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Four Americans took the field in an English Premier League game on Saturday punctuated by Brian McBride's gamewinning goal — a 73rd minute strike that gave Fulham a 2-1 win over Newcastle, for whom Oguchi Onyewu debuted four days after joining the team on loan from Belgium's Standard Liege. Carlos Bocanegra, like McBride, started for […]

For the third straight year, the Chicago Magic is first in the Soccer America Top 20 boys rankings, edging the Dallas Texans. Arsenal FC of Southern California is the third team on the podium. 2007 Soccer AmericaÆs Top 20 Boys Clubs RANK/TEAM (STATE) 1 Chicago Magic (Ill.) 2 Dallas Texans (Texas) 3 Arsenal FC (Calif.) […]

Kyle Davies, one of the nation's top young defensive prospects, has signed a three-year contract with English League Championship (second division) club Southampton. Davies, 17, spent two years in the U.S. U-17 residency program in Bradenton, Fla., and was a late cut from the U.S. under-20 national team that qualified recently for this summer's U-20 […]

U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley has called up 20 players — 16 from MLS and four from the EPL — for the international friendly soccer match against regional rival Mexico on Feb. 7 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (TV: ESPN2 and Univision, 9 p.m. ET; kickoff at 9:25 pm ET). […]

Rumors of DaMarcus Beasley returning to MLS aren't true, says his agent, Lyle Yorks of Proactive Sports Management. ''DaMarcus Beasley is very happy at Manchester City in the English Premier League and is not sure where all the rumors started saying that DaMarcus was in talks regarding a move to New York Red Bulls,'' says […]

Ronaldo may be gone, but that doesn't mean Real Madrid has been lighting it up without the Brazilian star, who spent much of the first half of the season on the bench and was finally sold this week to AC Milan for $9.7 million — less than half what Milan offered Real Madrid for Ronaldo […]

All the attention on Bloody Wednesday — which saw three respected Bundesliga coaches get fired or resign — has overshadowed Sunday's showdown between Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 (TV: GolTV: live, 11 am ET), which share first place two games into the second half of the season. Bremen and Schalke broke away from the pack, […]

U.S. under-17 national team head coach John Hackworth welcomed eight new players for the ninth year of U.S. Soccer's full-time residency program at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. The semester kicked off at the beginning of January, but a few players were on trial, giving Hackworth and his staff time to evaluate which players would […]

Colorado's revamped uniforms will be the subject of a team press conference this week or next as the club changes its branding again. The blue-and-black striped home uniforms inspired by Inter Milan, among others, will be replaced by a look something like that worn by English clubs Aston Villa and Burnley, according to a team […]

After being suspended for the first game back after Germany's winter break, Steve Cherundolo returned to the Hannover starting lineup for its 5-0 win over Hertha Berlin on Wednesday evening. With the victory, Hannover climbed to 10th place in the Bundesliga standings. Benny Feilhaber came off the bench late in Hamburg's 1-1 tie with Energie […]

Americans figured in 15 moves to European clubs during Europe's winter transfer window that closed on Wednesday. Reflecting the talent drain to Europe, the 2006 Honda Player of the Year Clint Dempsey, the top college prospect Charlie Davies and the 2006 USL1 Rookie of the Year Cam Weaver all moved to European teams. Within Europe, […]

Two of the biggest names in German coaching — Felix Magath and Jupp Heynckes — were replaced, and not to be out done, Hamburg made it a hat trick of coaching casualties on Wednesday when it fired Coach Thomas Doll. Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich fired Magath and replaced him with former boss Ottmar Hitzfeld a […]

Hugo Sanchez will be playing to win when Mexico faces the USA Feb. 7 in Glendale, Ariz., in his debut as Tri coach. Sanchez called up captain Rafael Marquez from Barcelona, and three other European-based stars — Carlos Salcido from PSV Eindhoven and Stuttgart's Pavel Pardo and Ricardo Osorio. Mexico won the battle for the […]

The NSCAA's College Game of the Week will return to Fox Soccer Channel in 2007. The men's game of the week will be on eight successive Friday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET, beginning Sept. 14, while the women's game of the week will be aired on Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m. ET for eight weeks […]

Colin Carmichael will take over as head coach of the Oklahoma State women's program with fellow co-coach Karen Hancock assuming the role of assistant coach. ''This was completely my decision,'' said Hancock. ''I'm a single mother and the job responsibilities of a head coach take up a lot of time. At this juncture, I think […]

While Tambi and Erwin are switching from men's to women's programs, Wulf Koch is going the other direction. Koch was named the new men's coach at NAIA powerhouse Auburn-Montgomery after spending three seasons overseeing the women's program, which had a 48-19-3 record. Before taking over the Senators' women's team, Koch coached men's teams for 12 […]

In a surprise move, Paula Wilkins, who has the second-highest winning percentage in the nation among active NCAA women's coaches, left Penn State to take over the women's program at Big Ten rival Wisconsin. Wilkins compiled a 119-19-11 in six seasons as Penn State's head coach, leading the Nittany Lions to six straight Big Ten […]

Feb. 7 is the National Letter of Intent Day for men's and women's soccer. That's the day players can formalize agreements with colleges to play in their programs, though most of the top prospects made up their minds about their college plans a long time ago. Among the top men's prospects is 2006 NSCAA/adidas Youth […]

MEN'S COACHING MOVES COLLEGE … OLD COACH … NEW COACH CHARLOTTE John Tart… Jeremy Gunn (Ft. Lewis coach) DENVER Chad Ashton (D.C. United assistant) … Dave Thomas-interim (Denver assistant) HIGH POINT Peter Broadley … Dustin Fonder (Elon assistant) HOWARD Keith Tucker … TBA IPFW Terry Stefankiewicz … Mike Harper (IPFW assistant) MAINE Travers Evans … […]

U.S. under-17 national team head coach John Hackworth welcomed eight new players for the ninth year of U.S. Soccer's full-time residency program at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. The semester kicked off at the beginning of January, but a few players were on trial, giving Hackworth and his staff time to evaluate which players would […]

Marcus Hahnemann was the only American to play in a winning effort on Tuesday night as top-flight league action resumed in England and Germany. Hahnemann was in goal as Reading beat Wigan, 3-2, to move into seventh place ahead of idle Everton in the English Premier League. Hahnemann could do nothing about Emile Heskey's third-minute […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Not all of the soccer news emanating out of Salt Lake City this week is bad. Much of it, yes, but not all of it. Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon decided Monday to back the vote of a Debt Review Committee that recommended Salt Lake County reject a proposal […]

Former MLS star Stern John was sold by Coventry of the English League Championship (second level) to rival Sunderland in a move the Black Cats hope will lead to promotion to the Premier League. John, who signed a contract through the 2008-09 season, is Manager Roy Keane's sixth signing since the transfer window opened on […]

Major League Soccer's 12 U.S.-based clubs will enter the 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, but only eight MLS teams will compete in tournament play. In past years, the eight MLS teams that advanced to the previous season's MLS Cup playoffs automatically qualified for the U.S. Open Cup's round of 16. This year, the MLS […]

The USA won the Four Nations Tournament for the fifth time in six trips to China with a 2-0 win over the host country on Tuesday in Guangzhou. Needing a victory to overtake China, the Americans won on a thunderous strike from midfielder Lori Chalupny in stoppage time of the first half and an opportunistic […]