Monthly Archives: April 2009
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What They’re Saying

by Soccer America

“I’m having a go at the referee [Tim Weyland] today because his performance was a disgrace. Now, you tell me how a guy who’s running flat out can change direction having to have his arms down by his side. It’s impossible. I’m sure the referee couldn’t change direction with his hands in his pockets.”

— Comments by Toronto FC coach John Carver, published in the Toronto Star, that earned him a $750 for public criticism of MLS officiating. Ref Weyland gave Dallas a penalty kick after the ball bounced onto Marvell Wynne‘s outstretched arm. The converted PK was FC Dallas’ gamewinner in its 3-2 victory (VIDEO of handball, at 4:28)

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Hooligans Cause Iran’s Head Coach to Resign

by Soccer America

Iranian state television says that just two weeks after getting appointed head coach, Mohammed Mayely-Kohan resigned. According to the head of Iran’s soccer federation, Ali Kafashian, the coach resigned after disputes with supporters of a prominent club team affected the national team. On Sunday, Mayely-Kohan called the supporters of Esteqlal “hooligans” and criticized the team’s […]

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Playmakers Off to Slow Starts in MLS

by Soccer America

The “No. 10’s,” creative attacking midfielders who should be slicing defenses apart, have started sluggishly in the young MLS season. Players like Christian Gomez, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Sacha Kljestan, Mehdi Ballouchy, Stuart Holden, Steve Ralston, Jorge Rojas, Javier Morales, David Ferreira and Bobby Convey have all struggled to conjure the creativity and cutting-edge attacking expected of […]

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What They’re Saying

by Soccer America

“A little hyperbolic given that the German media was in the hands of Goebbels for a decade.”

— The UK’s Telegraph’s take on Bayern Munich spokesman Markus Hoerwick’s comment that the Tageszeitung’s photo montage depicting a crucified Coach Juergen Klinsmann was “perhaps the worst gaffe ever made by the German media.” A $130,000 lawsuit has reportedly been threatened by Klinsmann’s lawyers. (Telegraph)

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Good week for thirtysomething players

by Ridge Mahoney

[MLS TEAM OF THE WEEK] Chicago’s Cuauhtemoc Blanco, 36, got his first start of the season and provided one of Week 5’s best performances. He helped 36-year-old teammate Brian McBride notch a pair against Kansas City. Ben Olsen, 31, who played just one game last season because of injury, has started four so far in 2009 and was the hero of D.C. United’s 1-1 tie with New England. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney picks the top performers from last week’s action.

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USA faces tough U-17 opponents

by Paul Kennedy

[SCOUTING REPORT] Wilmer Cabrera‘s Americans open against Caribbean champion Cuba Tuesday at the Concacaf U-17 Championship in Tijuana, Mexico. Canada, loaded with players from the Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps youth systems, and Honduras, featuring 15-year-old phenom Anthony Lozano, also stand in the way of the USA’s bid to keep intact its record of being only country to have qualified for every U-17 World Cup since FIFA initiated the tournament in 1985.

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Soccer on TV

by Soccer America

Midweek action: An all-Mexican Concacaf Champions League final, Copa Libertadores, South American U-17 Championships, English Premier League (Liverpool-Arsenal) and Coppa Italia. The MLS Game of the Week is on Thursday as Kansas City hosts New York, but there’s also a game on Wednesday: Toronto-Chivas USA. Catch the USL opener on Friday as Miami FC Blues hosts the Montreal Impact. On Sunday, WPS continues as FC Gold Pride hosts the Washington Freedom. Look for Mexican league and other updates in Wednesday’s and Friday’s Soccer on TV.

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Mexico’s Biggest Rivalry

by Soccer America

“Club America, from urbane Mexico City, is the team of the nation’s elite. Owned by billionaire television mogul Emilio Azcarraga Jean, who inherited his fortune from his father, it is arguably the richest soccer team outside Europe, a wealth it flaunts by regularly signing big-name foreign talent.That stands in stark contrast to Chivas, based in […]

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