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U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley has called in 26 players to a training camp that will begin on Thursday at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., to prepare for the showdown with archrival Mexico on Feb. 7 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. In addition to the 26 players arriving […]

Thanks to a record-setting 2006 season, the Eclipse Select emerged as the top team in the Soccer America Top 20 girls rankings, taking over the top spot from the Dallas Texans. 2007 Soccer AmericaÆs Top 20 Girls Clubs RANK/TEAM (STATE) 1 Eclipse Select (Ill.) 2 Dallas Texans (Texas) 3 PDA (N.J.) 4 Michigan Hawks (Mich.) […]

xx. RPI: Champion UNC first in women's rankings NCAA Division I women's champion North Carolina and runner-up Notre Dame also finished 1-2 in the NCAA's final Division I women's RPI rankings — the Ratings Percentage Index used as an aid in selecting and seeding of the teams for the NCAA Tournament and taking into account […]

NCAA Division I semifinal Virginia topped the NCAA's final Division I RPI rankings — the Ratings Percentage Index used as an aid in selecting and seeding of the teams for the NCAA Tournament and taking into account a team's winning percentage, its strength of schedule and its opponents' strength of schedule. ACC teams claimed the […]

Since so many cybersoccer columnists dredge up arcane rock references for whatever reason – nostalgia, faux retro-hipness, or brain-synapse degeneration directly related to dubious lifestyle choices – in their prose, this entry is so titled. However, it is not a tribute to the great, unheralded power-blues band of the 60s and 70s fronted by Englishman […]

Watford's American defender Jay DeMerit entered the game in the 34th minute and scored the gamewinner – heading past American keeper Brad Friedel – in the 70th minute for a 2-1 win as the English Premier League's last-place team notched its second win of the season. It was DeMerit's second EPL goal of the season. […]

Claudio Reyna, 33, the former U.S. captain who has played professionally in the top tier leagues of England, Scotland and Germany since 1994, and in three World Cups, has completed his transfer from Manchester City to the New York Red Bulls. 1 Reyna was the first and only American named to the FIFA World Cup […]

Clint Dempsey, who joined Fulham on a $4 million transfer fee from the New England Revolution, made his English Premier League debut on Saturday in a 1-1 tie with Tottenham Hotspur. Dempsey came on against Tottenham in the 81st minute, joining fellow Americans Carlos Bocanegra and Brian McBride, who both started and went the full […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America SOCCER AMERICA REPORT CARD (1=low; 5=average; 10-high) RATING PLAYER (CLUB CAPS/GOALS) STARTERS: 5 Matt Reis (New England 2/0) 5 Chris Albright (Los Angeles 20/1) 7 Bobby Boswell (D.C. United 2/0) 6 Jim Conrad (Kansas City 18/0) 6 Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA 1/1) 7 Ricardo Clark (Houston 2/0) 5 […]

The U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame is seeking a new president and chief operating officer in the wake of the resignation of Will Lunn, who was president the last 10 years and served the Hall of Fame for 16 years. The Hall of Fame is located in Oneonta, N.Y. Candidates should submit a resume […]

Coach Tad Bobak is bringing in 26 players for the U.S. under-15 girls national team's first training camp of the year Jan. 22-28 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. This will be the first national team training camp experience for all of the players in this youngest level of the U.S. women's program.

With the Four Nations Tournament beginning Friday in Guangzhou, the big mystery in China concerns the status of women's national team coach Ma Liangyu. Speculation is rife that Ma will be replaced by a foreign coach, perhaps women's national team technical adviser Eckhard Krautzun, the former NASL and Canada national team coach. Ma has failed […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America With four teams being led by first-time head coaches and a whole new expansion scenario north of the border, where Mo Johnston will be assisted by a man 22 years his senior who brought him to Kansas City, one of the eternal verities of MLS crops up yet […]

A Buenos Aires tattooist, who is also a River Plate fan, is being sued for etching a penis on the back of teenager who requested the Boca Juniors logo, according to UPI. ''I could not see what he was tattooing because he didn't have a mirror. I only saw it when I got home and […]

Coach Tad Bobak is bringing in 26 players for the U.S. under-15 girls national team's first training camp of the year Jan. 22-28 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. This will be the first national team training camp experience for all of the players in this youngest level of the U.S. womenÆs program. […]

Manchester United lost a chance to add distance between itself and defending champion Chelsea's when it fell to Arsenal, 2-1, after conceding two goals in the last seven minutes. The loss came a day after Chelsea lost to Liverpool, 2-0. United, looking for its first league title since 2003, has 57 points, six more than […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) MONDAY, Jan. 22 SETANTA SPORTS USA England PLYMOUTH ARGYLE-COVENTRY CITY (live), 2:30 pm. TUESDAY, Jan. 23 FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL U-20 CONMEBOL CHILE-ARGENTINA, Fase Final (live), 3:30 pm. U-20 CONMEBOL COLOMBIA-PARAGUAY, Fase Final (live), […]

The USA qualified for record-setting sixth straight FIFA U-20 World Cup by winning Group A CONCACAF Final Round Qualifying Tournament. After a 0-0 tie with Guatemala left the USA in danger of possibly missing out on this summer's U-20 championships in Canada, Haiti did the Americans a favor by beating Guatemala, 2-0, mathematically advancing the […]

The U.S. under-20 national team was left probably needing a result against host Panama Sunday at the CONCACAF U-20 Qualifying Tournament after it had to settle for a 0-0 draw with Guatemala Friday. The USA leads Group A with four points in two games, but it will be eliminated if it loses to Panama and […]

The USA beat Denmark's League select team, 3-1, in Bob Bradley's debut as U.S. men's national team coach. Jonathan Bornstein and Kenny Cooper both celebrated their first caps with second-half goals as the Americans rallied from a 1-0 deficit. Landon Donovan scored on a penalty kick in the 44th minute to tie the score. Chris […]

New Mexico national team coach Hugo Sanchez called up 26 players for his first national team camp — a four-day mini-camp Jan. 21-24 — to prepare for the friendly against the USA Feb. 7 in Glendale, Ariz. Not included in the squad were any players from Club America, which is involved in pre-qualifying for the […]

The second half of the Mexican First Division season begins Friday night when UAG hosts Tigres in the first of nine games scheduled for the opening weekend of play in the Torneo Clausura. Mexico national team striker Francisco Fonseca will debut for Tigres after just six months at Portuguese club Benfica. Kikin rejected claims he […]

Trinidad & Tobago, Guadeloupe and Cuba joined Haiti, which had qualified earlier in the week, as the Caribbean's four entrants in the 2007 Gold Cup. They qualified by securing the top two spots in the two groups at the Digicel Caribbean Cup. Host T&T won the Sedley Joseph Group with a 3-1 win over Haiti […]

Chelsea fans will be rooting for Arsenal on Sunday when the Gunners host English Premier League leader Manchester United (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 11 am ET). Third-place Arsenal is only a longshot to win the EPL title, trailing United by 15 points, but the Gunners could cut into United's six-point lead over second-place Chelsea […]

Major League Soccer teams selected 51 players in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft on Thursday afternoon. Among the player selected were two players from NCAA Division I champion UC Santa Barbara — goalie Kyle Reynish (Real Salt Lake) and Ghanaian midfielder Eric Primpong (Kansas City). Other draftees of note included New Zealand international Jarrod Smith […]