[SUPERLIGA] Both teams need to win, but both Houston and D.C. United must approach their SuperLiga showdown Saturday at RFK with the bigger picture in mind.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
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OBITUARY: Slobo Ilijevski
Slobo Ilijevski, one of the greatest goalies in the history of pro indoor soccer, died on Monday two days after after suffering a rupture of his aorta while playing for St. Louis club Kutis’ over-55 men’s team in a tournament in Seattle.
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Robinho wants out at Real Madrid
[TRANSFER TALK] Real Madrid winger Robinho is frustrated with his role as a pawn in the Cristiano Ronaldo transfer saga. If Ronaldo joins the Spanish giants, Robinho will be sold to recoup part of the expected world record transfer fee. If Ronaldo stays with Manchester United, then Robinho will be welcomed back to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu for another year.
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Claudio’s Career
[BY THE NUMBERS] Claudio Reyna, who turns 35 on July 20, played professionally in the top tier leagues of England, Scotland and Germany and in three World Cups. He joined the New York Red Bulls in 2007 and played 27 MLS games. …
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Welcome to Soccer America’s Youth Soccer Reporter
Welcome to the second edition of the Youth Soccer Reporter, Soccer America’s newest e-newsletter covering competitive youth soccer each week. The Youth Soccer Reporter will provide news and analysis and include features on rising stars, profiles of top clubs and interviews with key figures on the American youth scene. It’s a busy summer with the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships and the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s Finals Week this month, so follow all the action with Soccer America’s Youth Soccer Reporter.
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Mewis sisters are ‘big-time’
[RISING STARS] For the first time, two sisters are on the same U.S. national team competing at an international championship. Sisters Kristen and Samantha Mewis were named to the U.S. under-17 girls national team that will compete at the 2008 CONCACAF U-17 Girls Championship, beginning Friday in Trinidad & Tobago.
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Life at Chelsea’s youth academy
[DESTINATIONS] What’s it like to spend extended time at a major English Premier League club’s youth academy? Dallas area youth star Alex Frankenfeld recently spent six weeks training at the Chelsea youth academy in London. He filled Soccer America’s Youth Soccer Reporter in on what it was like playing and living abroad.
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Tennessee/Virginia clubs form Fusion FC
[MERGER] Five soccer organizations in the Greater Tri-Cities of Tennessee and Virginia have agreed to merge their competitive programs into Fusion FC.
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U.S. U-17 boys earn another big win in South America
The U.S. under-17 boys national team got two first-half goals from Stefan Jerome and one in the second half from Carlos Martinez in a 3-1 win over Chile’s U-17 national team to finish its four-game trip to South America with a 3-1 record.
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s Finals Week Results
[SCOREBOARD] The U-17/18 Baltimore Bays and U/15-16 PDA and Carmel United are the only teams with perfect records after two games at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s Finals Week at the Home Depot Center. For all the results and goal scorers …
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Power kicked out of the McGuire Cup
Arizona’s Sereno White, the Region IV under-19 boys champion, has been disqualified from the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships, scheduled to be played next week in North Little Rock, Ark. The Colorado Rush Nike will replace Sereno.
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Arsenal Raises Ticket Prices
After a four-year freeze (presumably not the same one that has affected the team’s trophy cabinet), Arsenal has raised ticket prices to keep pace with “the substantial inflation in football.” The cheapest season ticket now costs a mere $1,850.
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Ronaldinho Transfer Decision ‘Within 72 Hours’
Still awake out there? Don’t raise your hopes, but the Ronaldinho transfer saga may come to an end within the next 72 hours. If he sticks to his promise to make a decision.
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Parkhurst For Beijing?
The “latest buzz in U.S. soccer circles” (wherever they may be) is that New England’s Michael Parkhurst will be in Peter Nowak’s Olympic squad, to be announced Thursday.
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Revs’ Hilgenbrinck Responds To A Higher Calling
How important is soccer in the greater scheme of things? Sometimes external events cause both players and fans to adopt a more rational perspective on the relative importance of the game, a transitory state that usually lasts until the next kick-off. New England Revolution defender Chase Hilgenbrinck, however, has taken a more long-term view and […]
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Eto’o May be Next Barcelona Olympic Absentee
Soccer at the Beijing Olympics is threatening to become a showcase for Barcelona’s biggest names, albeit some of whom seem to be heading for the Nou Camp exit, writes Jack Bell. First Lionel Messi was called up by Argentina, then Ronaldinho was picked by Brazil, and now Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o has said he thinks […]
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Wizards’ Lopez Fitting In To ‘Fun’ MLS
It’s not been a brilliant season so far for the Kansas City Wizards, but it might have been even worse had the team not signed Argentine veteran Claudio Lopez, 34 this week. The forward has missed only 14 minutes of league action so far, is tied for the team lead with three assists, and is […]
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Investigation Exposes Nigerian Crooks
Slavery in soccer has little to do with Cristiano Ronaldo, but plenty to do with the exploitation of young players from Africa looking to make a career for themselves in Europe. The danger comes not just from exploitative clubs, but from fraudsters claiming that they can set up trials with clubs, then pocket a fee […]
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Why Fans Are Fed Up With Soccer Saturation
An editorial at the excellent U.K. webzine twohundredpercent analyzes an article in last Saturday’s Guardian by comedian David Mitchell. Although Mitchell’s anti-soccer piece displayed a typical lack of understanding of the game, it ought to strike chord with soccer fans who are sick of the year-round blanket media coverage that no longer even allows us […]
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UMass and SLU dominate preseason all-conference team
Surprise NCAA Division I semifinalist Massachusetts landed four players, including 2007 Soccer America Men’s MVP goalie Zach Simmons, on the 2008 Atlantic-10 men’s preseason all-conference team.
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NCAA Division I Men’s & Women’s Coaching Changes
Coaching changes at women’s programs have outnumbered those at men’s programs by more than 5-1. For all the NCAA Division I moves …
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Notre Dame’s Waldrum coaches Concacaf U-17 qualifying host T&T
Notre Dame women’s coach Randy Waldrum is coaching the Trinidad and Tobago U-17 women’s team that is hosting the Concacaf U-17 qualifying tournament that begins Friday.
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College Newsstand: Dividing up the money
There is the myth that women’s college soccer is rolling in dough. Indeed, the money available for Division I women’s programs (14 scholarships) far exceeds what is now permissible for men’s programs (9.9 scholarships). But there are many more than 14 players on Division I women’s teams, so players must share the aid, and money issues can get touchy …
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Legendary Clemson coach I.M. Ibrahim dies of heart attack
Dr. I.M. Ibrahim, one of the pioneering figures during the growth of college soccer in the 1970s and 1980s, died of a heart attack while playing golf Sunday in Seneca, S.C.
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Nicol to summon Onstad, Ralston and Angel
[MLS ALL-STAR GAME] Of the five players All-Star coach Steve Nicol will add to his squad to face English club West Ham United next week in Toronto, three of them – according to a source — will be Red Bulls striker Juan Pablo Angel, Houston goalie Pat Onstad, and Revs’ attacker Steve Ralston. That leaves two more players to be named by Nicol and an additional two picks from Commissioner Don Garber to round out the 18-man roster.