The U.S. Soccer has announced that it’s considering six venues for the three possible home matches in the semifinal stage of 2010 World Cup qualifying. Four of the six venues belong to Major League Soccer clubs: Toyota Park, home of the Chicago Fire, Crew Stadium, home of the Columbus Crew, Pizza Hut Park, home of […]
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Houston, D.C. Have Heaviest Schedules in ’08
ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle says that Los Angeles Galaxy general manager Alexi Lalas “is probably the happiest man in the league right now,” following the release of the 2008 MLS schedule, but it won’t be for some other clubs — notably those playing in the CONCACAF Champions League and the SuperLiga, two competitions which L.A. did […]
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Gazidis: MLS Welcomes EPL Expansion
MLS Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis talks to Sky Sports News about the Premier League’s plan for global expansion through an “international round” of matches, saying he would support the measure as long as it gets FIFA approval. However, Gazidis noted that the decision to tack on a 39th game played in international venues would have […]
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United Blames International Fatigue for City Loss
Manchester United assistant Carlos Queiroz addressed the press instead of his boss, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, following the Red Devils’ 2-1 home defeat to Manchester City, blaming the midweek international matches on his players’ poor form. “We believe the team was affected by international call-ups,” said Queiroz. “But talking about that would be an […]
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Soccer on TV
Midweek action includes UEFA Cup, Libertadores Cup and Mexican league games.
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United falls at home in Manchester derby
[EUROPEAN RACES] On a day it marked the 50th anniversary of the Munich air crash that killed 23 people, including eight United players, Manchester United fell to Manchester City, 2-1, to further threaten its title hopes. In Spain, Real Madrid extended its lead, while the top-of-the-table clash in Germany between Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich ended in a 1-1 tie.
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Incredible debut for Milan teenager
[ITALY/VIDEO] Forget Alexandre Pato. AC Milan fans have a new darling: Alberto Paloschi. The 18-year-old Paloschi scored with his first touch in a Serie A game when he struck a superb goal to give Milan a 1-0 win over Siena.
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Cherundolo back in action
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Steve Cherundolo, who was reported injured and unavailable for the USA’s 2-2 tie with Mexico last Wednesday, played the full 90 minutes for Hannover 96 in its German Bundesliga 2-2 tie with Karlsruhe. Fulham, Reading and Derby County, three EPL clubs stocked with Americans, now fill the relegation zone, while in Italy young Danny Szetela made his debut with Brescia.
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Bradley & Mathis score in Europe
[VIDEO] After a defense-minded performance for the USA in its 2-2 tie with Mexico on Wednesday, Michael Bradley went back to his scoring ways on Saturday when his 13th goal of the Dutch Eredivisie season earned Heerenveen a 1-1 tie at leader PSV Eindhoven. It was the sixth straight game Bradley has scored for Heerenveen. Also on target was Clint Mathis, in his home debut with Greek club Ergotelis.
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U.S. Youth Soccer awards
[AWARDS] Michael Elster (boys) of Sutton (Mass.) Youth Soccer Club and Yon Struble (girls) of the Norcross (Ga.) Soccer Academy were the recipients of the 2007 US Youth Soccer adidas Competitive Coaches of the Year announced at the US Youth Soccer Awards Gala, held in conjunction with the 2008 US Youth Soccer adidas Workshop in Pittsburgh. For all the award winners …
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Sundhage makes big cuts
[U.S. WOMEN] U.S. women’s national team head coach Pia Sundhage has reduced her roster to 26 players who are training at the Home Depot Center to prepare for the 2008 Algarve Cup, which will be held March 5-12 in southern Portugal
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What They’re Saying
“Soon you will have in England no English [club] presidents, you already have no English [national team] coach, you have no English players and maybe now you will have no clubs playing in England. It’s a joke.”
— UEFA president Michel Platini, calling the English Premier League’s plans to consider staging league matches overseas “a nonsense idea.” (Telegraph
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Winter Transfer Moves
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Chris Gbandi became the sixth American to sign with a Norwegian club during the offseason when the former Hermann Trophy winner signed with Adeccoligaen (second division) club FK Haugesund from FC Dallas. For all the winter overseas transfers involving Americans …
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Pharaohs reign again
[AFRICAN NATIONS CUP] Egypt won the African Nations Cup for the sixth time when it beat Cameroon, 1-0, in Sunday’s final on a late goal by Mohamed Aboutrika. The Pharaohs are only the third team to successfully defend its title. Egypt won the first two competitions in 1957 and 1959 and Cameroon won back-to-back titles in 2000 and 2002.
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2008 Schedule Kinder to the Galaxy
Major League Soccer released its 2008 schedule on Thursday, once again ignoring the international calendar. U.S. and other internationals would now miss games the weekends of Sept. 6-7 and Oct. 11-12. Each team plays a total of 30 games, playing home and away games against each of the league’s 13 teams in addition to an […]
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MLS Misses the Boat in Africa
A pair of former MLS players nabbed game-winning goals for their respective countries in two very important games recently. On Sunday, former Colorado and San Jose striker Junior Agogo sent Ghana into the African Nations Cup semifinals with a goal against Nigeria seven minutes from time. Then on Thursday, Alain Nkong, another former Rapids player, […]
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Mixed Reviews for International EPL Matches
English Premier League managers were mixed in their reaction to the news that EPL officials were considering adding a 39th game to the regular season that would be played overseas. Under the new proposal, approved in principle by officials representing each of the league’s 20 clubs, EPL teams would share the revenue generated by these […]
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U.S.-Mexico: No Need to Panic
Soccer blogger Ives Galarcep responds to some of the negative press the U.S. national team received after its 2-2 draw with Mexico on Wednesday night. Galarcep says that having watched the game a second time, there’s no reason “to be in panic mode about any particular aspect of the U.S. team.” That said, some glaring […]
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Big Clubs Face Key Injuries for Weekend Clashes
European league play resumes this weekend, but an inordinate number of key players will be missing for some of the bigger clubs. AC Milan is arguably the hardest hit by the injury bug. Having already endured a terrible first half of the season, Milan will now be without World Player of the Year Kaka and […]
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Soccer on TV
Americans face off in the English Premier League on Saturday when Everton (Tim Howard) hosts Reading (Marcus Hahnemann & Bobby Convey). Also on slate are derbies from England (Manchester United-Manchester City) and Mexico (Atlas-Guadalajara). Bayern Munich meets Werder Bremen in a battle of German Bundesliga leaders. Argentina’s Torneo Clausura kicks off this weekend.
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Shattuck-St. Mary’s players sign at national powers
Seven players signed national letters of intent on Wednesday from Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, the Minnesota boarding school that offers a full-time residential program for soccer players.
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Oregon lands Canadian national team player
Canadian national team player Julie Armstrong highlights a class of five women’s players who signed letters of intent to play for Oregon.
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UCSB adds Barrera and Dominguez
[RECRUITING] UC Santa Barbara moved quickly to replace attacking midfielders Eric Avila and Ciaran O’Brien, who left early to sign with MLS, when it signed Danny Barrera and Bryan Dominguez to national letters of intent.
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NCAA Division I Men’s & Women’s Coaching Changes
Vermont selected Kwame Lloyd, the head coach at Division III Christopher Newport , as the Catamounts’ new women’s head coach. Former American University star Michael Brady left his alma mater, where he was the women’s coach, to become John Kerr Jr.’s assistant at Duke. For all the coaching moves …
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Greg Ryan gets Michigan women’s job
Greg Ryan, who lost of once in 55 games as U.S. women’s national team coach, has been named Michigan’s new women’s coach. “I think it is a program that has a great upside,” said Ryan, who replaces Debbie Rademacher, who started Big Blue women’s soccer and resigned in November after 14 years at the helm.