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W-League Playoff Schedule
W-League playoff action begins Wednesday with the Northern and Northeast divisional rounds. The three conference champions, who will be crowned this weekend, will join the regular-season champion Pali Blues at the W-League championship tournament July 31-Aug. 2 in Virginia Beach, Va. For this week’s W-League playoff schedule …
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Agorsor and Saad claim top Development Academy honors
[AWARDS] Chris Agorsor of the Baltimore Bays and Soony Saad from Michigan powerhouse Vardar were named the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Players of the Year in the U/17-18 and U-15/16 age groups, respectively. Rafa Moran of U-17/18 runner-up LAFC was named U/17-18 Coach of the Year, while former MLS star Giovanni Savarese captured U-15/16 coaching honors. For all the national and conference awards …
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Soccer mom accused of stealing $72,000
The former treasurer of a Washington soccer league was arrested on charges of stealing roughly $72,000, according to court documents, and is accused of writing checks to herself and making ATM withdrawals at a casino.
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Schwan’s USA Cup Champions
Schwan’s USA Cup showcased more than 1,000 teams from 22 countries and the United States. Among the dominant teams were the U-19 boys from Sweden’s Swedish club Rudbeckianska, the U-16 Oakville Gunners and KFUM-S in the Puma vElite Group and a trio of Brazilian boys champions. For all the results of the finals of the weekend competition and week cup flights …
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The Score Showcase at Greensboro Girls Champions
Girls play at the The Score Showcase at Greensboro concluded Tuesday. Champions were crowned in four age groups. For the results of all the finals …
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U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships Schedule
Plays begins Wednesday morning in the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships at the Burns Park Soccer Complex in North Little Rock, Ark. For all the finalists and complete schedules …
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Tab Ramos leads Gunners
[COACHING SPOTLIGHT] Tab Ramos, one of the most decorated players in U.S. soccer history, makes his debut at the National Championships as the head coach of the U-14 NJSA Gunners boys team.
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Werder Bremen Seeks to Quash Diego’s Olympic Dream
European clubs are stopping at nothing in an effort to keep their young stars from heading off to the Olympics.
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The Best and Worst of Times
D.C. United has not lost an MLS game in two months, but it heads into Tuesday’s game against the Houston Dynamo with a three-game losing streak at home. How can that be? United hasn’t played an MLS game since June 29 — a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on national television — because […]
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Rogers leads RSL to SUM U-17 Cup title
[PLAYER OF THE WEEK] James Rogers, one of the youngest players in the tournament, scored seven goals and helped Real Salt Lake win the SUM U-17 Cup, the second annual youth competition for MLS teams.
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U.S. under-23 women perfect in Sweden
[NORDIC CUP] The U.S. under-23 women’s national team successfully defended its Nordic Cup title with a 3-0 win over Germany for its fourth consecutive shutout of the tournament.
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PDL Playoff Schedule
Premier Development League playoff action begins Tuesday with Thunder Bay playing host to the Colorado Rapids U-23 and the Kalamazoo Outrage visiting the Chicago Fire in Central Conference action. Conference semifinals and finals will take place this weekend at Reading, Michigan, Central Florida and Fresno. For this week’s PDL playoff schedule …
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What They’re Saying
“We had just finished a game against West Ham and Jonathan Spector was outside the locker room, and Lubos Kubik was there with him. We all just started talking and all of a sudden Jonathan said jokingly: ‘Lubos, did you hear Brian wants to play in the Olympics?’ After a few more jokes I told Lubos that I would seriously consider it if he would. Then I threw it out as just talk at the time but a few days Peter Nowak called me. I was a little shocked but that’s really when it became an interest and a possibility.”
— Brian McBride explains how the ball got rolling to get him on to the Olympic roster. (Yahoo)
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U.S. Youth Soccer National Directors Cup Champions
Eight U.S. Youth Soccer National Directors Cup champions were crowned Sunday in games played at the Kirkwood (Del.) Soccer Complex. The Directors Cup provides teams a national tournament experience at an elite level, for teams not typically given the opportunity.
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U.S. Club Soccer Regional Champions
Regional champions have been crowned in U.S. Club Soccer’s National Cup VII competition. The finals will begin Saturday in Virginia Beach, Va.
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Update From The Swamp World Cup
There were 340 teams entered in this year’s Swamp Soccer World Championships, held in northern Finland for the 10th time in a row.
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A Soccer Fan’s Civic Duty
Columnist Greg Lalas with 10 things an American soccer fan must do, beginning with support of his or her home team.
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Strike Robinho Off Brazil Olympic Team
Real Madrid has asked Brazil to release Robinho from its Olympic team after medical tests revealed that the forward is suffering from a groin injury. The player says he’ll request the club’s decision. “On the advice of the medical staff,” Real said in a statement, “the club has decided that the best thing for the […]
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Carver On Toronto’s Sporting Malaise
With his team mired in an eight-game winless streak (in all competitions) and facing a crucial game against the USL First Division Montreal Impact Tuesday in the Canadian championship competition, Toronto FC coach John Carver is a tad sensitive. He went off the Toronto press for what he perceived to be its negative tone. “Some […]
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Ferguson in line for Olympic job?
Britain does not take part in the Olympic soccer competition because here is no such thing as the British FA. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland — the four nations — all have their own national teams, but Lord Coe — Sebastian Coe to all you track & field fans — would like Sir Alex […]
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Fatherly Advice From Fergie
Cristiano Ronaldo still insists he wants to move to Real Madrid, but Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, says it would be wrong for the 23-year-old Ronaldo to go to Real Madrid so young. Fergie went so far as to say that Madrid is the last place he should be attempting to move to. […]
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Beckham Effect, One Year Later
What’s has been the impact of David Beckham one year after his arrival in MLS? Crowds are still decent, as evidenced by the 40,000-plus crowd at Giants Stadium Saturday for the Red Bulls-Galaxy game. The media circus has disappeared, however. “MLS and the Galaxy cannot expect to thrive based on the snapshot that has been […]
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Soccer on TV
On Thursday night, the MLS All-Stars take on West Ham United. The Mexican Primera Division kicks off this weekend.>
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Beckham still has drawing power
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] The largest crowd of the season for a single MLS game came out to Giants Stadium to see David Beckham.