World Soccer has an interview with Roma captain Francesco Totti, one of a rare breed of loyal players who’s spent his entire career playing for the club he grew up supporting. Even at 31, Totti continues to play some of the best soccer of his 14-year career, looking to follow up on last year’s Golden […]
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Nike Acquires Umbro for $583 Million
There was major news in the soccer business world today as U.S. sportswear giant Nike agreed to buy Umbro of the U.K. According to Marketwatch, the $583 million acquisition was aimed specifically at strengthening the American apparel and shoe company’s position in the burgeoning market for soccer merchandise. The deal, the report says, represents a […]
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MLS Playoffs (Almost) Perfectly Poised
Beckham or no Beckham, this year’s MLS playoffs are shaping up to be the most exciting yet, says Boston Globe columnist Frank Dell’Apa. The marquee match-up, unquestionably is the Chicago-D.C. United series, which pits Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Chicago’s thrusting offense against the league’s best midfield and its top scorer — and possible MVP — Luciano […]
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Poor Performances Cap Becks’ First Season
The unraveling of the L.A. Galaxy’s playoff dream illuminates a few harsh realities about David Beckham’s form, says Paul Gardner in his column for the New York Sun. Millions and millions of dollars have been heaped on the England national team star, but Becks, all told, “turned out to be a flop on the field” […]
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He Said, He Said
So what sparked that angry exchange between coaches Preki and Dominic Kinnear Saturday in the melee that broke out seconds after Chivas USA and Houston had played a 0-0 tie at Home Depot Center? According to a source who spoke with one of the participants – not Preki or Kinnear – tensions between the benches […]
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NCAA Women’s Division I Scoring Leaders
Texas A&M’s Ashlee Pistorius has caught Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi at the top of the NCAA Division I women’s scoring charts. For the Top 10 goal scorers …
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NCAA Men’s Division I Scoring Leaders
Sophomore Michael Ferguson of Loyola (Ill.) moved to within one goal of NCAA Division I men’s leading scorer O’Brian White (Connecticut). For the Top 10 goal scorers …
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Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week
Sophomore Lauren Cheney, who was involved in all four Bruin goals in a pair of 2-0 Pac-10 wins over No. 2 Stanford and then-No. 14 Cal, is Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21, becoming the first player this season to win two weekly awards.
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Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week
North Carolina’s Meghan Klingenberg, whose golden goal beat Boston College in a key ACC match, was among four freshmen named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21. For the complete Team of the Week …
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Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week
The Big East quartet of Timothy Murray (Providence), Jason Bristol (West Virginia), Tomislav Barisic (Rutgers) and Othaniel Yanez (Louisville) heads the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21. For the complete Team of the Week …
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Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week
Michael Lahoud, who had a breakout week for No. 1 Wake Forest, is Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Oct. 15-21.
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No second chance for Ryan
[HISTORY] Greg Ryan‘s tenure as U.S. women’s national team coach was the shortest of all U.S. women’s head coaches since the creation of world championships for women’s soccer — World Cup and Olympics. He is also the first to have failed to win a world title while in charge of the U.S. women. Anson Dorrance resigned three years after guiding the USA to the first Women’s World Cup title in 1991. In Tony DiCicco‘s first championship in charge, the USA finished third at the World Cup, but DiCicco won gold a year later in the first women’s Olympic tournament in 1996 and lifted the World Cup in 1999. April Heinrichs failed to guide the USA to titles in her first two world championships but won Olympic gold in 2004. Ryan was dismissed after his first world championship in charge, this year’s third-place finish at the World Cup in China.
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‘Hope is not suspended from the team’
[AUDIO/TRANSCRIPTS] U.S. President Sunil Gulati fielded myriad questions regarding the future of the women’s national team program in Monday’s press conference announcing the dismissal of Coach Greg Ryan, including queries on the status of goalkeeper Hope Solo, criteria for the new hire and the importance of hiring a female coach.
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What They’re Saying
“We will go out and fly some airplanes or race some cars or something like that. I’ll talk to Victoria and see if she’s all right with that. But we’ll have some fun.”
— Actor Tom Cruise on how he’ll help his buddy David Beckham get over his disappointing first season with the Los Angeles Galaxy. (Press Association)
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
The Rangers-Barcelona game will be one of four UEFA Champions League games on Tuesday to be broadcast live on U.S. television. For complete listings …
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying Results
First-action action in Asia continued Monday with Asian champion Iraq knocking off Pakistan, 7-0, in Lahore. Mahdi Karim scored four goals to lead Iraq, which earned its first win under Norwegian coach Egil Olsen. For all of the Sunday and Monday results …
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2007 Golden Ball nominees
The 50 finalists for the 2007 Golden Ball play in 10 different leagues, including for the first time Major League Soccer. Here’s the list from Abidal to Villa …
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BY THE NUMBERS: 2007 Golden Ball nominees
Italy leads all countries with eight players nominated for the 2007 Golden Ball, while AC Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid lead all clubs with six players each on the list of 50 candidates.
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Golden Ball goes global
The Golden Ball (“Ballon d’Or”), which has been awarded to the European Player of the Year since 1956, has gone global. For the first time, the Golden Ball will awarded without regard to the country in which a player is playing. This year’s list of nominees includes four players competing on teams outside Europe including the Los Angeles Galaxy’s David Beckham.
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What Does ‘Brazilian Soccer’ Mean, Anyway?
Thanks to globalization, Brazilian soccer in recent years has become an increasingly “vague” term, says BBC’s Tim Vickery, a concept that’s underscored by events in Brazil last week. On Wednesday, the Brazilian national team returned home to play a match in front of its own people for the first time in two years, during which […]
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Villarreal, Espanyol Steal Headlines in Spain
Widely regarded as the second club of their city, Villarreal, a Valencia suburb, and Espanyol of Barcelona stole headlines in Spain this weekend by handing comprehensive defeats to FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively. Villarreal routed Barcelona, 3-1, in the first half at El Madrigal and then held on to win by the same score […]
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Liverpool-Everton Ref Forced to Sit
It’s not often that England’s Professional Game Match Board, the organization that allocates referees for games, hands out suspensions, which means that when it does, the performance of the referee in question must have been pretty awful, indeed. For his awful performance in the Merseyside derby on Saturday — awful to anyone who doesn’t support […]
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Red Bulls’ Waterreus to Retire
He hasn’t been here long, but New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Ronald Waterreus has decided to retire from the game at the end of his debut season in Major League Soccer. The club made the announcement last Friday, following the Bulls’ 1-1 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy, in which Jeff Conway was once again […]
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Is that it for Beckhamania?
David Beckham (and by extension, MLS, Alexi Lalas and the L.A. Galaxy) have much to prove next year following the global icon’s disappointing first season in Major League Soccer. At the end of his five total years as a player in the American league, there will no doubt be an asterisk next to 2007, the […]
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Soccer On TV
The European Champions League hits Game Day 3 this week and games televised in the USA include Tuesday’s clash between Barcelona and Glasgow Rangers, for which American DaMarcus Beasley could see action. MLS playoffs kick off on Thursday when Chicago hosts D.C. United