The San Francisco-based California Victory, which debuted in 2007, won’t return to USL-1 in 2008 but defending champion Seattle Sounders will return for one more season before Seattle becomes an MLS city in 2009 – setting up an 11-team slate in which each team will play 30 games.
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What They’re Saying
“It is a little difficult to relive that. Mentally, I was full of all sorts of emotions. The World Cup was the only thing that kept me together after the death of my father [in June], kept me fighting and together and dedicated to the game. More so, the moment I realized we didn’t have the opportunity to win the gold medal, my world came tumbling down. I had nothing to immediately give back to my father. I was wound so tight emotionally, and the moment after the loss I broke.”
— U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo, who was controversially benched during last summer’s Women’s World Cup and then kicked off the team for criticizing the decision. Solo made her first public comments on the incident to the Associated Press on Thursday.
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U.S. U-17s win in Cabrera’s debut
The U.S. U-17 ’92 national team won its first international match under new coach Wilmer Cabrera when it beat Russia, 2-0, on Thursday at the Development Academy Nike Friendlies in Bradenton, Fla. For more on Cabrera’s debut and all the Nike Friendlies results …
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Atlante holds UNAM to 0-0 tie in finals
[MEXICO] Atlante held UNAM to a 0-0 tie Thursday in the first leg of the Torneo Apertura finals played in Mexico City, its old home.
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UEFA Cup Results
With American Dan Califf again starting in the middle of the defense, AaB was knocked out of the UEFA Cup on Thursday when it fell at home to Spanish club Getafe, 2-1. The Danish club finished in last place in Group H with one point in four games. The top three teams in each group advance to the round of 32 in February. For all the results and goal scorers …
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Beckham to Rep England for 2018 Bid?
L.A. Galaxy midfielder David Beckham confirmed his interest in working as the ambassador for England’s 2018 World Cup bid. The 32-year-old has yet to officially discuss the role with England’s Football Association, but the BBC understands that the organizing board wants him and that Beckham would be happy to oblige. After all, the former England […]
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Inter, Roma Pull Away in Serie A
The Scudetto race is taking shape as the Serie A season approaches its mid-point. As expected, defending champ Inter Milan and defending No. 2 AS Roma are pulling away from the pack. Each posted comfortable victories during makeup games last night: Inter breezed past Roma neighbor Lazio, 3-0, while the Romans were caused few problems […]
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TFC Courts New England’s Nicol, Mariner
Several news outlets are reporting that Toronto FC is courting the New England Revolution’s Steve Nicol and Paul Mariner for its head-coaching job, as Mo Johnston, the man currently occupying that post, looks set to move into TFC’s front office. Sources tell Goal.com that Johnston wanted to put Nicol, a longtime friend and former roommate […]
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The USA’s Experienced U-23 Squad
The U.S. will be taking arguably its deepest ever U-23 squad to the Olympics in Beijing this summer, says the L.A. Daily News’ Nick Green, who notes that this Olympics team is more closely tied to the full national team than any squad in the past. In all, seven in the 22-player camp made their […]
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Americans Poised for Derby County Shakeup
Coach Billy Davies is now out at Derby County, the last place team in England’s Premiership, a move that could have significant repercussions for Eddie Lewis and Benny Feilhaber, a pair of Americans who call Derby County home, says USSoccerPlayers’ J Hutcherson. Davies was replaced by former Wigan Athletic coach Paul Jewell, a man who […]
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NCAA Division III Final Leading Goal Scorers
Brian Nord of Concordia (Wis.) and Natalie Lappe of Greenville are the 2007 NCAA Division III goal scoring champions. For the Top 10 men’s and women’s goal scorers …
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NCAA Division I Tournament TV Schedules
All three games from the Women’s College Cup in College Station will be broadcast live on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. For the men’s and women’s weekend schedules …
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Georgia locks up Baker through 2012
Patrick Baker, who led Georgia to a record-breaking campaign in 2007, has been rewarded with a three-year contract extension.
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Samford grants Yelton a 10-year extension
Samford University has handed Todd Yelton, one of the most sought-after young women’s soccer coaches in the country, a 10-year extension after he led the Bulldogs to an at-large berth in the 2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament from the unheralded Ohio Valley Conference.
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Notre Dame’s seniors get another shot
Paul Kennedy continues the Men’s Elite 8 Countdown
Everyone knows about Notre Dame star Joseph Lapira, the Ragin’ Cajun who parlayed a breakout season last year into a callup from the Irish national team last spring. But the Louisianan is only a part of an outstanding senior class that led the Fighting Irish back to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, where they face Wake Forest Saturday.
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OFF THE POST: 72-year-old plays 60th season
Dickie Borthwick of Weymouth, England is entering his 60th season of soccer. The 72-year-old is playing for Wyke Rangers, a team he joined three decades ago, and hits the field with some players 50 years his junior. “I have lost a bit of pace and can’t run as much as I used to, but I am still quick in the mind and that’s what counts,” he told The Daily Mail . Since joining a team in 1947 at age 12, he’s never been cautioned or red-carded. “I am a clean player and I believe in playing hard but fair,” he said.
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Modest Argentine club wins Copa Sudamericana
Argentine club Arsenal, which had not won a title in its 50-year history, won the Copa Sudamericana final on away goals after a 2-1 loss to Club America ended the series 4-4 on aggregate. Club America, the third Mexican team to reach the final in three years, was headed toward victory in Buenos Aires when Martin Andrizzi scrambled through its defense before scoring an 83rd minute goal. Arsenal won the first leg, 3-2, in Mexico City.
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Club World Cup TV Schedule
The Club World Cup begins Friday in Japan with a first-round match between Iran’s Sepahan, the Asian champion, and New Zealand’s Waitakere United, the Oceania winner. Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Espanol will provide live coverage from the tournament, which continues through Dec. 16.
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UEFA Cup Results
With American Tim Howard in goal, English club Everton beat Zenit St. Petersburg, 1-0, to clinch a berth in the round of 32 of the UEFA Champions League. Atletico Madrid, Villarreal, Hamburg and FC Basel also won Wednesday to advance to the knockout phase. American Ramiro Corrales‘ foul set up Basel’s winning free kick by Carlitos in the Swiss club’s 1-0 win over Brann, which is in third place in Group D with four points and still has a chance of advancing depending on next week’s game between Dinamo Zagreb and Rennes. For all the UEFA Cup results …
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“What happened in the game?”
— The first words from outgoing Japan coach Ivica Osim when the Bosnian came out of a two-week coma. Osim suffered a stroke at his suburban Tokyo home while watching an English Premier League game on TV. (Guardian)
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Officials Suggest Albania Fixed Euro Qualifiers
The Albanian soccer federation president and the Albanian national team are the subject of scathing attacks by high-profile public figures within the country. Reuters reports that Prime Minister Sali Berisha recently called the national team a “mafia group,” while Culture Minister Ylli Pango Prime Minister accused the soccer federation president of “selling” two of Albania’s […]
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FIFA Warns Iran over Mixing Politics and Soccer
FIFA has demanded that the Iranian Soccer Federation bar public officials from interfering with the sport, giving the federation two days to respond to the demands laid out by the organization and the Asian Football Federation. The Iranian Football Federation and the Iranian Physical Education Organization left a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, agreeing to […]
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Liverpool’s Record CL Win Linked to Match-Fixing Scandal
Liverpool’s historic 8-0 drubbing of Besiktas in the Champions League last month is one of the 26 European matches under investigation for potential match-fixing, according to a report from the German paper Süddeutsche Zeitung. The Reds’ Anfield win was the largest margin in the competition’s history, although that result now looks in doubt. The German […]
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Paring Down MLS Offseason Expectations
The MLS offseason looks destined to become a time of year for fans, full with the thought of “Hey, they managed to sign Beckham, right?” to dream big. And dreaming big is exactly what many are already doing. So who’ll be the big signing this summer, Andriy Shevchenko, Thierry Henry, Ronaldo, maybe even Ronaldinho? Goal.com’s […]
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Freddy Steady in Portugal
The New York Times’ Jack Bell checks in with Benfica and U.S. national team prodigy Freddy Adu. Mere weeks after his high profile transfer from Major League Soccer to the Portuguese giant, we were worried that the youngster’s future was immediately in doubt when Benfica replaced its head coach with Spanish tactician Jose Antonio Camacho. […]