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The Red Bulls got some relief over the weekend. In Richie Williams‘ first game as interim coach, the team snapped its 16-game winless streak in all competitions, winning for the first time since May 8 and two days after the resignation of Juan Carlos Osorio. Juan Pablo Angel struck twice, becoming the club’s leader in […]

Coming off short rest after playing in Seattle on Thursday night, the New England Revolution didn’t show signs of tiring at home against Real Salt Lake on Sunday. A Kheli Dube hat trick – the first New England hat trick since Taylor Twellman scored three against Columbus on Sept. 10, 2005 – propelled New England […]

Sky Blue FC completed a season wrought with ups and downs with a championship trophy. "We've been through a lot this year," Christie Rampone, the team's player-coach said. "But this team stuck together. Our goal coming into the playoffs was making sure we had each others' backs and playing with no pressure." Rampone took over […]

In the Bundesliga, Hamburg SV ended defending champ Wolfsburg’s run of 16 straight home wins with a 4-2 away win on Sunday. Wolfsburg, which had not lost at home for 20 games, battled back from a 2-0 deficit by scoring twice in under four minutes early in the second half. But Hamburg struck back with […]

Atletico Paranaense beat San Paulo, 1-0, to end the defending champion's seven-match winning steak in the Brazilian league on Sunday. Veteran midfielder Paulo Baier scored the winning goal in the 87th minute, a header off a cross from right midfielder Gabriel. With its first loss in nine matches, Sao Paulo missed a chance to keep […]

Sevilla has signed striker Alvaro Negredo from Real Madrid to a five-year contract. Spanish media reports put the price tag at about $21 million. Negredo had played for the past two seasons at Almeria before being re-sold to Madrid last month as proposed in the terms of his original sale. Madrid has a surplus of […]

Mexican club Toluca brought its top guns for the CONCACAF Champions League match Thursday against San Juan Jabloteh in Port-of-Spain. The move paid off as Toluca. Raul Nava scored in the ninth minute and the visitors held on for a 1-0 victory. Next up for Toluca is a trip to Washington, D.C., for a match […]

“He’s getting better, he’s returning. It’s now or never,” AC Milan coach Leonardo said of Brazilian star Ronaldinho before the club’s league opener. “Now is his moment for Milan and for the national team.” The twice FIFA World Player of the Year’s form has slid noticeably since 2006. But Leonardo says he has seen encouraging […]

During AC Milan’s preseason tour of America, newly signed defender Oguchi Onyewu sat down with the New York Times’ Jeffrey Marcus for an interview. Onyewu speaks candidly about handling the pressure of the big stage, his new team, and his identity as a person and player. He emphasizes his hunger to learn from this new […]

Sky Blue FC, New Jersey’s Women’s Professional Soccer team, has achieved a remarkable turnaround this season, overcoming a last-place start, two coaching changes and injuries to its star forward. On May 25, nine weeks into the inaugural season of WPS, Sky Blue sat seventh – dead last – in WPS with a 1-4-2 record. The […]

The recession isn’t affecting the revenues generated by the European Champions League, the world’s most lucrative club competition. According to UEFA figures, the tournament will earn a record $1.55 billion in marketing and television revenues for clubs and organizer UEFA this season, a figure up 33 percent from last season. And this revenue stream isn’t […]