Category: Soccer America Daily

[MLS] Robbie Findley scored eight goals last year, leading all rookies, while splitting time with Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles. This year, Findley is focused on helping Real Salt Lake earn its first-ever MLS playoff spot. He saw action with the U.S. U-23 national team in Olympic qualifying and is an alternate for the Olympic team

Saturday’s four MLS games all ended in ties. Real Salt Lake’s 0-0 tie at Chicago was enough to assure it of the Western Conference lead heading into the All-Star Game. For all the results, scoring leaders and this week’s schedule …

[OFF THE POST] Three staff members of the New England, on an American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles, helped subdue a passenger who had stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door.

[U.S. SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] The Baltimore Bays and Carmel United won the U-17/18 and U-15/16 age groups, respectively, at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Finals Week, capping the first season of the U.S. Soccer national league.

[YOUTH] The USA moved into the semifinals of the Concacaf Under-17 Girls Championship with a 6-0 win over Costa Rica and 9-0 win over El Salvador at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad.

The Charleston Battery remained in first place in the USL First Division with a 2-0 win over the Portland Timbers. For all the weekend results and goal scorers …

[SUPERLIGA] MLS and the Mexican league will have equal representation in the SuperLiga semifinals following completion of group play over the weekend, and the final placings kept domestic rivals apart in the next round.

[MLS] One of the worst incidents of fan trouble involving an MLS club took place Sunday when the friendly between the Columbus Crew and English club West Ham United was marred by a melee between rival fans that broke out at halftime.

[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] The largest crowd of the season for a single MLS game came out to Giants Stadium to see David Beckham.

[REF WATCH] Referees in the Argentine second division will be equipped with more than just a whistle and cards when the next season kicks off. The Argentine federation has decided to outfit its referees with a vanishing white spray, too. Officials will use the spray, which disappears within a minute, to keep walls 10 yards away from the ball during free kicks.

[OFF THE POST] Mexico coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has been so busy with his coaching duties that some people have wondered how he manages to get it all done. Turns out, there are two of him.

[OFF THE POST] In addition to owner Thaksin Shinawatra‘s millions of dollars, English Premier League side Manchester City is hoping feng shui will bring trophies to the Eastlands.

Carmel United’s 2-2 tie with LAFC was good enough to win Group C and send it into Saturday’s final of the U-15-16 Group against PDA, which had already clinched first place going into . For all Thursday’s results and goal scorers and the weekend television schedule of all the placement games …

[TRANSFER TALK] What initially seemed to be nothing more than a PR stunt is now a story with some legitimacy. Samuel Eto’o arrived in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, to discuss a proposed move to Kuruvchi, the current leader of the Uzbek League.

Lack of experience won’t be an issue with the U.S. Olympic men’s soccer team. The 18-player squad selected by Coach Peter Nowak includes 12 players who have experience at the full national team level, including Brian McBride, who has played in three World Cups.

[TRANSFER TALK] Despite Ronaldinho‘s much-publicized problems with weight, partying and missed training sessions, most pundits seem to agree that Milan has gotten the better end of the deal that has sent the Brazilian from Barcelona.

[MLS] Former U.S. under-20 national team captain Greg Dalby is returning home to play for MLS’s Colorado Rapids, the club that drafted him in 2007.