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The U.S. Soccer Federation board unanimously approved a quest to bid for the 2018 World Cup during the federation AGM in Los Angeles. The USA hosted the 1994 World Cup, which remains the best attended finals ever. Also aiming to host the 2018 finals is England. The 2010 World Cup is set for South Africa. […]

Brian McBride scored his 9th goal of the season, but Fulham fell, 2-1, to Manchester United, for which Cristiano Ronaldo's scored the late gamewinner. McBride played 79 minutes, Carlos Bocanegra went the distance in central defense; and Clint Dempsey, a 71st minute sub, was one of the Cottagers Ronaldo evaded on the way to scoring […]

Before playing a game for the New York Red Bulls, goalkeeper Nick Rimando was traded to Real Salt Lake in exchange for future considerations. Rimando, who had played two seasons with the Miami Fusions and five with D.C. United, came to the Red Bulls by way of Salt Lake, which needed him back after keeper […]

USL founder and president Francisco Marcos was awarded the U.S. Soccer Werner Fricker Builder Award, which is presented annually to an individual who has worked tirelessly in furthering the interest of the sport of soccer. The award is designed to honor those who have created or fostered programs that will outlast their own active involvement […]

The U.S. under-23 national team tied Japanese club Rosso Kumamoto in the second and final game of the team's stay in japan. UCLA's Sal Zizzo set up New England Revolution draft pick Adam Cristman for a pair of goals before Rosso Kumamoto, which is a third-tier JFL team, came back with goals in the 82nd […]

MONDAY, Feb. 26 SETANTA SPORTS USA England STOKE CITY-BARNSLEY (live), 2:30 pm. TUESDAY, Feb. 27 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL England READING-MANCHESTER UTD., 5th Round Replay (live), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL England READING-MANCHESTER UTD., 5th Round Replay (live), 3 pm. Copa Libertadores BANFIELD-EL NACIONAL (live), 5 pm. Copa Libertadores GREMIO-CUCUTA (live), 7 pm. Copa Libertadores […]

Chelsea won the first trophy of the English season when it beat London rival Arsenal, 2-1, in Sunday's League Cup final marred by an ugly brawl that saw three players sent off near the end of the game. Teenager Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead in the 12th minute, but Chelsea star Didier Drogba responded with […]

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The last American left in European action was knocked out on Thursday when Brad Friedel's Blackburn Rovers could only tie Bayer Leverkusen, 0-0, and fell, 3-2, on aggregate in the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. Defending champion Sevilla advanced to the final 16 with a 1-0 win over Steaua Bucharest thanks to Alexander […]

The USL and Turner Broadcasting will provide exclusive online video streaming of USL First Division matches for the next three seasons. The matches, unavailable on traditional broadcast or cable television stations, will be available on the new broadband channel USL Live at www.USLLive.com, launching early April. Fans will be able to watch USL First Division […]

The British public can post petitions directly on Prime Minister Tony Blair's official Web site thanks to a program established three months ago. More than 4,000 petitions have been posted, drawing 3 million e-mailed protest signatures. The petitions have ranged from objections to new taxes on drivers (1.8 million signed) to a request that Blair, […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Less than a month into preseason, Real Salt Lake coach John Ellinger is questioning his latest experiment with a 3-5-2 formation, and Toronto supremo Mo Johnston axed three trialists for stinking up the place while mentioning more than a few of the bodies still on the roster weren't doing much […]

Reading's 23-year-old American midfielder Bobby Convey will miss the remainder of the English Premier League season in order to undergo surgery on a knee that has bothered him since last summer's World Cup. ''[Convey] doesn't feel right with it,'' Reading coach Steve Coppell said. ''I have no doubt that he could have played on to […]

Using the same philosophy that allowed Americans Frankie Simek and Danny Karbassiyoon to get first-team appearances with the Gunners two years ago, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger plans on sticking with youngsters against Chelsea in the first all-London League Cup final on Sunday at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium (TV: Setanta Sports USA, live, 9 am ET). Wenger […]

U.S. women's national team head coach Greg Ryan named 20 players to the roster for the 2007 Algarve Cup, being held March 7-14 in the Algarve region of Portugal. Shannon Boxx, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist, will return to international competition for the first time in 10 months. She had major knee surgery last July. […]

After a week dominated by news of an altercation that rekindled the image of English soccer stars as out-of-control boozers, Liverpool stunned defending champion Barcelona, 2-1, Wednesday in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round-of-16 series. Liverpool's goalscorers were Craig Bellamy and John-Arne Riise, who were at the center of the controversy surrounding […]

The U.S. U-23 men's national team played to a 0-0 tie with Japan's under-23 national team in the Kirin Challenge Cup, its first international match under new head coach Bob Bradley. The Japanese were twice denied on shots by Sota Hirayama and Koki Mizuno off the woodwork. Chris Seitz, signed by Real Salt Lake out […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America Facing Central American opposition on the road, be it World Cup qualifying or club competition, is pocked with pitfalls, as both D.C. United and Houston found out in the first legs of the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals Wednesday. D.C. won and Houston lost as both teams showed considerable […]

There will still be school teachers, accountants and truck drivers refereeing MLS and international games in the USA, but now there will also be full-time professional referees in the middle. U.S. Soccer has launched a program to employ refs full-time, which exists in only a few nations, including England, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. […]

By Ridge Mahoney U.S. Soccer will send a team comprised mostly of MLS players to the Copa America, according to federation president Sunil Gulati, partially because European teams will not be obligated to release their players for that tournament. For invited teams Mexico and the United States, the Copa America is not a regional championship. […]

The Houston Dynamo and D.C. United on Wednesday begin their campaign to claim the CONCACAF Champions Cup for the USA for the third time. D.C. United, under then-coach Bruce Arena, won the 1998 crown. The Los Angeles Galaxy, then guided by Coach Sigi Schmid, took the crown in 2000. Club America is the defending champ […]

Winners by Country Mexico 22 Club America (5), Cruz Azul (5), UNAM. (3), Toluca (2), Guadalajara (1), Puebla (1), Pachuca (1), Necaxa (1), UdeG (1), Atlante (1), Espanol (1). Costa Rica 6 Saprissa (3), Alajuelense (2), Cartagines (1). El Salvador 3 Alianza (1), Fas (1), Aguila (1). Suriname 2 Transvaal (2). Honduras 2 Olimpia (2). […]

The U.S. U-15 national team coach Jim Barlow brought 24 players to the Home Depot Center, where they are spending a week training. Among those present at the camp, which runs through Saturday, are Charles Renken, the 13-year-old striker who entered the U.S. U-17 Residency Program in January, and Sebastian Ibeagha, whose older brother Christian […]

French defender Sebastien Sansoni of Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem claims it wasn't his intention to dine on NEC's Roy Beerens, he just wanted to ''scare him off.'' Still, the biting motion earned Sansoni a five-game ban. ''Although it was never my intention to hurt Beerens, it does look offensive,'' admitted Sansoni, who didn't break flesh.

Liverpool's new American owners, George Gillett Jr. and Tom Hicks, were welcomed to the wild side of English soccer with front-page headlines of out-of-control partying during the Reds' stay in Portugal, where Manager Rafael Benitez brought the team to prepare for Wednesday's UEFA Champions League showdown at defending champion Barcelona. With a free weekend — […]