[USA-MEXICO VIEWING] Have you made your plans to watch the USA-Mexico game Wednesday in Columbus (TV: ESPN2, Univision, live 7 pm ET)? Here are soccer viewing establishments across the country where you should be able to watch the game with fellow U.S. supporters.
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Beasley scores in Rangers-AC Milan friendly [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] DaMarcus Beasley, who hasn’t seen league action for Glasgow Rangers since Dec. 6, scored in a 2-2 tie with AC Milan in a friendly on Wednesday. Beasley’s American teammate Maurice Edu, who has played only one league game since joining Rangers last summer, notched an assist. David Beckham played the first 45 minutes for Milan.
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Quakes close in on Convey
[MLS] During a training session at the Oakland Coliseum Wednesday, Quakes general manager John Doyle tried not to confirm that midfielder Bobby Convey is headed to San Jose. He succeeded, and failed, at the same time.
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Guzan celebrates win in rare start
[AMERICANS IN ENGLAND] Goalkeeper Brad Guzan, Brad Friedel‘s understudy at English Premier League club Aston Villa, was called into action and made one fine save as Villa downed second division Doncaster, 3-1, in a fourth-round FA Cup replay. Everton’s Tim Howard, whom Guzan backs up with the U.S. national team, celebrated 1-0 win over Liverpool.
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Soccer’s Eternal Olympic Mess
Yawn, yawn, YAWN!!. Here we go again, wrestling with soccer’s eternal Olympic mess. The details are always the same — which players should be permitted to play in the tournament? The overall question — should the tournament be dropped from the Olympics? — hovers always in the background.
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Beckham prefers Milan over MLS
[MLS] There’s about a month to go until David Beckham is due back from his loan spell at AC Milan, and he continues to publicly declare his preference to stay where he is. “I have expressed my desire now to stay in Milan and hopefully the clubs can come to some agreement,” he said to Reuters news service Wednesday after playing for Milan in a friendly with Glasgow Rangers.
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Soccer on TV
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Beckham’s Lawyers Talking With Galaxy
Lawyers representing the L.A. Galaxy’s wide midfielder David Beckham, 33, currently on loan to AC Milan, are talking with the Californian team about a possible extension to his loan period, the Italian club said on Wednesday. “His lawyers are in talks with [the] Los Angeles Galaxy,” Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani said on the […]
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Quakes Close In On Convey
The San Jose Earthquakes are close to signing U.S. national team midfielder Bobby Convey from English side Reading, reports Elliott Almond, quoting “a Major League Soccer source.” The club is also about to sign forward Cam Weaver from FK Haugesund of Norway. Former D.C. United player Convey, 25, “brings a big name to San […]
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Sky Retains Bulk Of EPL Broadcast Rights
Satellite TV broadcaster Sky has paid more than $1.45 billion, and possibly as much as $1.9 billion, to retain its rights to the majority of English Premier League coverage from 2010-2013, writes Matt Dickinson in the Times. Sky is 39.1 percent owned by Rupert Murdoch‘s News Corporation, parent company to the newspaper. Sky “has […]
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Is Arshavin The Signing That Arsenal Needs?
Paying Zenit St Petersburg $21.7 million for midfielder Andrei Arshavin has taken Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger “out of his comfort zone,” writes Dominic Fifield, unaccustomed as he is to paying large amounts for individual players. But despite the question marks over the player’s attitude and temperament, Arsenal has signed “a genius.” Although Wenger prides […]
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Gazidis: Wenger’s Job Safe In The Long Term
Arsenal’s new chief executive Ivan Gazidis “believes that Arsene Wenger will be the manager at Arsenal for as long as the Frenchman wants and does not have a minimum success to reach in order to keep his job,” writes Sam Wallace. The former MLS deputy commissioner also told Wallace that wealthy benefactors are not healthy […]
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Onyewu’s Future Still Uncertain
“Standard [Liege] has offered to extend [my contract]. I have never responded, neither yes nor no. I never said I wanted to leave at any price, nor that I wanted to stay.” U.S. defender Oguchi Onyewu on his future, or not, at Belgian champion Liege. His current contract with the club expires in June.
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Keane Named New Spurs Captain
“I just felt with Robbie coming in there would be a new impetus with him as captain. He can give an awful lot. He is a big personality and we are a quiet team.” Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp justifies his appointment of the returning Robbie Keane as captain.
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Fowler Heads For Fame And Fury
“I really believe having him playing for North Queensland Fury will change the way people think about the [Australian] A-League.” Fury chairman Don Matheson has signed former Liverpool and England striker Robbie Fowler, 33, and thinks there will be some kind of a “Beckham Effect.” Fowler had been linked to a couple of MLS clubs, […]
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Hull Fans Have Short Memories
“I do think it is a vocal minority. But I find it shocking that some fans have already forgotten how well this football club is doing. People following the club now are privileged to be doing so, because it is the most successful period in the club’s history.” Hull City Chairman Paul Duffen hits out […]
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Welcome to Soccer America Classifieds, Soccer America’s email newsletter connecting soccer companies and organizations to Soccer America members each week. Soccer America Classifieds feature soccer classified advertisements on the latest soccer job openings, soccer products and soccer opportunities. Read Soccer America Classifieds each Wednesday.
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RISING STAR: Javanon’s Taylor Hafling
Taylor Hafling had a strong showing in goal leading his under-17 club team, Javanon, to a second-place finish at Disney’s Soccer Showcase. He stopped three of the penalty kicks he faced in the tournament, including one in the final against Chelsea. His performance earned him a spot on the Disney’s all-stars that will travel to England for a two-week training opportunity in August. For more on this Rising Star, part of a deep junior class of top college prospects from Kentucky.
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Development Academy’s SPARQ test leaders
SPARQ testing is increasingly used as a tool to evaluate a player’s athleticism, in particular in soccer. Gavin Robertson of FC Milwaukee and George Fradenburg of Birmingham (Ala.) United) rated the highest in testing done at the Development Academy’s recent Winter Showcase. For the top 10 players in the U-17/18 and U-15/16 categories …
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Cal South cleans up at ODP regionals
Cal South was the big winner at the Region IV ODP Championships in Phoenix, taking six titles. Three of the Cal South ODP teams will now travel to Frisco, TX for the 2009 US Youth Soccer ODP Championships from March 19-22, 2009.
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Three new players join U.S. residency
On the eve of the all-important qualifying for the 2009 Under-17 World Cup, three players have entered the U.S. Soccer Residency Program in Bradenton, Fla., including the first player to join from a foreign club, Cristian Flores of Mexico’s Monterrey. Also back in camp is star Carlos Martinez, three months after being dismissed from residency.
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U-17s win twice at La Serena Cup
The U.S. under-17 national team kicked off play at the La Serena Cup in La Serena, Chile, with a 2-0 win over the host team on Sunday and a 1-0 win over Peru on Tuesday.
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U.S. U-20s begin final preparations
Four FC Dallas players — Josh Lambo, Brek Shea, Anthony Wallace and recent draft pick Peri Marosevic — were among 26 players named by Coach Thomas Rongen to attend the final camp in preparation for the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, which will take place March 6-15 in Trinidad & Tobago.
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WPS Foreign Signings
[MAKING A LIST] FC Gold Pride of Women’s Professional Soccer signed its first foreigner when 30-year-old Brazilian Formiga, a veteran of four Women’s World Cups and four Olympic tournaments, agreed to a one-year contract. Formiga was the first overall draft pick at the WPS International Draft. Of the seven WPS teams, only the St. Louis Athletica has not concluded a deal with one of the foreigners to which it holds WPS rights. For all the foreign signings …
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RSL and Williams cope as best they can
[MLS] Real Salt Lake attained so much in 2008 – opening a new stadium, reaching the playoffs for the first time, reaching the Western Conference final – that the offseason should have been the time to savor those accomplishments and look forward to an even better 2009. Instead, the team and community rallied around Marcia Williams, wife of RSL attacker Andy Williams, in her fight against leukemia. She was diagnosed with the disease last May and this month will undergo aggressive chemotherapy, at the end of which she will need a bone-marrow transplant to have her best chance of survival. The search for a suitable match continues.