Cuauhtemoc Blanco, the Chicago Fire’s Mexican star, paid for 18 players from his Academia Cuauhtemoc Blanco in Mexico City to travel to Chicago, where it competed in the 2008 World Sport Chicago International Cup.
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NEWSSTAND: The world of youth soccer
Families are traveling up to 200 miles — each way — several times a week so their sons can train at the Kansas City Wizards’ youth academy … English club Sunderland sent scouts to the town of Los Gatos, Calif., seeking out players as young as 12-years-old … Aztecs FC Premier, a Southern California U-15 powerhouse, features a true two-way player: Alejandro Guido, who plays on both U.S. and Mexican youth national teams.
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U.S. Youth Soccer’s adidas Golden Boot and Glove winners
[AWARDS] There were four repeat winners of the adidas Golden Boot (MVP) and Glove (best keeper) at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships: Baltimore Casa Mia Bays’ Timothy Peitsch (U-15 boys), Dallas Texans Red’s Brittany Jagger (U-16 girls) and Force FC’s Jill Flietstra and Laura Heyboer (U-19 girls). For all the winners …
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Scoring comes naturally to Foxhoven
[PLAYER OF THE WEEK] Scoring goals has come naturally to the Colorado Rush Nike’s Danielle Foxhoven since she was a three-year-old playing 4-on-4 soccer in the Denver area. In recent years, Foxhoven, who was the leading scorer at the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships, has honed her skills playing soccer tennis with her younger brother, Zach, himself a goalscorer of national acclaim.
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U.S. under-17 boys national team roster
U.S. U-17 boys national team coach Wilmer Cabrera has taken 24 players on a 16-day tour of Central America. The team will travel to Panama, Guatemala and Honduras, where it will play two games apiece against youth national teams. The majority of players spent the spring in the U.S. Soccer residency program in Bradenton, Fla. For the complete roster …
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U.S. under-18 boys national team roster
The U.S. U-18 boys national team opens a four-game tour of Uruguay and Paraguay against Uruguay on Thursday in Montevideo. U.S. coach Dave Sarachan named 18 players for the trip, including three players named to the 2008 U-15/16 Development Academy all-conference teams: Paul Islas (Cal Odyssey), Latif Alashe (Vardar) and Harrison Petts (champion Carmel United). For the complete roster …
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Donna Shalala on U.S. Soccer Board of Directors
Donna Shalala, who served eight years as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Clinton and is currently the President of the University of Miami, is the third Independent Director named to the U.S. Soccer Federation’s Board of Directors. The three Independent Director positions were created at U.S. Soccer’s 2006 Annual General Meeting when the organization’s Board of Directors was reduced from 40 to 15.
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Player turns bodyguard for ref
[REF WATCH] Referee Matt Stoneman found himself in a difficult situation when he allowed a controversial goal in a Pacific Premiership soccer match in New Zealand.
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Nigerians short on hair
[OFF THE POST/OLYMPICS] The United States Men’s Olympic team will face a Nigerian team short on hair when the countries meet in Beijing on August 13. Samson Siasia, coach of Nigeria’s U-23 Olympic team, has issued a mandate to all of his players: cut your hair or get lost.
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PSG banned for fans’ banner
[FRANCE] Paris Saint-Germain has lost the right to defend its French League Cup trophy. The French soccer federation banned the team because of incidents that occurred during the club’s 2-1 final victory over Lens this past spring.
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What They’re Saying
“Right now, with my move to Dortmund, it looks like I will first make any kind of decision regarding national teams after my first season here. It’s already tough enough to fight for a starting spot here, and I don’t need any extra baggage at this early point in my career.”
— Neven Subotic, a 19-year-old defender who was on the USA’s U-17 2005 World Cup team, on whether he’ll choose to play for the USA at the senior level or for other national teams he is eligible for. Subotic was born in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina to a Serbian family that immigrated to Germany before moving to the USA. He joined Germany’s Borussia Dortmund from Second Division Mainz on a $5.4 million transfer in June. (ESPNsoccernet)
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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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The Cross-Border Rivalry
Bernardo Fallas explains how it is that the Houston Dynamo’s archrival is a Mexican team, Pachuca, which plays the Dynamo Tuesday night in Texas (Telefutura, 10 pm ET). “The Astros have the Cardinals, the Texans the Titans, and the Rockets the Jazz. The Dynamo? They have Pachuca,” writes Fallas. “Considering that soccer is the world’s […]
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Real Salt Lake finally above .500
Beating Toronto FC, 2-1, on Monday night in a game Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis dubbed the biggest game of the season, gave RSL its first winning record in franchise history, which began in 2005. Its 7-6-6 record also moved Real Salt Lake four points clear of second-place Houston (two games in hand) and […]
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Chicago to welcome ‘face of American soccer’
The Chicago Fire is eager to incorporate Brian McBride into its lineup when he returns from the Olympics in China, where the 36-year-old is on of the three overage “wild-card” players on the U.S. U-23 squad. “He’s a winner, and people will always respect that,” said Fire assistant coach Chris Armas, McBride’s teammate on the […]
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Dickov’s Toronto Move Not Yet Set
Scottish striker Paul Dickov’s move from Blackpool to Toronto FC is no done deal: “The striker has not crossed the Atlantic. In fact he is understood to be training with Manchester City as he keeps up his fitness ahead of deciding which club to join for the new campaign.”
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European Championship 2008 makes nearly $400 profit
European soccer’s governing body, UEFA, announced that Euro 2008, co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland, generated a net profit of 250 million euros ($393.7 million). The money, stated UEFA, would be used to finance its youth and women’s competitions, refereeing and coaching program and administrative costs.
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The case of Newcastle’s criminal midfielder
Not surprisingly, Joey Barton’s release from prison on Monday after serving 74 days of a six-month sentence for violent assault sparked debates in Britain, starting with one on the system of early parole from England’s crowded prisons and on to whether he should be welcomed back by English Premier League club Newcastle United. And if […]
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Murdoch Eyes Germany
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is reportedly aiming to bid up to $4.4 billion for the six-year broadcast rights to Germany’s Bundesliga. The move into soccer rights could help Murdoch’s News Corp expand into German free-to-air TV. News Corp already has a 25 percent stake in Germany’s biggest pay TV company, Premiere.
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Well-paid player busted for thievery
[CRIME & PUNISHMENT] Southampton winger Nathan Dyer has been ordered to commit 60 hours of community service by the Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court. The 20-year-old was charged along with teammate Bradley Wright-Phillips and three other men for committing burglary at a Southsea nightlub. Dyer, whose salary works out to $10,000 a week, pled guilty to stealing three cell phones and $300 worth of cash from purses in the club’s coatroom.
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Player bares bare girlfriend to get tryout
[OFF THE POST] After failing to establish himself in the Romanian league, 24-year-old Adrian Patulea traveled to England in hopes of earning a contract with a professional team. Patulea asked coaches at several different clubs to give him a trial but they refused, citing complications with his work forms. Frustrated, the Romanian striker decided to take drastic measures to be noticed by Lincoln City coach Peter Jackson
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Goal by a Goalkeeper
[VIDEO] South Korea goalkeeper Jung Sung-Ryeong scored a long-distance goal in a U-23 friendly against the Ivory Coast.
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What They’re Saying
“When you acted the way you did you demeaned the efforts of a 14-year-old who was trying hard and [you] set a bad example for the children, including your own child.”
— Canadian judge Joseph De Filippis while giving a conditional discharge with a one-year probation and an order to perform 25 hours of community service to Sandra Gutierrez-Aldana, who, at her son’s U-8 soccer, berated a 14-year-old girl referee and punched the ref’s dad. (NewsDurhamRegion.com)
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Morales Helps RSL Reach Top
In a league dotted with Argentine playmakers, Javier Morales doesn’t get the attention of Marcello Gallardo (D.C. United) and Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Columbus), but he has been just as valuable for Real Salt Lake, Morales arrived last season with fellow Argentines Fabian Espindola and Matias Mantilla and has helped turn around RSL, which is in […]
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Chelsea Stars Going Nowhere
Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon expects Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko to be with the Blues when the new Premier League season begins Aug. 16.