[U.S. U-20 WOMEN’S ROSTER] The U.S. under-20 women’s national team begins its three-game tour of England on Tuesday with a game against the Everton Ladies.
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OFF THE POST: Peace beats War in shootout
Peace took an early lead but War recovered in the second leg to force a penalty-kick tiebreaker in which Peace prevailed to lift the Tolstoy Cup in England last weekend. The clash between Bradford University’s Peace Studies and Kings College’s War Studies FC included undergraduates, MA and PhD students from the two institutions. “There was no love lost on the field,” said Peace FC player/coach Adam Baird, a PhD student.
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Ref Watch
If the MLS disciplinary committee can review incidents like Andy Herron‘s elbow into Jay Heaps‘ face and Sacha Kljestan‘s tackle from behind on Andy Williams and mete out fines and suspensions after the fact, why can’t red cards like the one Terry Vaughn handed out to Shalrie Joseph in last week’s Revs-D.C. game be reviewed and perhaps rescinded?
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Draw is a Win for RSL, a Loss for NYRB
What felt like a win for Real Salt Lake certainly felt like a loss for the New York Red Bulls, which dominated Saturday’s affair at Rice-Eccles Stadium for 88 minutes before conceding two goals in the final minutes, reducing a certain win to a 3-3 draw. Before then, Bulls General Claudio Reyna controlled midfield with […]
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EPL Title a Credit to Man United’s Defense
Neutrals may have wanted a title decider at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, but Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United won’t mind that their trip to South London has now become as meaningless as a preseason friendly after Chelsea drew 1-1 at Arsenal. Now seven points adrift of the Blues with two games left to play, […]
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Proud Mourinho Hails Chelsea “Spirit”
Whatever you think of Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho, there’s no denying the fighting spirit exuded by his club over the course of a tumultuous Premier League season. Even after a clumsy tackle from Khalid Boulahrouz reduced the Blues to 10-men and a 1-0 deficit from the ensuing penalty kick, you never got the sense that […]
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Guti Guides Real Passed Sevilla
Real Madrid continues to go from strength to strength here at the end of the La Liga season, moving passed second-place FC Sevilla in a thrilling 3-2 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. The win put Los Merengues two points ahead of Sevilla, while Barcelona’s 2-0 win helped the Catalans maintain their slender two-point […]
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Dempsey’s Goal Keeps Fulham Up
Thanks to a brilliant performance in goal from Finnish keeper Antti Niemi and a fantastic goal from former New England Revs midfielder Clint Dempsey, Fulham won’t (likely) be relegated this season. After a nosedive in form saw the Cottagers move from UEFA Cup aspirations toward the relegation zone, the win that Fulham desperately needed came […]
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Clint Dempsey’s first EPL goal golden for Fulham
[VIDEO] In England, Clint Dempsey scored a very valuable goal for Fulham. Edgar Castillo and Santos moved into the Mexican league quarterfinals. Hannover 96 and Steve Cherundolo kept their UEFA Cup hopes alive. Eddie Lewis and Leeds are headed to England’s third tier.
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What They’re Saying
“Clint [Dempsey] has been on the verges of the team since he came over in the transfer window. He has been good in training and chomping at the bit to get on and prove he can offer something to Fulham.”
— Fulham coach Lawrie Sanchez on American midfielder Clint Dempsey, who scored the winner in Fulham’s 1-0 victory of Liverpool, which alleviates the Cottagers’ relegation fears. (AFP)
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Surprise Atlanta shares USL-1 lead with Whitecaps
[USL-1 & USL-2 RESULTS] The Atlanta Silverbacks are the USL-1’s early surprise, sharing first place with the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps. The Silverbacks beat the Carolina RailHawks, 2-0, on goals by David Hayes and Justin Moore to preserve their undefeated season, improving their record to 2-0-2.
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Manchester United moves closer to Liverpool’s record
[MAKING A LIST] Manchester United won the English Premier League title on Sunday. It was the club’s 16th league title since the English League began in 1888-89. Only Liverpool (18 titles) has won more.
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Guti performance leads Real Madrid in win over Sevilla
[EUROPEAN RACES] Real Madrid moved into second place behind Barcelona in the red-hot Spanish title race with a 3-2 victory over Sevilla at the Bernabeu Stadium on Sunday. Schalke 04 clung to a one-point lead in Germany’s Bundesliga with two games left thanks to a 1-0 victory over Nuremberg. Fenerbahce opened up a five-point lead on Besiktas with a 1-0 at the second-place team in a battle of Turkish Super Lïg leaders.
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GAMES: Live and same-day delay on national TV
If Charlton fails to beat Tottenham (Monday on Fox Soccer Channel), Fulham, the EPL team with three Yanks, will be assured top-flight survival. Fox Sports en Espanol is televising all eight deciders of the Libertadores Cup round of 16.
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Sevilla Coach Criticizes La Liga for Pardoning Becks
There were more accusations of favoritism in Europe on Friday as Sevilla coach Juande Ramos criticized the Spain’s soccer federation for lifting the yellow card Real Madrid’s David Beckham received at Athletic Bilbao last Sunday that would have seen him suspended for this Sunday’s crucial battle against his club. In Bilbao, Becks was booked for […]
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MLS Players Go Public with Salaries
MLSPlayers.org, the Web site for the Major League Soccer Players Union, released a full list of the league’s player salaries, including guaranteed bonuses, for the first time in its history. Incidentally, the move puts MLS in line with the rest of American’s sports leagues. In the past player salaries have been leaked to the media, […]
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Guevara No Longer Part of Chivas USA
He only just got there, but it didn’t take playmaker Amado Guevara long to become persona non grata at Chivas USA. “He’s not with the team,” Chivas USA Preki told MLSNet after training on Thursday. “I have a vision of where this club is going and he’s not part of it.” A deal to send […]
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Wigan Chairman to Sue EPL for West Ham Decision
A point-deduction was conspicuous by its absence from a Premier League commission ruling that West Ham United had breached its rules in signing the Argentine pair Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano from a consortium of investors. Instead, the West End club was slapped with an $11 million fine. West Ham, of course, is involved […]
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Liverpool Youth Director Hits Out at Benitez on His Way Out
Liverpool’s head of the club’s successful youth academy has hit back at Rafa Benitez, the team’s manager, who he accuses of taking the reigns from him to the detriment of both the club and the development of players he’s been coaching. Steve Heighway, a former winger for Liverpool and the Irish national team, called Benitez’s […]
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NCAA hands academic sanctions to two soccer programs
Division I soccer programs largely escaped the wrath of the NCAA, which handed out teams this week to programs that failed to meet academic standards. Only two soccer teams — San Jose State’s men and Texas Southern’s women — were subject to sanctions.
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Soccer teams recognized for academic success
As part of the NCAA’s broad Division I academic reform effort, the NCAA recognized teams that posted multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. Programs honored included 2006 NCAA Division I men’s quarterfinalists Duke and Northwestern and women’s runner-up Notre Dame and quarterfinalist Portland.
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Cal women hire Texas Tech’s McGuire
California has hired Texas Tech women’s coach Neil McGuire as its new women’s coach, replacing Kevin Boyd, who resigned earlier this year and later took the women’s job at Arizona State.
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Mexico’s Toluca crushed in Libertadores Cup
Argentine youngster Juan Manuel Martinez scored a hat trick in 13 minutes late in the first half to lead of Colombian champion Cucuta past Mexico’s Toluca, 5-1, in the first leg of their Libertadores Cup second-round series. In the other Thursday matches, Paraguayan champion Libertad came from behind to win at Brazil’s Parana, 2-1, while Nacional of Uruguay beat Mexico’s Necaxa, 3-2, in Montevideo.
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Barcelona president Laporta to lecture Monday at Stanford
Joan Laporta, president of famed Futbol Club Barcelona, is scheduled to lecture at Stanford University on Monday afternoon.
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American Hilgenbrinck scores winner in Chile
[VIDEO] Illinois product Chase Hilgenbrinck scored the gamewinner for Chilean First Division club Nublense in its 1-0 victory over O’Higgins, which hadn’t lost at home since April 2006 and had never lost to Nublense. Hilgenbrinck, who at Clemson University was teammates with Oguchi Onyewu, has started 13 of Nublense’s 14 games this season, mostly at left back until he was moved to left midfield to fill in for an injured player.