So, Marta is mortal after all. And four years after winning its first Women’s World Cup, Germany is the first team to repeat as champion. Birgit Prinz and Simone Laudehr scored the goals, and keeper Nadine Angerer stopped Marta’s penalty kick as Germany reclaimed the trophy it won four years ago by beating Brazil, 2-0, in the final. The Brazilians at times mesmerized their foes but weren’t quite as efficient at the crucial moments.
Monthly Archives: October 2007
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USA dumps Hope and claims third
A meeting between U.S. players and head coach Greg Ryan resulted in goalkeeper Hope Solo being dropped from the team for the third-place match against Norway, in which the Americans romped, 4-1, to preserve their record of never finishing lower than third in a World Cup or Olympic Games. Abby Wambach scored twice and Lori Chaulpny and Heather O’Reilly tallied a minute apart in the second half as a rampant USA held its arch-nemesis Norway to just seven shots and peppered veteran keeper Bente Nordby with 23 of its own.
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Freddy Adu makes league debut
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu, who had played in a UEFA Champions League preliminary round game and scored in a Portuguese Cup game, finally made his league debut for Benfica in a 0-0 tie with Sporting Lisbon.
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Hahnemann gets hammered; Howard and Keller return
[AMERICANS IN BRITAIN] Reading goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann was on the wrong end of a 7-4 loss to Portsmouth. Goalkeeper Tim Howard made his first appearance for English Premier League Everton since dislocating a finger while playing for the USA against Brazil on Sept. 9 and celebrated a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough 2-0. Kasey Keller got his second league start since joining Fulham as the Cottagers held Chelsea to a scoreless tie. Also starting for Fulham were Carlos Bocanegra and Clint Dempsey, who broke Chelsea captain John Terry’s cheekbone with an elbow [VIDEO] .
Everton’s win moved it into fifth place. Fulham remained at 16th place, ahead of 17th place Reading on goal difference.
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What They’re Saying
“I’m in shock.”
— American goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann after falling 7-4 with Reading in an English Premier League game against Portsmouth. (Telegraph)
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Women’s World Cup Leading Scorers & Results
Brazil lost to Germany, 2-0, in the Women’s World Cup final, but Marta finished as the tournament’s top scorer.
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Sounders claim record fourth USL First Division title
Amid reports that an MLS expansion team including their ownership group may be awarded to Seattle for the 2009 season, the Seattle Sounders won their record fourth USL First Division title Saturday with a 4-0 win over the Atlanta Silverbacks before a standing-room-only crowd of 4,893 at the Starfire Sports & Entertainment Complex. Seattle’s USL-1 MVP hails from the French Second Division, but its nucleus consists of college products, five of whom have spent time with MLS clubs.
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Galaxy crushes Crew; D.C. dazzles again
[MLS WEEKEND WRAPUP] Only one of the teams fighting for the eighth and final playoff slot was able to win, and the Galaxy’s 2-1 defeat of Columbus seriously mars the Crew’s chances. D.C. United and New England both won to clinch the top two spots, in either order, atop the Eastern Conference, and Houston’s 3-0 pasting of Dallas at Pizza Hut Park lifted it into a tie with Chivas USA atop the West. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney provides his take on the weekend’s MLS action …
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WEEKEND WRAPUP: International Soccer Headliners
More trouble for Chelsea, which failed to score for the fourth straight game and lost England captain John Terry, who suffered a depressed fracture of his cheekbone after being elbowed by American Clint Dempsey. Sven-Goran Eriksson, meanwhile, is leading a revival at Manchester City. In Italy, Inter Milan regained the league in Serie A, while Thierry Henry broke out with a hat trick for Barcelona.
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Chivas dumps coach after D.C. United loss
Less than 48 hours after it lost to D.C. United, 2-1, in the Copa Sudamericana, Mexico’s Guadalajara fired Coach Jose Manuel de la Torre and replaced him with Efrain Flores, who worked in Chivas’ development program. Chivas owner Jorge Vergara, who is also co-owner of Chivas USA, complained about the team’s defensive style. Management was also concerned with Chivas’ drop in attendance for league games.