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Clint Dempsey will be hoping to see action on Saturday as Fulham visits Arsenal. Landon Donovan will be hoping for playing time, as well, as Bayern Munich takes on Werder Bremen on Sunday.

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Youth Soccer Reporter, Youth What They're Saying

What They’re Saying

“I am going to run for president … of my Eagen Youth Soccer Association.”

— Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, one of several high-profile Republican governors asked about running for president in 2012, speaking on the Sunday talk show on Fox.

SC del Sol President’s Day Tournament Champions

Arizona club Sereno SC White was the big winner at the 30th annual SC del Sol President’s Day Tournament, taking four of the 10 upper age division championships. For the results of the championship games …

NSCAA/adidas High School Winter Rankings

Dallas Jesuit remained the No. 1 boys team in the NSCAA/adidas High School Winter Rankings, while Pleasanton (Calif.) Foothill, the only unbeaten and untied team, moved up to the top spot in the girls rankings.

U.S. Youth Soccer National League resumes

Play in the U.S. Youth Soccer National League resumes this weekend with action in the U-15 to U-17 boys age groups at Mud Creek Soccer Complex in Marietta, Ga. For the complete schedule …

U.S. under-17 women’s national team roster

U.S. Under-17 girls national team head coach Kazbek Tambi will bring 24 players to a training camp that begins Saturday at The Home Depot Center. The San Diego Surf leads all teams with three players headed to the camp: Miranda Cornejo, Laura Liedle and Kylie McCarthy.

U.S. under-20 women’s national team roster

Sydney Leroux, winner of the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe at the 2008 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile, heads the U.S. under-20 national team roster for the Ten Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain, where the Americans will face three European U-20 teams.

Sinclair brothers romp in Florida

South Florida-bound Hasani Sinclair, a member of the U.S. U-18 national team, and his brother, sophomore Sekani Sinclair, stole the show at the Florida High School Athletic Association soccer finals, leading American Heritage of Delray Beach to the Class 2A boys title. For the finals in the 10 boys and girls classes …

FC Dallas Juniors head to Brazil

While FC Dallas Juniors, one of the surprises of the 2008-09 Development Academy season, are on winter break while the high school season is being played in Texas, four players are scheduled to join the senior MLS team on its trip to Curitiba, Brazil, that begins Thursday: U-16s Victor Ulloa, Chris Figueroa, and Darin Kruzich and U-18 Cody Adams.

Region III boys shine in Argentina

U.S. Youth Soccer regional ODP boys ’93 teams finished 5-7-2 at the 2009 International Festival in Argentina. For all the results and goal scorers as well as game reports …

Soccer America Daily, What They're Saying

What They’re Saying

“There’s no discussion about the coach. He has our full trust.”

— Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge gives Coach Juergen Klinsmann a vote of confidence after Bayern lost three of its first four Bundesliga games since the winter break, a feat of futility the club hasn’t experienced in 34 years. Adding to the pressure on Klinsmann is that his choice of Landon Donovan to boost the offense has yet to pay dividends. Bayern faces Sporting Lisbon in a Champions League quarterfinal first-leg on Wednesday.

UEFA Champions League Schedule

Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League action features two games available live on television: Chelsea-Juventus and Real Madrid-Liverpool. ESPN Deportes will air eight and a half hours of continuous coverage of all four games. For all the matchups and broadcast times …

Gazidis On Arsenal, Life After MLS

After years as one of the key players in the formation and every day operations of Major League Soccer, former MLS Deputy Commisioner Ivan Gazidis now finds himself across the Atlantic at Arsenal, where he wears the title of CEO along with his red Gunners scarf. “It’s very different being a league executive and being […]

Beckham Invokes Ad Slogan: ‘Nothing Is Impossible’

“Nothing is impossible if you truly believe in something,” said David Beckham, regarding the possible transfer that would keep him in Milan, where he attended an Adidas show unveiling on Monday, according to Tuttomercatoweb. “Most times these things can happen, so we shall see how we go.”

Fire to Host Club America, Then Head to Azteca

The Chicago Fire are smartly taking advantage of Mexican star Cuauhtemoc Blanco‘s connections at former team Club America by organizing a two-game home-and-away series that will kick off with the Fire playing host at Toyota Park on April 29 and a game at the famed Estadio Azteca in Mexico City at a date yet to […]

‘A Tale of Three Stripes and Family Strife’

An epic tale dating back some 80 years and interwoven first with family success and then bitter brotherly betrayal, the story behind Adidas reads more like a Greek tragedy or daytime soap opera than the making of one of the world’s biggest brands. ESPN Soccernet’s Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger writes about Barbara Smit’s book “Sneaker Wars,” which […]

Montreal Ready For Its Moment, More Expansion Talk

While players and fans from MLS’s only Canadian outpost will be watching from afar in Toronto, USL titleholders the Montreal Impact will be watched by a sea of blue (shirts) that could number 50,000 when they host Mexican club Santos Laguna at the indoor Olympic Stadium in the first leg of its CONCACAF Champions league […]

MLS’s last hope in CONCACAF Champions League

CONCACAF’s own Champions League has plenty of storylines as the first leg games of the quarterfinal round kick off Tuesday night with lone MLS representative Houston Dynamo hosting Mexican First Division team Atlante. Perhaps the best story of the continental competition so far is the surprise run of the Montreal Impact and Puerto Rico Islanders, […]

Italy vs. England in Champions League Marquee Matches

Perhaps the biggest storyline arching over this knockout phase of UEFA Champions League competition is the battle between England and Italy, as three of the final round pairings see the EPL’s best against their counterparts from Serie A. The first two of those take place on Tuesday, with Arsenal hosting Roma at Emirates Stadium and […]

UEFA Champions League TV Schedule

Soccer fans can feast on full days of UEFA Champions League action Tuesday and Wednesday. All eight games will be shown — six of them live. ESPN2 will feature Anglo-Italian clashes Inter Milan-Manchester United on Tuesday and Chelsea-Juventus on Wednesday. ESPN Deportes will air eight and a half hours of coverage both days. For all the matchups and broadcast times …

Aguirre dismisses talk of Tri job, Pekerman set to replace Lapuente

[MEXICO] Manuel Lapuente joined fellow former Mexican national team coach Javier Aguirre in the unemployment ranks when he was dismissed as Tigres coach Sunday. Meanwhile, Aguirre, fired as Atletico Madrid coach earlier this month, dismissed speculation that he’ll be replacing Sven-Goran Eriksson as the Tri coach.

Two USL teams chase dreams

[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] MLS had plentiful reasons to object when Concacaf announced it would expand its club championship to 24 teams, but getting knocked out by lesser opposition surely ranked low on the list. As the quarterfinals commence after a three-month gap since group play, only one MLS team, Houston, is among the final eight. Four Mexican teams make up half of the quarterfinalists, and two others hail from the USL. Ticket sales are going so briskly that Montreal Impact officials hope to pack the Olympic Stadium with a record crowd of 50,000 fans for the visit of Santos Laguna Wednesday.

Soccer America Daily, What They're Saying

What They’re Saying

“American soccer is still years away from being able to compete with soccer on the world stage. [David Beckham is] obviously a global player. He obviously wants to play against the best and compete at that level. It’s a tough call, but him being a friend, I want him to do what’s best for him.”

— Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, a soccer fan from his childhood spent in Italy, backing Beckham and his desire to stay at AC Milan rather than return to MLS. (Los Angeles Times)