“Team America,” or Fulham FC, lost again this weekend, and with just seven games left to play in the English Premier League season, relegation is looking more and more like an inevitability. As USSoccerPlayers’ Graig Carbino says, “barring a mini-miracle,” Fulham will be playing second division soccer next season, which means that most of its […]
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Soccer on TV
The USA’s clash with Poland is one of many international friendlies on tap in the midweek. MLS’s 13th season kicks off this weekend; the Direct Kick package offers a free preview.
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USA gathers troops for Euro test
[ROSTER] Coach Bob Bradley has named an 18-man roster for Wednesday’s friendly at Poland that is comprised of 15 European-based players and three MLS players.
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Four Americans see action in Fulham loss
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Fulham fell, 2-0, to Newcastle, which hadn’t won in its last 13 EPL games. For Fulham, in second-to-last place and four points in the relegation zone, Kasey Keller started in goal, forward Brian McBride played the first 66 minutes before being replaced by Clint Dempsey, and Eddie Johnson went the full 90 upfront. There was better news for Reading.
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Michael Bradley scores twice
[AMERICANS ABROAD/VIDEO] Michael Bradley struck twice for Dutch Eredivisie club Heerenveen in its 4-3 win over Roda JC. The 20-year-old now has 15 league goals this season, putting him in a tie for fourth among the Eredivisie’s leading scorers.
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Manchester United breaks open EPL race
[WINNERS & LOSERS] Manchester United extended its lead in the English Premier League to four points with 3-0 win over Liverpool at Old Trafford while Arsenal’s title hopes are fading after it fell to Chelsea, 2-1, in the second half of the Easter Sunday Grand Slam in the English Premier League. Spanish teenager Bojan Krkic was instrumental in keeping Barcelona very much alive in Spain’s La Liga race, while AC Milan’s 18-year-old Brazilian Alexandre Pato kept up his torrid pace.
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Hicks watches Liverpool win first Super Group
[DALLAS CUP] In the hometown of its controversial co-owner Tom Hicks, Liverpool won the Super Group at the 2008 Dallas Cup with a 3-0 win over Tigres of Monterrey, Mexico, in the final. Hicks drove directly to the final at Pizza Hut Park Sunday after returning from a family trip. Liverpool became only the third English team to win the Super Group after West Ham United and Nottingham Forest. Tigres (U-17) and Guadalajara (U-14) were the other foreign teams to take home championships at the Dallas Cup. American champions were the Houston Dynamo (U-19), Houston Texans Red (U-16), Sockers FC (U-15) and FC Barcelona USA (U-13). For all the semifinal and final results …
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What They’re Saying
“I don’t interfere in politics because I know nothing about it. … It is one thing to talk about a bullfight but another thing to be in the arena facing the bull.”
— South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira tells the nation’s politicians to stop interferring with his attempts to get the struggling team on track as it prepares for the 2010 World Cup, which South Africa is hosting. (AFP)
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Cristiano Ronaldo Surpasses Best as United’s Best
Without a doubt, Manchester United has become The Cristiano Ronaldo Show. So prolific is the Red Devils winger these days that a Ronaldo goal seems to come with the price of admission to a United game. The Portuguese superstar added two more to his season haul of 33 on Wednesday as United rolled over Bolton […]
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Canada’s Olympic Coach Praises ‘Remarkable’ U.S.
The U.S. U-23s may not have looked like world-beaters in qualifying for the 2008 Olympics, but the campaign run by U-23 coach Peter Nowak was at least effective enough to get them there. While pundits in the U.S. complained about the manner of team USA’s qualification, Canada’s coach Nick Dasovic was full of praise for […]
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Beckham, Fuller Given Option to Buy Galaxy in 2011
The CBS program “60 Minutes” is set to reveal that David Beckham and his manager Simon Fuller have the option to buy the Los Angeles Galaxy when the midfielder’s contract expires after the 2011 season, according to the Associated Press. Beckham will be the subject of one of the news show’s profiles, scheduled to air […]
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A Rome Derby to Remember for the Right Reasons
Wednesday night’s Rome derby could go down in history as one of the friendliest ever between bitter rivals Roma and Lazio, says the Guardian’s Paolo Bandini — and it was another great game, to boot. With Roma still chasing after league leader Inter Milan and Lazio inching closer toward a spot in Europe, this was […]
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Soccer on TV
The U.S. men, who already clinched a spot in next summer’s Olympic Games with their 3-0 semifinal win over Canada, aim for the U-23 Concacaf title when they meet Honduras in the final on Sunday. Games of various European league leaders are on slate this weekend: Inter Milan, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid. Among the EPL televised action is the clash between second-place Arsenal and third-place Chelsea on Sunday.
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MLS offers Direct Kick Package again
[TV] The MLS Direct Kick Television Package, available on DIRECTV and DISH Network and digital cable provider iN DEMAND Networks, will offer up to 115 games for $79.
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Crossing the line – or not
[REF WATCH] Two weeks after FIFA scrapped further experimentation with goal-line technology — President Sepp Blatter claiming it couldn’t find an accurate method of checking whether a ball crosses the goal line — Eintracht Frankfurt beat Energie Cottbus with a goal that TV replays appeared to show shouldn’t have been awarded.
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What They’re Saying
“I think Freddy is starting to realize not only his potential, but starting to see the things that we’ve been talking about for the last three or four years. … I did understand from the beginning that for a young man like Freddy at that time it was a little difficult for him to understand the bigger picture. I think he’s started to believe not only what I’ve been saying; he’s started to believe in his ability to change the game.”
— U.S. U-23 coach Peter Nowak on Freddy Adu, who scored twice in the USA’s 3-0 win over Canada that qualifed the USA for the 2008 Olympic Games. Nowak was Adu’s coach at D.C. United during Adu’s first three seasons of pro ball.
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International Soccer Weekend TV Schedule
Easter Sunday features two big matches in England: Chelsea-Arsenal and Manchester United-Liverpool. In Italy, leader Inter Milan hosts Juventus on Saturday. For televised weekend international action …
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MLS Clubs March into Concacaf Champions Cup Semifinals
MLS champion Houston joined D.C. United in the semifinals of the 2008 Concacaf Champions Cup thanks to a 3-1 win over Guatemala’s Municipal on Wednesday. Like United against Harbour View on Tuesday, Houston only put its rival away with a strong second half at home. Both the Dynamo and D.C. showed with their second-half performances […]
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MLS Seattle to let fans decide team name
MLS’s Seattle expansion team will invite fans to vote online for the name of the new team. Names will be announced on Tuesday and voting will take place at www.mlsinseattle.com. The three naming options were chosen through fan focus groups, internal committees and fan suggestions. Sounders — the name of the long-time NASL and USL […]
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FIFA Won’t Pursue Sanctions Against Taylor
FIFA will not to seek any further sanctions against Birmingham City defender Martin Taylor over his tackle that left Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva with a broken leg and out of the European Championship. FIFA spokesman Andreas Herren said a FIFA news statement that FIFA would discuss the Taylor case with the English FA was […]
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Beckham called up for England friendly
David Beckham has been called up for England’s friendly against France at the Stade de France next Wednesday, putting him on track to earn his 100th England cap. New England coach Fabio Capello did not call up Beckham for England’s first friendly of the year against Switzerland in February, but Capello’s assistant Franco Baldini watched […]
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U.S. Soccer confirms Wembley clash
England will host the U.S. national team for only the second time in history when the teams meet in a May 28 friendly at Wembley Stadium.
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What They’re Saying
“I haven’t seen so many grown men hugging and kissing since I watched Brokeback Mountain with the missus.”
— British radio commmentator Tom Ross on Portsmouth players during their 2-0 win over Aston Villa. (BBC).
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Olympic Qualifying TV Schedule
Concacaf’s two berths in the Olympic men’s soccer tournament will be decided on Thursday in Nashville. Both semifinals will be televised live on Fox Soccer Channel, ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com. For the complete TV schedule …
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Spain’s the Title Nobody Wants to Win
The Guardian’s Sid Lowe asks, who wants to win “the worst La Liga in history?” Certainly not Real Madrid or Barcelona. The league leader lost again on Saturday, suffering a 1-0 defeat away to Deportivo La Coruna, where Real hasn’t won in 17 years. It would have been one thing to overturn that kind of […]