Premier Development League playoff action begins Tuesday with Thunder Bay playing host to the Colorado Rapids U-23 and the Kalamazoo Outrage visiting the Chicago Fire in Central Conference action. Conference semifinals and finals will take place this weekend at Reading, Michigan, Central Florida and Fresno. For this week’s PDL playoff schedule …
Monthly Archives: July 2008
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Makelele moves to PSG
[TRANSFER TALK] Claude Makelele, one of the world’s best defensive midfielders for a decade, has joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, fulfilling his desire to end his playing career in France. The 35-year-old Makelele joins the Parisian club after spending five years at Chelsea where he won two league titles.
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What They’re Saying
“We had just finished a game against West Ham and Jonathan Spector was outside the locker room, and Lubos Kubik was there with him. We all just started talking and all of a sudden Jonathan said jokingly: ‘Lubos, did you hear Brian wants to play in the Olympics?’ After a few more jokes I told Lubos that I would seriously consider it if he would. Then I threw it out as just talk at the time but a few days Peter Nowak called me. I was a little shocked but that’s really when it became an interest and a possibility.”
— Brian McBride explains how the ball got rolling to get him on to the Olympic roster. (Yahoo)
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Rising Star: Robbie Findley
[MLS] Robbie Findley scored eight goals last year, leading all rookies, while splitting time with Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles. This year, Findley is focused on helping Real Salt Lake earn its first-ever MLS playoff spot. He saw action with the U.S. U-23 national team in Olympic qualifying and is an alternate for the Olympic team
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Rising Star: Christian Duke
The Kansas City Wizards Juniors have attracted many of the top of Kansas City’s players for the MLS club’s academy program. One of the area’s top rising seniors is Christian Duke. Soccer America profiles him in the first of a series on rising stars in MLS youth programs.
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U.S. Youth Soccer National Directors Cup Champions
Eight U.S. Youth Soccer National Directors Cup champions were crowned Sunday in games played at the Kirkwood (Del.) Soccer Complex. The Directors Cup provides teams a national tournament experience at an elite level, for teams not typically given the opportunity.
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U.S. Club Soccer Regional Champions
Regional champions have been crowned in U.S. Club Soccer’s National Cup VII competition. The finals will begin Saturday in Virginia Beach, Va.
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Update From The Swamp World Cup
There were 340 teams entered in this year’s Swamp Soccer World Championships, held in northern Finland for the 10th time in a row.
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A Soccer Fan’s Civic Duty
Columnist Greg Lalas with 10 things an American soccer fan must do, beginning with support of his or her home team.
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Strike Robinho Off Brazil Olympic Team
Real Madrid has asked Brazil to release Robinho from its Olympic team after medical tests revealed that the forward is suffering from a groin injury. The player says he’ll request the club’s decision. “On the advice of the medical staff,” Real said in a statement, “the club has decided that the best thing for the […]
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Carver On Toronto’s Sporting Malaise
With his team mired in an eight-game winless streak (in all competitions) and facing a crucial game against the USL First Division Montreal Impact Tuesday in the Canadian championship competition, Toronto FC coach John Carver is a tad sensitive. He went off the Toronto press for what he perceived to be its negative tone. “Some […]
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Ferguson in line for Olympic job?
Britain does not take part in the Olympic soccer competition because here is no such thing as the British FA. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland — the four nations — all have their own national teams, but Lord Coe — Sebastian Coe to all you track & field fans — would like Sir Alex […]
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Fatherly Advice From Fergie
Cristiano Ronaldo still insists he wants to move to Real Madrid, but Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, says it would be wrong for the 23-year-old Ronaldo to go to Real Madrid so young. Fergie went so far as to say that Madrid is the last place he should be attempting to move to. […]
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Beckham Effect, One Year Later
What’s has been the impact of David Beckham one year after his arrival in MLS? Crowds are still decent, as evidenced by the 40,000-plus crowd at Giants Stadium Saturday for the Red Bulls-Galaxy game. The media circus has disappeared, however. “MLS and the Galaxy cannot expect to thrive based on the snapshot that has been […]
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Soccer on TV
On Thursday night, the MLS All-Stars take on West Ham United. The Mexican Primera Division kicks off this weekend.>
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Beckham still has drawing power
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] The largest crowd of the season for a single MLS game came out to Giants Stadium to see David Beckham.
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Fan melee mars Crew-West Ham friendly in Columbus
[MLS] One of the worst incidents of fan trouble involving an MLS club took place Sunday when the friendly between the Columbus Crew and English club West Ham United was marred by a melee between rival fans that broke out at halftime.
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Even MLS-Mexico split for semis
[SUPERLIGA] MLS and the Mexican league will have equal representation in the SuperLiga semifinals following completion of group play over the weekend, and the final placings kept domestic rivals apart in the next round.
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USL-1 Results
The Charleston Battery remained in first place in the USL First Division with a 2-0 win over the Portland Timbers. For all the weekend results and goal scorers …
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U.S. U-17 girls crush Concacaf opponents
[YOUTH] The USA moved into the semifinals of the Concacaf Under-17 Girls Championship with a 6-0 win over Costa Rica and 9-0 win over El Salvador at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad.
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Bays and Carmel United claim national titles
[U.S. SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] The Baltimore Bays and Carmel United won the U-17/18 and U-15/16 age groups, respectively, at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Finals Week, capping the first season of the U.S. Soccer national league.
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Specter haunting the Development Academy
It would be quite superfluous for me to add my congratulations to USSF for the success of its Development Academy program. They themselves, during some 16 hours of television exposure over the weekend, spent quite a lot of time patting themselves on the back, bringing up numerous positives, finding no negatives.
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What They’re Saying
“It is my philosophy that each player must want to improve each day. I would like to take the players to the next level, if each player becomes better, so too will the team.”
— New Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann on the program he has implemented at the club’s new performance center, replete with Buddhist statues. He has banned mobile phones and implemented eight-hour training sessions at the club’s new performance center.
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Revs’ staff members subdue crazed airline passenger
[OFF THE POST] Three staff members of the New England, on an American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles, helped subdue a passenger who had stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door.
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MLS Results
Saturday’s four MLS games all ended in ties. Real Salt Lake’s 0-0 tie at Chicago was enough to assure it of the Western Conference lead heading into the All-Star Game. For all the results, scoring leaders and this week’s schedule …