The inquiries continue into Trinidad & Tobago’s astonishing 2-1 home defeat to Bermuda Sunday in the second round of Concacaf World Cup qualifying. T&T’s Colombian coach, Francisco Maturana, took the full blame at the post-game press conference, saying via a translator that his team “abused long passes,” and that this was no way to play […]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
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American Teen Jeffrey Signs For Bruges
U.S. midfielder Jared Jeffrey has signed a three-year contract with Club Bruges of the Belgian Jupiter League. The U.S.U-17 residency product signed after turning 18 over the weekend, the age at which non-European Union players can legally join European clubs as professionals. “Yes, he signed for Club Bruges for three years,” said a spokeswoman for […]
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Goalless Austrians Lacked Imagination
One of Austria’s main newspapers was realistic in its assessment of the co-host nation’s performance at Euro 2008. “In three appearances on its own soil, Austria could not manage a single goal from open play,” writes Michael Robausch. “A lack of imagination in front of the opponent’s goal was the cardinal deficit in all of […]
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U.S. under-15 boys national team roster
[YOUTH] U.S. under-15 boys national team coach Jim Barlow called in 35 players to a week-long training camp in St. Louis. More than half of the players play for Development Academy clubs. For the complete roster …
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What They’re Saying
“Everybody likes to rib me, calling me over when a guy goes down on the field. They want me to see if he’s O.K.”
— Real Salt Lake’s first-year striker Kenny Deuchar, a certified doctor. Deuchar, 35, joined the MLS club from Gretna in Scotland, where his father is also a doctor. (New York Times)
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U.S. under-20 women’s national team roster
[YOUTH] U.S. under-20 women’s national team head coach Tony DiCicco named 20 players who will take part in qualifying for the 2008 Under-20 Women’s World Cup.
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Euro ’08 TV Schedule
Group play at Euro ’08 wraps up with the final first-round games on Tuesday and Wednesday. The quarterfinals begin on Thursday and continue through Sunday with one game each day. For the complete television schedule …
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EURO ’08: Croatia completes Group B sweep
[CROATIA-POLAND REPORT CARD] Already through to the quarterfinals, Croatia rested most of its starters but still beat Poland, 1-0, to finish with three wins in three games in Group B. Poland needed to win by at least two goals to have any chance of advancing to the knockout stage.
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EURO ’08: Unimpressive Germany advances to quarterfinals
[AUSTRIA-GERMANY REPORT CARD] Needing just a tie against co-host Austria, which required a victory to advance, to reach the quarterfinals, Germany prevailed, 1-0, in the scrappy affair thanks to Michael Ballack‘s 25-yard free kick early in the second half. Soccer America’s Mike Woitalla grades the players.
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The new men at FC Dallas
FC Dallas announced longtime SMU coach Schellas Hyndman as its new head coach on Monday, but he isn’t the only significant addition to join the MLS club’s organization.
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Czech’s Cech Takes The Blame
Few neutral fans will hold it against the Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech for making such a mess of a simple cross in his team’s thrilling “winner takes all” Group A game with Turkey Sunday, which the Czechs lost, 3-2, after being 2-0 up. After all, without his fumbling, we would have been denied another […]
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Buddle On The Rise
MLS may have let Santino Quaranta’s cocaine test pass, but they weren’t so lenient with LA striker Edson Buddle, who was suspended by the league in 2005 for refusing to take a breathalyzer test when stopped by police. Now it seems another young forward who promised so much when he came into the league is […]
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D.C.’s Quaranta: I Was A Drug And Alcohol Addict
In one of the most revealing interviews ever with a Major League Soccer player, D.C. United midfielder Santino Quaranta told Steven Goff the story of his five-year addiction to pain-killers and alcohol, and how it threatened both his career and his life. Quaranta was the youngest player ever in MLS when he made his […]
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High-Flying Paraguay Downs Brazil
It wasn’t just the Caribbean that provided weekend shocks in World Cup qualifying. In South America, Brazil slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Paraguay, and a loss or a tie against Argentina Wednesday could leave them outside of the qualifying spots in the regional table. “In all their glorious history,” writes Tim Vickery, “Brazil […]
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‘Unbelievable’ Bermuda Stuns Trinidad & Tobago
In Friday’s Around The Net we summarized the potential upsets in the second round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, but neglected to mention Bermuda’s visit to Trinidad & Tobago. No doubt piqued by our omission, the Bermudans pulled off “a stunning upset” by beating T&T, 2-1, in the first leg thanks to two goals from […]
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Soccer on TV
Euro 2008 finishes up group play and moves into the knockout round. In MLS’s Thursday night game, Chivas USA hosts Chicago. On Sunday, the USA visits Barbados for the second leg of their World Cup 2010 qualifying series.
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MLS Results
Edson Buddle‘s hat trick for the Galaxy moved him in to second place on the league’s leading scorer list behind teammate Landon Donovan, who missed the 3-0 win over San Jose while on U.S. national team duty. For the up-to-date MLS standings and leading scorers, all the weekend summaries and this week’s schedule. …
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L.A. and D.C. romp on hat tricks
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] Luciano Emilio led MLS in scoring last year in his first season in the league, but he hit his first hat trick on Saturday. The Galaxy and David Beckham drew a huge crowd for a San Jose home game in which Edson Buddle stole the show with a treble. For the weekend’s MLS highlights …
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Spain coach OKs disco outing
[OFF THE POST/EURO 2008] Spain’s coach Luis Aragones dismissed questions about his players’ off-field behavior after a journalist showed him a photo of his right back in a disco two days before Spain’s 2-1 win over Sweden: "It’s Sergio Ramos on his day off. What’s wrong with that? It was a miracle you didn’t catch me in a disco that night.” The 69-year-old Aragones explained that he expects players to take a break during training camp. …
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USL-1 Results
Montreal won for the first time — and scored its first goal — since moving into its new Saputo Stadium, beating Charleston, 1-0, Friday on Rocco Placentino‘s goal. The game drew more than 13,000 fans. For all the results and goal scorers …
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EURO ’08: Turkish delight in miracle comeback
[GROUP A REPORT CARDS] Turkey came back from two goals down with three goals in the last 15 minutes to beat the Czech Republic and move into the quarterfinals at Euro ’08 along with Portugal, which had already clinched a berth in the final eight and fielded a weakened team in its 2-0 loss to Switzerland. Soccer America’s Mike Woitalla and Paul Kennedy grade the players.
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EURO ’08: Villa strikes again for Spain; Greece out
[GROUP D REPORT CARDS] Spain recorded a 2-1 victory over Sweden on a dramatic stoppage-time goal to move into the quarterfinals. Russia eliminated defending champion Greece with a 1-0 win. Soccer America’s Mike Woitalla and Paul Kennedy grade the players.
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Attacking Style Pays Off
Euro 2008 is turning out to be quite a tournament. UEFA president Michel Platini has piled on the superlatives, calling it a competition of “exceptional quality, sizzling … with dazzling individual performances.”