After sitting out most of England’s miserable 2-0 win in Andorra on the bench Saturday, L.A. Galaxy’s right-sided midfielder David Beckham says the team needs “experience” for Wednesday’s game in Croatia. Teenager Theo Walcott had started the game in Beckham’s place.
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UAE Faces Inquiry After Fan Trouble
Home fans threw plastic bottles on to the field after the United Arab Emirates went 2-1 down to North Korea in a World Cup qualifier in Abu Dhabi at the weekend. FIFA, the UAE Football Association and the Asian Football Confederation will all be investigating the matter. North Korea went on to win the game.
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U.S. Did ‘Just Enough’
The U.S. did “just enough to win” against Cuba at the weekend, writes Doug McIntyre and “if it wasn’t an overly impressive performance from the Yanks, it was a thoroughly professional and effective one.”
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De La Hoya Confident on Dynamo Stadium Deal
Part-owner of the Houston Dynamo, boxer Oscar De La Hoya, watched the team’s 3-1 win over the Kansas City Wizards Sunday. His thoughts on a stadium deal for the team: “It’s getting closer and closer. Will we have a stadium? Absolutely. That’s the goal.”
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Whitecaps Fans Want MLS
Vancouver Whitecaps’ fans are keen to bring Major League Soccer to their city, reports Marc Weber.
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Carver Determined He Shall Overcome
Toronto FC coach John Carver has been vocal these past few months about the obstacles he has faced as an MLS coach, but this does not mean the Englishman is ready to give up on the league. Even after losing at home to Chivas USA at the weekend when missing nine players on international duty, […]
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And It Wasn’t Even A Goal
It was bound to happen sometime — a player getting injured while indulging in an elaborate goal celebration. Even worse for Real Salt Lake’s striker Fabian Espindola was that while he was injuring his ankle with a somersault to celebrate what he thought was his team’s go-ahead goal against L.A., the officials were busy consulting […]
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Nicol: When You Can’t Run, You Can’t Compete
The Revs, meanwhile, have now been outscored 8-0 in their last two matches, and are 1-3-2 in MLS play since August 5. New England coach Steve Nicol said he is “not concerned about the confidence of his experienced players during this challenging stretch [to the end of the season],” reports Monique Walker, but he […]
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Table-Top Clash No Contest
Considering that the top two teams in Major League Soccer were matching up, Saturday’s contest between the Columbus Crew and the New England Revolution was somewhat one-sided. As the Crew won 4-0, writes Michael Arace, it “toyed with” its opponent and finally laid to rest the curse of the October 2004 playoff game that had […]
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The Waning Of The Beckham Buzz
David Beckham only played the final 10 minutes of his country’s World Cup qualifying game in Andorra at the weekend, and his international career isn’t the only thing on the slide. Compared with last season, ticket sales for his appearance with the L.A. Galaxy at the Kansas City Wizards this Saturday are down too, writes […]
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying Results
Striker Razak Omotoyossi scored twice on Sunday give Benin a 3-2 win over 2006 World Cup finalist Angola that earned the West African nation a place in the final round of the African qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals. Nigeria and Cameroon are the only other teams to clinch berths in the final round. For all of Sunday’s African results …
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USL-1 Results
Puerto Rico remained in first place in the USL First Division with a 1-0 win over Vancouver just a day after it had beaten Alajuelense of Costa Rica to reach the group stage of the Concacaf Champions League. For all the USL-1 results, goal scorers and standings …
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MLS Results
The expansion San Jose Earthquakes moved to within two points of third place in the Western Conference with a 2-1 win over D.C. United. For all the weekend results, standings, leading goal scorers and schedules …
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OBITUARY: Ray Bernabei
Hall of Famer Ray Bernabei, Executive Director of the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (NISOA) for the last 33 years, died on Friday in Orlando, Fla., from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
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Brazil saves Dunga’s job — for now
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING] Brazil beat Chile, 3-0, in Santiago on Sunday in the only South American World Cup 2010 qualifier to climb from sixth to second place and ease the pressure on beleaguered coach Dunga.
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Soca Warriors lose Yorke
[USA-TRINIDAD & TOBAGO] Trinidad & Tobago’s Soca Warriors will be without captain Dwight Yorke, who returned to English club Sunderland under pressure, when they face the USA Wednesday in their World Cup 2010 qualifier.
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The Spin of the Win
[CUBA-USA] The most impressive performance from the USA at Saturday’s 1-0 win over Cuba came after the game when Landon Donovan kept a straight face as he said, “I thought we played very well.” In fact, the unconvincing effort against a soccer minnow was a stark reminder that the U.S. national team isn’t making progress.
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What They’re Saying
“I would publicly like to apologize to the president. I think that he also owes all Brazilians an apology as well. In my opinion, I think he went a little too far. I was a little harsh on him, but I was upset.”
— Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar apologizes to Brazilian President Lula for saying he should resign as president and move to Argentina. Julio Cesar’s commits came after Lula said Argentine Lionel Messi is the world’s best player that Brazilian players don’t try as hard. (Xinhua)
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MAKING A LIST: Division I women’s coaching wins
Chris Petrucelli became the seventh NCAA Division I women’s coach to reach the 300-win mark when the unbeaten Longhorns defeated UT-San Antonio, 4-0, on Friday.
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POLLS: Soccer America Women’s Top 25
UCLA and Notre Dame climbed two spots each to No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25. Stanford, Texas and Portland climbed into the top five for the first time as USC, North Carolina and Florida State, all losers last week, fell. For this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25 and last week’s results …
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CROWD COUNT: Terrapin fans brave elements
Tropical Storm Hanna dropped heavy rain on the East Coast over the weekend, keeping crowds down for several top clashes. Still, Maryland drew more than 3,000 for its match against Hartford on Friday. For the top men’s crowds …
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POLLS: Soccer America Men’s Top 25
Wake Forest remained No. 1 in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25 that features eight new teams — including three Big Ten teams Ohio State (No. 13), Michigan (No. 19) and Wisconsin (No. 21). For this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25 and last week’s results …
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying Results
The surprise of the opening day of play in Europe was France’s 3-1 loss to Austria that will put new pressure on Coach Raymond Domenech to resign. Italy needed a stoppage time goal to beat Cyprus, 2-1. It wasn’t until after halftime that England scored against Andorra. Two Joe Cole goals were all the scoring in a 2-0 England win. in South America, Argentina had to settle for a 1-1 tie against Paraguay. New Zealand, starting five players who attended U.S. colleges and also played in MLS, clinched the Oceania title with a 3-1 victory at New Caledonia. For all results and goal scorers …
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U.S. does bare minimum
Mike Woitalla reports from Havana
In what was surely the least intimidating atmosphere the USA will face in their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign, it eked out a 1-0 over Cuba in Havana. The Cuban fans filled only half the Pedro Marrero Stadium and were more than 30 yards from the field because of the running track. They applauded as the American players were introduced, giving their loudest welcome to Landon Donovan. And they cheered when the Americans waved goodbye.
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What They’re Saying
“There wasn’t much soccer played in either game. Just a lot of kicking balls.”
— U.S. defender Carlos Bocanegra on the USA’s first two games of the semifinal round of 2010 World Cup qualifying: Saturday’s 1-0 win at Cuba and a victory by the same score Aug. 20 at Guatemala.