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Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink’s stoppage-time winner rescued Celtic’s Scottish Premier League title hopes from certain oblivion Wednesday night just as it seemed that 10-man Rangers would hold on for a point that would all but guarantee the title’s return to Ibrox. Celtic’s 2-1 win reduced the gap at the top to one point, but Rangers […]

With their focus on the Serie A title race, both Inter Milan and AS Roma fielded largely reserve squads for last night’s Coppa Italia semifinals. At the Stadio Olimpico, a young Roma side relied on the experience of talisman Francesco Totti to lead it past Catania Calcio, 1-0. After a tepid first half, Totti took […]

The Los Angeles Times’ Grahame L. Jones reveals Mexico’s “astonishingly unrealistic wish list” of new coaches, including Portugal’s Luiz Felipe Scolari, who coached Brazil to the 2002 World Cup title, Marcello Lippi, who coached Italy to the 2006 World Cup title, former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho, and former Mexico and current Atletico Madrid coach Javier […]

It’s hard to believe that Santino Quaranta is just 23 years of age. The D.C. United striker has now been in the league for seven years, but as Quaranta tells Soccer365, it certainly hasn’t been a glorious seven years. Quaranta says he hit rock bottom when the New York Red Bulls waived him on Jan. […]

Soccer By Ives reports that New York Red Bulls product Matt Kassel will not be making the jump to the senior team this season. Which is to say that Kassel, considered to be the most promising youngster in the Bulls’ youth academy, will not become, as many expected, the first youth academy product to sign […]

Toronto FC players and coaches endured a nervy flight home from their 3-2 triumph in Los Angeles on Sunday, the Globe and Mail reports. The airplane on which the team traveled had problems with its hydraulics system and was forced to make an emergency landing in Omaha, Neb. “We panicked a little bit,” TFC coach […]

It looks like the San Jose Earthquakes will finally get their stadium. According to the San Jose Mercury News, Quakes owner Lew Wolff reached an agreement with the city to buy the land near the San Jose airport on which he would build an 18,000-seat stadium and accompanying retail, office and hotel space. Terms of […]

Barely two months ago, Real Madrid was running away with La Liga, and Robinho was running the show. Today, Real is still running away with La Liga, although this has more to do with the ineptitude of its rivals than any bright play from the Brazilian. Indeed, Robinho has been relegated to the bench, an […]

Today’s Spanish Copa del Rey final pits Valencia, a club with one of Spain’s most glorious traditions, against Getafe, a club with almost no rich history to speak of. Valencia has won the Copa del Rey six times, while Getafe has only reached the final once (last season, where it lost to Sevilla). However, by […]

In an interview with Radio Catalunya, Dutch World Cup legend Johan Cruyff reveals more as to why he decided to boycott the 1978 World Cup, which the Dutch were favored to win. Cruyff has long said he refused to participate in the tournament because Argentina, the host, had suffered a military coup two years earlier, […]