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Fourteen former players are on the National Soccer Hall of Fame's Veteran's Final Ballot, All Hall of Famers are eligible to vote on the final Veteran's Ballot. The Veteran receiving the most votes is elected to the Hall of Fame as long as the vote total is at least 50 percent of the ballots cast. […]

The USA opens play against China on Thursday (kickoff: 11:15 am ET) at the 2007 Algarve Cup in Silves, Portugal, and the tournament will mark the first action of the 2007 season for captain Kristine Lilly, who heads into the Algarve Cup with 117 career goals, second on the all-time goal scoring list for women […]

Barcelona can take hope from Manchester United that Liverpool is beatable at Anfield. The Spanish club will put its UEFA Champions League title on the line Tuesday night when it faces Liverpool, which takes a 2-1 lead into the game. The Reds are coming off Saturday's 1-0 loss to Manchester United that ended their 30-game […]

The U.S. under-17 boys national team is headed to Central America, where it continues its preparations for this spring's CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 2007 Under-17 World Cup in South Korea. The U-17s will leave Thursday for a 10-day trip to Honduras and Guatemala that includes two matches against Honduras U-17s and matches against the […]

Dean Duerst, the former Wisconsin coach, took over for Erica Walsh as the head coach of the U.S. under-17 girls national team for its current camp at the Home Depot Center. Walsh was recently the new women's head coach at Penn State after her predecessor, Paula Wilkins, took Duerst's job in Madison. Duerst is also […]

Goalkeeper Diego Fernando of Colombian club Deportivo Pasto reacted to news that he'd be on the bench by punching Coach Alvaro de Jesus Gomez in the face. ''This type of indiscipline cannot be tolerated, especially in an institution characterized by unity and solidarity,'' said the club in a statement after suspending Fernando. In southern Serbia, […]

Real Madrid star David Beckham suffered what his coach, Fabio Capello, described Sunday as a ''serious'' injury in the Merengues' 1-1 tie with Getafe on Saturday night. Beckham looked certain to miss Real Madrid's UEFA Champions League match at Bayern Munich on Tuesday. The injury probably killed any chance of his returning to the England […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and soccerTV.com) MONDAY, March 5 FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL CONMEBOL U-17 ARGENTINA-PARAGUAY (live), 2 pm. SETANTA SPORTS USA England PRESTON NORTH END-SOUTHAMPTON,á (live), 2:30 pm. Scotland MOTHERWELL-HEARTS (delay), 9 pm. TUESDAY, March 6 ESPN2 European Champions League LIVERPOOL-BARCELONA, Round […]

Sevilla took over first place from Barcelona in Spain's La Liga, coming from behind to beat Barca, 2-1, in a wild match on Saturday. Barcelona was cruising in the first half thanks to

ENGLAND. Manchester United continued its strong play away from home, beating Liverpool, 1-0, with a goal by substitute John O'Shea in stoppage time, to maintain its nine-point lead over Chelsea in the Premier League. The loss snapped Liverpool's 30-match unbeaten home league record, stretching back to October 2005. Hours after the stunning United win, Chelsea […]

The USA will face South Korea, Poland and Brazil in the Under-20 World Cup this summer in Canada. The Americans opens against Korea on June 30, then faces Poland on July 3 at Montreal's Olympic Stadium before concluding group play on July 6 against four-time U-20 world champion Brazil at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa. […]

Chad O'Donnell of Sioux Falls, S.D., and George Jardine of Wilmington, Del., were named the 2006 US Youth Soccer adidas Coaches of the Year at the awards gala held Friday night in conjunction with the 2007 US Youth Soccer adidas Workshop and Coaches Convention in St. Louis. Donnell coaches in the Sioux Falls Soccer Association. […]

The U.S. Soccer Foundation announced the distribution of $2 million in funds to 52 groups in 24 states and the District of Columbia as part of its 12th annual grants program. This year's program was highlighted by the establishment of ''Mooch'' Myernick Fund to honor the life, career and years of distinguished service of coach […]

Marin Levidzhev fought for two years in Bulgarian courts to change his name legally to Manchester United. Local magistrates refused to allow a surname change, but are permitting him to from now on be known as Manchester Levidzhev. Yet Levidzhev remains determined, declaring that he'll take his quest to become Mr. United to a higher […]

In the English Premier League, Fulham (14th place) ended a run of three straight losses in all competitions with a 1-1 tie with Aston Villa thanks Carlos Bocanegra's headed goal. It was Bocanegra's third goal of the season. Brian McBride played 80 minutes for Fulham; Clint Dempsey stayed on the bench. American keeper Marcus Hahnemann […]

Quietly, without much fanfare, ground was broken Friday in Swope Park, Mo. for a training facility, a four-field complex to be used by thousands of local youth players. Yawn Grande, right? Well, hardly. Shovels in the ground does not a franchise revive, but what has begun is the transformation of the Kansas City Wizards from […]

The U.S. Soccer Foundation announced the distribution of $2 million in funds to 52 groups in 24 states and the District of Columbia as part of its 12th annual grants program. This year's grants program recipients was highlighted by the establishment of ''Mooch'' Myernick Fund to honor the life, career and years of distinguished service […]

Linda Hamilton, a starter on the 1991 U.S. women's world championship team, has been named the head women's coach at NCAA Division I school North Florida. Hamilton, who serves on U.S. Soccer's Board of Directors, spent last fall as an assistant women's coach at Hofstra and previously was head coach at Old Dominion in 1994, […]

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville's Board of Trustees has approved a move for the school to apply for reclassification to NCAA Division I for all sports in the SIUE program. SIU-E currently participates at the NCAA Division II level but for many years was a D1 power in men's soccer. The Cougars won the 1979 NCAA Division […]

The Adus sure start young. Freddy Adu signed with MLS at 14. Fro Adu, his younger brother, is off to college at 16. Fro has signed a letter of intent to play for George Mason, where he will play for former Columbus Crew coach Greg Andrulis. Adu, whose full name is Fredua Akoto Adu (as […]

Kentucky product Omar Persad, who was named to Jamaica's squad for last week's CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament,á played for Southern California club Arsenal FC, not Louisville club Javanon, in the 2006 McGuire Cup. Before attending San Diego State, Persad played for the JYSA United club in Louisville.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN COLLEGE … OLD COACH … NEW COACH CHARLOTTE John Tart… Jeremy Gunn (Ft. Lewis coach) DENVER Chad Ashton (D.C. United assistant) … Bobby Muuss (Wake Forest assistant) HIGH POINT Peter Broadley … Dustin Fonder (Elon assistant) HOWARD Keith Tucker … TBA IPFW Terry Stefankiewicz … Mike Harper (IPFW assistant) MAINE Travers […]

Ciaran O'Brien, who earned second-team Soccer America All-Freshman honors in 2006, is transferring from San Diego to 2006 NCAA Division I national champion UC Santa Barbara. O'Brien was the most widely recruited transfer player in the nation following a very successful freshman campaign with the Toreros. He was third on the squad with six goals […]

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Germany, which in 2006 hosted the men's World Cup, is bidding to host the 2011 Women's World Cup. The German soccer federation announced its intentions while revealing a logo and the slogan, ''A reunion of friends – See you again.'' ''After the fantastic men's World Cup and the summer fairy tale of 2006, it's our […]