine thousand young girls in high schools across the country suffer a concussions playing soccer. Health News Florida’s Luis Hernandez has a report about a school in South Florida trying out something new to fight the problem.
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• It’s not violence on the job that makes some pro football players beat their wives or children, psychologists say. It’s often childhood experience, fanned by a culture that accepts such behavior.
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• Former UCF Quarterback Blake Bortles saw his second NFL preseason game this week with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Despite a 20 – 19 loss to the Chicago Bears, third-overall pick Blake Bortles impressed on Thursday night. The rookie QB took over for veteran Chad Henne in the second-half. He completed 12 of 17 passes for 130 yards and a touchdown with no turnovers. Bortles performance followed another strong showing in week one against Tampa. The Jaguars staff announced he will be on the bench during the regular season with Henne as starting quarterback. In his final season with UCF Bortles helped propel the Knights to a Fiesta Bowl win. Meanwhile Peter DiNovo, a freshman from Tarpon Springs, has been named as UCF’s …
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