Former Brazilian World Cup star Rivaldo, 36, has left Greek side AEK Athens after just one season to take up “an offer that is very good for my career,” he told a Greek radio station. Greek media reports said it was the Uzbekistan side Bunyodkor, the team that last month claimed to have signed Barcelona’s […]
Monthly Archives: August 2008
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Scots Sour On ‘Team GB’ Idea
Great Britain has not entered a soccer team into Olympic competition since the days when only amateur players were sent to compete. In modern times, the four separate associations (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) have barely discussed the idea of a unified team for fear of setting a precedent. That is, if they entered […]
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Fletcher United’s Unlikely Hero
It’s a telling sign of the state of the competition in the English Premier League that if Manchester United had lost at Portsmouth Monday in only its second game this season, many would have declared the title race already over. With United missing league action this coming weekend to play Zenit St Petersburg in the […]
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No Time For Excuses In Houston
The Houston Dynamo was on a seven-game unbeaten streak heading into Sunday’s game at New York, but came away humbled and soundly beaten, 3-0. Refreshingly, the Dynamo didn’t look to blame the referee or the artificial field or the fact that it was the team’s third game in a week. “They played good, we played […]
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Edu Ready For The Glasgow Challenge
Glasgow Rangers’ new U.S. national team midfielder, Maurice Edu, already christened ‘Mo’ for short by the Scottish media, has said that he relishes the challenge of competing for a place in his new side. In the past fortnight Rangers also signed the Spaniard Aaron, Northern Ireland international Steven Davis and experienced Portuguese playmaker Pedro Mendes, […]
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AWARDS: Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week
Denver’s Mariah Johnston, who scored the game-winners in wins over Mew Mexico and Colorado, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week. For all the Women’s Team of the Week selections for games played Aug. 22-24 …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Goalie scores from 90 yards!
Freshman goalie Mo Isom was in shock after she scored on a free kick from 90 yards in LSU’s 4-1 win over BYU in Baton Rouge. Monday also produced the first major upset of the women’s college season …
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Depth favors SLU, BC and USF
[PRESEASON NOS. 6-25] Depth makes Saint Louis, Boston College and South Florida serious national championship contenders.
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Highly rated freshman class boosts Santa Clara
[PRESEASON NO. 5] WCC champion Santa Clara should be the class of the West Coast thanks to a solid nucleus of returnees and the arrival of three highly rated freshmen.
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Maryland keeps its stars
[PRESEASON NO. 4] After losing 2008 Olympians Maurice Edu, Robbie Rogers and Chris Seitz from the 2005 national championship team to the pros — Seitz and Rogers would be seniors this fall — Maryland was forced to regroup. With their most experienced team since 2005, the Terrapins will be national contenders.
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Hoosiers’ seniors eye title
[PRESEASON NO. 3] Indiana has won seven national championships, most recently back-to-back titles in 2003 and 2004. The goal of the IU seniors is simple: don’t finish without a title.
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UConn has some unfinished business
[PRESEASON NO. 2] The theme for Connecticut is “unfinished business” — the phrase emblazoned on bracelets players, coaches and staff members have been wearing since March.
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College Cup hero Tracy leads Deacs
[PRESEASON NO. 1] Wake Forest won its first NCAA championship thanks to a spectacular Men’s College Cup by Marcus Tracy, who returns for his senior season.
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Soccer America Men’s Preseason Top 25
Defending national champion Wake Forest is ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America Men’s Preseason Top 25 rankings. Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland and Santa Clara round out of the top five. The road to Frisco begins on Friday when the 2008 men’s college season kicks off. For all the Top 25 preseason rankings.
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Big win for Castillo’s Santos
[AMERICANS IN MEXICO] Defender Edgar Castillo has played the full 90 in all of Santos’ five Apertura 2008 games this season, including Sunday’s 5-3 win over Chivas Guadalajara.
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Turf war looming at BMO?
[MLS] Canada coach Dale Mitchell has added his voice to a growing chorus of those who don’t like the artificial surface at BMO Field, and his isn’t the only voice that’s getting louder and louder. The issue is fast becoming a cause célèbre north of the border and might soon boil over to immerse Toronto FC, its operator-investor Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), the Canadian Soccer Association, the City of Toronto, and the local Canadian Football League team, the Argonauts.
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Soccer breaks attendance record at 2008 Games
[OLYMPICS] Men’s and women’s soccer games at the 2008 Olympic Games drew a total attendance of 2.14 million, making soccer the biggest draw at the Games and setting a record for soccer attendance at the Olympics. USA-hosted Olympics in 1984 and 1996 held previous soccer attendance records. For Olympic soccer attendance history. …
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Rising Star Profile: Sainey Nyassi
[MLS] Sainey Nyassi‘s quick pace has added a new dimension the New England Revolution’s attack. The 19-year-old Gambian midfielder has made 17 appearances (15 starts) for the Revs in 2008. Get to know Nyassi in this profile by Soccer America’s Bryan Alvarez that covers on- and off-field experiences.
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St. Louis prep star leads village to top of Bundesliga
[GERMANY] Hoffenheim, a village with a population of 3,272, is the surprise leader of Germany’s Bundesliga after two days, and its star is a former St. Louis prep star.
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What They’re Saying
“You know how to make yogurt, but you don’t know anything about soccer.”
— What Al-Zawraa fans chanted during the Iraqi Cup final, which the Baghdad club lost, 1-0, to Irbil, the club from the capital of the Kurdish region in Northern Iraq that is known for its dairy. The sellout crowd of 50,000 was largest Baghdad crowd for a sporting event since the U.S. occupation of Iraq began in 2003. (AP)
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Crowded schedule muddles playoff chase
To the perplexing task of predicting which MLS team is best suited to running the gauntlet of playoff matches that determine the league champion can be added yet another variable: attrition from yet another competition.
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Small Will Be Raucous In Philadelphia
Two busloads of Philadelphia soccer fans made the trip to RFK Stadium Saturday to taste the MLS atmosphere ahead of the 2010 season, when its own team will start play. John Smallwood was impressed by the D.C. United fans and the noise they made, but not by the old stadium, looking forward instead to the […]
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Shaping Up For The Eredivisie
Leander Schaerlaeckens looks forward to the Dutch season and rounds up the multitude of off-season coaching changes.
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A Champions League Of Our Own
Steve Davis previews the CONCACAF Champions League, kicking off this week.