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German Juergen Klinsmann, who has for months been tipped to succeed Bruce Arena as U.S. men's national team coach, won't be taking the job. In a statement, Klinsmann said he had withdrawn his name from consideration but would not go into details of his conversations with U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati. Gulati has scheduled a […]

German Juergen Klinsmann, who has for months been tipped to succeed Bruce Arena as U.S. menÆs national team coach, wonÆt be taking the job. In a statement to ESPN, Klinsmann said he had withdrawn his name from consideration but would not go into details of his conversations with U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati. Klinsmann, who […]

The four coaching finalists for the vacant FC Dallas job are being evaluated by an intriguing quartet of executives: Clark Hunt, Dan Hunt and John Wagner of operator-investor Hunt Sports Group, and team president and general manager Michael Hitchcock. Each of them has used 10 criteria to score each candidate on a scale of 1 […]

Bob Ganlser, who head coached the U.S. 1990 World Cup team and the 2000 MLS champion Kansas City, will be the assistant coach to Mo Johnston with 2007 MLS expansion club Toronto FC. Johnston was a player on Gansler's Kansas City Wizards. ''I am very excited to be working with Bob again'', said Johnston, a […]

All of a sudden, it seems, American attackers are drawing attention overseas. U.S. international Josh Wolff has signed with 1860 Munich of the German Second Division following a brief trial, Nate Jaqua has tryouts lined up in several European countries, Edson Buddle is looking for work in Scandanavia, and Clint Dempsey has been courted by […]

Manchester United, Arsenal, Porto and Lille grabbed the four remaining spots in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCOREBOARD Wednesday, Dec. 6 Group E Dynamo Kiev 2 (Shatskikh 13, 27) Real Madrid 2 (Ronaldo 86 pen. 88). Lyon 1 (Diarra 12) Steaua Bucharest 1 (Dica 2). Group F FC Copenhagen 3 […]

Nine repeat selections highlight the 78 players selected to the 2006 NSCAA/adidas Boys High School All-America Team.   The players making their second appearance are defender Patrick Sigler (Cardinal Newman HS/Windsor, Calif.); midfielders Ryan Aweida (Broomfield HS, Colo.), Wilber Bonilla (Brentwood HS, N.Y.), Eric Cava (Broadneck HS/Annapolis, Md.), Andrew Duran (Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena, Ill.), Bryan Martinez […]

When Galaxy coach Frank Yallop mentioned during MLS Cup activities last month he wasn't done changing the roster, he wasn't kidding. By trading a pair of two-year players — striker Herculez Gomez and defender Ugo Ihemelu, for eight-year veteran goalkeeper Joe Cannon — Yallop has added an element that was crucial to his winning the […]

Barcelona quickly put to rest about doubts about whether it would become the first defending champion to be eliminated in the group phase of the UEFA Champions League. The Catalan club got goals from Ronaldinho (free kick under the leaping wall) and Eidur Gudjohnsen (header off Ludovic Giuly cross) in the first 19 minutes and […]

Sometime before Christmas, U.S. Soccer will announce the hiring of Juergen Klinsmann as its national team coach and thus will conclude months of anticlimax. Much federation business has been on hold while President Sunil Gulati and Klinsmann have negotiated, bargained and dickered, but not preparations for the men's under-20 team, which plays its CONCACAF qualifiers […]

Nine players repeated as 2006 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School All-Americans, including junior forward Tiffany McCarty (Washington's St. JohnÆs High School), who earned the award for the second consecutive year. The remaining eight repeaters all are seniors or graduated last spring: midfielders Hannah Cerrone (Ketcham H.S./Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), Bianca DÆAgostino (Loomis Chaffee School/Windsor, Conn.), Kate Macauley […]

The 2007 season is four months away and already Colorado has a huge advantage over most of the teams that have moved into new stadiums. Unlike the laborious road streaks undertaken by Columbus (1999), Los Angeles (2003), and Chicago (2006), Colorado opens its new stadium with the season opener April 7 against D.C. United at […]

German leader Werder Bremen will look to pull one of the biggest upsets in the history of the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday when it plays at defending champion Barcelona. A Werder win or tie will send it through to the round of 16 and eliminate La Liga leader. Werder isn't about to abandon its […]

The U.S. under-17 girls national team will head off for an 11-day trip Dec. 8-18 to Buenos Aires, Argentina Coach Erica Walsh will take 18 players on the trip afor three matches against the Argentina U-20s (Dec. 13), the senior Argentina national team (Dec. 15) and a final match against either the Argentina U-17s or […]

UC Santa Barbara defied history to beat UCLA, 2-1, in the final of the Men's College Cup Sunday and win its first NCAA Division I men's championship. The Gauchos' victory over UCLA was their first since 1982 and only the second in 33 meetings. UCLA came into the final the favorite after its 4-0 demolition […]

Steve Cherundolo scored his first goal of the season for Hannover 96 in a 1-0 win at newly promoted Energie Cottbus. Hannover has climbed from last place to 12th. The headed goal by the 5-foot-6 right back was the 27-year-old's fourth in 131 Bundesliga games. Cherundolo was also Kicker Magazine's man of the game. Benny […]

U-17 Boys All-SYL Team Ben Foerstner –  H.C. United Bryan Arguez –  Kendall S.C. Jose Gonzalez –  Santa Cruz County Breakers Kenneth Walker –  Cleveland Soccer Academy Efrain Burgos – San Francisco United SC Joey Amendolare – New York Rough Riders Andrew Luttrell –  Indiana Invaders Yianni Mavrikos – Victoria United Sergio Rodriguez – Vancouver […]

Guadalajara won a special playoff edition of Mexico's Superclßsico when Chivas beat Club America, 2-0, on aggregate (2-0 at home and 0-0 away) to reach the final of the Torneo Apertura. Guadalajara faces Toluca, which beat Pachuca, 1-0, on a goal by Uruguayan Vicente Sanchez and win its series, 2-1. Chivas have not won one […]

U.S. international Heather O'Reilly went out as she began her college career with a national championship, leading North Carolina to its 18th NCAA women's championship Sunday afternoon with a 2-1 victory over top-ranked and previously unbeaten Notre Dame at SAS Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. North Carolina-Notre Dame Video Highlights North Carolina-UCLA Video Highlights Notre […]

MEN'S COLLEGE CUP Final Dec. 3 in St. Louis UC Santa Barbara 2 UCLA 1. Goals: Perera (Rosenlund) 3, Avila (Perera, Byrne) 61; Leopoldo (Beltran) 79. UC Santa Barbara — Reynish, Iro, G.Curry, Tennelle, J.Curry, Rosenlund, Frimpong, Pontius, Avila, Byrne, Perera. Subs: Walker, Nunez, Patterson, Kaveny, Proctor. UCLA — Reed, Rusin, Zaher, Alvarado, McClung, Stephens, […]

UC Santa Barbara defied history to beat UCLA, 2-1, in the final of the Men's College Cup Sunday and win its first NCAA Division I men's championship. UCSB-UCLA Video Highlights UCLA-Virginia Video Highlights UCSB-Wake Forest Video Highlights The Gauchos' victory over UCLA was their first since 1982 and only the second in 33 meetings. UCLA […]

Final Dec. 3 in St. Louis UC Santa Barbara 2 UCLA 1. Goals: Perera (Rosenlund) 3, Avila (Perera, Byrne) 61; Leopoldo (Beltran) 79. UC Santa Barbara — Reynish, Iro, G.Curry, Tennelle, J.Curry, Rosenlund, Frimpong, Pontius, Avila, Byrne, Perera. Subs: Walker, Nunez, Patterson, Kaveny, Proctor. UCLA — Reed, Rusin, Zaher, Alvarado, McClung, Stephens, Barlow, Zizzo, Leopoldo, […]

Notre Dame stars Kerri Hanks and Joseph Lapira swept the 2006 Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy as the top college players. This marks the first time since the MAC began awarding both a men's and women's award in 1991 that players from the same school have won the award in the same year. Hanks and […]

California reigned over the ACC in an East-West battle in the semifinals of the Men's College Cup on Saturday in St. Louis. UCLA, looking for its 100th NCAA sports championship, stunned Virginia with a four-goal blitz in the last 26 minutes to down the Cavaliers, 4-0, in the first semifinals. UC Santa Barbara outlasted Wake […]

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