[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] With American Landon Donovan only a spectator, Bayern Munich put aside its Bundesliga problems, pounding Sporting Lisbon, 5-0, in Lisbon in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round-of-16 series. English clubs Liverpool and Chelsea were also winners on Wednesday, while Villarreal needed a penalty kick from Italian-American Giuseppe Rossi to tie Greek club Panathinaikos, 1-1.
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Huge crowd sees Montreal sting Santos [VIDEO]
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Four years after he left the Montreal Impact, Eduardo Sebrango paid back the team that brought him back.
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Fire scorches Morelia, 3-1
[MLS] Chicago won the second of its two preseason games in Mexico, beating Morelia, 3-1, Tuesday with goals by Brian McBride, Austin Washington and Mike Banner.
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Beckham unwittingly pitches potency pills [VIDEO]
[OFF THE POST] A Chinese company that sells a Viagra-like male potency drug pirated David Beckham‘s image for a commercial in which a fake voiceover attributed to the England star claims he has used the pills.
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Is Chivas USA Status Quo Good Enough?
While the Galaxy continue to hog the L.A. soccer spotlight, much like the Lakers cast their long Staples Center shadow on the Clippers, with speculation of who will be in uniform this season and who won’t, down the hall Chivas USA is quietly prepping its core players to build on three consecutive postseason appearances. The […]
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Portland Makes Political Play for ML$
As part of an effort to help bring one of the two available MLS expansion teams to Portland in 2010, Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson was in Salem on Tuesday to speak to the Oregon Legislature about a bill that would “divert state income taxes generated by players’ salaries toward the proposed renovation of PGE […]
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Chinese Check
Saying that the Chinese federation puts its coaching candidates through the paces could be the understatement of the day, as Reuters reports that four top candidates for its national team coach position “have been sent to a closed training base where each will have give a 15-minute presentation and undergo a three-hour written test on […]
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Brazil’s Marta Ready to Shine for LA Sol
Twenty-three-year-old Marta Vieira da Silva might’ve grown up in playing soccer in the “sandy river bottoms” of remote Brazilian town Dois Riachos, writes LA Times’ Grahame Jones, but her superior skills have since taken her all over the world. Her latest stop is in sunny Los Angeles, where she is set to lead the Sol, […]
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Australia Announces ‘Worldwide Support’ For World Cup Bid
"We're not going to announce to the world the sort of feedback we've had from FIFA. But what I'm going to say is that in our travels within Asia and the [soccer] world more broadly, we believe there's a lot of support for Australia to host the World Cup. We are as confident today as […]
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Candian Women Ready to Step Out Of U.S. Shadow
“This is a new beginning for Canada.” New head coach and Italian legend Carolina Morace on taking the helm of the “under-achieving” Canadians, where she’s employing an all-female staff, phased out veteran Charmaine Hooper, is “eager to refine” their physical and aggressive reputation, and put the team in the hands of leading scorer and captain […]
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Raul to leave Real in 2011, then to MLS?
Speaking to the AP yesterday, Spanish striker Raul stated that he’s considering, retiring, at least momentarily, in 2011 after two more seasons with Real Madrid, where he recently surpassed legend Alfredo di Stefano as the team’s all-time goalscorer. "It is a difficult situation because you always want to go out when you are at the […]
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Soccer on TV
Clint Dempsey will be hoping to see action on Saturday as Fulham visits Arsenal. Landon Donovan will be hoping for playing time, as well, as Bayern Munich takes on Werder Bremen on Sunday.
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Soccer America Classifieds
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adidas ESP girls all-stars selected
The annual adidas ESP camp for girls concluded with the selection of 36 players to East and West teams that competed in the camp’s all-star game Saturday at Cal Poly Pomona University in Pomona, Calif. For the complete all-star teams …
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Region III boys shine in Argentina
U.S. Youth Soccer regional ODP boys ’93 teams finished 5-7-2 at the 2009 International Festival in Argentina. For all the results and goal scorers as well as game reports …
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FC Dallas Juniors head to Brazil
While FC Dallas Juniors, one of the surprises of the 2008-09 Development Academy season, are on winter break while the high school season is being played in Texas, four players are scheduled to join the senior MLS team on its trip to Curitiba, Brazil, that begins Thursday: U-16s Victor Ulloa, Chris Figueroa, and Darin Kruzich and U-18 Cody Adams.
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Sinclair brothers romp in Florida
South Florida-bound Hasani Sinclair, a member of the U.S. U-18 national team, and his brother, sophomore Sekani Sinclair, stole the show at the Florida High School Athletic Association soccer finals, leading American Heritage of Delray Beach to the Class 2A boys title. For the finals in the 10 boys and girls classes …
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U.S. under-20 women’s national team roster
Sydney Leroux, winner of the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe at the 2008 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile, heads the U.S. under-20 national team roster for the Ten Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain, where the Americans will face three European U-20 teams.
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U.S. under-17 women’s national team roster
U.S. Under-17 girls national team head coach Kazbek Tambi will bring 24 players to a training camp that begins Saturday at The Home Depot Center. The San Diego Surf leads all teams with three players headed to the camp: Miranda Cornejo, Laura Liedle and Kylie McCarthy.
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U.S. Youth Soccer National League resumes
Play in the U.S. Youth Soccer National League resumes this weekend with action in the U-15 to U-17 boys age groups at Mud Creek Soccer Complex in Marietta, Ga. For the complete schedule …
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NSCAA/adidas High School Winter Rankings
Dallas Jesuit remained the No. 1 boys team in the NSCAA/adidas High School Winter Rankings, while Pleasanton (Calif.) Foothill, the only unbeaten and untied team, moved up to the top spot in the girls rankings.
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SC del Sol President’s Day Tournament Champions
Arizona club Sereno SC White was the big winner at the 30th annual SC del Sol President’s Day Tournament, taking four of the 10 upper age division championships. For the results of the championship games …
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Women make fashion statement
[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer took one more step toward its launch with the unveiling of the Puma uniforms worn by players from the league’s seven teams at a high-profile fashion presentation Tuesday in New York.
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Late Atlante goal stuns Houston [VIDEO]
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Many of the chances in a back-and-forth game came from the run of play, but a pair of set pieces produced the goals as Houston and Atlante tied, 1-1, in the first leg of their Concacaf Champions’ League quarterfinal series Tuesday in Texas in front of 10,203 fans.
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Another Canadian joins TFC
[MLS] It has taken more than two years, but Toronto FC is steadily amassing much of the Canadian talent playing on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. Another player from that mold, whose long-anticipated move brings him north after a long detour, made it official this week when defender Adrian Serioux went north from FC Dallas in exchange for TFC’s first-round pick in the 2010 SuperDraft pick and allocation money.