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The USA will find out its three first-round opponents at the 2007 Women's World Cup, to be held Sept. 10-30 in China, when the draw is held on Sunday (6:45 am ET) at the Guanggu Science & Technology Exhibition Centre in Wuhan. Greg Ryan's Americans, unbeaten in their last 40 games, are one of four […]

U.S. Under-17 boys national team assistant head coach Brian Maisonneuve named the 18-player roster for the U.S. U-16 national team (players born in 1991) that will compete at the 2007 Ballymena International Tournament April 22-27 in Northern Ireland. The USA is in Group B of the eight-team tournament along with the Czech Republic, Ireland and […]

The Carolina RailHawks, one of two expansion teams, make their USL-1 debut Saturday when they host the Minnesota Thunder. RailHawks play at SAS Soccer Park, are coached by veteran USL-1 player Scott Schweitzer, who played his college ball at nearby N.C. State. The RailHawks have signed a number of MLS veterans with UNC connections, including […]

By Ridge Mahoney NEW YORK-HOUSTON (Fox Soccer Channel & Fox en Espanol, Saturday, 7 pm ET , kickoff 7:30 pm ET) A 3-0 roasting of FC Dallas last weekend and the signing of Colombian striker Juan Pablo Angel has the Red Bulls (1-0-1) brimming with, uh, well cautious optimism as it hosts the defending champion. […]

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and soccerTV.com) FRIDAY, April 20 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL USL 1 CHARLESTON-MINNESOTA (live), 8 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Libertadores SANTOS-PASTO (delay), 2 am. GOL TV Germany WERDER BREMEN-AACHEN (live), 2:25 pm. SETANTA SPORTS USA England DERBY COUNTY-LUTON TOWN […]

THURSDAY NIGHT PREVIEW COLUMBUS-NEW ENGLAND (ESPN2, 7 pm ET/4 pm PT) By Ridge Mahoney The cost of missing the playoffs last year and its failure to score a goal in two games this year is putting pressure on the Columbus Crew already, regardless of when Argentine attacker Guillermo Barros Schelotto's paperwork is completed so he […]

David Dein, one of the most powerful figures in European soccer, has quit as vice chairman of English Premier League club Arsenal because of ''irreconcilable differences'' with board colleagues over the recent purchase by American billionaire Stan Kroenke of an 11 percent interest in the club. Dein is reported to have backed Kroenke's takeover of […]

Pachuca and Chivas Guadalajara tied, 2-2, in the first leg of the CONCACAF Championships Cup final in Guadalajara on Wednesday in front of 45,000 fans. Omar Bravo notched both Chivas goals while Juan Carlos Cacho and Marvin Cabrera, who provided the late equalizer, struck for Pachuca, which hosts the second leg April 25. Pachuca and […]

Goals by Jeff Cunningham and Andy Williams gave Real Salt Lake a 2-1 win at home over the Kansas City in a U.S. Open Cup qualifying win on Wednesday. Williams' overtime gamewinner in the 109th minute came on a 15-yard shot after receiving a pass from Cunningham, who had opened the scoring with a penalty […]

Millwall striker Darren Byfield decided to connect with fans by entering MillwallOnline's chat room and offering to answer any questions. The first two queries, reports The Sunday Times, were ''Why does it always rain on me?'' and ''Explain the theory of relativity, please.'' Problem was the fans didn't believe it was really him, so he […]

Both Inter Milan and Lyon failed in their bids to clinch their respective league titles on Wednesday. Inter Milan lost for the first time this season when it fell, 3-1, to second-place Roma at home. Inter's hopes of sealing its second successive Scudetto were dashed as late second-half goals from Francesco Totti and Marco Cassetti […]

Poland and Ukraine will co-host the 2012 European Championship after beating out favorite Italy and a joint bid from Croatia and Hungary in a vote by UEFA executive committee members on Wednesday in Cardiff, Wales. UEFA awarded the tournament to an Eastern European country for the first time since Yugoslavia hosted the final four of […]

DaMarcus Beasley again made his case for staying at Manchester City next season, scoring in its 3-1 loss at Arsenal in English Premier League action on Tuesday night. Beasley, who had a good early effort blocked by defender Kolo Toure, scored in the 41st minute on a feed from Michael Johnson for his third EPL […]

BOYS 1 Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas) 30-0-0 2 Canoga Park (Calif.) 24-0-1 2 Felix Varela (Miami, Fla.) 27-1-1 4 Jesuit (New Orleans, La.) 31-0-0 5 Rider (Wichita Falls, Texas) 23-0-0 6 Auburndale (Fla.) 22-1-3 7 Kingwood (Texas) 28-2-1 8 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) 23-1-3 9 Wilson (Long Beach, Calif.) 25-2-4 10 Tupelo (Miss.) 25-1-1 GIRLS […]

Lincoln, Neb., police ticketed a women for misdemeanor child neglect for allegedly slapping her 15-year-old daughter in the head and dropping her off on Interstate-80 after becoming enraged over the girl's poor play in a soccer game on Saturday at the Abbott Sports Complex. Terrell Mackey, a 42-year-old Lincoln mother, reportedly slapped her daughter for […]

Unbeaten Inter Milan can clinch its 15th Serie A title with a victory over second-place Roma on Wednesday at the San Siro (TV, GolTV, live, 11:30 am ET). A victory would open up an insurmountable 19-point lead with six matches remaining. Inter coach Roberto Mancini wants his team to clinch the Scudetto in style. ''On […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Official confirmation of Marvell Wynne being traded from Red Bull New York to Toronto FC is expected in the next day or so. A second-round draft pick in 2008 is the likely rate of exchange, according to a source. This apparently leaves Hunter Freeman, recently acquired in a trade from […]

Who needs defenders when you have Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo up front? Wayne Rooney scored his 20th goal of the season and Ronaldo set up Michael Carrick as Manchester United cruised to a 2-0 win over Sheffield United that temporarily restored its six-point lead over Chelsea in the race for the English Premier League […]

You'd think that after 11 seasons, a newspaper as renowned as the New York Times would have someone on the sports desk sufficiently versed in Major League Soccer to catch a glaring error involving the local team. Apparently not. In Monday's sports pages, in the agate listings of results, standings, transactions, and scoring summaries, tied […]

Lyon will set a record of six consecutive league titles if it beats Rennes at home on Wednesday in a makeup Ligue 1 game. A win would leave OL with a 20-point lead over second-place Toulouse with six games to play. OL would become the first team from one of the big five European leagues […]

NCAA DIVISION I MEN COLLEGE … OLD COACH … NEW COACH AIR FORCE Luis Sagastume … TBA 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 … […]

Mark Serdjenian, Colby's men's head coach for 31 years, will go full-time next fall. Serdjenian, who has a 221-178-37 career record, has coached the Mules on a part-time basis while working in the Colby Dean of Students office. Serdjenian's other duties will be as a second assistant coach for the Colby men's lacrosse team and […]

Lou Sagastume is retiring after 28 years as the Air Force men's head coach. Sagastume built Air Force into one of the most respected programs in the nation, compiling a 282-188-43 record in his 28 seasons at Air Force and an overall record of 303-195-43 in 30 seasons. During the 2006 season, he became the […]

So far, 12 players taken in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft and Supplemental Draft have made their MLS debuts. Michael Harrington made MLS history when he scored three minutes into Kansas City's opener at D.C. United, playing an outstanding game on the left side of midfield in a 4-2 win. Harrington, taken with the third pick […]

Charlie Davies, the 2006 ACC Offensive Player Of The Year at Boston College, made his pro debut Saturday for Swedish club in a 3-0 win over Trelleborg. Davies passed on an opportunity to sign with MLS after his junior year at BC to join the AEG club in Sweden. Hammarby, tied for first place after […]