Neutrals may have wanted a title decider at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, but Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United won’t mind that their trip to South London has now become as meaningless as a preseason friendly after Chelsea drew 1-1 at Arsenal. Now seven points adrift of the Blues with two games left to play, […]
Monthly Archives: May 2007
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Proud Mourinho Hails Chelsea “Spirit”
Whatever you think of Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho, there’s no denying the fighting spirit exuded by his club over the course of a tumultuous Premier League season. Even after a clumsy tackle from Khalid Boulahrouz reduced the Blues to 10-men and a 1-0 deficit from the ensuing penalty kick, you never got the sense that […]
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Guti Guides Real Passed Sevilla
Real Madrid continues to go from strength to strength here at the end of the La Liga season, moving passed second-place FC Sevilla in a thrilling 3-2 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. The win put Los Merengues two points ahead of Sevilla, while Barcelona’s 2-0 win helped the Catalans maintain their slender two-point […]
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Dempsey’s Goal Keeps Fulham Up
Thanks to a brilliant performance in goal from Finnish keeper Antti Niemi and a fantastic goal from former New England Revs midfielder Clint Dempsey, Fulham won’t (likely) be relegated this season. After a nosedive in form saw the Cottagers move from UEFA Cup aspirations toward the relegation zone, the win that Fulham desperately needed came […]
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Clint Dempsey’s first EPL goal golden for Fulham
[VIDEO] In England, Clint Dempsey scored a very valuable goal for Fulham. Edgar Castillo and Santos moved into the Mexican league quarterfinals. Hannover 96 and Steve Cherundolo kept their UEFA Cup hopes alive. Eddie Lewis and Leeds are headed to England’s third tier.
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D.C. United finally gets a win
D.C. United finally got its first win of the season and its first under Coach Tom Soehn. Defending champion Houston awoke at the expense of Colorado. New England repaid the only team to beat it this season, and Jason Kreis‘ debut as Real Salt Lake head coach was a thriller with the Red Bulls. Soehn had raised some eyebrows, especially the bushy ones of Jaime Moreno, by benching the Bolivian star for the first half of Thursday’s 1-1 tie with the Revs. Soehn invoked further changes for the visit of Chivas USA (2-3-0) Sunday and United (1-3-1) won 2-1 with goals by Moreno and Christian Gomez.
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“Clint [Dempsey] has been on the verges of the team since he came over in the transfer window. He has been good in training and chomping at the bit to get on and prove he can offer something to Fulham.”
— Fulham coach Lawrie Sanchez on American midfielder Clint Dempsey, who scored the winner in Fulham’s 1-0 victory of Liverpool, which alleviates the Cottagers’ relegation fears. (AFP)
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Surprise Atlanta shares USL-1 lead with Whitecaps
[USL-1 & USL-2 RESULTS] The Atlanta Silverbacks are the USL-1’s early surprise, sharing first place with the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps. The Silverbacks beat the Carolina RailHawks, 2-0, on goals by David Hayes and Justin Moore to preserve their undefeated season, improving their record to 2-0-2.
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USA wins group to earn record 12th straight berth at U-17 World Cup
Goals by Gregory Garza and Ellis McLoughlin gave the USA a 2-1 victory over previously unbeaten Costa Rica to win Group B of the CONCACAF Under-17 Qualifying Tournament in Kingston, Jamaica. The USA qualified for the Under-17 World Cup for a record 12th straight time.
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Manchester United moves closer to Liverpool’s record
[MAKING A LIST] Manchester United won the English Premier League title on Sunday. It was the club’s 16th league title since the English League began in 1888-89. Only Liverpool (18 titles) has won more.
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Ferguson in agony until United clinches EPL title
On Championship Sunday, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson spent the day watching his grandson play soccer and then watched horse racing on television when he returned home. “When that was finished and I had nothing to do but twiddle my thumbs,” the 65-year-old Scotsman said, “I watched the last 15 minutes at the Emirates Stadium, and I was in agony.” Chelsea’s 1-1 draw at Arsenal on Sunday clinched United’s first league title since 2003.
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Guti performance leads Real Madrid in win over Sevilla
[EUROPEAN RACES] Real Madrid moved into second place behind Barcelona in the red-hot Spanish title race with a 3-2 victory over Sevilla at the Bernabeu Stadium on Sunday. Schalke 04 clung to a one-point lead in Germany’s Bundesliga with two games left thanks to a 1-0 victory over Nuremberg. Fenerbahce opened up a five-point lead on Besiktas with a 1-0 at the second-place team in a battle of Turkish Super Lïg leaders.
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GAMES: Live and same-day delay on national TV
If Charlton fails to beat Tottenham (Monday on Fox Soccer Channel), Fulham, the EPL team with three Yanks, will be assured top-flight survival. Fox Sports en Espanol is televising all eight deciders of the Libertadores Cup round of 16.
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Sevilla Coach Criticizes La Liga for Pardoning Becks
There were more accusations of favoritism in Europe on Friday as Sevilla coach Juande Ramos criticized the Spain’s soccer federation for lifting the yellow card Real Madrid’s David Beckham received at Athletic Bilbao last Sunday that would have seen him suspended for this Sunday’s crucial battle against his club. In Bilbao, Becks was booked for […]
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MLS Players Go Public with Salaries
MLSPlayers.org, the Web site for the Major League Soccer Players Union, released a full list of the league’s player salaries, including guaranteed bonuses, for the first time in its history. Incidentally, the move puts MLS in line with the rest of American’s sports leagues. In the past player salaries have been leaked to the media, […]
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Guevara No Longer Part of Chivas USA
He only just got there, but it didn’t take playmaker Amado Guevara long to become persona non grata at Chivas USA. “He’s not with the team,” Chivas USA Preki told MLSNet after training on Thursday. “I have a vision of where this club is going and he’s not part of it.” A deal to send […]
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Wigan Chairman to Sue EPL for West Ham Decision
A point-deduction was conspicuous by its absence from a Premier League commission ruling that West Ham United had breached its rules in signing the Argentine pair Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano from a consortium of investors. Instead, the West End club was slapped with an $11 million fine. West Ham, of course, is involved […]
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Liverpool Youth Director Hits Out at Benitez on His Way Out
Liverpool’s head of the club’s successful youth academy has hit back at Rafa Benitez, the team’s manager, who he accuses of taking the reigns from him to the detriment of both the club and the development of players he’s been coaching. Steve Heighway, a former winger for Liverpool and the Irish national team, called Benitez’s […]
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NCAA hands academic sanctions to two soccer programs
Division I soccer programs largely escaped the wrath of the NCAA, which handed out teams this week to programs that failed to meet academic standards. Only two soccer teams — San Jose State’s men and Texas Southern’s women — were subject to sanctions.
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Soccer teams recognized for academic success
As part of the NCAA’s broad Division I academic reform effort, the NCAA recognized teams that posted multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. Programs honored included 2006 NCAA Division I men’s quarterfinalists Duke and Northwestern and women’s runner-up Notre Dame and quarterfinalist Portland.
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NCAA announces sanctions in West Virginia men’s investigation
The NCAA placed the West Virginia men’s soccer program on two-year probation and issued a public reprimand to the school for major rules violations by former men’s coach Mike Seabolt. In a lengthy report, the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions outlined violations committed by Seabolt.
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Cal women hire Texas Tech’s McGuire
California has hired Texas Tech women’s coach Neil McGuire as its new women’s coach, replacing Kevin Boyd, who resigned earlier this year and later took the women’s job at Arizona State.
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Robust stuff in United-Revs clash at RFK
In the run-up to Thursday night’s D.C. United-New England tussle, Revs coach Steve Nicol said whether or not it was a great match, it would be passionate and fierce and rugged. Was it? As Nicol might have replied if asked, “Aye.” Scuffles, hard tackles, aerial duels, a controversial penalty, a hotly disputed ejection, and an ESPN2 audience fueled a intense if inelegant 1-1 tie. The Revs struck just seconds into the second half when Andy Dorman slotted the rebound of a Taylor Twellman shot, and D.C. equalized five minutes later with a Jaime Moreno penalty kick.
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The Jason Kreis era begins in Salt Lake
[TV PREVIEW] Jason Kreis, the man who has scored a league record 108 goals, retired on Thursday and immediately launched a new career. He’s leaving the Real Salt Lake captaincy and replacing his boss, John Ellinger, after RSL started the 2007 season with an 0-2-2 record. Ellinger, who failed to guide Real Salt Lake to the playoffs in its first two seasons, lasted longer than any other coach in MLS history who had gone that distance without taking a team to the playoffs. When the 34-year-old Kreis steps on the sidelines Saturday against the New York Red Bulls, he will become the youngest person in MLS history to serve as head coach of a team. Real is keeping Ellinger, who was credited for Freddy Adu‘s arrival to Real this season, as Technical Director/Director of Soccer Operations. But General Manager Steve Pastorino has resigned.
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Mexico’s Toluca crushed in Libertadores Cup
Argentine youngster Juan Manuel Martinez scored a hat trick in 13 minutes late in the first half to lead of Colombian champion Cucuta past Mexico’s Toluca, 5-1, in the first leg of their Libertadores Cup second-round series. In the other Thursday matches, Paraguayan champion Libertad came from behind to win at Brazil’s Parana, 2-1, while Nacional of Uruguay beat Mexico’s Necaxa, 3-2, in Montevideo.