In the last 18 months, Pachuca won the 2006 Mexican Clausura, 2006 Copa Sudamericana, 2007 CONCACAF Champions Cup, 2007 Mexican Clausura and 2007 SuperLiga, but the Tuzos have finally run out of gas.
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MLS Cup to make another Depot stop
[MAKING A LIST] MLS Cup is headed back to the Home Depot Center for the third time. MLS announced that the 2008 final would be played at the Carson, Calif., stadium on Nov. 23. RFK Stadium, site of MLS Cup 2007, is only other other existing stadium to host the final three times.
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Bench Becks for Croatia
Israel handed England a serious lifeline over the weekend by beating Russia, 2-1. Qualification for the Euro 2008 Championships is now firmly in England’s hands. A win or a draw against Croatia, which has already qualified, would do the trick. However, England’s good fortune follows a dismal performance against Austria on Friday. The meaningless friendly […]
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Fire’s Wanchope, 31, Retires
Less than a week after teammate Chris Armas announced his retirement, Chicago Fire forward Paulo Wanchope followed suit, retiring from the game at the age of 31. He cited chronic injury and fatigue as the main reasons for his decision. Wanchcope played in several leagues across the globe, including Costa Rica, England, Qatar, Spain, Argentina […]
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L.A. to Keep Donovan After Rule Reversal
It looks like the L.A. Galaxy will be able to keep Landon Donovan after all: the MLS Board of Governors on Friday voted to allow Donovan, Kansas City’s Eddie Johnson, and FC Dallas’ Carlos Ruiz to remain with their respective clubs without having to use a designated player slot, as had been previously decided. These […]
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Lack of Firepower Hurts Revs, Again
New England Revolution Coach Steve Nicol was typically pragmatic in his assessment of the Revs’ 2-1 MLS Cup final loss to the Houston Dynamo: “They had two chances in the game and scored. We had numerous chances and no score.” For Nicol, that’s what separated the two teams on Sunday, not some “curse” that many […]
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The Houston Dynasty
Aside from that bright orange jersey, the Houston Dynamo is arguably the least flashy team in MLS. There was no big-name designated player, no hot new foreign talent, or no brand new stadium for Houston this year, but the only result that matters stayed the same: the Dynamo, in beating New England 2-1 on Sunday, […]
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Fields set for NCAA Division II and III final fours
[SMALL COLLEGE RESULTS] The fields are set for the NCAA Division II and III men’s and women’s final fours. The Division III finals will be played next weekend at the Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Division II finals will be held the following week in Orange Beach, Ala. For all the weekend results …
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Yavapai and CCBC Catonsville capture JC titles
[NJCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS] Yavapai beat top seed Georgia Perimeter, 5-4, in a shootout to win its sixth national title at the NJCAA Division I men’s championships in Tyler, Texas. The Roughriders were trailing, 3-2, with two minutes to play in regulation when Justin Meram equalized to send the final into overtime. CCBC Catonsville beat Iowa Western, 1-0, to claim the NJCAA Division I men’s championship in Albany, Ga. For all the scores and schedules …
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Boston College completes ACC double
[ACC FINAL] Boston College completed an ACC double — its first regular-season and tournament championships since joining the conference in 2005 — by beating top-ranked Wake Forest, 2-1, in Sunday’s final in Cary, N.C.
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Soccer America Men’s Top 25
Connecticut claimed the top spot in the final Soccer America Men’s Top 25 thanks to its sweep of the Big East Tournament and last week’s No. 1 Wake Forest’s 2-1 loss to Boston College in the ACC final. Brown and Santa Clara, which finished with one loss apiece, moved up to No. 2 and No. 3 ahead of BC and Wake. Conference USA champion Tulsa was No. 6. For the final Top 25 …
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NCAA Division I Men’s Scoreboard
[THE 23 CHAMPIONS] Central Connecticut State, the first No. 4 seed to win the Northeast Conference tournament in a decade, was the lowest seed to win a men’s conference tournament. Three No. 3 seeds — Campbell (Atlantic Sun), Massachusetts (Atlantic-10) and UIC (Horizon) — captured conference titles. New Mexico won the last remaining automatic berth from a conference that didn’t sponsor a postseason tournament when it clinched its fourth straight MPSF title with a 0-0 tie at Denver. For all the conference tournament champions, all the results and goalscorers …
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Texas prevails in rain-soaked clasico
[TEXAS A&M-TEXAS] On the first weekend of play in the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament, no game was bigger than the Texas A&M-Texas game in College Station, and it certainly lived up to its billing. Despite pouring rain and the threat of hail and thunderstorms that delayed the start of the game for 50 minutes, 2,438 fans showed up at Aggie Soccer Stadium — the largest crowd of the weekend — to watch A&M and UT put on a show.
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Late dramatics highlight women’s play
[HEADLINERS] The second round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament produced its share of drama. Golden goals rescued two seeds, and show-stopping performances sent other teams through to the Sweet 16 with upset victories.
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NCAA Division I Women’s Scoreboard
[FROM 64 DOWN TO 16] Texas knocked out No. 2 seed Texas A&M, 3-2, on Saturday, and three other regional seeds fell on Sunday. Indiana beat No. 2 Purdue in a shootout. Duke beat No. 3 Georgia, 1-0. Connecticut also downed No. 4 Wake Forest, 1-0. For all the weekend results and goalscorers …
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: NAIA National Championships
Top-seeded Azusa Pacific recovered from a 1-0 deficit at halftime to dispose of Fresno Pacific, in the quarterfinals of the NAIA Men’s National Championships. Auburn-Montgomery got goals from Kari Arsaelsson and Magnus Olafsson — two of eight Icelanders in the starting lineup — to beat seven-time champion Lindsey Wilson, the second seed. Canadian entrant Simon Fraser, winner of three NAIA titles, and Concordia (Calif.) also moved into the semifinals with wins on Saturday. Azusa Pacific is also still alive at the women’s nationals in Daytona Beach, Fla., thanks to its 4-1 win over Northwood. No. 1 seed Lee, defending champion Lindsey Wilson and Martin Methodist are also through to Monday’s semifinals. For all the results, goal scorers and schedules …
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What They’re Saying
“It was a tale of two halves. In the first half, we outplayed them. We had quality chances. In the second half, we bunkered in and just didn’t get the job done.”
— New England star Taylor Twellman, bemoaning the Revs’ approach after they blew a 1-0 halftime lead and lost to the Houston Dynamo, 2-1, in the MLS Cup final.
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying Results
Argentina, Paraguay and Colombia won South America qualifiers over the weekend. Singapore, Syria, Thailand and Turkmenistan clinched berths in Asia’s group stage.Featuring MLS players Andrew Boyens and Duncan Oughton in the starting lineup, New Zealand escaped from Vanuatu with a 2-1 win on a stoppage-time goal in Oceania qualifying. For all the results and standings …
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Imports Emilio, Angel and Schelotto head all-MLS team
[MLS BEST XI] Three first-year players — MVP Luciano Emilio (D.C. United), Juan Pablo Angel (New York) and Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Columbus) — are among the players named to annual MLS Best XI, its all-league team determined by equal voting from the media, MLS players and MLS coaches and general managers.
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REPORT CARD: D-Ro does it
[MLS CUP ’07 GRADES] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the Houston and New England players who took part in the Dynamo’s 2-1 win on Sunday.
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Revs and Dynamo resort to form
Ridge Mahoney reporting from MLS Cup ’07
[Video] Houston maintained the status quo, and so did New England. The Dynamo is still a team that can win the final and the Revs aren’t. Joseph Ngwenya and Dwayne DeRosario scored to erase a 1-0 Revs halftime lead provided by Taylor Twellman‘s third playoff goal and retain the MLS Cup, 2-1, before a crowd of nearly 40,000 at RFK Stadium.
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More magic from Riquelme and Kaka
[WORLD CUP HEADLINERS/VIDEO] Thanks in large part to Juan Pablo Riquelme, Argentina remained perfect in World Cup qualifying. Riquelme and Brazil’s Kaka made highlight reels around the world with exquisite strikes. Ecuador, a World Cup finalist in 2002 and 2006, is pointless at the bottom of South America’s 10-team competition after a 5-1 loss to Paraguay that cost Coach Luis Suarez his job.
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Euro 2008 Qualifying Results
Six more teams qualified for the Euro ’08 finals. Poland, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands all clinched with wins, while Croatia, a 2-0 loser at Macedonia, and idle France both qualified thanks to the other results in their respective groups on Saturday.
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REPORT CARD: Solid games by Adu and Edu
[USA-SOUTH AFRICA GRADES] Soccer America’s Paul Kennedy grades the U.S. players’ performance in their 1-0 victory at South Africa on Saturday.
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English hopes brighten thanks to Israeli win
[ISRAEL-RUSSIA] There was gloom and doom last month when England fell to Russia, 2-1, compromising its chances of reaching the Euro ’08 finals. It was all but conceded that England wouldn’t be going — one report calculated the cost to the FA of not making the Euro ’08 finals at tens of millions of dollars — but it was based on the assumption Russia would beat Israel in Tel Aviv. A mistaken assumption, indeed.