Argentine midfielder Andres D'Alessandro went on as a substitute and scored in injury time to help Internacional beat Palmeiras 2-0 on Sunday and take top spot in the Brazilian league. Internacional won its second consecutive match despite playing without most of its regular starters ahead of the team's Brazilian Cup match against Flamengo on Wednesday. […]
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Caracas Title Win Tarnished By Violence
Caracas FC won the second stage of the 2008/09 Venezuelan championship with a 3-1 win over Zamora FC on Sunday. But crowd violence marred the victory when rioting fans caused a 10-minute delay in the start of the second half. Rival fans in the 8,700 crowd clashed on the terraces. Local media said Caracas fans […]
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Inter Head Says Imbrahimovic Will Stay
Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is 90 percent certain to remain at Inter Milan next season despite fuelling speculation about a move, club president Massimo Moratti said. The Swede, whose 22 league goals inspired Inter's fourth straight Serie A title, has been considering his future at the club after becoming frustrated by their constant failure in the […]
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Juventus Fires Ranieri After String of Bad Results
Claudio Ranieri has been sacked as Juventus coach after a poor run of results and youth team boss Ciro Ferrara has taken over, the club said on Monday. Clinging to third place in Serie A, Juventus is one point above fourth-place Fiorentina with two matches left. The team faces the danger of losing an automatic […]
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Prime Minister Fully Supports World Cup Bid
England’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to do everything in the government’s power to aid England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup. “It’s right for England to host the World Cup,” the Prime Minister, speaking at a launch party for the bid at Wembley stadium, said. “We have a tradition that’s second to […]
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Small Crowds Mean Losses for WPS Investors
The LA Times’ Grahame Jones suggests that the LA Sol’s crowds have fallen far short of matching its announceded attendance. The LA Sol’s announced crowd of 6,210 on Mother’s Day, for example, came on an afternoon when there might charitably have been 3,000 fans on hand, according to Jones, who wrote that on Friday night, […]
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Anschutz Not Interested in EPL Investment
Philip Anschutz and his AEG empire will not invest in any one European soccer club because the company has working relationships with several high-powered clubs that it doesn't want to jeapordize. "We've had many opportunities to jump into the Premier League," Tim Leiweke, Anschutz' right-hand man at the company, said in an interview with The […]
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Soccer on TV
Shakhtar Donetsk and Werder Bremen battle it out in the UEFA Cup final on Wednesday. American soccer “Games of the Week” are: USL’s Cleveland-Carolina on Friday; MLS’s Kansas City-Chivas USA on Saturday; and WPS’s FC Gold Pride-Los Angeles on Sunday. The Mexican league playoffs have hit the semifinal stage. Puebla takes on UNAM and Indios face Pachuca. Don’t miss the first legs in the midweek and the second legs on the weekend.
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Title hopes alive for U.S. players
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Hopes remain alive for Americans to lift titles in Mexico, Scotland and Belgium while, despite a big loss, Michael Bradley‘s chances of staying in the top tier in Germany look very good.
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Week 10: Chicago unties its streak
[MLS WINNERS & LOSERS] Undefeated Chicago Fire made its streak look better in Toronto, but Los Angeles settled for another stalemate. The Red Bulls’ red-card problem continued while FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake disappointed at home.
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Barcelona turns attention to Man. United
[EUROPEAN RACES] Manchester United, Barcelona and Inter Milan all clinched their respective league titles on Saturday without winning a game. In close races, Wolfsburg (Germany), Bordeaux (France) and Rangers (Scotland) have opened up leads in their respective leagues.
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What They’re Saying
“I’ll take that, that’s awesome. I did not know that. That’s really cool. I guess I made my way into the record book.”
— The Houston Dynamo’s Chris Wondolowski, whose goal in a 1-1 tie with the New York Red Bulls was the 7,000th regular-season goal in MLS’s 14th year history. It was Wondolowski’s fourth goal since debuting in MLS in 2005. (MLSnet.com)
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Blanco recalled for critical World Cup qualifiers
[MEXICO] New national team coach Javier Aguirre has recalled Chicago Fire forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who retired from international play last year, for Mexico’s World Cup qualifiers against El Salvador on June 6 and Trinidad & Tobago on June 10.
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International Results
Titles were decided in England, Italy and Spain, while the race tightened in France. For all the results in Europe’s major leagues and Mexico …
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MLS Results
MLS teams continue to rack up the ties, five in seven games in weekend action. The other two games ended 2-0 away wins for Chicago and Kansas City over Toronto FC and Real Salt Lake, respectively. For all the game summaries, standings, leading scorers and this week’s schedule …
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What They’re Saying
“I know that lots of teams have called and I am flattered. It means a lot when people check in with you when you are hurt. I have ambition to be a top player… I know I have to work hard to get there and find the right environment.”
— U.S. under-17 national team standout Charles Renken, who suffered his second serious knee injury in two years and missed U-17 qualifying. His agent said he’s attracted interest from a dozen European First Division clubs. (ESPN Soccernet)
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NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings
St. Pius X High School, which won the Georgia Class AAA title with a 3-0 win over North Hall, is the top-ranked girls team. For the NSCAA/adidas Top 20 rankings …
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NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings
Led by North Carolina-bound Enzo Martinez, South Carolina’s Northwestern High School is the top-ranked boys team among high schools playing spring soccer. For the NSCAA/adidas Top 20 rankings …
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U.S. U-14 boys national development roster
The U.S. U-14 boys national development program completed training at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. where 36 players trained for a week and saw competition against local U-16 teams.
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U.S. U-18s head to Portugal
Mike Matkovich has called in 18 players for the U.S. U-18 boys national team’s trip to Portugal, where it will face Finland, Germany and Portugal at the annual Lisbon International, the biggest tournament of the year for the squad.
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Mia Hamm joins Slammers’ staff
Slammers FC, one of the top girls programs in Southern California, has added Mia Hamm to its coaching staff. Hamm will work with older age teams whose athletes are approaching college. She will work on state, regional, national, and international championship preparations.
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Bosnia and Poland Warned by FIFA Over Hooliganism
FIFA has warned Bosnia-Herzegovina and Poland they face ejection from the World Cup if their fans continue to display hooliganism. On Friday the world soccer governing body fined Bosnia’s soccer federation $45,000 and Poland’s federation $22,500 for unruly fan behavior during World Cup qualifying on March 28. Bosnia fans interrupted a qualifier in Belgium for […]
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Milan To Consider Offers for Ronaldinho
AC Milan wants Ronaldinho to stay but it would consider a transfer request if the Brazilian playmaker made one, coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Friday. The 29-year-old has struggled since his move to Serie A from Barcelona in July and has only managed the bench recently, prompting media speculation he could move this summer. “Our […]
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Wenger OK With Adebayor Joining Rival Club
Arsene Wenger has opened the door to Emmanuel Adebayor leaving Arsenal this summer by stating he would have no problem in selling a player to Chelsea or any other big four rival. Adebayor, who has endured a turbulent season after he came, in Wenger's words, "close to leaving the club" last summer. He has emerged […]
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Rookie and Vet Partner in Galaxy D
Rookie Omar Gonzalez and veteran Gregg Berhalter have formed a formidable partnership in the middle of the Galaxy defense. Still a work in progress, the Galaxy defense has allowed only 10 goals in eight games. "I think it's going OK," Berhalter, who turns 36 in August, said of the partnership. "I've said it's something that […]