Brazilian living legend Ronaldo is set to make his debut for new team Corinthians when they meet Itumbiara on Wednesday, with the striker expected to come on in the second half of their Brazilian Cup match. Ronaldo’s return was originally slated for Sunday when they face nemesis Palmeiras, but the three-time World Player of the […]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
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Local Marketing Effort Lagging for 2010 World Cup
Acknowledging a lack of large-scale interest and ticket sales on a local level to this point for the 2010 World Cup, South African government officials are calling for more funds and a much-increased marketing effort to promote both the marquee tournament as well as the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup coming in June, according to ESPN […]
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Ottawa Expansion Options: MLS or Third CFL Squad
Ottawa city officials are playing both sides on the issue of accepting a new team to their sports landscape, weighing expansion offers and stadium proposals from both Major League Soccer and the Canadian Football League, who are attempting to establish a team in Ottawa after two previous teams failed to catch on. Despite the Rough […]
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Miami Misses Out on MLS Expansion
"On life support in recent weeks," Miami's expansion bid to rejoin MLS in 2010 died on Tuesday when the league, FC Barcelona, and investor Marcelo Claure jointly announced they pulled the plug on the proposed expansion franchise because the timing wasn't right and the economic climate too tenuous," writes the Miami Herald's Michelle Kaufman. After […]
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Soccer on TV
On Saturday, Landon Donovan hopes for playing time with Bayern Munich as they host Hanover while Clint Dempsey and Fulham square off against Manchester United in England’s FA Cup.
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Soccer America Classifieds
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Too Many Cooks
[OFF THE POST] Brazilian club Barueri’s experiment with three head coaches came to an end when it fired Toninho Moura, Diego Cerri and Luis Carlos Goiano, who had been given equal status as co-coaches.
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What They’re Saying
“I find it very unfair what is happening at the moment. I have to ask myself, are we threatened with relegation? We can still meet all out targets. In the Champions League we have even exceeded our targets. Despite all this the coach is constantly being questioned. I really do not know what Juergen needs to do to stop this. We stand by Juergen Klinsmann.”
— Bayern Munich Uli Hoeness supports Coach Juergen Klinsmann after Bayern won just once in its last five Bundesliga games. On Wednesday, in the German Cup quarterfinals, Bayern faces Bayer Leverkusen in the second-to-last game of Landon Donovan‘s loan stint. (Reuters)
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Efficient Atlante eliminates Houston
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] One team had the polish and poise to turn opportunities into goals while blotting out its opponent at critical moments, and the other team didn’t. Atlante downed Houston, 3-0, Tuesday in the second leg of their Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal to win the series, 4-1, on aggregate while eliminating the last MLS team alive in the competition.
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USA to face ambitious opponents
[CONCACAF UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP] The USA begins play at the the 2009 CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship Friday when it faces Jamaica Friday at Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago. The Americans have qualified for the last six U-20 world championships, but they will face three ambitious national youth teams in Jamaica, Honduras and El Salvador.
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Plug pulled on Miami bid
MLS has released a statement that by mutual consent, MLS and prospective operator-investor Marcelo Claure have agreed to terminate Miami’s application to field an expansion team in 2010. The withdrawal of Miami leaves four possible expansion candidates, should MLS stick to its timetable and announce the two 2011 teams in the next few weeks.
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WPS Preseason Schedule
Women’s Professional Soccer’s seven teams have begun preseason work in preparation of the league’s inaugural season, which begins March 29. The Boston Breakers will open the preseason Friday when they face the University of Connecticut in a scrimmage in Storrs, Conn. For all the preseason matches …
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Red Bulls tie Argentinos Juniors
[MLS] In the penultimate game of its Argentine tour New York Tuesday traded second-half goals with Argentinos Juniors in a 1-1 tie.
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‘Oooooooooh: PIZZA!’ [VIDEO]
[OFF THE POST] Jeroen Verhoeven has conceded 59 goals in 24 games for last-place Dutch club FC Volendam, whose foes fans have been having a go at the goalkeeper’s girth with an “Oooooooooh: PIZZA!” whenever he takes a goal kick.
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De La Hoya, Dynamo Seek High Profile Hispanic Player
“We’d like to have a player with name recognition, a high-caliber Hispanic player, preferably Mexican. We’re working on that. I don’t know when we will be able to do that, but hopefully sooner rather than later. When the time comes, we’ll sit down with the front office and coach [Dominic] Kinnear and make a decision.” […]
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Campbell Wants Tougher Sanctions On Racists
“The arrests woke up a lot of people because some people just thought ‘I never thought it was wrong’ — that’s unbelievable — [or] ‘That wasn’t me’, as if football turns people into some different kind of person. ‘I’ve paid my money and I can say and do whatever I want at any time I […]
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Arena: ‘Not the Worst Thing’ to Have Beckham, Donovan
“I’ve said all along, and I believe I’ve been consistent in this: it’s not the worst thing to have David Beckham and Landon Donovan on your team. If we get one sooner than the other, great. If we get both at the same time, great. If we get one back halfway through the season, that’s […]
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Sir Alex: Only Media Will Get Carried Away By ‘Quintuple’ Talk
"I’m not getting carried away with it, only the media will. We will keep our feet on the ground. We do not speak about that stuff [the quintuple]. We’ll take each game as it comes. We don’t get ahead of ourselves and think of which silverware we are going to win next. We could go […]
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U.S. Women Looking to Three-peat at Algarve Cup
The two-time defending champion U.S. women’s national team will be looking to add to recent success that includes a 2008 Olympic gold medal when they try to three-peat for the second time in the 16-year history of the Algarve Cup, which kicks off Wednesday in southern Portgual. The USA begins the 12-team tournament, as well […]
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Mexico Still King of CONCACAF Champions League?
With the CONCACAF Champions League back in action after a four-month break, SI.com’s Luis Bueno takes a look at why he feels “Mexico is still king” while MLS’s “stumbles continue” as teams are set to play the second leg of the home-and-away series this week, starting with the Houston Dynamo traveling to meet Atlante Tuesday […]
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Bench-sitting Adu Should Stay in Europe
Stuck at the end of the bench for French team AS Monaco, a year after spending a season in purgatory in Portugal at Benfica, the career of U.S. teen “phenom” Freddy Adu is not exactly following according to plan, causing SI.com’s Greg Lalas to question what is best for the young starlet. Before getting into […]
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Beckham Back to LA Mid-July Thru November
According to an LA Times report, after more than a week of negotiations, an agreement “designed to benefit each side is close to being finalized” and would have David Beckham officially returning to the LA Galaxy in mid-July after the conclusion of AC Milan’s Serie A season. Gaining an extension of the original loan through […]
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MLS Rosters Take Shape
[MLS] All teams were required to comply with the 2009 roster limit of 24 players and salary cap, believed to be $2.35 million this season, by Tuesday. Not all teams were required to make moves, since teams are permitted to retain players on trial without restrictions. Here are the moves made by teams since Friday …
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Seattle opener sold out
[MLS] Not to get too giddy about what’s going on in Seattle, but right now, the sky – if not an imposed capacity for Qwest Field – seems to be the only limit. Sales for its inaugural game March 19 against New York have been cut off at slightly more than 32,400, and team management has also announced plans to increase the maximum capacity for regular-season games to 27,700.
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Foster’s secret weapon: the iPod
[ENGLAND] When Manchester United goalie Ben Foster dived to his left and stopped Jamie O’Hara‘s penalty kick en route to a 4-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday’s English League Cup final, he wasn’t guessing. Only minutes earlier, Foster was studying clips on his iPod of Spurs’ penalty-takers prepared by United goalie coach Eric Steele and watched O’Hara shoot to the exact spot in an England U-21 game in November.