French goalkeeping great Fabien Barthez left relegation-threatened Nantes a day after a group of drunken supporters cornered him in his car and he fought with one of them.
Monthly Archives: April 2007
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9. MLS PREVIEW: Monday Night ‘Rocky Mountain Cup’
Real Salt Lake can’t be as bad as it looked while being thumped, 4-0, by Chivas USA last week, can it? It’ll a have chance to answer that question when it faces Colorado in a rare edition of Monday Night Soccer.
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Hoosiers host Mexican fiesta
One of the biggest rivalries Indiana, the seven-time men's national champion, has developed is its spring season clash against Mexico. For the third straight spring, the Hoosiers host a Mexican national youth team in a friendly. This year's friendly against the Tri U-20s takes place Sunday at Armstrong Stadium. ''It's an honor to have the […]
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MLS: College picks see action
Going into the fourth weekend of the MLS season, 15 collegians taken in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft and Supplemental Draft have already made their pro debuts. So far, as many players taken in the fourth round of the SuperDraft or lower (Supplemental Draft) have played as players taken in the first round of the SuperDraft […]
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MESA STATE: New D2 men's program adds Utah star
Josh Pittman, coach of the new Mesa State men's program, has landed Andy Cornia, the 2007 Utah Gatorade Player of the Year, as part of his first recruiting class. Cornia plays for Bonneville High School and FC Inter. Pittman, most recently was a developmental staff coach for the Real Colorado Soccer Club, also signed eight […]
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3. MESA STATE: New D2 men’s program adds Utah star
Josh Pittman, coach of the new Mesa State men’s program, has landed Andy Cornia, the 2007 Utah Gatorade Player of the Year, as part of his first recruiting class.
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2. MLS: College picks see action
Going into the fourth weekend of the MLS season, 15 collegians taken in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft and Supplemental Draft have already made their pro debuts.
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1. Hoosiers host Mexican fiesta
One of the biggest rivalries Indiana, the seven-time men’s national champion, has developed is its spring season clash against Mexico. For the third straight spring, the Hoosiers host a Mexican national youth team in a friendly. This year’s friendly against the Tri U-20s takes place Sunday at Armstrong Stadium.
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Lamar Hunt’s Forgotten Cup
Andrea Canales of L.A. Soccer News says that it’s time the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup got a little more respect. The granddaddy of all soccer tournaments in the United States is similar to the English FA Cup in that the competition includes teams of all levels: any team registered with the U.S. Soccer Federation, […]
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Hammers Handed Fine, Tevez Ban, but No Deduction
You have to wonder after West Ham United was slapped with a record fine but no point deduction for deceiving the English Premier League if the presiding commission simply didn’t want to disturb the good ole fashioned relegation fight taking place at the bottom of the league table. Had there been a point-deduction, as many […]
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Mourinho the Paranoid
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune pointedly says what many in the press have been thinking but few have been saying: Jose Mourinho is either insane or he’s just a jerk. Where many coaches might have been satisfied with a thoroughly professional 1-0 Champions League semifinal victory against Liverpool, Mourinho could only whine about […]
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Record Red Bulls Continue Run
To everyone’s surprise, the New York Red Bulls, $14 million in the hole last season (according to various reports), synonymous for years with underachieving, are looking like the best team in Major League Soccer in 2007. For that, a huge shout out has to go to Coach Bruce Arena, and for several reasons. The additions […]
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Expectations Rise Ahead of Toronto Opener
Toronto FC hosts its first home game at the new BMO Field tomorrow, and with a great deal of fanfare, despite the team’s 0-3-0 record. Fittingly, or perhaps worryingly, the home side will get the opportunity to exact its revenge on Kansas City, which beat the Canadians, 3-0, at Arrowhead Stadium on Wednesday night. Toronto […]
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YOUTH SOCCER INSIDER: How To Save Your ACL
''You've torn your ACL.'' That's a phrase no player wants to hear. If you are a competitive soccer player, chances are fairly high that you know of a teammate (or perhaps yourself) who has sustained a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The ACL is a ligament — a tough fibrous structure that joins […]
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What They’re Saying
“When the season started we wanted David to stay, although we couldn’t arrive at an agreement. Looking back I realize that it was a mistake not to talk things through clearly. The comments in the press from me, the president and his agent confused the player and us and because of that mistakes were made.”
— Real Madrid sporting director Predrag Mijatovic admits he made a mistake in not re-signing MLS-bound David Beckham.
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YOUTH: U.S. U-15 boys head to Buenos Aires
The U.S. under-15 boys national team will spend 10 days in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a training camp. Coach Jim Barlow will take 20 players to the camp that will run April 27-May 7. The U-15s will scrimmage four teams: Argentina, Uruguay and Argentine clubs Boca Juniors and Newell's Old Boys. U.S. U-15 ROSTER: GOALKEEPERS: […]
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2. HIGHLIGHT & MAGAZINE SHOWS: A Sampling
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHT/NEWS SHOWS A TODO GOAL (Goals from around the world) Gol TV Sunday, 11:30 pm ET Monday, 1 pm ET. FOX SOCCER SHOW Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 10 pm ETFOX SPORTS NOTICIAS Fox Sports en Espanol Monday-Friday, 2 pm ET SKY SPORTS NEWS Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 7 pm ET GOL TV NEWS Gol […]
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1. GAMES: Live and same-day delay on national TV
This weeknd’s menu of televised soccer includes MLS’s derby: Los Angeles vs. Chivas USA, live on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Espanol, Saturday 10:30 pm ET.
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MLS WEEKEND: Week 4 Game Previews
By Ridge Mahoney TORONTO (0-3-0) vs. KANSAS CITY (2-1-0) (Saturday, 12:30 pm ET, Direct Kick) The Wizards' fifth game in 15 days (counting a 2-1 midweek Open Cup loss to Salt Lake) will be in front of a sellout crowd as Toronto celebrates the grand unveiling of a new stadium. Toronto's players will be sky-high […]
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LIBERTADORES CUP: Boca breezes into next round
Five-time Libertadores Cup champion Boca Juniors needed to beat Bolivar of Bolivia by two goals on Thursday to be certain of qualifying for the knockout stage of the South American club championship, and it breezed into the next stage with a 7-0 win in Buenos Aires. Playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme, on loan from Spain's Villarreal, […]
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IN THE NEWS: Klinsmann goes back to work
Nine months after coaching Germany at the World Cup, California resident Juergen Klinsmann is going back to work – as commentator and analyst for German pay-TV station Arena. Klinsmann, whose two-year agreement will allow him to take a coaching job, told Spiegel, ''I definitely want to return to coaching, but if that's in the short-term […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“When the season started we wanted David to stay, although we couldn’t arrive at an agreement. Looking back I realize that it was a mistake not to talk things through clearly. The comments in the press from me, the president and his agent confused the player and us and because of that mistakes were made.”
— Real Madrid sporting director Predrag Mijatovic admits he made a mistake in not re-signing MLS-bound David Beckham.
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6. LIBERTADORES CUP: Boca breezes into next round
Five-time Libertadores Cup champion Boca Juniors headlined the final qualifiers for the knockout phase of the South American club championship, whose group stage ended Thursday night. Toluca also went through, leaving all three Mexican clubs still alive in the competition.
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7. IN THE NEWS: Klinsmann goes back to work
Nine months after coaching Germany at the World Cup, California resident Juergen Klinsmann is going back to work – as commentator and analyst for German pay-TV station Arena. Klinsmann, whose two-year agreement will allow him to take a coaching job, told Spiegel, “I definitely want to return to coaching, but if that’s in the short-term […]
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2. MLS: New York still bullish, downs Dallas
Juan Pablo Angel has yet to be issued a work visa, Clint Mathis was suspended, and the New York Red Bulls were playing on the road against a team coming off a 3-1 victory. Nevertheless, the league’s flagship of underachievement issued another statement of its capabilities.