One of Jose Mourinho’s rumored first transfer targets for Inter is Barcelona’s Cameroon striker, Samuel Eto’o, who scored a penalty for his country in Saturday’s 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Cape Verde. The day before, however, he allegedly attacked a Cameroonian radio journalist. Philippe Bonney of Radio Siantou told Reuters that Eto’o assaulted […]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
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‘From Wurst To Bad’
Coach Sigi Schmid took his Columbus Crew team to a South Bay German restaurant before Saturday’s game against Chivas USA, but that just meant things went from “wurst to bad to worst,” writes Grahame L Jones. After losing 2-0 to Chivas with 10 men on the field for most of the game, the Crew’s promising […]
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U.S. Team Should Open Itself To The Latin Game
Our own Paul Gardner has said often enough that U.S. soccer must better exploit the potential of the country’s huge Latin American population. Now, writes Rob Hughes, the U.S. Soccer Federation has a president in Sunil Gulati who has realized that if soccer in the United States wants to reach a higher level, “it must […]
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Warner Wants To Feel England’s Warmth
CONCACAF President Jack Warner believes that the English Football Association must show more “warmth” if it wants to succeed in its bid to host the 2018 World Cup. Although England “has consistently had the best bid for hosting the World Cup,” Warner says that in his time as a FIFA vice president he has also […]
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Inter Job Will Test Mourinho’s ‘Special’ Status
In an open letter to new Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho, Gabriele Marcotti warns him of the task ahead at a club well known for being a “dysfunctional basketcase,” and says that “the special one” will really need to live up to his self-given moniker to succeed at the San Siro. After all, departing coach […]
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RSL exposes bleak San Jose future
Frank Yallop seldom names names when his players disappoint him yet as the Quakes lost, 3-1, to Real Salt Lake Saturday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium he didn’t need to utter a word: the look of resignation on his face as he sat on the bench said it all.
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Colorado moves up; Toronto rewards fans
[NAMES & NUMBERS] The Colorado Rapids moved into first place of the West with a win over FC Dallas while the Los Angeles Galaxy fell in Toronto, where its enthusiastic fan support is enjoying a six-game home unbeaten streak. Chivas USA’s win over Columbus included a bloody red-card foul by Crew midfielder Danny O’Rourke while Crew coach Sigi Schmid complained about how his top striker has been beaten on. For the weekend’s MLS highlights. …
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Bradley names the men for Spain
[U.S. SOCCER] Coach Bob Bradley, in the wake of his team’s 2-0 loss to England, has named a 24-man roster for the June 4 friendly in Spain that includes all 17 European-based players who were on the roster for the England game.
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MLS Results
Last season’s worst team, Tornoto FC, inched up the East standings thanks to a win over Los Angeles. For the up-to-date MLS standings and leading scorers, all the weekend summaries and this week’s schedule. …
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Edgar Castillo celebrates Mexican title
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Edgar Castillo, a 21-year-old New Mexico product, helped Santos win the Mexican league championship. The left back, whom the Mexican press is lauding as one of the league’s top young players for his attacking contributions, initiated the foray that led to Daniel Luduena‘s goal in the 1-1 second-leg tie with Cruz Azul on Sunday that gave Santos a 3-2 aggregate win.
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What They’re Saying
“I’ve had a couple of meetings with the Glazers. They’d sit a player in the stands, I’m telling you, absolutely no doubt about it, just to prove a point. Not to give in to these people.”
— Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson, confident that the team’s U.S. owner Malcolm Glazer will not sell star Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid despite the club’s debts. Ronaldo scored 42 goals last season as United lifted the EPL and Champions League titles. (AP)
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MLS Suffers when National Duty Calls
For the second time in two tries, David Beckham has failed to materialize at Toronto’s BMO Field. The first no-show, last August, was down to his not being fit. This past weekend, he was on international duty. As an irate fan e-mailed me: “England didn’t make Euro 08, so what effing international duty?” Good question.
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USL-1 Results
The Vancouver Whitecaps took over first place in the USL First Division with a pair of shutout wins on the road: 2-0 at previous leader Charleston and 1-0 at fifth place Minnesota. In Montreal, a crowd of 12,034 fans watched the Impact fall to Portland, 1-0, and go scoreless for the third straight game at the new Stade Saputo. For all the USL-1 results and goal scorers …
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England, USA (or Mexico) or both?
[WORLD CUP 2018 BID] Last week in London, where England hosted the United States in a friendly, the talk was of a U.S. bid for the 2018 World Cup. In Port of Spain, Trinidad, where England beat T&T, 3-0, on Sunday, the talk was of Concacaf’s Trinidadian president, Jack Warner, and his view on the English bid in 2018. And at the FIFA Congress in Sydney, Australia, there was a twist to the 2018 campaign — a proposal to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups at the same time. A recap of the news on the 2018 bidding front …
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Canada gives Brazil scare in Seattle
[BRAZIL-CANADA] The first two times Brazil and Canada met in friendly matches, the games ended in ties. This time, Brazil won, but it was close.
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Fans killed at Liberia-Gambia qualifier
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Tragedy struck on the opening weekend of play in the second round of World Cup 2010 qualifying in Africa when at least eight fans died of suffocation in a rush to enter an overcrowded Samuel K. Doe Stadium in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, where the Lone Star hosted Gambia on Sunday.
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Italy impresses; France injury concerns
[EURO ’08 COUNTDOWN] Antonio Di Natale is certainly making it hard for Italian star Alessandro Del Piero to regain his spot in the Azzurri’s starting lineup. The Udinese forward scored twice to pace an impressive Italian effort in a 3-1 win over Belgium … France’s injury concerns mounted as captain Patrick Vieira could be sidelined for next Monday’s opener against Romania with a thigh injury … Young Liverpool star Ryan Babel will probably have to settle for a spot on the Netherlands’ Olympic team after an ankle injury forced him to withdraw from the Oranje’s Euro ’08 squad. For all the latest Euro ’08 news …
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Unhappy Aragones to hold double closed-door practice session
[SPAIN] A spectacular volley from Joan Capdevila gave Spain a 2-1 win over Peru in a warm-up for Euro 2008 on Saturday. Spain, which faces the USA Wednesday in Santander (TV, espn360.com, live, ESPN2, 5:30 pm ET, Galavision, 7, delay, 7 pm ET/PT), extended its unbeaten streak to 15 games, but Coach Luis Aragones said he was unhappy with his team’s play.