[YOUTH] U.S. under-17 national team coach Wilmer Cabrera took a look at new prospects for spots in the U-17 Residency Program during a camp held April 23-27 in Bradenton, Fla. For the complete mini-camp roster …
Monthly Archives: April 2008
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Backline: Martin Vasquez’s great adventure
Following up on a unique playing career with a historic coaching appointment.
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Beijing 2008: Pia passes first test
Swede Pia Sundhage was hired to shake up a boring and predictable U.S. women’s national team, and she has certainly done that. The USA rolled through its first three tournaments and has qualified for the Olympic finals.
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Yanks in Mexico: Pros and cons of the southward pipeline
What will the effect be on U.S. soccer as young Mexican-Americans continue to find opportunities south of the border?
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Ronaldo Wins PFA Player of the Year
Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday was named the Professional Footballer’s Association Player of the Year for the second consecutive season after another amazing campaign that has seen him score 28 goals in 29 league games for the Red Devils. Ronaldo beat the likes of Liverpool’s Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard and Arsenal’s Cesc […]
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United File FA Report over ‘Battle of the Bridge’
An ugly scene, dubbed the “Battle of the Bridge,” erupted at Stamford Bridge on Saturday following Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Manchester United. Patrice Evra, Gary Neville and Park Ji-Sung were warming down after the match, when the Stamford Bridge staff approached and asked them to move in a manner that the United players claim incited […]
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Donovan, Kljestan Make a Nice U.S. Tandem
Enough talk about Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey, Goal.com’s Kyle McCarthy says “the past, present and future of American offensive creativity” were on display during the Los Angeles derby between the Galaxy and Chivas USA. They are Landon Donovan and Sacha Kljestan, easily the best players on the field for their respective teams during the […]
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Red Bulls Still Need to Earn Their Fans
The New York Times’ George Vecsey calls Major League Soccer’s New York Red Bulls “the distinctive sports franchise in town.” And that’s not a good thing, not when the “distinction” is being trophy-less from a region not known “to coddle second-raters.” It may be early days in the 2008 MLS season, but Vescey says Sunday’s […]
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Gullit: Living in L.A. is Easy, but Coaching Isn’t
In an interview with the London Times, L.A. Galaxy Coach Ruud Gullit says he enjoys life in L.A. “The quality of life has nothing to do with all the stars living here or the fancy boutiques and restaurants. It’s something more simple: the nice weather, people not p*****-off all the time because it is raining. […]
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Houston Dynamo: Onstad still on top
The oldest MLS player is also one of its best goalkeeers. Houston owes much of the credit for its 2006 and 2007 championships to veteran Pat Onstad.
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Soccer on TV
Midweek matches include European Champions League and the UEFA Cup semifinal, second-leg games. Also, the CONCACAF Champions Cup final concludes with its second leg. In MLS’s Thursday night game, Toronto FC clashes with New York.
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FC Dallas: The real Toja
Juan Carlos Toja burst upon MLS with a rock-star image, but as teammates and opponents quickly discovered, he’s a quintessential mix of work rate and wonderful skills.
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Youth Beat: U.S. mix better than ever
Soccer shed its reputation as a foreign sport thanks to the youth participation boom that started in the 1970s, but new waves of immigrants continue to enrich the game.
Posted inSoccer America Confidential, Story
When East meets West
By beating San Jose 2-0 at the Meadowlands Sunday, New York further tightened a logjam atop the Eastern Conference standings and tilted more sharply the balance of power toward the Right Coast.
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Fulham stays alive; Reading remains in limbo
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Fulham, the English Premier League’s Yankee team with five Americans in its ranks, kept hopes alive of avoiding relegation with a 3-2 win at Manchester City. Marcus Hahnemann made three key saves for Reading as it mustered a scoreless tie against Wigan to remain one point above the relegation zone.
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MLS Results
Defending champ Houston remained winless after dropping a 1-0 decision at Columbus in what was the weekend’s lowest scoring game. Toronto and L.A. fans were served up goalfests. For all the MLS summaries, standings, leading scorers and next week’s schedule …
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Landon Donovan Superstar
[NAMES & NUMBERS/VIDEO] Much of the preseason excitement revolved around MLS newcomers from abroad – and they’ve been making their mark – but the brightest star so far has been Landon Donovan, now in his eighth MLS season and better than ever. Also performing brilliantly was prodigal son
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Chivas USA’s identity crisis
Chivas USA started life with one enormous advantage, one that no other MLS club has: it knew, right from the start, who its potential fans were, and it knew that there were a lot of them. They were the Chivas fans living in the States among the huge Mexican-American communities, particularly in the Los Angeles area, which is where Chivas USA set up camp.
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Matildas give U.S. women a scare
[OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN] After blowing a two-goal lead with four minutes left, the U.S. women’s national team recovered to beat Australia, 3-2, in the first of a three-game spring tour to tune up for the 2008 Olympics.
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USL-1 Results
Former Japan World Cup striker Takayuki Suzuki recorded a goal and an assist to lead the Portland Timbers to a 2-0 win over the Seattle Sounders in front of 9,894 fans at PGE Park on Saturday night — its 17th straight game without a defeat at home. The Timbers are in first place after three weeks with a perfect record of 3-0. For all the weekend results and goalscorers …
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EPL stalemate with two games to play
[EUROPEAN RACES] Chelsea beat Manchester United, 2-1, and moved into a first-place tie with United with two games to play in the English Premier League. Leaders won in Germany (Bayern Munich), Italy (Inter Milan) and Spain (Real Madrid) and closed in on titles to be decided in May, while Lyon’s 2-2 tie with Caen kept it four points ahead of second-place Bordeaux, which could only manage a 0-0 tie with Nice at home. In Scotland, Celtic’s 3-2 win over Rangers in their Old Firm derby gave it a five-point lead, but Rangers still has three games in hand.
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What They’re Saying
“Unfortunately, a lady was standing by and I accidentally brushed her with my foot. I apologized profusely and went back to make sure she was OK. I have arranged for a bouquet of flowers to be sent to her. Credit to her, she laughed it off and was very understanding. She said she wasn’t hurt.”
— Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, who accidentally kicked a stadium usher while kicking at a break wall after Chelsea’s winning goal, a Michael Ballack penalty kick, in Man U’s 2-1 loss. (Reuters)
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MLS: Can Gullit revive the Galaxy?
Since 2004, Los Angeles has burned through Sigi Schmid, Steve Sampson and Frank Yallop as head coaches. For 2008, it has gone international with the hiring of former Dutch superstar Ruud Gullit.
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Capello: Beckham Could Play Next World Cup
In an interview with Spanish paper La Marca, England Coach Fabio Capello revealed on Friday that Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham would remain part of his plans for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. ‘It’s still open,’ Capello replied when asked about Beckham’s England career. “He played in the last game, he did […]
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Man. United’s Successful ‘Catenaccio’
La Gazzetta Dello Sport celebrates Manchester United’s 0-0 draw with Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Wednesday as a victory for “catenaccio”, an old Italian defensive system that translates loosely as “door-bolt.” If indeed a “door-bolt” defense was their intention, the paper says Sir Alex Ferguson’s men executed the plan flawlessly. With 10 men always […]