[MAKING A LIST] Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan) and Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea) scored on Tuesday to give them 60 career goals in European club competitions, second behind only retired Gerd Mueller (62 goals). Raul (59) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (54) both scored for Real Madrid on Tuesday against Werder Bremen.
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UEFA Champions League Results
Defending champion AC Milan opened its UEFA Champions League campaign with a 2-1 win over Benfica, while last season’s runner-up, Liverpool, was held to a 1-1 tie by Porto, the other Portuguese representative in action on Tuesday. For the complete results and goalscorers …
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Day 1 of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League wraps up on Wednesday with live and delayed coverage on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Classic and Setanta Sports USA. Setanta also offers live pay-per-view coverage, and Internet viewing is available on ESPN360.com.
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Getting grants takes persistence
Grants may be a potential funding source for your soccer club or organization.
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Roma Form Will Decide CL Group of Death
The UEFA Champions League returns Wednesday, and while opening day clashes like Real Madrid-Werder Bremen, Barcelona-Lyon and Arsenal-Sevilla will be stealing headlines, many pundits and neutrals have their eye firmly trained on Group D, the so-called Group of Death, which contains English champion Manchester United, Ukrainian champion Dynamo Kiev, Portuguese No. 2 Sporting Lisbon, and […]
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U.S. Women Top ‘Group of Death’
The U.S. women labored to defeat Nigeria, 1-0, in the final game of group qualifying on Tuesday, a win that combined with Sweden’s 2-1 win over North Korea earned the USA first place in Group B and a quarterfinal date against England on Saturday (North Korea faces Germany in another quarterfinal). The Americans scored after […]
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Will Veron be the Next Over-30 DP?
According to various reports, D.C. United is close to finalizing a deal that would bring Argentine legend Juan Sebastian Veron to Major League Soccer next year. However, the story of Veron’s possible signing is a tale of two takes. Soccer pundit Ives Galarcep is excited at the prospect of Seba in America, and while Ian […]
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Arsenal to Become Billionaire Club
The Guardian’s Matt Scott says that Arsenal FC effectively became “a billion-pound football club” Tuesday when Uzbeki Alisher Usmanov bought an additional 3.13 percent of the club for $40 million, bringing his total stake in Arsenal to 21 percent. The purchase means that the billionaire is now Arsenal’s second largest shareholder, behind Danny Fiszman, who […]
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Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week
Senior forward Sherron Manswell, whose two goals less than four minutes apart gave Boston College a 2-0 win over then-No. 6 Maryland in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener, is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 11-16.
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Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week
Virginia senior Shannon Foley, who tied a career-high for points with her two-goal, one-assist performance in a 4-0 win over ranked Colorado, is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 10-16.
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Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week
William & Mary goalkeeper Meghan Walker and Oklahoma State’s Swedish star, Yolanda Odenyo, who helped their teams record major upsets over North Carolina and Notre Dame, respectively, were among the players named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 10-16.
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Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week
A trio of West Coast forwards — Conor Chinn (San Francisco), Kevin Forrest (Washington) and Maxwell Griffin (UCLA) — who led their respective teams to a pair of tournament wins over the weekend were named to the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 10-16.
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U.S. Soccer’s Development Academy kicks off with Depot showcase
U.S. Soccer’s Development Academy is set to debut competition with the inaugural Fall Showcase Weekend Oct. 6-8 at the National Training Center in Carson, Calif. Forty teams from 20 elite clubs will participate in the three-day event, which includes teams at the U-16 and U-18 age groups.
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Santos stays undefeated with tie
[AMERICANS IN MEXICO] Santos Laguna tied, 1-1, at Monterrey to remain undefeated in the Mexican Apertura season after eight games, all of which have seen New Mexico product Edgar Castillo go the full 90. Texas product Sonny Guadarrama entered the game for Santos in the 88th minute for his second appearance of the season. Californian Jesus Padilla made his fifth appearance in Chivas Guadalajara’s 1-0 win over Cruz Azul, coming on as a 64th minute sub.
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UEFA Champions League Record Book
[MAKING A LIST] Real Madrid’s Raul enters the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League as the record holder in games played and goals. For the all-time leaders …
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
The group stage of the UEFA Champions League kicks off with live and delayed coverage of Tuesday’s matches on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and Setanta Sports USA. There is also live pay-per-view coverage as well as Internet viewing on ESPN360.com.
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Michael Bradley scores first Eredivisie goal
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Midfielder Michael Bradley scored his first goal for his Dutch First Division squad since joining Heereveen in the middle of the 2005-06 season. The 20-year-old scored the final goal of a 5-2 win at Excelsior on Saturday and assisted on his team’s second goal, the 2-2 equalizer.
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What They’re Saying
“This is not new. I’ve been thinking about it since I took over. In my opinion, our green is confusing with the field – as grass is green. It looks like there are fewer players on the field. … With the color change, I think we’ll have the impression of having 12 or 13 players on the field.”
— Mexico coach Hugo Sanchez announces the Mexican national team will ditch its signature green jerseys and will wear white shirts for home games and red for road matches. (Ticker)
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Galaxy to head Down Under
The Associated Press reports that the Los Angeles Galaxy will travel to Australia and New Zealand for exhibition games against Sydney FC on Nov. 27 and the Wellington Phoenix in early December. David Beckham is expected to have recovered from his knee and ankle injuries by then.
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Feilhaber makes EPL debut
[AMERICANS IN ENGLAND] Benny Feilhaber made his English Premier League debut on Monday as an 80th minute sub for Derby County in a 1-0 win over Newcastle. Feilhaber, 22, joined Derby from Bundesliga club Hamburg SV in the offseason but was prevented from an earlier debut because of delays in his visa processing. The win was Derby’s first of the season and moved it out of last place.
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Tim Howard recovering from hand injury
[CORRECTION] American goalkeeper Tim Howard did not play in Everton’s 1-0 loss to Manchester United last weekend, as reported in Monday’s Daily. Howard dislocated a finger in 58th minute of the USA’s 4-2 loss to Brazil Sept. 9. He managed to play the rest of the game but was deemed unfit upon his return to his English Premier League club. German keeper Stefan Wessels started for Everton in Howard’s place.
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England Blows Past Argentina and into WWC Quarters
England strolled through to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup with its biggest win in a significant tournament. Kelly Smith, the former Seton Hall and WUSA and W-League star, scored two more goals, celebrating with more discretion this time, to join Birgit Prinz and Marta, FIFA’s most recent world players of the year, with […]
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Barca’s ‘Galactico’ Problem
It looks like Barcelona has inherited Real Madrid’s “galactico” problem, suggests Phil Ball of ESPN Soccernet. A lineup containing Ronaldinho, Leo Messi, Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto’o, Deco and the emerging Mexican starlet Giovanni Dos Santos might just have one ego too many, as evidenced by the noticeable lack of cohesion from Barca’s disgruntled superstars at […]
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Is the MLS Expansion ‘Un-American’?
A BigSoccer blogger who goes by the name VioletCrown wonders if Major League Soccer is becoming “un-American” in its quest for on-field quality and commercial success. He writes: “With all the talk on expansion threads of ‘MLS is becoming like the NASL, expanding too fast. I find it interesting that no-one has expressed any concern […]
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L.A. Defense Collapses, Again, in Loss to Houston
Frank Yallop’s former team gave his current one a comprehensive rollover at the Home Depot Center on Sunday, becoming the first team in the West to clinch a playoff spot. Defending MLS champ Houston Dynamo, once the San Jose Earthquakes under Yallop, dominated the last third of an otherwise closely contested game, winning, 3-1, to […]