Referee Danny McDermid has been charged by the English FA “with using abusive and/or insulting words” toward Leeds United coach Dennis Wise, who claimed that McDermid told him to “f*** off” after Wise cursed at McDermid, who ejected Wise at halftime of a 1-1 tie with Gillingham. McDermid has until Nov. 13 to respond to the charge. The FA suspended Wise for three games and fined him $10,000 protesting the ejection Tresor Kandol, who had received two yellows for dissent. The second was for sarcastically applauding the ref.
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Ramiro Corrales celebrates Norwegian title
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Californian Ramiro Corrales, who played nine seasons in MLS and won two titles with San Jose, helped Brann win its first Norwegian title in 44 years. Brann clinched the 2007 championship by taking a nine-point lead with one game to play and qualifies for the UEFA Champions League, which as already drawn an influx of investment in the club.
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OFF THE POST: Cops respond to mooning youth coach
The Sheriff’s Department of Northern California’s Sonoma County responded to reports that a youth coach of a Petaluma girls team exposed his buttocks to the opposing team following a heated Windsor Cup game involving under-16 girls. According to media reports, the coach walked to the center of the field and allegedly exposed his rear to the opposing team. Parents of that team then called the police.
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Quakes to use 12,000-seat college stadium
When the reincarnation of San Jose Earthquakes returns to MLS, it will make its primary home venue Buck Shaw Stadium for home games of the 2008 and 2009 MLS seasons.
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Santos thumps Atlas
[AMERICANS IN MEXICO] Edgar Castillo played the first 89 minutes for Santos Laguna as it thumped Atlas, 5-2. The win keeps Santos on top of the overall Apertura 2007 standings. Michael Orozco went the full 90 in San Luis’s 3-2 win at Tecos.
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Spector back in action; Blackburn rolls on
[AMERICANS IN BRITAIN] Jonathan Spector saw his first English Premier League action in a month when he came on for West Ham as a 78th minute sub in a 0-0 tie at Portsmouth. It was the 21-year-old defender’s fifth EPL appearance of the season. Misery continued for last-place Derby County, which fell, 2-0, against Everton, for whom keeper Tim Howard got the shutout. Eddie Lewis played the first 57 minutes for Derby but Benny Feilhaber didn’t suit up. Keepers Brad Friedel (Blackburn) and Marcus Hahnemann (Reading) celebrated wins, but although Clint Dempsey came close to scoring, Fulham extended its winless streak to nine games. In Scotland DaMarcus Bealsey and Rangers lost at Dundee United.
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Promotion for Purdy at 1860 Munich
[AMERICANS IN EUROPE] Steve Cherundolo and Hannover 96 played a scoreless tie at Eintracht Frankfurt to remain in sixth place. In the Second Division, Californian Steve Purdy, a regular on its reserve team, made his first appearance on the bench for 1860 Munich’s first team and stayed there as Gregg Berhalter (90 minutes) and Josh Wolff (45) helped it to a 3-0 win against Kickers Offenbach that keeps 1860 in the promotion zone. Standard Liege remains in first place of the Belgian league after a 2-2 tie with Mechelen in which Standard’s Oguchi Onyewu went the full 90 as usual.
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What They’re Saying
“I have been confident since the beginning of the season and I hope we have convinced a few more people. There is a long way to go but in my opinion we have the talent to fight to be champions.”
— Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger after a 1-1 tie at Liverpool kept his EPL-leading team undefeated this season. (Reuters)
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying Results
After routing Pakistan, 7-0, in the first leg, 2007 Asian champion Iraq had to settle for a 0-0 tie in the second leg of their Asian World Cup 2010 qualifying first-round series played in Damascus, Syria, but advanced to the group stage. In the only close series, Jordan beat Kyrgyzstan in a shootout. For all the results …
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MLS playoffs remain tight after first-leg games
The three away teams conceded just two goals yet scored none in the conference semifinal first legs played on Saturday. Dallas and Kansas City took narrow 1-0 leads against defending champion Houston and Chivas USA, respectively, and New England heads home after playing a goalless tie with New York.
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WEEKEND WRAPUP: International Soccer Headliners
Despite the 1-1 tie at Liverpool that snapped Arsenal’s 12-game winning streak, Gunners manager Arsene Wenger is convinced that his young team can achieve greatness this season. Valencia dumped its coach, Quique Sanchez Flores, after its 3-0 loss to Sevilla. Club America won Mexico’s Superclasico with a 2-1 win over Guadalajara, while goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni moved Sao Paulo one step closer to the Brazilian championship title.
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Freddy Adu scores winner for Benfica
Benfica’s Freddy Adu, who has scored two Portuguese Cup goals and last week became the youngest American to play in the UEFA Champions League proper, scored his first league goal on Sunday. With the score tied, 1-1, with three minutes left and Benfica playing with 10 men, Adu tapped in a cross from the Brazilian defender Leo to give Benfica a 2-1 win over Maritimo and move it into second place.
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UEFA Cup Results
In what proved to be Dutchman Martin Jol‘s last game as Tottenham manager, Spurs fell at home to Spanish club Getafe, 2-1, on Day 1 of the UEFA Cup’s group stage. Jol and assistant Chris Hughton both agreed to leave Spurs just before the game. Tim Howard was the only American in action on Thursday, starting in goal for the Toffees in their 3-1 win over Larissa at Goodison Park. For all Thursday’s UEFA Cup results …
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WEEKEND PREVIEW: International Soccer Headliners
Arsenal carries a 12-game winning streak into Anfield, where it faces Liverpool in a battle of EPL unbeatens. Two other matches pit Champions League competitors against each other: AC Milan-Roma in Italy and Sevilla-Valencia in Spain. Chelsea looks to continue its winning ways under its new manager, Avram Grant, when it hosts Manchester City, one of the pleasant surprises of the new EPL season.
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Sensational Robinho apologizes for tardiness, not partying
[VIDEO] Robinho’s sensational performance for Real Madrid in its 4-2 win over Olympiakos in the Champions League on Wednesday went a long way toward winning back the support of Madrid fans after his no-show last weekend.
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Red Bulls out to ruin another Revs’ postseason
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] More than few fans and pundits believe this is the season the Revs finally break their jinx and win the whole thing. They lost the 2006 final on penalties, lost in overtime in 2005, and were also beaten in overtime in 2002 in front of the home crowd. They must be due. Maybe. In their first full season under Coach Bruce Arena, the Red Bulls are far from the finished product. But they are potent going forward and have a lot of big-game experience in Juan Pablo Angel, Dave van den Bergh and Claudio Reyna
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Houston’s title defense starts in-state
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] The Texas Shootout has been more of a stampede this season, with Dallas avoiding defeat only once by tying Houston, 0-0, at Pizza Hut Park June 30. Houston is deeper than last year’s championship team. The additions of Nate Jaqua, Richard Mulrooney and Joseph Ngwenya brought experience as well as ability.
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Wizards face rising Chivas USA
The Wizards are back in the playoffs three years after finishing runner-up at MLS Cup; among the veterans of that solid team are defenders Jimmy Conrad and Jose Buricaga Jr., midfielders Sasha Victorine and Kerry Zavagnin, and attackers Scott Sealy and Davy Arnaud. They needed a win on the final day of the season to make the playoffs as the No. 8 seed, and as the fifth-placed team in the Eastern Conference are matched against the Western Conference champion on the other side of the bracket. First-year head coach Preki has upgraded Chivas USA from good to borderline excellent by incorporating a more direct, yet skillful, style of play.
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Chicago takes Round 1 against hobbled D.C. United
The regular season’s best team, D.C. United, lost its postseason opener, 1-0, at Chicago in front of 17,834 fans on Thursday and faces a must-win second-leg game at home next week to keep its campaign for a fifth MLS title alive. Chris Rolfe scored the gamewinner with a 15-yard volley while D.C. United’s offense sputtered because of Jaime Moreno and Luciano Emilio‘s foot injuries.
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Wilmer Cabrera named U.S. U-17 coach; Rongen rehired for U-20s
Colombian World Cup veteran Wilmer Cabrera, who moved to the United States four years ago and has been coaching youth soccer in the New York area, has been named U.S. U-17 boys national team coach and will oversee the U.S. Soccer Residency Camp in Bradenton, Fla. Thomas Rongen, who guided the USA to the quarterfinals of last summer’s U-20 World Cup, has had his contract extended through the 2009 U-20 World Cup. “Wilmer is going to be a great addition to all of our player development initiatives,” said U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati. “He has played at the highest level of the sport and will bring a unique perspective to our programs. He has been very involved in our youth national teams across the past year, and has done the work at the grassroots since relocating to the United States that make him an ideal candidate.”
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“I’ve heard nothing from anybody. In the next week or so, we’ll talk about planning for next year, so I’ll get a better idea of what [team president Alexi Lalas] is feeling. If people think I’m a bad coach and have coached this team badly, they can say that. But I feel that not all the results were down to coaching.”
— Los Angeles Galaxy coach Frank Yallop on his future with the team, which missed the playoffs. (Los Angeles Daily News)
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D.C. must overcome Chicago jinx
Every team, even the most successful one in MLS history, has to have a bogey opponent, that nettlesome foe always capable of inflicting a painful result no matter what the setting or situation. Four-time league champion D.C. United opens its quest for a fifth title on Thursday against Chicago, a team it has never beaten or scored against in the postseason.
Outscored by Chicago 10-0 in five postseason meetings, of which it has lost four and tied one, United’s players must wash away memories of 2003 and 2005. (Of the current squad, only Ben Olsen and Jaime Moreno played in the 1998 MLS Cup that D.C. lost to Chicago, 2-0, in the Rose Bowl.
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Colombian expected to be new U.S. U-17 coach
Two days after the dismissal of women’s national team coach Greg Ryan, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced that John Hackworth will no longer be head coach of the U.S. U-17 boys national team. Under Hackworth, the USA lost three games and won once at last summer’s U-17 World Cup. The leading candidate to replace Hackworth is former Colombian World Cup defender Wilmer Cabrera.
Hackworth has been named assistant coach to U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley and U.S. Soccer Development Academy Director.
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High School Girls Fall Rankings
New Jersey’s Immaculate Heart Academy is first in this week’s NSCAA/adidas High School Fall Girls Top 25. The Blue Eagles are one of eight unbeaten and united teams in the Top 25. For the complete Top 25 …
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UEFA Champions League Results
Defending UEFA Champions League champions AC Milan picked up a much-needed win with a 4-1 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk at home on Wednesday. The big surprise after three games is Norwegian club Rosenborg in second place in Group B after its 2-0 win over Valencia. For all of this week’s Champions League results and goalscorers …