“For a league that is just over six weeks into its inaugural season, Women’s Professional Soccer now faces its first big controversy,” writes Christa Mann. The Washington Freedom’s Abby Wambach, a player known for her tenacious attitude, likely ended Brazilian star Daniela‘s season on Sunday with an ill-advised slide-tackle in midfield. Daniela, who scored two […]
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American Soccer, Games of the Week: USL, Austin-Puerto Rico on Friday; MLS, Houston-FC Dallas on Saturday; WPS, Chicago-Sky Blue FC on Sunday. Catch a full slate of Mexican action and other international matches this weekend.
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National girls league launched
Another national girls league is being launched for the 2009-10 season. The Elite Clubs National League will feature 40 clubs competing in a 12-game season in the U-15 to U-17 age groups. For a look at who’s in and not in …
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Florida club joins Academy
Florida’s Weston Soccer Club will join the California Development Academy, Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards Juniors, McLean (Va.) Youth Soccer and NJSA 04 as new Development Academy members for the 2009-10 season in a late move that signals a possible shakeup in South Florida.
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U.S. under-15 boys national team roster
U.S. under-15 boys national team coach Jim Barlow will take 20 players, all born in 1994, to Moenchengladbach, Germany, May 15-24. The roster includes three players each from the Houston Dynamo Academy and De Anza Force and two players from Dallas Texans and Aztecs Premier. For the complete roster …
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Region I Premier League finals set
The Region I Premier League moves into the semifinals and finals of its under-14 to under-18 boys and girls groups May 9-10 at the Kirkwood Soccer Complex in Delaware. PDA, Spirit United, FC Stars of Massachusetts and Albertson all have four teams in the semifinals. For all the semifinal pairings …
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Youth league asks for leniency
Priscilla Bellcase is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Florida’s Big Sun Youth Soccer League during her term as treasurer. The league has asked a circuit judge that she be spared jail time for “humanity” reasons, but he argues that it would send the wrong message if she only gets probation.
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Santa Clara Sporting dominates in Cal North
Santa Clara Sporting, which created a sensation when it won the under-15 age group at the 2009 Dallas Cup, dominated play at the Cal North State Cup, beating Cal Odyssey, 6-0, in the final to finish with seven wins and goal margin of 28-1 in its run to the state title.
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Bulls run wild in Hawaii
The Honolulu Soccer Club Bulls, the only Hawaii team to win a U.S. Youth Soccer national championship, swept the under-17 to under-19 boys titles at the Hawaii State Cup at the Waipio Soccer Complex. For all the under-14 to under-19 boys and girls winners …
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Week 4: James claims award after Vancouver debut
[USL] St. Vincent & the Grenadines international Marlon James, whose hat trick powered Vancouver past Minnesota, 3-2, in his Whitecaps’ debut, and Damico Coddington, who scored one goal and was taken down for the penalty that led to the second goal in the Bermuda Hogges’ 2-1 win over Harrisburg, are the USL First Division and Second Division Players of the Week. For the teams of the week …
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Men against children
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] With one slip, the biggest game of Arsenal teenager Kieran Gibbs‘ career quickly turned into a nightmare, and by halftime he was gone. By then, Gunners’ hopes of advancing to the UEFA Champions League final had evaporated. Arsenal’s 3-1 loss at home to Manchester United sent the defending champions through to the final, 4-1 on aggregate, in Rome, where they will meet the winner of the series between Barcelona and Chelsea.
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Can Chelsea’s Hiddink pull another surprise?
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Dutchman Guus Hiddink‘s reputation as a miracle worker preceded his arrival at Chelsea as interim manager in February, but he will have pulled off one of his greatest coups if the Blues can knock off Barcelona Wednesday at Stamford Bridge (TV: ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, live, 2:30 pm ET).
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Rising Star Profile: Chris Pontius [VIDEO]
[MLS] In his rookie year with D.C. United, Chris Pontius is making quite an impact. He has played every minute of every game (7 games, 630 minutes). Pontius has contributed two goals (he scored one in his debut and the other was a gamewinner) and chipped in two assists. Get to know the 21-year-old in this profile by Soccer America’s Bryan Alvarez that covers on- and off-field experiences.
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East lead could change hands on Wednesday
[MLS PREDICTIONS] Another week of nine games kicks off with a pair of intraconference matches on Wednesday, when Kansas City can leap-frong into first place in the East with a win over D.C United and Los Angeles aims for its second win of the season, at Salt Lake.. All four teams playing Wednesday will also be in action during the weekend. For Soccer America’s predictions for Wednesday’s game, as well as TV viewing information, and to see how we’ve fared so far …
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MLS Week 7: Moreno and Blanco shine
[TEAM OF THE WEEK] Two players in their mid-30s, Jaime Moreno and Cuauhtemoc Blanco were among the attacking stars last weekend, and Gregg Berhalter had a good outing after debuting in MLS with a red card.
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Fire Wants More Than Unbeaten Record
Yes, the Fire is the only unbeaten team through the first seven league games. But having tied five of those games, two after jumping out to a lead at home, Chicago wants more points. "Being unbeaten doesn't mean anything," Fire goalkeeper Jon Busch said. "Yeah, we are undefeated, but we are in games where we […]
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Henry to Miss Chelsea Clash
Thierry Henry will miss Barcelona's Champions League semifinal encounter with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. The French forward scored two goals against Real Madrid over the weekend but picked up a knee injury in the second half that proved more serious than originally thought. In addition to missing the crucial clash with Chelsea, Henry […]
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Manchester United Makes Big Bid for Bayern’s Ribery
Manchester United has made a stunning offer of about $93 million for the Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery. Sources in Munich confirmed the bid has been received for the France international, who has made his desire to leave Germany known in the past few weeks. United's offer, which comfortably eclipses the record $66 million paid […]
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Former France Star Named New Marseille Coach
Didier Deschamps will replace Eric Gerets as Marseille coach starting next season. Marseille announced on its web site Tuesday that Deschamps, a former France midfielder, has agreed to a two-year contract and will start in June. The 40-year-old Deschamps returns to management after quitting Juventus at the end of the 2006-2007 season, when he guided […]
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U.S. ‘Nemesis’ to Ref Confederations Cup
Jorge Larrionda, the referee who sent off three players in the United States' group stage draw with Italy at the 2006 World Cup, will work the Confederations Cup in South Africa this June. The Uruguayan, who had dismissed Italian Daniele De Rossi and Americans Pablo Mastroeni and Eddie Pope with 47 minutes played of the […]
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Olympiakos Triumphs in Historic Cup Final
In what will go down as the greatest ever Greek Cup final, Olympiakos won the Greek Cup 15-14 on penalties after a 4-4 draw, two red cards and 120 minutes of drama at the OAKA Spiros Louis Stadium in Athens on Saturday. Englishman Matt Derbyshire, whose arrival to Olympiakos had been met with mixed reactions […]
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Pressure on Arsenal’s young Gunners
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Arsenal plays its most important match of the season when it hosts Manchester United Tuesday in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League series (TV: ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, live, 2:30 pm ET). Defeat would be a crushing blow for Arsene Wenger, who has never won a European trophy in 14 years as Arsenal manager, and revive talk of the possible breakup of the Gunners’ young team.
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Friedel’s Aston Villa ends long skid
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Brad Friedel was in goal Monday night for Aston Villa, which ended its 12-game winless streak with a 1-0 victory over Hull City.
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Scoring rate dips
[MLS STATS] Only one of the seven games last weekend had more than two goals — D.C. United’s 2-1 win over New York — and the leaguewide per game scoring average dropped to 2.52. Real Salt Lake and Chicago are the league’s highest scoring teams; New England and New York are the least productive …