The U.S. under-15 girls national team coach Mike Dickey called in 24 players for a training camp that begins Saturday at Stanford University. All but one of the players was born in 1994. For the complete roster …
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D.C. United U-16s fall to Real Madrid
The D.C. United Academy U-16 team fell to Real Madrid, 1-0, in the recent Tiffany Trophy Cup.
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Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup Results
Of the 14 teams still alive in the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup’s lower age groups after Friday action, 12 are American. The lone foreign teams to advance Friday in knockout action were Mexico’s Monterrey in the U-17 age group and Canada’s Ajax Gunners in the U-16 division. The 12 American teams consist of eight teams from California, three from Texas and one from Illinois. For all the results in the knockout phase in all seven age groups …
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Whitecaps are Dallas Cup sensations
The sensation of the 2009 Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup XXX Super Group has been the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency, the Canadian club’s equivalent to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy program. The Whitecaps, who have drawn players from across Canada, Jamaica and the USA, reached Sunday’s final in the Super Group with a 2-0 victory over Germany’s Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday.
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What They’re Saying
“Sounders have definitely increased that interest and allowed us to serve more kids.”
— Starfire Sports Operations Manager Tyler Conn on the impact the widely popular Seattle Sounders FC are having on soccer in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle leagues are reporting registration increases of 15-20 percent over last year’s figures. (King5.com)
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Soccer on TV
Catch the Southern California clasico on Saturday as the Galaxy hosts Chivas USA in the stadium they share. The WPS game of the week features the Washington Freedom and the Chicago Red Stars, also on Saturday. In international soccer, Mexico has a full slate of matches and several European leagues are in action.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Diarra: ‘I Learned Nothing’ From Arsene, Time At Arsenal
“Nothing. I did not learn anything from [Arsenal manager Arsene] Wenger. He just taught me to doubt everything. The relationship I had with him was not good. You cannot understand the whole world. I respect the way you train, but I learned more with [former Chelsea manager Jose] Mourinho. Mourinho taught me to fight. I […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Red Star Belgrade Players Looking For Rent Money
“If Red Star can’t at least give me money for a roof over my head, never mind what the club owes me in wages, I will have no choice but to go back to Slovenia and stay with my parents. I can’t believe a club of Red Star’s stature has allowed this to happen, it’s […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Mourinho: Inter ‘Has Done Everything to Help’ Adriano
“Inter have done everything to help Adriano before I arrived and with me, as a coach and human being, so have the president and his team mates. We’ll see. The important thing is that he’s happy. If he’s happy like this, if you lose the player but the man is happy, perfect. But for the […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Donovan: Chivas ‘Has Passed Us’
“Clearly in this moment they’ve passed us. They’re very confident and feeling good about where they’re at. I’ve watched probably all but a few minutes of all their games, and they’re getting a little bit of luck right now and also playing well. You combine those and that means you usually win games.” Galaxy captain […]
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Sir Alex Talks of Retirement, Replacement at ManU
In order for retirement to sit well with 67-year-old Sir Alex Ferguson, he needs to have collected a little more hardware from continental competition to finish up his three-decade tenure at Manchester United, saying to CNN, “if we could win a couple more European trophies, I then would definitely quit.” As successful as ManU has […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Argentine Clubs Crashing Out of Copa Libertadores (And How)
With the group stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores coming to a close, and famed club Boca Juniors looking like the only team capable of doing some damage in the 32-team intercontinental tournament, SI.com’s Gregory Sica wondered if Argentine soccer is only a “one-team show.” As of Thursday, when Estudiantes posted a forceful 4-0 win, […]
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Adriano: ‘I Quit’ (For Now, Anyway)
It’s not every day that a high-profile athlete that is still in the prime of his career and makes millions of dollars a year for a top quality team just walks away from the game on account of personal reasons, but that’s what troubled Brazilian striker Adriano did on Thursday, declaring that “at least temporarily” […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
With Pappa, It’s ‘No Blanco, No Problema’ For Fire
No Blanco? No problema. Or so it’s been thus far in Season 14 for the Chicago Fire, which hasn’t much missed the not-fully-fit Mexican international Cuauhtemoc Blanco thanks to the inspired and energetic play of second-year Guatemalan midfielder Marco Pappa. Praised by Coach Denis Hamlett as “very skillful on the ball” and “always looking […]
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Islanders Lead Inspired USL-1 Into 2009 Season
There’s no arguing that three of the biggest stories in American soccer this year (the overnight success of the Seattle Sounders, the acceptance of expansion bids in Portland and Vancouver, and the improbable run of the Puerto Rico Islanders through CONCACAF) have all come courtesy of the United Soccer Leagues’ First Division, so it’s no […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
UEFA Cup Results
The two German teams (Hamburg and Werder Bremen) and two Ukrainian teams (Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kiev) have the edge after the first legs of the UEFA Cup quarterfinals. For all the results and goal scorers …
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Week 3: Boston and Washington open at home
[WPS] All the Women’s Professional Soccer action is on the East Coast this weekend with home openers for Boston and Washington and Sky Blue FC’s second game at TD Bank Park. For a look at Saturday’s games …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“We no doubt will end up considering venues, stadiums, that don’t exist today. Not in the same way that some of the other countries bidding are, because they’re talking about building venues for the World Cup, but given the turnover with top NFL stadiums and top university stadiums that are likely to be built between now and 2018 and 2022, we think that eminently possible.”
— Sunil Gulati, president of U.S. Soccer and chairman of the USA Bid Committee, on the list of stadiums the USA is looking at for the 2018 or 2022 World Cups growing from an initial list of 70.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Lampard: Treble ‘Still Up For Grabs’
“Everything is still up for grabs, even though we are behind in the league. This performance [against Liverpool] just sets the tone for the rest of the season and who knows what can happen in the league and FA Cup now. It’s just important we keep the standard we showed against Liverpool. When people see […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Ironman Marsch Becomes 6th Member of MLS ‘300 Club’
“I think when I break my career up into segments, it’s almost perfect for me to go D.C., then Chicago, and then Chivas. In D.C., I was a rookie and I came in off the bench and I was learning what it was about to be a pro. Then came Chicago and I was on […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Osorio Says Yes to Idea of Coaching U.S.
“I would love to. As I always expressed in the past, I am very thankful to this country. It’s the country that gave me the opportunity to go to school, to get my education through a scholarship. Now if one day I am considered, that would be an honor. My kids were born here. We […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Buzzards Swarming at Bayern After Barca Blowout
Things went from bad to worse to abysmal for Juergen Klinsmann and Co. on Wednesday, and all in a matter of just minutes. Allowing four goals to Barcelona in a first half was just part of what led German legend Franz Beckenbauer to call the lopsided loss “without a doubt the worst football Bayern have […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Zizou: Perez the Right Man For Real Madrid
Having Zinedine Zidane in your camp makes it all but automatic to get elected to a Presidential position within soccer, but especially is he’s considering being your running mate. And so things are looking locked up for candidate Florentino Perez in his bid to return to the top spot at Real Madrid, a post he […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Champions League Back to Its Old, Exciting Self
If the UEFA Champions League was ever in a so-called slump after previous years have produced somewhat predictable all-English finals, after “two breathtaking nights and four captivating games have been played out between eight fearless and talented teams,” writes Goal.com’s Sulmann Ahmad, all is back to being right in the world of European soccer elite. […]
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Mexican Clubs Still the Class of CONCACAF
Mexico’s national team might be a mess at the moment, but the quality of their professional league remains mostly unmatched in the region, as Cruz Azul and Atlante used home-field advantage in the semifinals’ second leg to advance to the CONCACAF Champions League final, making it “yet another all-Mexican showpiece, the third in the last […]