[MLS] In cold, blustery conditions at Toronto’s BMO Field, and with both teams a bit fatigued from playing the previous weekend, neither Toronto FC nor Chivas USA had much good soccer in them, yet the host did get enough luck to win, 1-0, in front of 19,915 fans.
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D.C. United ousts FC Dallas
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Defending cup champ D.C. United downed FC Dallas, 2-0, on Wednesday in a play-in thanks to goals by Fred and Brandon Barklage. D.C. United will play the winner of the April 29 San Jose-New York for a spot in the U.S. Open Cup proper.
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[VIDEO] U.S. U-17 boys rout of Cuba
[UNDER-17 CONCACAF CHAMPIONSHIP] The USA, which faces Canada Thursday, opened its campaign to qualify for the U-17 World Cup with a 5-0 win over Cuba on Tuesday. For video of the Cuba win …
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MLS Coaches Have It Easy
It hadn’t occurred to me to judge the worth of a soccer league by looking at whether coaches like it or not, but since Jose Mourinho brought the subject up recently I’ve given it some thought.
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Italy Set for 7th Homeless World Cup
“The Milan 2009 Homeless World Cup is set in one of the most soccer-passionate cities and nations in the world,” Mel Young, the tournament’s founder and president, said in a statement. “This is a phenomenal opportunity for Italy and the city of Milan to unite and show the world the true, awesome power of soccer […]
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Police Officer Uses Soccer to Mentor At-Risk Youth
"I never seen a police officer like him," says Nixon Rivera, 13. "He’s nice. He cares about us." Rivera is one of the many Latino youths that Al Cruz, an officer with the Fairfax County Police Department, reaches through soccer. When off duty, Cruz coaches scores of at-risk youth in his Northern, Va., community. Most […]
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Celtic Considers Playing in England
Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell claims that he will give "serious consideration" to the newly proposed two-tier English Premier League that would include the Old Firm. Under the proposed structure, Scottish teams Celtic and Rangers would join the Championship, the second tier of the English Premier League, in 2013. "I think there is a very […]
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Arshavin Scores Four, Can’t Sleep
Arsenal’s Andrei Arshavin got four G’s against Liverpool yesterday, but he couldn’t find any Z’s afterward, according to his mother Tatyana. "I spoke with him this morning, when it was only 7 [o’clock] in London," Tatyana told uefa.com. "He couldn’t get to sleep after such a tense battle where the pressure was very high. I […]
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After Last Year’s Glory, Quito Fighting Elimination
After winning the the Copa Libertadores last season, Ecuador’s Liga de Quito is on the verge of getting eliminated from the competition after a 2-0 away loss to Brazilian club Palmeiras on Tuesday. Liga still has a mathematical chance of qualifying for the tournament’s last 16, but its advancing depends on an unlikely combination of […]
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WPS Commissioner Likes What She Sees So Far
On Sunday, the Chicago Red Stars hosted Sky Blue FC at Toyota Park in the last home opener of the young WPS season. WPS League Commissioner Tanya Antonucci, on hand for the game, expressed her pleasure with Chicago and the league: "Chicago's been great. It was a little surprising that WUSA didn't pick Chicago for […]
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Southern California Clubs on Opposite Ends
Chivas USA is tops while the Los Angeles Galaxy is rated rock bottom in MLSnet.com’s Power Rankings after Week 5. Winless defending champ Columbus rates better only than the Galaxy and FC Dallas. On the rise is Kansas City, which “came from two goals down in the 78th minute to earn a draw on the […]
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Soccer on TV
The MLS Game of the Week is on Thursday as Kansas City hosts New York. Catch USL action on Friday as Miami FC Blues hosts the Montreal Impact. On Sunday, WPS continues as FC Gold Pride hosts the Washington Freedom.
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Jim Sheldon retires as executive director
[NSCAA] Jim Sheldon, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s first full-time employee, will retire as executive director, effective May 1.
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Chivas USA, Toronto double dips kick off Wednesday
[MLS PREDICTION] The heaviest week of play so far this season in MLS starts Wednesday when Chivas USA plays at Toronto. Week 6 features a 10-match block of games that will require several teams to play their second and third matches in spans of seven or eight days, and one team to make one of its longest treks of the season. Twice.
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Pepe kicks him when he’s down [VIDEO]
[SPAIN] Angel Torres, president of Spanish club Getafe, says Real Madrid’s defender Pepe should be suspended for at least 10 games for violently kicking Javier Casquero twice while the Getafe player was face down on the ground. In fact, 10 games would be lenient.
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USA hammers Cuba in Tijuana opener [VIDEO]
[UNDER-17 CONCACAF CHAMPIONSHIP] The USA took a giant step toward returning to the Under-17 World Cup with a 5-0 win over Cuba on Tuesday in their opening Group A game at the Concacaf Under-17 championship in Tijuana, Mexico. John McInerney had two goals and two assists, while Luis Gil, the youngest player on the U.S. team, had a goal and two assists.
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Bocanegra headed to French Cup final
[AMERICANS ABROAD] In his first season in France, Carlos Bocanegra will have a chance to win a trophy as Rennes moved into the final of the French Cup with a 1-0 win at Grenoble on Tuesday. The shutout was the fifth in five games — four against Ligue 1 teams — for Rennes, which earned a place in the French Cup final for the first time in 38 years.
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Another costly 4-4 tie for Liverpool
[ENGLAND] A week earlier, Liverpool played to a 4-4 tie with Chelsea that knocked it out of the UEFA Champions League. On Tuesday, the Reds tied Arsenal, 4-4, in a wild match that saw Gunner Andrey Arshavin score four goals and seemingly ended Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes.
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Klinsmann’s crucifix lawsuit dismissed
[GERMANY] A Munich tribunal dismissed Juergen Klinsmann‘s $130,000 suit against the newspaper Tageszeitung for depicting the Bayern Munich coach as a crucified Jesus in a photo montage under the headline “Always look on the bright side of life” (the song title from a Monty Python film). It ruled “It was not at all a real crucifixion,” but satire.
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Serna celebrates return to Miami
[USL-1 TEAM OF WEEK] Miami’s Diego Serna as the USL First Division Player of the Week. the Colombian celebrated his return to South Florida with a goal and assist in the Blue’s 3-1 win over Cleveland. For the Team of the Week …
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Playmakers Off to Slow Starts in MLS
The “No. 10’s,” creative attacking midfielders who should be slicing defenses apart, have started sluggishly in the young MLS season. Players like Christian Gomez, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Sacha Kljestan, Mehdi Ballouchy, Stuart Holden, Steve Ralston, Jorge Rojas, Javier Morales, David Ferreira and Bobby Convey have all struggled to conjure the creativity and cutting-edge attacking expected of […]
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Clint Mathis Settled in Salt Lake
In 2002, Clint Mathis had the soccer world by the hair. He had been offered a contract by Bayern Munich, and had appeared on the covers of Sports Illustrated and ESPN the Magazine. He seemed on the verge of a breakthrough World Cup, in which he scored a goal in a 1-1 tie with the […]
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Hooligans Cause Iran’s Head Coach to Resign
Iranian state television says that just two weeks after getting appointed head coach, Mohammed Mayely-Kohan resigned. According to the head of Iran’s soccer federation, Ali Kafashian, the coach resigned after disputes with supporters of a prominent club team affected the national team. On Sunday, Mayely-Kohan called the supporters of Esteqlal “hooligans” and criticized the team’s […]
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Police Team Qualifies for State Challenge Cup
The FCT Police Machine soccer team has qualified for the finals of the 2009 State Challenge Cup in Nigeria. Elated by the feat, Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, has charged the team to "fly the baton to greater heights so as to hoist the Nigeria Police flag at the venues of any national football […]