Carlos Alberto Parreira, who resigned last year as coach of South Africa, says he has agreed to return to coach the team. Parreira said he met Thursday in Brazil with the president of the South African soccer federation, Kirsten Nematandani, to discuss the terms of the agreement. “This has to have the approval of the […]
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Resino Out At Atletico Madrid
Following a dismal start to the season and a 4-0 drubbing by Chelsea, Atletico Madrid fired head coach Abel Resino on Friday. The club, which has won only one of its last 10 games, lies 15th in the Spanish league and last in its Champions League group. "I gave it everything I have, but soccer […]
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Liverpool Fan Group to Protest Owners
Liverpool fans are planning to march against the team's management, namely American co-owners George Gillett Jr. and Tom Hicks, ahead of Sunday's league match against Manchester United. In organizing the protest, the club's Spirit of Shankly group made a public request on its website for information on where Gillett and Hicks are staying. In an […]
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For Revs Owner Kraft To Buy Club, EPL Needs Salary Cap
American billionaire Robert Kraft admitted his interest in acquiring a Premier League club, but only if the league introduced a salary cap. “I love the Premier League and we probably wouldn’t seriously consider coming in unless there was some sort of salary cap,” Kraft said. “We are involved in the NFL and in Major League […]
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D.C. United Relying on Win, Fate
D.C. United needs more than a win in its regular-season finale at the already-eliminated Kansas City Wizards. In the thick of the tightest playoff race ever, a six-team battle for the final two playoff berths going into the final weekend, United must rely on other teams’ results. “There’s so many scenarios that can work out,” […]
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Winning, Toronto’s Best Answer to the Playoff Matrix
Danny Dichio has gone dizzy this week trying to calculate Toronto FC’s playoff chances. “I’ve had my calculator out and everything this week, and I still haven’t figured it out,” said Dichio, the TFC cult hero who retired earlier this season to become the coach of the franchise’s soccer academy. “It still puzzles me. Even […]
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What They’re Saying
“I would have wished the situation would not have happened. We had 2,500 fans with us and we were told we could not go over (to thank them). The police actually told us they would report us to UEFA and I feel that is showing disrespect. A fine feeling and fine touch was missing there.”
— Bruno Labbadia, the coach of Hamburg SV, whose players staged a sit-down protest on Glasgow Celtic’s field after security forces blocked them from celebrating near their fans after a 1-0 Europa League win. Several of HSV’s players sat down near the corner flag before eventually leaving for the tunnel after approached by police. (Reuters)
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Soccer on TV
MLS heads into the last week of play with six teams chasing two remaining playoff spots . Don’t miss the 2009 Supporters’ Shield winners, Columbus Crew, as they host New England on Sunday. Also, on Sunday, Chivas USA and Houston battle for first place in the Western Conference. In European action Liverpool squares off with Manchester United. Also, the U-17 World Cup kicks off this weekend. The USA plays Spain on Monday.
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Loyola Marymount’s Krumpe gets golden goal
MEN’S NEWS … Tyler Krumpe, the son of Loyola Marymount coach and former U.S. international Paul Krumpe, scored his first goal of the season four minutes into overtime to give the Lions a 2-1 victory at No. 19 San Diego Thursday night at Torero Stadium.
The loss was the first of the season in conference play for USD, which would have opened up an eight-point lead in the WCC with a win over LMU. WCC is one of three West Coast men’s conferences in which teams play home-and-home series and do not compete in a postseason tournament. LMU and USD meet against Sunday at Sullivan Field.
Weekend Scoreboard
* A-SUN SHOWDOWN. Campbell opened the season with a 1-6-1 record, but the Camels refused to lay down. They won for the fifth time in their last six games, defeating Stetson, 2-0, Thursday in their Atlantic Sun top-of-the-standings clash. Freshman Keegan Terry and Justin Smith provided the goals for Campbell, which took sole possession of first place with the victory at Stetson.
“I’m proud of the resolve we showed in our play,” said Campbell coach Doug Hess. “Our guys showed that they wanted this game tonight.” He was particularly proud of the Camel defense that limited the A-Sun’s highest-rated offense (2.2 goals per game) to just three shots on target.
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Soccer America Men’s Weekend College Scoreboard
[COLLEGE] No. 2 UCLA fell at No. 21 Stanford, 2-0, for its first loss in 11 games. Bobby Warshaw and Evan Morgan won the game with second-half goals. Despite having its shutout streak snapped at 800 minutes, No. 6 Connecticut continued its unbeaten run with a 3-1 win at Big East rival Seton Hall. Indiana’s troubles continued when the . No. 25 Hoosiers fell to 7-7-1 with a 2-0 loss at No. 12 Northwestern. San Diego State knocked off its second Pac-10 rival in three days when it won, 2-0, at No. 25 California. For the Sunday action …
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A 95-yard goal [VIDEO]
[OFF THE POST] SMU’s freshman defender Ryan Rosenbaum scored the first goal of his college career with a 95-yard shot in the Mustangs’ 3-2 win over Tulsa.
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Soccer America Women’s Weekend College Scoreboard
[COLLEGE] No. 3 North Carolina dropped back-to-back games for only the sixth time in its history when it fell at Miami (Fla.), 1-0, on Beverly Goebel‘s unassisted goal with less than 10 minutes to play. Danielle Foxhoven had four goals for the second time this season and Halley Kreminski added the final three goals for No. 2 Portland in an 8-0 win over San Francisco. For the Sunday Top 25 action …
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Onyewu’s Recovery Pushed to Six Months
U.S. Soccer announced on its web site that defender Oguchi Onyewu underwent successful surgery on Wednesday in Los Angeles on his patellar tendon in his left knee. The defender will miss an estimated six months of action, two months more than initially reported, to rehabilitate the injury. The AC Milan defender began rehabilitation exercises immediately, […]
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Huth Faces Ban for Punch
Stoke defender Robert Huth received a three-match ban for punching West Ham defender Mathew Upson during Saturday's Premier League match. Huth swung his right arm at Upson while the pair jostled for position in the penalty box during Stoke's 2-1 win over the Hammers. Huth escaped punishment during the match, but will watch this Saturday's […]
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Gillett Backs Benitez
Liverpool co-owner George Gillett has reiterated his support of manager Rafael Benitez while outside pressure grows around the Spanaird during Liverpool’s early-season woes. On Tuesday, Gillett witnessed Liverpool’s 2-1 loss to Lyon in the Champions League, the club’s fourth loss in a row and the most recent amid its worst losing stretch since 1987. Asked […]
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Germans Told To Wear Bullet-Proof Vests in South Africa
Germany’s players have been advised to strap on bullet-proof vests at next summer’s World Cup in South Africa. BaySecur, the German security company that deals with the country’s soccer federation (DFB), announced its concerns with players travelling outside the team’s hotel grounds in Pretoria. “The possibility for the players of moving outside of the hotel […]
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Vieri Calls it Quits
Italian forward Christian Vieri announced his retirement from soccer on Thursday. "I don't want to carry on playing," Vieri said. "I'm not even tempted to play abroad." Vieri made his debut in 1991 for Torino, after which he played for eight different clubs in eight seasons, including Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Lazio. After claiming the […]
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Cronin Making Most of Season-After
Goalkeeper Steve Cronin thought his season had ended when Vancouver eliminated his Portland from the USL-1 playoffs on Oct. 4. But D.C. United had other ideas. United, exercising the league's "extreme hardship" exemption to shuffle its roster late in the season, called on Cronin to replace injured starter Josh Wicks. Cronin joined the team last […]
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Soccer on TV
MLS heads into the last week of play with six teams chasing two remaining playoff spots. Don’t miss the 2009 Supporters’ Shield winners, Columbus Crew, as they host New England on Sunday. Also, on Sunday, Chivas USA and Houston battle for first place in the Western Conference. In European action Liverpool squares off with Manchester United. Also, the U-17 World Cup kicks off this weekend. The USA plays Spain on Monday.
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Bubble teams have three weeks to improve positions
WOMEN’S NEWS … It’s not too early for teams to be evaluating their chances of making the NCAA Tournament. Win their conference and they’re in. Otherwise? The following teams could be categorized as bubble teams. Based on this week’s NCAA Women’s Division I RPI index, they would just miss out on the 34 at-large berths. But there’s still three weeks to go for these teams to improve their position before the NCAA Women’s Committee gets down to work and must pick the 64-team field.
* ON THE BUBBLE:
45. Duke (6-5-4) Takes 290-minute shutout streak into Thursday’s game against Virginia.
46. Memphis (11-5-0) Wins at Top 25 teams LSU and UCF work in Tigers’ favor.
47. San Diego State (9-3-5) Unbeaten in their last 10 games.
48. St. John’s (11-4-1) Fell out of the Top 25 after loss to Big East rival Rutgers.
49. Auburn (6-7-3) Tigers’ best result was 0-0 tie with North Carolina.
50. Charlotte (13-2-1) Unbeaten Dayton is its main rival in the Atlantic-10.
51. UAB (10-5-1) Beat Mississippi and lost to three other Top 25 teams.
52. UTEP (12-4-0) Best win was 2-1 victory over Washington State.
53. Michigan State (8-2-4) Only one win (over Penn State) in five Big Ten games hurts.
56. Virginia (6-5-3) Dragged down by poor ACC play (one win in five games).
57. Pepperdine (8-5-1) Must improve on 1-1-1 conference record.
58. N.C. State (7-7-1) Lost three straight to ACC foes Carolina, BC and Wake Forest.
59. Missouri (10-4-3) Tigers lead the Big 12 standings with 5-0-2 record.
* CROWD COUNT. Portland is on course to lead all NCAA Division I women’s programs in average attendance for the fifth straight year. UP and Texas A&M are once again the only programs averaging more than 3,000 fans a game. The SEC leads all conferences with four teams averaging more than a 1,000 fans a game. The Mountain West, led by BYU, has three teams in the top 12. The surprise is first-year program New Mexico State, whose outstanding play in the WAC (4-0-1 record) has helped boost interest. The Aggies’ average attendance is 1,145 fans a game.
* AVERAGE ATTENDANCE:
1. Portland 3683
2. Texas A&M 3180
3. North Carolina 2418
4. BYU 2171
5. Georgia 1591
6. New Mexico 1523
7. Notre Dame 1443
8. Stanford 1432
9. Florida 1340
10. Colorado 1283
11. Penn State 1282
12. TCU 1248
13. New Mexico State 1145
14. Virginia 1129
15. LSU 1065
16. Santa Clara 1061
17. Tennessee 1020
18. Fresno State 1017
(Averages through games played Oct. 18.)
— Seven different players scored as Boston University (11-5-2) defeated Bryant, 7-0, at Nickerson Field. In Wednesday’s only other game, Canisius beat Cleveland State, 4-0.
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UEFA Champions League Results
Manchester United and Chelsea both won their third games to join Lyon and Sevilla as the only teams to have perfect records after three games. For all the midweek results …
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“You’re going to witness something that will make history.”
— Elias Rodriguez, the general manager of Televisa, which will broadcast Sunday’s Club America-Guadalajara in 3D in Mexican theaters. (Reuters)
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Eye on the wrong ball [VIDEO]
[OFF THE POST] Liverpool suffered a 1-0 defeat to Sunderland by giving up a goal from a Darren Bent shot that deflected off a beach ball punched on to the field by a Liverpool fan. “I lost sight of the official ball and stayed on the red one,” said Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina. “I went for the red ball instinctively as it was the closest to me and the other went past me.”
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Soccer America Men’s College Scoreboard
[COLLEGE] In a pair of Top 25 matchups, No. 9 South Florida edged No. 18 Dartmouth, 1-0, and No. 11 Louisville crushed No. 25 Indiana, 4-0. The Hoosiers have lost four of their last six games. No. 17 Tulsa fell at home to SMU, 3-2. For all the Wednesday results …
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Jones’ Switch to U.S. Made Official
On Tuesday, FIFA approved Jermaine Jones‘ application to switch national allegiance to the USA from Germany. Jones, who turns 28 on Nov. 3, has been sidelined since summer by a broken left shin. The midfielder won’t be ready to play for the U.S. in its European friendlies on Nov. 14 and 18.