Monthly Archives: April 2007

Pachuca and Chivas Guadalajara tied, 2-2, in the first leg of the CONCACAF Championships Cup final in Guadalajara on Wednesday in front of 45,000 fans. Omar Bravo notched both Chivas goals while Juan Carlos Cacho and Marvin Cabrera, who provided the late equalizer, struck for Pachuca, which hosts the second leg April 25. Pachuca and […]

David Dein, one of the most powerful figures in European soccer, has quit as vice chairman of English Premier League club Arsenal because of ''irreconcilable differences'' with board colleagues over the recent purchase by American billionaire Stan Kroenke of an 11 percent interest in the club. Dein is reported to have backed Kroenke's takeover of […]

Goals by Jeff Cunningham and Andy Williams gave Real Salt Lake a 2-1 win at home over the Kansas City in a U.S. Open Cup qualifying win on Wednesday. Williams' overtime gamewinner in the 109th minute came on a 15-yard shot after receiving a pass from Cunningham, who had opened the scoring with a penalty […]

Millwall striker Darren Byfield decided to connect with fans by entering MillwallOnline's chat room and offering to answer any questions. The first two queries, reports The Sunday Times, were ''Why does it always rain on me?'' and ''Explain the theory of relativity, please.'' Problem was the fans didn't believe it was really him, so he […]

Both Inter Milan and Lyon failed in their bids to clinch their respective league titles on Wednesday. Inter Milan lost for the first time this season when it fell, 3-1, to second-place Roma at home. Inter's hopes of sealing its second successive Scudetto were dashed as late second-half goals from Francesco Totti and Marco Cassetti […]

Poland and Ukraine will co-host the 2012 European Championship after beating out favorite Italy and a joint bid from Croatia and Hungary in a vote by UEFA executive committee members on Wednesday in Cardiff, Wales. UEFA awarded the tournament to an Eastern European country for the first time since Yugoslavia hosted the final four of […]

DaMarcus Beasley again made his case for staying at Manchester City next season, scoring in its 3-1 loss at Arsenal in English Premier League action on Tuesday night. Beasley, who had a good early effort blocked by defender Kolo Toure, scored in the 41st minute on a feed from Michael Johnson for his third EPL […]

BOYS 1 Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas) 30-0-0 2 Canoga Park (Calif.) 24-0-1 2 Felix Varela (Miami, Fla.) 27-1-1 4 Jesuit (New Orleans, La.) 31-0-0 5 Rider (Wichita Falls, Texas) 23-0-0 6 Auburndale (Fla.) 22-1-3 7 Kingwood (Texas) 28-2-1 8 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) 23-1-3 9 Wilson (Long Beach, Calif.) 25-2-4 10 Tupelo (Miss.) 25-1-1 GIRLS […]

Lincoln, Neb., police ticketed a women for misdemeanor child neglect for allegedly slapping her 15-year-old daughter in the head and dropping her off on Interstate-80 after becoming enraged over the girl's poor play in a soccer game on Saturday at the Abbott Sports Complex. Terrell Mackey, a 42-year-old Lincoln mother, reportedly slapped her daughter for […]

Unbeaten Inter Milan can clinch its 15th Serie A title with a victory over second-place Roma on Wednesday at the San Siro (TV, GolTV, live, 11:30 am ET). A victory would open up an insurmountable 19-point lead with six matches remaining. Inter coach Roberto Mancini wants his team to clinch the Scudetto in style. ''On […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Official confirmation of Marvell Wynne being traded from Red Bull New York to Toronto FC is expected in the next day or so. A second-round draft pick in 2008 is the likely rate of exchange, according to a source. This apparently leaves Hunter Freeman, recently acquired in a trade from […]