Matt Scott speculates that Manchester City may make a new and more lucrative offer to lure MLS Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis on board the freshly enriched club.
Monthly Archives: September 2008
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In The Stables With Michelle Akers
Dan Raley sought out former U.S. women’s national team star Michelle Akers in Florida, and found her busy being a mother to her three-year-old son, as well as rescuing abused horses and nursing them back to health. But she still has plenty to say about soccer eight years after leaving the game due to a […]
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MLS Keeps Mining African Talent
After largely ignoring the continent for years, Major League Soccer teams have finally cottoned on that Africa offers a rich mine of soccer talent. Last week the franchise-in-waiting Seattle Sounders signed Gambian Sanna Nyassi, twin brother of New England’s Sainey, as its third player following Kasey Keller and Sebastien le Toux. Now D.C. United has […]
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Wizards Bring Thompson Quickly Into The Fold
FC Dallas has made a number of surprising trades since Schellas Hyndman took over as coach mid-season, and many of the team’s fans think that striker Abe Thompson’s move to the Kansas City Wizards last week was more of a gift than a trade, writes Bob Luder. The Wizards, though, hope to cash in on […]
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How To Grab The Soccer Headlines
Soccer in America fails to make the headlines not just because it’s still a minority sport at the top level, but because its main figures rarely say anything interesting about the game, writes Grahame L. Jones. Compare that with the rest of the soccer world, where positions of power are occupied by colorful characters […]
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Jack Warner’s Love Letter To Roy Keane
FIFA Vice President Jack Warner has written a forthright letter, on FIFA-headed paper, to Sunderland manager Roy Keane following the withdrawal of the English club’s striker, Dwight Yorke, from World Cup qualifying action for Trinidad & Tobago against the USA. Warner, the Concacaf president who also acts as “special adviser” to the Trinidad & […]
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MORNING BRIEFING: Jayhawks find new firepower
Last year, Kansas averaged 1.1 goals a game. Through their first four games of the 2008 season, redshirt freshman Emily Cressy and freshman Kortney Clifton are averaging 1.75 goals between them.
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NAIA: Men’s & Women’s Rankings
A hot start has rocketed Lindsey Wilson to the top of the NAIA Men’s Soccer Top 25 Poll. The Blue Raiders (4-0-0) have been led by senior Nathaniel Jafta and freshman Moses Aduny, who have combined to score four of the team’s eight goals. Martin Methodist held its No. 1 spot in the NAIA Women’s Soccer Top 25 Poll. For both the Top 25 rankings …
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SMALL COLLEGES: NSCAA/adidas Women’s Rankings
Grand Valley State remained No. 1 in the NCAA Division II women’s rankings with a 2-0 win over Quincy and 1-0 win over UMSL. Kristina Nasturzio extended her shutout streak to 334 minutes to start the season. Brittany Bergh broke through for two goals in the second half as the top-ranked NCAA Division II women’s team Wheaton (Ill.) defeated Carleton, 2-0, to extend its win streak to 48 straight games. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 women’s rankings …
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MAKING A LIST: Unbeaten & untied D1 women’s teams
Through Tuesday night, 25 NCAA Division I women’s teams were still unbeaten and untied. The Pac-10 and Big 12 lead all conferences with three teams each with perfect records.
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SMALL COLLEGES: NSCAA/adidas Men’s Rankings
Northern Kentucky took over as No. 1 in the NCAA Division II men’s rankings when Lincoln Memorial, last week’s No. 1, was tied by Bellarmine, 2-2, and Midwestern State, the No. 2 team, dropped a 2-1 decision to Colorado Mines. Idle Middlebury held on to the top spot in the NCAA Division III rankings. For the NSCAA/adidas D2 and D3 men’s rankings …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Agorsor and Tchani show flashes
Which Virginia team are we going to see this season? The team that lost twice at home on the opening weekend of the season. Or the team that rallied from two goals down to win at George Mason, 3-2, and beat a good Hofstra team, 4-2, two days later? The Cavs feature the much-heralded Chris Agorsor and another flashy freshman, the 6-foot-4 Tony Tchani who stands out in bright yellow shoes.
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Is T&T the right foe for Eddie Johnson?
When the USA takes on Trinidad & Tobago Wednesday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN2, Galavision) at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill., all eyes will be on Eddie Johnson whether or not he takes the field. If there’s one Concacaf team against which Johnson seems most capable of clearing out his funk, it’s T&T. In two of the last three meetings between the nations – the Gold Cup last year and in a World Cup qualifier three years ago – Johnson has scored.
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Let them eat cake, say the Croats
[OFF THE POST] Having heard that England coach Fabio Capello has banned his players from eating junk food, Croatian fans are delivering fast-food and sweets to England’s camp ahead of Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier in Zagreb. Boxes of cakes, burgers and pizza have been sent to the team’s five-star hotel. Croatian Internet sites are offering tips on how to get junk food to the English and a local pop hit has been recorded by Croatian supporters with the lyrics, “I’ll eat all the cookies, I’ll become a fat boy.”
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Paraguay wins again
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Paraguay beat Venezuela, 2-0, on first-half goals by Cristian Riveros and Nelson Haedo Valdez to assure itself of staying on top in the South American World Cup 2010 qualifying zone when the eighth round of games ends on Wednesday.
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying TV Schedule
World Cup 2010 qualifying continues with 41 games on Wednesday. Besides USA-Trinidad & Tobago, the televised games include Serbia-France and Portugal-Denmark. For all the qualifying schedule …
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Soccer Job Openings
[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] Soccer America provides the latest on employment opportunities for soccer-related positions. They include college coaching opportunities, as well as opportunities in pro soccer, youth soccer, the soccer industry and television.
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What They’re Saying
“I’m happy the guillotine does no longer exist, otherwise some of you would have been delighted to send me there. I didn’t kill anybody. Maybe if I had, I would have benefited from mitigating circumstances.”
— France coach Raymond Domenech, highly criticized following a 3-1 loss to Austria last weekend in the first game of France’s World Cup qualifying campaign, which it continues on Wedneday against Serbia. (Reuters)
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Kamara Comfy In Camp Kinnear
“It’s just great where I’m at with this team. You can tell this is a good team I’m playing at. I just wish I would have been here earlier.” Houston’s Kei Kamara tells Bernardo Fallas how much he likes it in southern Texas.
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Zola Set For West Ham Job
Former Chelsea and Italy forward Gianfranco Zola is reportedly to be appointed manager at West Ham United.
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Canada’s Mitchell Must Go
Ben Knight says it’s time to dismiss Dale Mitchell as Canadian head coach, and the national team’s players must take the initiative in demanding his departure.
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Carver Could Get Tough On Velez
“I gave him [Marco Velez] the responsibility of the captain’s armband and he got sent off for violent conduct and deserved to be sent off. I’m not going to stand up for him or back him. He’s let me and the team down.” Perennially aggrieved Toronto FC coach John Carver reveals he may add his […]
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Koreas Aim To Break Deadlock
The clichés about a ‘politically charged fixture’ are never truer than when applied to North Korea taking on South Korea. On Wednesday the two teams meet in a World Cup qualifier that FIFA has moved from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to the neutral Chinese city of Shanghai after the North refused to fly […]
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Klein The Consistent
Zac Lee Rigg salutes the staying power of L.A. veteran Chris Klein, 32, who has now started 108 games in a row for the Galaxy and Real Salt Lake, stretching back to April 15, 2006. The two-time MLS Comeback Player of the Year, who was made Galaxy captain by coach Bruce Arena at the weekend […]
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Capello At Least Has The Attitude
England’s performance against Andorra at the weekend may have been “Doomsday anti-football,” but James Lawton liked what he saw in Coach Fabio Capello’s body language. “Whatever the limitations of the England performance, and they were plain enough,” he writes in a column well worth reading in full, “it was surely reassuring to note that for […]