U.S. U-15 girls national team coach Mike Dickey is holding a week-long training camp for 24 players at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
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Fourth DiMartino enters girls national team program
Rosie DiMartino will become the fourth DiMartino to participate in the U.S. national team program when she participates in the U-14 national team camp, its only camp of the year, beginning Sunday at the Home Depot Center.
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Indiana teen headed to Argentina
Eric Ramirez-Avila, who played this past season in the Indiana Premier League with the Southern Indiana Fusion, will leave Sunday for a three-month stint with Rosario Central’s youth division team in Argentina.
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Wolves train at Derby County
Three members of the Derby County Wolves, who won the 2009 U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-15/16 age group, trained at English club Derby County’s academy program in late summer.
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What They’re Saying
“There has been some backlash for sure, but we try to be up front about it. We try to communicate that these are our goals, and hopefully club presidents, club boards, club coaches, club technical directors understand that it’s also an opportunity for a player to maybe one day play for what should be their hometown team, D.C. United, and this is an avenue for them. There is still some resistance, and club coaches don’t necessarily get that or care.”
— D.C. United General Manager Dave Kasper on conflicts that have risen between local clubs and his MLS club since it launched an advanced youth program. (Washington Post)
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What They’re Saying
“It is the first time I read a national team coach, a person of great institutional responsibility, said the next championship will be won by a certain team, that is Juventus. Even if in his mind he wants this, I think just saying it is a lack of respect.”
— Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho gets hot under the collar because Italian national team coach Marcello Lippi predicted his former club Juventus would win Serie A this season. Said Lippi, “I’m sorry if Mourinho has given this interpretation. It was simply a prediction, one of a thousand hypothesis that are made before the start of the [season].” (Reuters)
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Tarley and Noviello earn top honors
[USL TEAMS OF THE WEEK] Melvin Tarley, whose goal gave the Minnesota Thunder a 1-0 victory at Miami FC for its first USL-1 road win of the season and who followed up with two goals in a 2-2 tie at Austin, and Jyler Noviello, who had the winning and tying goals for the Wilmington Hammerheads in a win and tie that gave them the USL Second Division title, are the USL Players of the Week. For the Teams of the Week …
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Dallas gets ‘Son of the Wind’
[MLS] FC Dallas, which sits in second-to-last in the West with a 6-10-5 record, has aqcuired Honduran attacker Marvin Chavez, whose nickname is “El hijo del viento” (the son of the wind).
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Texan businessman to buy Italy’s Bari
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Timothy Barton became the latest Texan to splurge on a European soccer club when he reached a preliminary deal to buy promoted Italian club Bari.
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Soccer America Women’s Preseason All-Americans
[COLLEGE] Casey Nogueira, the 2008 Soccer America Women’s Player of the Year, heads the Soccer America Women’s Preseason All-American team, as selected by its editors. Nogueira, who helped North Carolina win the 2008 NCAA title and led the nation with 25 goals and 58 points, is one of three Tar Heels on the Preseason All-American first team along with fellow seniors Whitney Engen and Tobin Heath. Florida State, Notre Dame and UCLA are the only teams with two players named to the first and second teams. For all the Preseason All-American selections …
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Werder Bremen Signs Peru Striker Pizarro
Werder Bremen has signed Peru striker Claudio Pizarro on a permanent three-year deal from Chelsea, the Bundesliga club said on Tuesday. Pizarro joined Werder last season on loan, his second stint with the club. From 1999 to 2001, he helped Bremen win the German Cup and reach the UEFA Cup final. Pizarro’s new contract, running […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Ibrahimovic to Debut Against City on Wednesday
Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will make his Barcelona debut in a friendly against Manchester City on Wednesday after recovering from a hand fracture. “He’s in good shape and we are planning on him (Ibrahimovic) playing a part,” Coach Pep Guardiola said at a news conference on Tuesday. Ibrahimovic joined from Inter Milan last month in […]
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Arsenal Might Nab Young American
Arsenal has joined the list of European clubs mining America for young talent. Reports from Young Guns website devoted to Arsenal’s reserve and youth program suggest that the English Premier League club will sign 15-year-old Luis Gil within weeks. Gil is a native of Garden Grove, Calif. He previously played club soccer at Pateadores and […]
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USL For Sale, But Can MLS Afford It?
According to several league and club executives, United Soccer Leagues has been put up for sale by Nike, the majority owner of the league. Two sources from the lower-level league have confirmed that MLS has inquired into purchasing it. Followers of the North American game have long dreamed of a promotion-relegation system similar to the […]
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Saint Louis Athletica Coach Speaks Soccer, Not English
Gabriel Andrade, the translator for Saint Louis Athletica’s Brazilian coach Jorge Barcellos, might have the toughest job on the team. Barcellos speaks little English, so Andrade relays everything Barcellos says in Portuguese to his team, in film sessions, in practice, during games, in one-on-ones with players. Sometimes this can get complicated, like when Barcellos says, […]
Posted inSoccer America Classifieds, Story
Soccer America Classifieds
Welcome to Soccer America Classifieds, Soccer America’s email newsletter connecting soccer companies and organizations to Soccer America members each week. Soccer America Classifieds feature soccer classified advertisements on the latest soccer job openings, soccer products and soccer opportunities. Read Soccer America Classifieds each Wednesday.
Posted inCollege Soccer Reporter, Story
ESPNU to air six SEC women’s games
TELEVISION. ESPNU will for the first time feature SEC women’s soccer in a regular lineup. The soccer schedule includes six games to air on Sundays at 3 p.m. ET — five regular-season games and the SEC Tournament championship game on Nov. 8 from Orange Beach, Ala. The highlight will the Oct. 18 match between defending champion Florida and Georgia.
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Cristiano Ronaldo chases Beckham dollars
[BY THE NUMBERS] Cristiano Ronaldo, who moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid on a $130 transfer, could rival David Beckham in endorsement income.
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Red Bulls sign Argentine defender
[MLS] The New York Red Bulls, MLS’s worst team with only two wins, got reinforcement in 25-year-old Argentine defender Walter Garcia, who arrives from Argentine second division club Quilmes.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“It’s easy to translate his passion. It’s his sayings that get complicated. His vocabulary is very rich, and sometimes he uses words that I have a hard time finding in English. I have to use simpler words when he wants to use more eloquent words.”
— Gabriel Andrade, the translator for Jorge Barcellos, the Brazilian coach of WPS’s St. Louis Athletica who says things such as “A bird who goes along with bats sleeps upside down” and “[I] didn’t take this job to bring grass for the donkeys to eat.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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Soccer America Women’s Preseason Top 25
[COLLEGE] Defending champion North Carolina is No. 1 in the Soccer America Women’s Preseason Top 25 rankings, as selected by its editors. The Tar Heels, who return nine starters, including 2008 Soccer America Player of the Year Casey Nogueira, from last year’s College Cup championship team and welcome back two starters — Nikki Washington and Meghan Klingenberg — who missed the postseason because of their participation at the U-20 Women’s World Cup, are seeking their 20th national title in 28 years. Pac-10 rivals Stanford and UCLA are 2-3 in the Preseason Top 25, while Portland and Notre Dame round out the top 5. For the complete Soccer America Women’s Preseason Top 25 rankings …
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Soccer on TV
The European Champions League is back and makes a switch to the Fox Networks. Three MLS teams (Columbus, D.C. United, Houston) will see action in the Concacaf Champions League in the midweek. MLS goes prime time on Wednesday (Chicago-Los Angeles) and Thursday (Seattle-New England) on EPSN2. Look for updates, including Mexican league broadcasts, in Wednesday’s and Friday’s Soccer on TV.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Pumas Struggling After Break
Pumas won the Clausura championship last season. But after the mid-season break the Apertura tournament has been a different story. Pumas are winless after four rounds, losing to Tigres, 2-1, on Saturday. On the bright side, Pablo Barrera scored the first goal of the season for Pumas, ending a 323-minute drought. But the team finished […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Rooney Looks Forward to Chance to Silence Critics
Wayne Rooney is looking forward to proving wrong the critics who have questioned Manchester United’s ability to win a fourth-straight league title, after the departures of two high-profile playmakers. “Obviously we’ve lost two world-class players in Cristiano [Ronaldo] and Carlos Tevez,” Rooney told the Mirror. “We want to prove to everyone that we’re worthy champions […]
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Wenger Defends Arsenal’s Fiscal Policy
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has suggested that his team’s performance over the last four years should be placed within context of the financial battle that the team is fighting. Arsenal owes $650 million in debt. The mortgage for the team’s new Emirates Stadium, however, accounts for most of that figure. In defending Arsenal’s seemingly […]