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July 14 in East Rutherford, NJ New York 1 Colorado 0. Goal: Guevara pen. 35. New York — Conway, Wynne, Mendes, Parke, Stammler, Magee, Guevara, O'Rourke, Henderson (Vide, 84), Buddle (Laventure, 69), Peguero. Colorado — Cannon, Gargan (Peterson, 80), Karanka, Petke, Denton, Cooke, Beckerman, Kirovski (Mathis, 69), Mastroeni, Hernandez, Martins (Ben Dayan 65). Yellow Cards: […]

Citing a need for freshness, U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati has decided not to renew the contract of eight-year U.S. head coach Bruce Arena when it expires at the end of 2006. ''It comes down primarily to eight years being a long period,'' Gulati said. ''I'm not going to say we felt the need to […]

October 1998 Bruce Arena is named U.S. national team coach after spending the last three seasons as coach of MLS club D.C. United. November 1998 Arena debuts as U.S. national team coach in a friendly against Australia that ends in a 0-0 tie. February 1999 Arena guides USA to first win ever over Germany (3-0 […]

Real Salt Lake (MLS) 2 (Cunningham pen. 28, Williams 93) Virginia Beach Mariners (USL-1) 1 (O'Neill 37). Charleston Battery (USL-1) 3 (Hollinsworth 37, pen. 86, Glinton 79) Portland Timbers (USL-1) 1 (Kreamalmeyer 4). Wilmington Hammerheads (USL-2) 2 (Nylan 25,  Bagley 75) Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1) 1 (Pineda-Chacon 60). Michigan Bucks (PDL) 1 (Rice 22) Columbus Crew […]

The MLS All-Star team's First XI, the players who received the most votes in each position, include five members of the U.S. team that exited in the first round of the 2006 World Cup. Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Jimmy Conrad and Eddie Pope, who all saw action in Germany, are joined by Chris Albright, a […]

Juergen Klinsmann has told the German soccer federation (DFB) that he does not want to continue as head coach of Germany, which he guided to a third-place finish at the 2006 World Cup. Klinsmann took over the German team two years before the World Cup but remained a Southern California resident and commuted to Germany. […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Berlin On a night of finely balanced tensions, set under darkening skies and poised between two teams replete with heroic storylines and marvelous players, a great career ended in disgrace and a grand tradition prevailed once again. Italy, purveyor of defensive efficiency, rode out numerous French attacks to end regular play […]

By Mike Woitalla in Berlin The fans who watched the World Cup final in Berlin's Olympic Stadium probably enjoyed the final more than the estimated 1 billion who watched on TV. The festive atmosphere began an hour before kickoff. Fans belted out competing chants. They danced and sang along to the piped-in tunes, from ''I […]

0707tv (All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) MONDAY, July 10 No live games. TUESDAY, July 11 No live games. WEDNESDAY, July 12 GOL TV Ecuador OLMEDO-EMELEC (live), 5 pm. THURSDAY, July 13 No live games. FRIDAY, July 14 MLS DIRECT […]

USL First Division Monday, July 3 Rochester 2 (Steele 67, Delicate 71) Vancouver 0. Tuesday, July 4 Atlanta 2 (Millwood 63, 83) Minnesota 0. Miami 0 Charleston 1 (Hollingsworth 79). Wednesday, July 5 Toronto 2 (Dodds 20, Pottinger 31) Vancouver 1 (Matondo 29). Friday, July 7 Montreal 1 (Vincello 90) Vancouver 1 (Kindel 21). Virginia […]

July 8 in Houston Houston 3 Chivas USA 1. Goals: Ching (Clark) 19, Mullan 64, Moreno 84; Razov 8. Houston — Onstad, Waibel (Gray, 69), Cochrane, Robinson, Goldthwaite (Davis, 46), Mullan, Clark, De Rosario, Barrett, Ching (Cerritos, 83), Moreno. Chivas USA — Burpo, Regan (Taylor, 78), Hernandez (Arias, 84), Suarez, Bornstein, Garcia (Perez, 67), Kljestan, […]

By Mike Woitalla in Munich Even the Germans who would never admit to reading the Bild newspaper can't escape its giant headlines. They jump out from the newsstands and can be easily spotted if someone's reading the tabloid at the far end of a subway car. When German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was anointed head of […]

Dear Editors of Soccer America: After reading the July 6 column by USA Today Sports TV columnist Michael Hiestand, in which he referred to soccer diehards as ''special,'' I have the following response. There is one HUGE difference between soccer and ''Olympic'' sports such as bobsled or badminton: There are 4 US TV channels which […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Munich To stop a most remarkable streak required a gritty team on a great run of its own led by a flickering star not yet willing to be dimmed. France, mired in self-doubts in the run-up to the World Cup and a surprise runner-up finisher in group play behind Switzerland, knocked […]

Coach Kazbek Tambi brings 24 players to the U.S. under-16 girls national team training camp at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J., July 10-16. Tambi called up two U-15s: defender Amber Brooks and midfielder Kristen Mewis. For the U.S. U-16 girls roster: GOALKEEPERS (3): Jillian Mastroianni (Durham, Conn.), Cody Miles (Salem, Ore.), Shane Millheiser (San Juan […]

Coach Erica Walsh brings 24 U.S. U-17 girls national team players for a camp July 7-17 in Seattle and Canada. The U.S. U-17s will play the W-League's Seattle Sounders Saints (July 12) and Vancouver Whitecaps Women (July 14 and 16). The U.S. team will be in Seattle from July 7-12 before departing for Canada for the […]

Four MLS players — forward Quavas Kirk, midfielder Dax McCarty and defenders Nathan Sturgis and Tim Ward — were removed from the U.S. roster for games against Canada July 7 at Toronto's SkyDome and July in Kingston, Ont. Kirk and Sturgis were recalled by the L.A. Galaxy. The Columbus Crew also requested Ward. McCarty was unable […]

U.S. U-21 women’s national team head coach Jillian Ellis has named the 18-player squad that will travel to Norway for the 16th Annual Nordic Cup being held July 16-22 . The Nordic Cup is the top competition in the world for U-21 women and the focus of the USA’s oldest youth national team. The USA […]

By Mike Woitalla in Dortmund If Bruce Springsteen were German, he'd write songs about Dortmund. The Ruhr city was once a leading producer of steel, coal and beer, but its last coal mine closed two decades ago, the last blast furnace folded in 2001, and the eight breweries that once produced a tenth of Germany's […]

br>   Under-14 Boys Dallas Texans Red (Texas) 3, CASL Elite (N.C.) 1. Goalscorers: n/a. Under-14 Girls Dallas Texans (Texas) 1 Challenge (Texas) 0. Goal: Diggs 72. Under-15 Boys Tulsa SC (Okla.) 4 Dallas Texans Red (Texas) 1. Goals: Gross 16, Zimmerman 66, Wright 70, 77; Garza 2. Under-15 Girls Dallas Texans (Texas) 0 Edmond […]

The World Cup: Bruce Arena and his players, tactics, refereeing and more. It is simply outrageous the way former American soccer players like Eric Wynalda and Alexi Lalas have come to dominate criticism of American soccer. It is especially cynical the way these two worthies have savagely second-guessed Bruce Arena, the best coach in American […]

FC Delco and PDA won three boys and girls championships, respectively, at the U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Championships in Virginia Beach, Va.  The U-18 FC Delco Crunch earned its first trip to the National Championships after seven regional appearances. Sisters Sara Murphy (Wildcats), Erin Murphy (Pride) and Melissa Murphy (Charge) all won titles with PDA. […]

Super Group Boys Region G Champions U13 — Santa Clara Sporting FC (CA) U14 — Santa Rosa United (CA) U15 — USA17/Ruckus (CA) U16 — San Francisco United Lobitos (CA) U17 — Crossfire Premier James (WA) Premier Boys Region G Champions U12 — LaRoca Ovalle (UT) U13 — Atlas Academy (CA) U14 — San Juan […]

Boys Under-12 Spirit United Celtic (E-PA) Under-13 BW Gottschee (E-NY) Under-14* Bethesda Roadrunners (MD) Under-15* FC Delco Hammerheads (E-PA) Under-16* Casa Mia Bays (MD) Under-17* Bethesda United (MD) Under-18* FC Delco Crunch (E-PA) Under-19* FC Delco Black IV (E-PA) Girls Under-12 PDA Charge (NJ) Under-13 South Coast Scorpions (MA) Under-14* Hershey Attack (E-PA) Under-15* PDA […]

By Mike Woitalla in Hamburg Fans who take the S-Bahn to the Hamburg Fan Fest get out the Reeperbahn station and walk east down the red-light avenue. The McDonald's is flanked by Erotik Heaven and Blue Banana's Table Dance Club. Across the street is the St. Pauli Theater, soon to stage ''The Threepenny Opera'' by […]