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Brazilian great Romario goes for his 1,000th career goal when Vasco da Gama plays at Gama in the capital Brasilia on Wednesday in a Copa Brasil game. According to Vasco da Gama, Romario enters the game with 998 goals, though many came early in his career at the youth level or others more recently in […]

Univision's prime-time coverage of Mexico's SuperClßsico between Club America of Mexico City and Guadalajara Sunday in Mexico City drew 4.3 million viewers ages 2 and over, making it the largest audience for a club soccer game on American television in the past 13 years. The viewership of the America-Chivas game surpassed the U.S. viewership of […]

Qualifying for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland continues with games Saturday and next Wednesday, the first of five double dates in 2007. Here's a look at Groups 1-3. GROUP 1. Portugal, currently tied for fourth place in Group 1, faces two critical Euro 2008 qualifiers in the next week. The Euro 2004 […]

This impasse between Shalrie Joseph and the Revs/MLS is about more than money, and Joseph can prove it, or at least so claims his agent, Ron Waxman. ''He will play for any other team in MLS under his current contract,'' says Waxman of a deal that will pay Joseph a base salary of $157,500, plus […]

As expected, Toronto FC will welcome legendary rock band Genesis to BMO Field in early September. Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford will be accompanied by longtime sidemen Chester Thompson and Daryl Stuermer. The team also confirmed that season-ticket sales have been stopped at 14,000, and it will soon begin selling mini packages of […]

By Ridge Mahoney There will be pressure on Chad Barrett this season to score goals for the Fire, which lost Andy Herron (Crew) and Nate Jaqua (Galaxy) during the offseason. They ranked first and second, respectively, on the team in goalscoring last year with nine and eight goals. Barrett notched five goals in 2006, his […]

The U.S. under-20 national team will conduct its first camp since qualifying for this summer's U-20 World Cup in Canada when it trains in Frisco, Texas, from March 22-29. U-20 head coach Thomas Rongen has invited 16 players in for the camp. Nine players play in Major League Soccer, two play professionally in Europe, four […]

Man U and Chelsea won their quarterfinal replays to advance to the FA Cup semifinals. Chelsea downed Tottenham Hotspur, 2-1, thanks to long-range shots from Andriy Shevchenko and Shaun Wright-Phillips. Chelsea will face Blackburn. Cristiano Ronaldo drew a penalty kick and converted it himself for Manchester United's goal in a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough. Man […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and soccerTV.com) MONDAY, March 19 FOX SPORTS CHANNEL England MIDDLESBROUGH-MANCHESTER UTD., FA Cup, Quarterfinals, Replay (live), 4 pm. England TOTTENHAM-CHELSEA, FA Cup, Quarterfinals, Replay (delay), 6 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Italy CATANIA-REGGINA (delay), 2 am. England TOTTENHAM-CHELSEA, FA […]

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHT/NEWS SHOWS A TODO GOAL (Goals from around the world) Gol TV Monday, 1 pm ET. SKY SPORTS NEWS Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 7 pm ET FOX SOCCER SHOW Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 10 pm ETFOX SPORTS NOTICIAS Fox Sports en Espanol Monday-Friday, 2 pm ET GOL TV NEWS Gol TV Monday-Friday, 7 pm […]

Goalkeeper Tim Howard and Everton celebrated a 1-0 win over Arsenal and moved into sixth-place, within the UEFA Cup qualification zone. But keeper Brad Friedel and Blackburn went down, 2-1, against 19th place West Ham, whose American defender Jonathan Spector stayed on the bench. Manchester City's 2-0 win at Middlesbrough eases its relegation fears; it's […]

German Villa's goal in the 24th minute gave Club America a 1-0 victory over Guadalajara in the 196th edition of Mexico's SuperClßsico. America has a 70-61 edge over Guadalajara in series wins, but Chivas came into the game as the favorite. It won the Torneo Apertura in December and had lost only one of its […]

Teams from North Carolina ('89 boys), Eastern Pennsylvania ('89 girls), Illinois ('91 boys) and New Jersey ('91 girls) were crowned Sunday at the US Youth Soccer ODP National Championships in Frisco, Texas. Three Cal South teams reached the finals, where they all lost. Michigan was the only other state association to send three teams to […]

The first- and second-place teams in England, Germany and Spain all won this weekend. In England, Manchester United and Chelsea both won easily to maintain the six-point gap between them with eight games remaining. Cristiano Ronaldo was involved in all three goals — two by Park Ji-sung and and the first of two by Wayne […]

Recreativo Huelva, this season's La Liga surprise, will be out to ambush Barcelona when the Spanish league co-leaders travel to on Saturday (TV: GolTV, live, 2:30 pm ET). Recre has already beaten such big teams as Real Madrid, Valencia and Atletico Madrid, and has won praise for its combination of possession soccer and lightning counterattacks. […]

Manchester United's lead over Chelsea is down to six points, following the Blues' 1-0 win at Manchester City in their Premier League makeup game, and both face the prospect of playing league games on Saturday and FA Cup replays on Monday. Manchester United hosts northwest England rival Bolton Wanderers on Saturday (TV: Setanta Sports USA, […]

The U.S. U-17 boys national team tied the Municipal reserves, 2-2, Wednesday in Guatemala City, Guatemala. After Manuel Leon gave Municipal the lead, the USA responded with goals by Mykell Bates and Billy Schuler to take a 2-1 lead, but Diego Chicas responded for Municipal seven minutes after Schuler's go-ahead goal. The USA will face […]

By Ridge Mahoney The MLS team that will train for more than a week in Mexico prior to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup semifinal second legs won't have the edge that its league counterpart does. D.C. United will leave for Guadalajara next week deadlocked with Chivas Guadalajara, 1-1, following their first leg at RFK Stadium, giving […]

For the first time since becoming interim coach of the USA, Bob Bradley will welcome a large contingent of foreign-based players into training camp. Bradley has included 13 European-based players, including his 19-year-old son, Michael Bradley, in the 24-man roster for friendlies against Ecuador (March 25 in Tampa) and Guatemala (March 28 in Frisco, Texas). […]

Schalke 04, which has never won the German Bundesliga title, is on the verge of collapse after managing just two points in its last four games, but it received good news this week with the return of three players to training this week. Christian Pander, Gerald Asamoah and Gustavo Varela could all play in Saturday […]

In Houston, Texas, they postponed a game because they couldn't turn the lights on. In Chile, it was little insects that forced First Division club O'Higgins to postpone its game on Wednesday against Universidad Chile. It happens that termites chewed so determinedly into the stands of Estadio El Teniente – a 1962 World Cup venue […]

The USA will be installed as the heavy favorite to win the 2007 Women's World Cup thanks to a dominating performance at the 2007 Algarve Cup in Portugal combined with shockingly bad showings by reigning world champion Germany and 2007 Women's World Cup host China. The USA beat Denmark, 2-0, Wednesday on goals by Kristine […]

My View By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor, Soccer America Magazine Strong arguments have long been made that professional clubs should take a lead role in developing young American players. ''If we ever aspire to be a soccer-playing country that can compete with Brazils, Argentinas, Italys, etc., on a consistent basis and eventually conquer them, we […]

UEFA came down hard on Valencia and Inter Milan following their postgame brawl in last week's Champions League. Valencia defender David Navarro was suspended for seven months — one of the harshest penalties UEFA has ever handed out — five other players were also suspended, and both teams were fined $204,000. After Inter midfielder Nicolas […]

Sixteen teams will compete in the 2007 US Youth Soccer ODP National Championships March 16-18 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. Regional ODP champions in the 1989 and 1991 age groups will play in semifinal matches on Friday and championship matches on Sunday. FINAL FOUR ENTRANTS: 1989 Girls: Eastern Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Texas and […]