Jocelyn Angloma, the 41-year-old former French international, did it again, scoring his second goal of the Gold Cup to help tiny French department Guadeloupe knock off Honduras, 2-1, and advance to the semifinals, where it faces Mexico on Thursday at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Once again, Mexico put on a subpar performance, but it escaped from Houston’s Reliant Stadium with a 1-0 win in overtime over Costa Rica, which finished the game with eight players. In the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader at Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium, Canada cruised past Guatemala, 3-0.
Monthly Archives: June 2007
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YOUTH: U.S. Soccer selects first 11 clubs for Academy
The first group of clubs that will field U-16 and U-18 in the inaugural season of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy , which kicks off this fall, have been chosen. The first 11 are: Atlanta Fire United Soccer Association (Georgia), B/W Gottschee (New York), Capitol Area Soccer League (North Carolina), De Anza Force Soccer Club (Northern California), FC DELCO (Pennsylvania), FC Greater Boston Bolts (Massachusetts), Michigan Wolves (Michigan), Nomads Soccer Club (Southern California), Players Development Academy (New Jersey), Seacoast United (New Hampshire) and FC Westchester (New York).
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Rhinos take over first place in USL-1 with big win over Charleston
[USL RESULTS] The Rochester Rhinos opened up a two-point lead on idle Vancouver in the USL-1 thanks to a 5-2 win over Charleston on Sunday. Five different players scored for the Rhinos, who have played three more games than the Whitecaps. Seattle won, 1-0, at Carolina on Frenchman Sebastien Le Toux‘s goal to move into third place four points behind Rochester. In the USL-2, the expansion Bermuda Hogges remained winless with losses at Baltimore and Richmond.
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Feilhaber’s Wild Ride to the Top
Without question, 22-year-old Benny Feilhaber has been one of the biggest revelations since Bob Bradley took charge of the U.S. national team late last year. In just four topsy-turvy years, Feilhaber has gone from being a walk-on at UCLA to becoming a starting central midfielder for the U.S. national team. However, his national team success […]
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With Barca Behind Him, Saviola Focuses on Argentina
When Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard actually used him, Javier Saviola played quite well this season, but the Argentine striker has now made it clear he’ll be departing the Nou Camp this summer. Adored by the Catalan fans, Saviola was unappreciated by Barca’s management and Rijkaard in particular, who reacted with indifference when the 25-year-old said […]
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Arsenal Open to Henry Exit, Milan Confident of Sheva Return
Speculation is rife in England that Arsenal legend Thierry Henry will be heading to the Nou Camp this summer, possibly in exchange for Samuel Eto’o, while Chelsea’s Andriy Shevchenko is close to making a shocking return to European Champion AC Milan, the club that sold him to the Blues for nearly $60 million just last […]
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Chelsea, Others, Implicated in Bungs’ Scandal
Remember the so-called “bungs” scandal that threatened to bring the English Premier League’s shady transfer system to its knees? Well, former Police Commissioner Lord Stevens has now finished his inquiry into alleged illegal payments made between clubs and players’ agents in some 17 transfers. Chelsea, Newcastle, Bolton, Middlesbrough and Portsmouth were all named in Stevens’ […]
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Howard Back on Song for Club, Country
It’s taken nearly three years, but American goalkeeper Tim Howard is once again on top of his game: first choice at Everton and now, first choice for the U.S. national team. The 28-year-old’s career is rising again, but this time he’s learned not to take it for granted. “I still feel I have to prove […]
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Beckham aims to leave Real Madrid as a champion
David Beckham will play the final game of his European club career on Sunday when Real Madrid hosts Real Mallorca with the Spanish league title on the line (TV: GolTV, live, 3 pm). Despite an ankle injury that kept him out practice, Beckham should play in what concludes a four-year career with Real Madrid. A victory would give Real Madrid the title and end a four-year title drought, its longest in more than a half a century.
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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“I haven’t been in good shape this season. I can work much harder and I want to make sure that I’m at the same level as the rest of the team next season.”
— Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho acknowledging that he let his Spanish club, Barcelona, down because of his lack of fitness.
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Wizards and Red Bulls meet in battle of MLS Eastern leaders
[MLS WEEKEND PREVIEWS] The top two teams in the Eastern Conference square off after playing each other two weeks ago, reeling Chicago visits resurgent D.C. United, Toronto and Los Angeles play home games after swinging yet another trade, the Revs and Crew round off a triple-header, and with Houston off this week, Colorado heads to Home Depot Center for a crucial Western Conference encounter with Chivas USA.
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Same old outcome for FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake
Whoops, they did it again. For the third time this season, Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas fought a close game, and once again, a slice of superb finishing denied RSL the result it knew it deserved. Dominic Oduro drilled a low shot just inside the far post two minutes into stoppage time to beat RSL, 1-0, Thursday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium. RSL coach Jason Kreis was ejected for vehemently protesting a collision he believed merited at least a RSL free kick
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Panama aims to end American hex
Twice in the recent past Panama has stretched the United States nearly to the breaking point. Saturday at Gillette Stadium (4 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel, Univision) Panama will get a chance to finally snap the American hex against it in the first big competitive test of the U.S. national team under Bob Bradley. The U.S. is 4-0-2 against Panama and has won the last four games by shutout. Yet there have been a few close calls.
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Two Cuban Gold Cup players are missing
It was not a good Gold Cup for Cuba. After Cuba was unceremoniously dumped from the tournament with a 5-0 loss to Honduras in Houston on Wednesday night, it was revealed that two players, veteran striker Lester More and Osvaldo Alonso, may have tried to defect.
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Haitian U-17s vanish, then reappear at JFK stopover
There was a bizarre twist to one of soccer’s great success stories of the year when 13 members of Haiti’s U-17 team vanished, then reappeared at New York’s Kennedy International Airport, where they were scheduled to fly to South Korea for an international tournament in preparation for the U-17 World Cup there later in the summer. After Haitian Football Federation president Yves Jean-Bart appealed on a Haitian Creole-language radio station in New York to the players to “reinstate themselves as soon as possible,” the players all returned to the team.
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2007 Gold Cup Television Schedule
The Gold Cup moves into the quarterfinals with two games Saturday and two on Sunday. The USA meets Panama in a replay of the 2005 final on Saturday at 4 pm on Fox Soccer Channel and Univision …
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Becks: My Real Days End on Sunday
David Beckham quashed rumors linking him to a dramatic return to Real Madrid next season, telling reporters that there is no buyout clause in his contract and that he doesn’t wish to return to the club after his final match against Mallorca on Sunday. “I first realized I would be leaving Real in January when […]
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Honduras Hammers Cuba to Take First in Group C
It was the Carlos Pavon show at Reliant Stadium on Wednesday as a highly impressive Honduras pummeled Cuba 5-0 to finish top of Gold Cup Group C, ahead of Mexico and Panama, the previous leader, which had to settle for third after narrowly losing 1-0 to the Mexicans. Pavon hit the net four times, including […]
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Mexico Underwhelms, Again
Following Honduras’ 5-0 rout of Cuba, Mexico knew it was playing for second place against Panama on Wednesday night, and a 60th-minute strike from Carlos Salcido proved to be enough to reach that goal. However, the Tricolores played far from inspiring stuff for long stretches, and overall, Panama looked the more dangerous of the two […]
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U.S. Jumps 13 Places in FIFA Rankings
Thanks to a series of bright performances in the Gold Cup, the United States jumped a whopping 13 places in the latest rankings from FIFA, from 29th to 16th, thanks to consecutive wins against China, Guatemala and Trinidad & Tobago. The 4-0 victory against El Salvador will be added to the team’s results list when […]
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A Tale of Two Payments
As England’s Lions’ give away their national team fees to cancer research, a whole bunch of money is being lodged in the direction of certain teams in Spain to ensure that they, well, do their job- namely, win. As one of the tightest La Liga title races in history comes to its dramatic close, the […]
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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“I’ve worked hard the last couple of years to earn this opportunity to get back on the national team.”
— D.C. United star Jaime Moreno, who has ben called up by Bolivia to play in the Copa America. He had not played for Bolivia for five years until a recent appearance in a friendly game against Ireland in Foxboro, Mass. The 33-year-old Moreno has scored three goals this season for United to tie Jason Kreis for MLS’s all-time goalscoring record with 108 goals.
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Boca crushes Gremio, 3-0, in first leg of Libertadores Cup final
Boca put itself in good shape to capture its sixth Libertadores Cup title when it beat Gremio of Brazil, 3-0, in the the first leg of the final on Wednesday.
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USA to face tricky Panama in Gold Cup quarterfinals
The USA-Mexico showdown at the Gold Cup will have to wait for later. Mexico again struggled but held off Panama, 1-0, on Wednesday in Houston to finish second in Group C and avoid a date with the USA in the quarterfinals. Instead, it’s Panama, one of the most dangerous teams in the tournament, that Bob Bradley‘s Americans will meet in a difficult quarterfinal test.
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Prime-time pummeling on tap?
[TV PREVIEW] Thursday’s ESPN2 game looks like the mother of all mismatches. But it’s not. Western Conference leader FC Dallas (6-5-1) visits last-place Real Salt Lake (0-3-6), the only MLS team yet to post a victory and smarting from fines and other disciplinary measures meted out by MLS (kickoff: 9 pm ET).