It seems like yesterday that the great Peter Schmeichel was the No. 1 goalkeeper at Manchester City, but now, his son Kasper has stepped into the role that used to be his just four years ago. The young Schmeichel was thrust into a starting role for Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side at the beginning of the season […]
Monthly Archives: August 2007
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Colorado in Search of the Next DP
As Yahoo Sports’ Martin Rogers points out, it’s a lot easier to lure a big name designated player to New York or L.A. than it is to bring one to say, Denver. That presents something of a problem for Rapids GM Jeff Plush, who’s desperate to follow in the footsteps of New York, L.A., Chicago […]
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UEFA Champions League Draw is Finely Balanced
The UEFA Champions League draw was held in Monte Carlo on Thursday, delivering no easy groups but no visible “Group of Death,” either. Defending champion AC Milan received what was arguably the kindest draw, landing alongside Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, Scottish champ Glasgow Celtic and Freddy Adu’s Benfica. The Portuguese giant took the second seed, […]
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Beckham Injury Another England Setback
England and MLS are waiting with baited breath for the results of David Beckham’s latest injury, a twisted knee suffered against Pachuca in the SuperLiga final on Wednesday. “A ligament strain is four to six weeks but we’ll have to wait for the results of the scan on Friday,” the 32-year-old Beckham said. “If it […]
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Stetson names Fleck men’s coach in sudden shakeup
Logan Fleck has been hired as the interim men’s coach at Division I Stetson a day after Sean Murphy resigned his position as the head men’s coach. The shakeup came in the middle of preseason training and followed Murphy’s placement under administrative suspension. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, records showed Murphy was arrested on Aug. 17 for driving under the influence in Ormond Beach — his second arrest for drinking and driving in his nine years at Stetson.
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Soccer America Preseason Men’s All-American Team
Joseph Lapira, the 2006 Soccer America Men’s College Player of the Year, heads Soccer America’s Preseason Men’s All-American Team. Defending national champion UC Santa Barbara (Andy Iro and Eric Avila), St. John’s (Jason Landers and Ryan Soroka), Virginia (Jonathan Villanueva and Yannick Reyering) and Duke (Michael Videira and Mike Grella) are the only teams with two players selected on the 23-player team.
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Soccer America Preseason Women’s All-American Team
Soccer America’s Preseason Women’s All-American Team features three players who will be playing in the 2007 Women’s World Cup: American Stephanie Lopez (Portland) and Canadians Melanie Booth (Florida) and Diana Matheson (Princeton). The 23-player team includes two stars from defending national champion North Carolina (Jessica Maxwell and Yael Averbuch). UCLA leads all teams will three players represented: Christina DiMartino, Danesha Adams and Lauren Cheney.
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Outsiders will give top teams plenty of trouble
[WOMEN’S TOP 25 PREVIEWS: 21-25] USC, Purdue and Duke are outsiders in their conference races, but they all have lots of talent and will give top teams plenty of trouble.
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Sleepers Florida and Stanford look to go far
[WOMEN’S TOP 25 PREVIEWS: 11-20] A few teams have almost made the Women’s College Cup their exclusive event in recent years, but Florida and Stanford are sleepers to make this year’s final four.
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Women’s title contenders are all loaded with explosive attacks
[WOMEN’S TOP 25 PREVIEWS: 1-10] Defending champion North Carolina is No. 1 in Soccer America’s preseason women’s rankings, edging Notre Dame and UCLA, which the Tar Heels beat in the final and semifinals, respectively, at the 2006 Women’s College Cup. Carolina and Notre Dame met last week in a thrilling exhibition game that ended in a 2-2 tie before a record crowd in South Bend, Ind.
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NSCAA/adidas Division II Women’s Top 25
[POLL] Defending champion Metro State remained No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Women’s Division II Top 25 after beating West Florida, 3-0, and Georgia Southwestern, 14-1. Freshman Madison McQuilliams led the Roadrunners with a goal and an assist against West Florida and four goals and an assist against Georgia Southwestern.
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NSCAA/adidas Division II Men’s Top 25
[POLL] Veteran coach Tim Hankinson is off to a winning start at Ft. Lewis. The Skyhawks defeated Barry, 1-0, last Saturday in their 2007 opener to move into the top spot in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Men’s Division II Top 25. Midfielder Kieran Hall, who represented Great Britain this summer at the World University Games in Thailand, scored the game’s lone goal. Defending champion Dowling fell from the top spot when it lost to Massachusetts-Lowell, 3-2.
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Gallant Galaxy falls a kick short
Great saves. Astonishing goal-line clearances. Fierce tackles. Penalty-kick appeals denied. An own goal scored, another narrowly averted. Brazen goalkeeper “gamesmanship” during the penalty-kick shootout going unpunished, as usual. An unbelievable stoppage-time equalizer, on a bicycle kick, by an American.
Pachuca prevailed on penalties, 4-3, following 120 minutes that would be hailed as thrilling, dramatic, and riveting anywhere in the world. But David Beckham left the game in the 33rd minute with a knee strain and Landon Donovan failed to convert from the penalty spot.
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Santos, with two Americans, downs Chivas to extend streak
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Santos Laguna remains perfect in the Mexican Apertura 2007 season with a 2-1 win over Chivas Guadalajara on Wednesday. U.S. product Edgar Castillo went the full 90 for the fifth time this season. Texan Sonny Guadarrama made his first appearance of the season for Santos as a 68th minute sub. Californian Michael Orozco made his fifth appearance of the season for San Luis in its 2-1 win over Veracruz.
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Chivas USA’s Zotinca gets three-game suspension
[VIDEO] MLS fined Chivas USA defender Alex Zotinca $1,250 and suspended him for three games for delivering a head-butt during a melee sparked after his teammate, Jesse Marsch, kicked David Beckham in the ribs during a Aug. 23 game against the Galaxy.
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New Argentines send Salt Lake past Kansas City
A month or so ago, Kansas City had its sights set on the Eastern Conference lead. Now its playoff chances are by no means secure. Real Salt Lake (3-11-6) sent the Wizards (9-9-5) tumbling to the .500 level with goals by two of its recently signed Argentines and its resident Jamaican, yet relied a team effort to frustrate KC with hustle and pressure, plus some tidy possession play, for much of the game.
Matias Mantilla, Fabian Espindola and Andy Williams (from 50 yards!) delivered the knockout punches in the 3-1 win that dealt KC its fourth loss in the last five games. Eddie Johnson scored with 21 minutes remaining for his 13th of the season but by then his team trailed by two.
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Ghana ousts Brazil in U-17 World Cup
[U-17 WORLD CUP RESULTS/VIDEO] Despite playing the entire second half with a man-advantage, Brazil fell, 1-0, to Ghana in the round of 16 of the U-17 World Cup in South Korea. Francis Boadi was red-carded for two rash tackles within 10 minutes late in the first half, but Issac Donkor converted a rebound for the winning goal in the 51st minute. In the quarterfinals, Ghana faces Peru, which beat Tajikistan on PKs after a 1-1 tie. In Wednesday’s other round of 16 games, Bojan, who is on the brink of breaking into Barcelona’s first team, scored twice in Spain’s 3-0 win over North Korea. Damien Le Tallec also notched two, as France downed Tunisa, 3-1.
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Adu’s Benfica advances in the UEFA Champions League
Benfica qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League with a 1-0 win at FC Copenhagen on Wednesday to advance, 3-1, on aggregate in their third qualifying round series. American teenager Freddy Adu, whose made his European debut in the first leg, did not play in Copenhagen. Greek international Kostas Katsouranis scored in the 17th minute after a free kick from Rui Costa was headed down, silencing the nearly 40,000 fans at Parken Stadium.
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UEFA Champions League Results
Both teams from England (Arsenal and Liverpool), Scotland (Celtic and Rangers), Turkey (Fenerbahce and Besiktas) and Ukraine (Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk) earned passage to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League by winning their third qualifying round series. The draw for the group stage will take place Thursday in Monaco despite the death of Sevilla player Antonio Puerta that forced the AEK Athens-Sevilla second leg to be postponed.
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What They’re Saying
“We got a goal. That’s big progress for us.”
— American Samoa coach David Brand, whose team is ranked last (199th) in the world by FIFA, after a 12-1 loss to the Solomon Islands in their 2010 World Cup qualifying opener. America Samoa made history in 2002 World Cup qualifying with a 31-0 loss to Australia. (Reuters)
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Riquelme Moves to Madrid; Ronaldinho Chased by Chelsea
Rumors are heating up across Europe as the transfer window comes to a close on Friday. First, reports in Spain claim that Argentine playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme finally found a home after Villarreal agreed to him to Atletico Madrid. The 29-year-old’s asking price was a hefty $20 million, although no fee was reported. Riquelme rejoins […]
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Various Reports
If you’re a GolTV subscriber, you may have noticed that the Madrid derby between Real and Atletico Madrid was blacked out this weekend. The only explanation that was offered was a vague reference to contract disputes in Spain. What actually happened is that the La Liga rights owners cut off services to many of its […]
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Klinsmann Would Be Right for L.A.
The Times of London earlier this week speculated that the L.A. Galaxy might be lining up Juergen Klinsmann to replace Frank Yallop as head coach. The Boston Globe’s Frank Dell’Apa and others believe Klinsmann would not be enough to help save the beleaguered MLS outfit’s 2007 season — although adding him as coach would be […]
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Beckham, Donovan Probable for SuperLiga Final
David Beckham and Landon Donovan are still recovering from injuries, although reports say that both players will play some part in tonight’s SuperLiga final against Pachuca at the Home Depot Center (Wednesday, 11 pm ET, live on TeleFutura). L.A. played the Mexican giant at the Home Depot Center in the first round of the SuperLiga, […]
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MLS Should Heavily Target Mexican, Latino Fans
The David Beckham hype has generated wonderful returns for MLS thus far, but marketing executives would tell you it’s a no-brainer that the league needs to better appeal to the country’s millions of Latino fans to instill a longer-lasting, loyal fan base. It’s no secret that Mexican teams draw higher TV audiences and larger crowds […]