Monthly Archives: April 2007

U.S. women's coach Greg Ryan has named the 18-player roster for its April 14 friendly against Mexico April 14 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., as the USA begins the stretch run to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The match will be the opening game of a doubleheader with the New England Revolution vs. […]

Thiago Dos Santos scored the gamewinner as Brazil's Sao Paulo won the Dallas Cup Super Group with a 1-0 win over Chelsea – marking the eighth time a Brazilian club has won the tournament's elite division. American clubs won four of the seven divisions. DR PEPPER DALLAS CUP XXVIII FINALS SUPER GROUP Sao Paulo (Brazil) […]

TUESDAY: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal, 2nd leg VALENCIA-CHELSEA (TV: ESPN Deportes & Setanta Sports USA, live, 2:30 pm; delay ESPN Classic, 5 pm.) Valencia managed a 1-1 tie at Chelsea in the first leg and despite being in the Spanish La Liga title race rested six starters in its league game on Saturday at Athletic […]

TUESDAY: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal, 2nd Leg MANCHESTER UNITED-ROMA (TV: ESPN2, live, 2:30 pm; delay ESPN Deportes, 4:45.) Manchester United fell 2-1 at Roma in the first leg and will be without suspended Paul Scholes, who was ejected in the first half in Rome. Although Manchester United picked up a valuable away goal Roma won […]

The Associated Press reports that a federal appeals court has ruled a jury should hear the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former North Carolina player Melissa Jennings against her coach, Anson Dorrance. Jennings accused Dorrance of sexually harassing team members by asking about their sexual activity. The decision, described as ''rare'' by AP, from […]

The Colorado Rapids acquired Uruguayan midfielder Jose Cancela from Toronto FC in exchange for a Youth Development roster spot secured until 2009. Cancela, 30, joined Toronto in the offseason from New England, where he notched seven goals and 31 assists in 94 regular-season and playoff games since joining the Revs in the middle of the […]

On Monday, defender Carlos Bocanegra headed home his second goal in four days, but again it was the consolation goal in a Fulham loss. Fulham's 3-1 loss on Monday to Manchester City extended the Cottagers' winless streak to six games as they slip toward the relegation zone. Arsenal and Liverpool are among Fulham's opponents it […]

The Kansas City Wizards, which had a bye during the first weekend of 2007 MLS play, travel to D.C. United on Saturday for their season opener. By Ridge Mahoney The Wizards could be recruited as poster children for the ups and downs of MLS parity. Three years ago, they were at Home Depot Center for […]

Soccer America erred in reporting that Chivas USAÆs attendance decreased in 2006 from its inaugural season in 2005. In fact, Chivas USAÆs home attendance average increased to 19,840 in 2006 from 17,080 in 2005. Chivas USAÆs 2006 attendance average was the second highest in the league behind the Los Angeles GalaxyÆs 20,814.

It was a weekend of mostly losses for the English Premier League Americans, but defender Jonathan Spector was a 46th minute sub for West Ham during its 1-0 upset of Arsenal on a 45th minute goal by Bobby Zamora. Blackburn keeper Brad Friedel saved a penalty kick, but Rovers lost, 2-1, to Aston Villa. Watford […]

An own goal by Rio Ferdinand proved the decider as English Premier League leader Manchester United's seven-game win streak ended with a 2-1 loss at Portsmouth. Second-place Chelsea took advantage, beating Tottenham Hotspur, 1-0, on a long-range goal from Ricardo Carvalho to move within three points of Manchester United. It was Chelsea's eight straight win […]