Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber will grab a shovel December 1 and, together with team, local and state officials, officially break ground on the Philadelphia team’s new stadium in Chester.
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Hard Times Could Benefit Soccer
“If you’re a die-hard Yankee fan and that’s your sport, I don’t expect that person to be coming to the [New York] Red Bulls, necessarily. But if you’re a sports fan looking for an affordable ticket and quality product in a state-of-the-art facility, that’s going to be us.” RB New York Managing Director Erik Stover […]
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Drogba Charged With Violent Conduct
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been charged with violent conduct by the English FA after throwing a coin into the crowd during Wednesday’s League Cup game against Burnley.
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Nicol: No Prima Donna DPs
“Half the teams in the league are different than they were two years ago. Things evolve. We are always interested in a designated player, or finding someone with real quality, a world-class player, but we need to get the right person coming into our team and not jeopardize the whole way we do things as […]
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Man. City ‘Won’t Pay Inflated Transfer Fees’
Manchester City and its manager Mark Hughes have a long shopping list of players ready for the upcoming January transfer window, but Hughes has said that just because the club is rich does not mean he will pay over the odds. “Still,” writes James Ducker, “it is difficult to see the Sheikh [owner Sheikh Mansour] […]
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Casillas Backs Schuster
The Spanish press has been speculating that Real Madrid’s German coach Bernd Schuster will be fired if his side fails to beat Real Valladolid this weekend. Despite having led the team to the Spanish league title last season, and despite not having lost a league game since the opening day of the season, Madrid has […]
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Jilted Dema Still Mad At New York
Another player still reportedly resentful at being traded is Real Salt Lake’s Dema Kovalenko, who accused RB New York coach Juan Carlos Osorio of dishonesty and being “two-faced” when he sent the midfielder to Utah earlier this year. As narrative luck would have it, the two teams meet this Saturday in the Western Conference playoff […]
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McBride Laments Missed Opportunity
Fire and former Crew striker Brian McBride, 36, again found himself on the familiar side of defeat. After scoring nine playoff goals for Columbus in his eight seasons with the team, but without picking up a Conference title, he scored for the defeated Fire Thursday to cries of “Traitor!” from a section of his former […]
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Crew’s Long Wait Makes Title Sweeter Still
There’s nothing like the long term deferral of success to make triumph a sweeter experience. The Chicago Fire won the MLS Cup in the team’s first season of existence, and has since been unable to recapture the standard it established perhaps a little too quickly. But the Columbus Crew has kept its public waiting long […]
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Soccer on TV
Real Salt Lake hosts New York on Saturday to determine which plays the Columbus Crew in MLS Cup. The Mexican Apertura 2008 regular season wraps up this weekend. American midfielder Michael Bradley with Borussia M’Gladbach could see action against Bayern Munich on Saturday.
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy Results
Chivas USA’s U-17/18 team saw its seven-game winning streak snapped with a 3-0 loss to Los Angeles Galaxy but it remained in first place in the SoCal Division of the Development Academy’s Western Conference with a 7-2-0 record. The team started the season with a loss and then rattled off seven consecutive wins before Saturday. Polo Morales remains the team’s leading scorer, with 11 goals in nine games on the year. For all the Development Academy results …
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OBITUARY: Gale Heubach
Gale Heubach, U.S. Youth Soccer’s events manager, died Wednesday at the age of 51, two days after suffering an aneurysm at her home.
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POLLS: NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings
There was no change at the top of the NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings, where the Pennington School, winner of its sixth straight New Jersey Prep A championship, remained No. 1. For the complete Top 25 …
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POLLS: NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings
Sacramento Jesuit and St. Anthony’s of New York remained 1-2 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings. Downington West, which will play in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Class AAA state final, moved up nine places to No. 3. For the complete Top 25 …
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U.S. Youth Soccer National League kicks off in December
The U.S. Youth Soccer National League’s 2008-2009 season will begin with girls’ games Dec. 4-7 in Raleigh, N.C., and boys’ games Dec. 11-14 in Dallas.
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Galaxy signs first academy player
The Los Angeles Galaxy became the first MLS team to sign a player from its academy program to a Generation adidas contract when 17-year-old forward Tristan Bowen agreed to a multi-year contract.
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What They’re Saying
“It’s not an ego thing to prove [prognosticators] wrong. I have a burning desire to win city championships. It’s proving us right. The fulfillment and the opportunities to win city championships is huge.”
— Martin Jacobsen, coach of Martin Luther King Jr. High School, which won New York’s PSAL title in a shootout over the Beacon School. MLK, winner of 10 of the previous 12 PSAL titles, had been given little chance of winning after it lost four games during the season. (Daily News)
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SCOREBOARD: NCAA Division 2 & 3 Women
The NCAA Division II and III Women’s Tournaments began on Thursday with wins over D2 UC San Diego (on a golden goal) and D3 Carleton, Husson and Washington & Jefferson (in a shootout). For all the NCAA Division 2 and 3 women’s results and schedules …
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SCOREBOARD: NCAA Division I Women (UPDATES)
Defending champion USC moved into the third round with a shootout victory at BYU on Saturday. The only seeded team to lose on Friday was Colorado, a 1-0 loser to South Dakota State, which was making its NCAA Division I Tournament debut. The other first-time team to win was Northeastern, which edged Boston area rival Harvard on penalty kicks. For all the first-round results and schedules …>
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SCOREBOARD: NCAA Division 2 & 3 Men
Third-ranked Midwestern State needed overtime to oust Incarnate Word, 2-1, in the first round of the NCAA Division II Men’s Tournament on Thursday. The NCAA Division III Men’s Tournament began Thursday with a thriller at North Carolina Wesleyan, where the Bishops came back from 3-1 down with less than 15 minutes to play to beat Virginia Wesleyan, 4-3, in overtime. For all the NCAA Division 2 and 3 men’s results and schedules …
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Men’s Conferences (UPDATES)
Boston University, Jacksonville and UC Irvine won men’s conference titles on Saturday. Jacksonville came back from 3-1 down to defeat Campbell, 4-3, in the Big South final and end Campbell’s school-record 12-game winning streak. On Friday, top-ranked Wake Forest lost for the first time in 25 games when it fell to Virginia, 3-2, in the ACC semifinals. For all the results and schedules …
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What They’re Saying
“High Praise from Klinsmann: Donovan is for Ready Bayern”
— German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung after the first three days of Landon Donovan‘s 10-day training stint with Bayern Munich.
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Galaxy defender is Rookie of the Year
[MLS AWARD] Sean Franklin of the Los Angeles Galaxy, which led the league in goals conceded, has been named the 2008 MLS Rookie of the Year.
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Van Nistelrooy Out For Season
Real Madrid has confirmed that its Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy is out for the season with a partially torn meniscus in his right knee.
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Houston Never Gave Up Wanting To Win
“Perhaps legendary football coach Vince Lombardi said it best: Winning isn’t the only thing, but wanting to win is. No statement could better capture the final moments of the Dynamo’s stunning loss to the New York Red Bulls on Sunday before a packed Robertson Stadium.” Bernardo Fallas lauds Houston and its fans for their attitude […]