There’s a fight brewing between the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County in Washington’s Maryland suburbs to build a home for Major League Soccer’s D.C. United, and the Prince George’s folks speculate that D.C. was spurred in action after seeing a model of a soccer stadium as part of a town center developer Petrie […]
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Sven Watches Mexico Get Pummeled
With newly hired coach Sven-Goran Eriksson watching from a luxury box, Mexico was embarrassed by Argentina, 4-1, on Wednesday before a record soccer crowd of 68,498 fans at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium. El Tri was booed off the field at halftime after Argentina scored three goals. Lionel Messi scored one goal and helped set up […]
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Is ‘Sueno’ The Movie Next?
Everyone knows Jorge Flores as Sueno. Now he’s a budding MLS star. Only a year after winning the “Sueno MLS,” beating out thousands of young players for the right to try out with Chivas USA, Flores has broken into the first team and scored goals in his last three games — all wins for Chivas […]
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A $10 million man?
MLS is not disclosing the terms on 18-year-old forward Jozy Altidore‘s move from the New York Red Bulls to Spanish club Villarreal, but media reports from both sides of the Atlantic are reporting that the transfer fee may hit the $10 million mark.
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Flu and LDU reach South American final
[LIBERTADORES CUP] Brazil’s Fluminense joined surprise LDU Quito of Ecuador in the final of the 2008 Libertadores Cup when it scored three times in the last 20 minutes to beat defending champion Boca Juniors of Argentina, 3-1, on Wednesday and win their semifinal series, 5-3.
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What They’re Saying
“You have to feed the cow well to be able to get the milk. It’s not like school kids staying at a hostel.”
— German soccer federation (DFB) president Theo Zwanziger defending the $2.47 million price tag on the German national team’s hotel costs during the European Championship. Zwanziger pointed out that national team success has generated the income that has inabled the DFB to distribute $162.4 million over the last three years to its grass-roots organizations. (AP)
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U.S. Youth Soccer State Champions
Most state associations have completed their championships that qualify teams for the U.S. Youth Soccer regionals that begin in mid-June. Big winners include the Dallas Texans, the top-ranked boys team in the annual Soccer America boys rankings. They won the North Texas U-14, U-15 and U-17 titles. For all the state champions …
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MLS TV Schedule
The New York Red Bulls aim to end a three-game winless streak when the host Chivas USA, which has won three in a row.
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New England acquires Phelan
Rookie defender Pat Phelan is on his way to New England as the Revs beef up their back line.
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Rain, lighting halts play at RFK
A head-to-head matchup of how well D.C. United and Houston have recovered from their early-season struggles will have to wait. They managed to play just 15 minutes Wednesday at RFK Stadium before heavy rain and lightning forced referee Ricardo Salazar to wave the teams off the field, which had been saturated in the past 24 hours by a series of thunderstorms. By the time play was suspended at 8:02 p.m. ET, large puddles had formed on many parts of the field and every kick of the ball sent water spraying as players slipped and slid.
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Porto banned in bribery scandal
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Portuguese champion Porto has been banned from the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League for allegedly bribing referees in the 2003-04 season.
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German Amateur Team Racks Up ‘Suspicious’ 54-1 Victory
A regional lower league game in the Cologne area of Germany has attracted some attention after Rheinkassel-Langel Reserves beat their final day opponents DJK Loewe Reserves 54-1, and were consequently promoted on goal difference. Before the final round of games, the team was in third place behind rival Germania Nippes Reserves, but with the […]
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Rooney’s Costly Book
Noted soccer author Wayne Rooney has discovered the perils of publishing after being ordered by a UK court to pay £500,000 to his former manager at Everton, David Moyes, over libelous comments made in the England and Manchester United striker’s autobiography ‘My Story So Far.’ Rooney signed a five-book deal with Harper & Collins […]
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Ribery Steps Into Zidane’s Shoes
Uncapped before the 2006 World Cup, Franck Ribery has stepped up in just two years to become the heir to Zinedine Zidane, writes David Hytner. After an “explosive” debut season at Bayern Munich, and after winning the German Player of the Year award, the midfielder is carrying the hopes of his country as its “leader […]
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Subotic Headed For Dortmund?
Mainz 05’s highly rated American, Neven Subotic, 19, could be headed for Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund, reports the German sports weekly Kicker. Subotic’s coach at Mainz this past season, Juergen Klopp, has just made the same move, and wants the central defender to follow him north. Last season Mainz’s second division campaign ended with […]
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The New Breed Of MLS Bad Boys
Major League Soccer has seen an influx of talent from around the world over the past couple of years, with most of the media attention focused on the signing of established names. Less celebrated than the Designated Players, but no less important, is the “new breed of Bad Boys,” argues Pat Walsh. “Looking at […]
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Austria’s Mr. Manners chimes in
[OFF THE POST] Thomas Schaefer-Elmayer, known as the etiquette guru of Austria, which is co-hosting the European Championship, has offered “rules” of how to behave during Euro 08. Schaefer-Elmayer, the director of the Elmayer dance school that prepares debutantes for the annual Viennese Opera Ball, says:
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Sven-Goran Eriksson is new Mexico coach
[MEXICO] Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson, whose last stint as a national team coach was at the England helm in 2001-06, has been named Mexico coach. Eriksson, who replaces Hugo Sanchez, coached Manchester City during the 2007-08 season.
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Henry celebrates 100th cap with win
[EURO ’08 COUNTDOWN] In its final tuneup before its Euro ’08 opener against Romania on Monday, France defeated Colombia, 1-0, on Franck Ribery‘s penalty kick in the 24th minute. Thierry Henry, who was taken down in the penalty area for the deciding penalty, celebrated his 100th cap for France.
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U.S. under-17 girls national team roster
The U.S. under-17 girls national team continues preparations for next month’s Concacaf Championship with a training camp that begins Friday in Jersey City, N.J. U.S. head coach Kazbek Tambi has called in 26 players for the camp, including three 1993s. For the complete roster …
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MLS TV Schedule
Houston was last year’s champion. D.C. United, had the best regular-season record in 2007. But going into their Wednesday evening clash, each has only three wins from its first 11 games. For all of this week’s MLS action on television, standings and leading scorers. …
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What They’re Saying
“I have to convince them [USA] not to bid. It is easier for me to convince America to wait until 2022 … I have said to England that until America gets knocked out, that’s where my vote will have to go.”
— Jack Warner, FIFA vice president and Concacaf president, who wants to back England as host for the 2018 World Cup. FIFA president Sepp Blatter recently said he wants the 2018 and 2022 World Cup venues to be chosen in 2011. U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati responded in a statement, “We are still in the process of reviewing a possible bid for the World Cup. … Neither the comments made by FIFA regarding the possibility of a double tender for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups or recent comments attributed to any FIFA members or potential host candidates have caused us to diverge from this plan.” (AP)
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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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Je Ne Regretna Rien
The story of Scottish side Gretna FC’s remarkably quick rise and fall looks like ending in liquidation amid estimated debts of $16 million. It’s a cautionary tale for small clubs embracing rich benefactors with grandiose ambitions. Six years ago, Gretna (a village close to the English border with a population of 2,705) moved from […]
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Feilhaber Aims For The Olympics
Derby County and U.S. national team midfielder Benny Feilhaber underwent successful knee surgery on a torn meniscus in LA Monday, and is still hopeful of playing for his country at the Beijing Olympics in August. “I had the surgery done yesterday and it was successful,” Feilhaber told Kevin Leyland. “I’m not sure yet how […]