“Half the teams in the league are different than they were two years ago. Things evolve. We are always interested in a designated player, or finding someone with real quality, a world-class player, but we need to get the right person coming into our team and not jeopardize the whole way we do things as […]
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Drogba Charged With Violent Conduct
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been charged with violent conduct by the English FA after throwing a coin into the crowd during Wednesday’s League Cup game against Burnley.
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Hard Times Could Benefit Soccer
“If you’re a die-hard Yankee fan and that’s your sport, I don’t expect that person to be coming to the [New York] Red Bulls, necessarily. But if you’re a sports fan looking for an affordable ticket and quality product in a state-of-the-art facility, that’s going to be us.” RB New York Managing Director Erik Stover […]
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Philly’s Ready For Don And His Shovel
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber will grab a shovel December 1 and, together with team, local and state officials, officially break ground on the Philadelphia team’s new stadium in Chester.
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Fred ‘Does A Beckham’
In keeping with the David Beckham trend of heading abroad to stay in shape during the MLS offseason, D.C. United’s Brazilian midfielder Fred is off on loan to … Wellington Phoenix of Australia’s A-League, where he will be eligible to play six games. Fans of Fred’s former team, the Melbourne Victory, are reportedly miffed at […]
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Crew’s Long Wait Makes Title Sweeter Still
There’s nothing like the long term deferral of success to make triumph a sweeter experience. The Chicago Fire won the MLS Cup in the team’s first season of existence, and has since been unable to recapture the standard it established perhaps a little too quickly. But the Columbus Crew has kept its public waiting long […]
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Soccer on TV
Real Salt Lake hosts New York on Saturday to determine which plays the Columbus Crew in MLS Cup. The Mexican Apertura 2008 regular season wraps up this weekend. American midfielder Michael Bradley with Borussia M’Gladbach could see action against Bayern Munich on Saturday.
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Thanksgiving Interregional’s ODP boys rosters unveiled
U.S. Youth Soccer has selected the rosters for the ODP Boys Thanksgiving Interregional, which will take place Nov. 28-Dec. 1 at the Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Buena Vista, Fla. In addition to the 1994 and 1995 U.S. Youth Soccer ODP regional teams, the event will also feature the U.S. under-14 national team. Among the players who will be traveling to Florida is 13-year-old Alex Ramos, son of former U.S. star Tab Ramos. For all the regional rosters …
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Galaxy signs first academy player
The Los Angeles Galaxy became the first MLS team to sign a player from its academy program to a Generation adidas contract when 17-year-old forward Tristan Bowen agreed to a multi-year contract.
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U.S. Youth Soccer National League kicks off in December
The U.S. Youth Soccer National League’s 2008-2009 season will begin with girls’ games Dec. 4-7 in Raleigh, N.C., and boys’ games Dec. 11-14 in Dallas.
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POLLS: NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings
Sacramento Jesuit and St. Anthony’s of New York remained 1-2 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings. Downington West, which will play in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Class AAA state final, moved up nine places to No. 3. For the complete Top 25 …
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POLLS: NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings
There was no change at the top of the NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings, where the Pennington School, winner of its sixth straight New Jersey Prep A championship, remained No. 1. For the complete Top 25 …
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OBITUARY: Gale Heubach
Gale Heubach, U.S. Youth Soccer’s events manager, died Wednesday at the age of 51, two days after suffering an aneurysm at her home.
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy Results
Chivas USA’s U-17/18 team saw its seven-game winning streak snapped with a 3-0 loss to Los Angeles Galaxy but it remained in first place in the SoCal Division of the Development Academy’s Western Conference with a 7-2-0 record. The team started the season with a loss and then rattled off seven consecutive wins before Saturday. Polo Morales remains the team’s leading scorer, with 11 goals in nine games on the year. For all the Development Academy results …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Minutemen ride again
Massachusetts, the surprise of last year’s Men’s College Cup, was almost written off half way through the 2008 campaign, but the Minutemen look set to return to the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament after running off six straight wins to earn the No. 1 seed in the Atlantic-10 Tournament, which continues Friday with the semifinals at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Men’s Conferences (UPDATES)
Boston University, Jacksonville and UC Irvine won men’s conference titles on Saturday. Jacksonville came back from 3-1 down to defeat Campbell, 4-3, in the Big South final and end Campbell’s school-record 12-game winning streak. On Friday, top-ranked Wake Forest lost for the first time in 25 games when it fell to Virginia, 3-2, in the ACC semifinals. For all the results and schedules …
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SCOREBOARD: NCAA Division 2 & 3 Men
Third-ranked Midwestern State needed overtime to oust Incarnate Word, 2-1, in the first round of the NCAA Division II Men’s Tournament on Thursday. The NCAA Division III Men’s Tournament began Thursday with a thriller at North Carolina Wesleyan, where the Bishops came back from 3-1 down with less than 15 minutes to play to beat Virginia Wesleyan, 4-3, in overtime. For all the NCAA Division 2 and 3 men’s results and schedules …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Newbies enjoy spotlight
SOCCER AMERICA profiles the seven teams — Army, Belmont, Long Beach State, Morehead State, Northern Arizona, Northeastern and South Dakota State — making their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament and hoping to spring at upset in first-round action on Friday.
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SCOREBOARD: NCAA Division I Women (UPDATES)
Defending champion USC moved into the third round with a shootout victory at BYU on Saturday. The only seeded team to lose on Friday was Colorado, a 1-0 loser to South Dakota State, which was making its NCAA Division I Tournament debut. The other first-time team to win was Northeastern, which edged Boston area rival Harvard on penalty kicks. For all the first-round results and schedules …>
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SCOREBOARD: NCAA Division 2 & 3 Women
The NCAA Division II and III Women’s Tournaments began on Thursday with wins over D2 UC San Diego (on a golden goal) and D3 Carleton, Husson and Washington & Jefferson (in a shootout). For all the NCAA Division 2 and 3 women’s results and schedules …
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Comeback Crew does it again to quench Fire
[MLS SEMIFINAL] The team that launched the second era of Major League Soccer is headed to its first MLS Cup. In a raucous Columbus Crew Stadium, which when unveiled in 1999 set off a succession of soccer-specific facilities that have redefined the league’s existence, the home team erased a 1-0 Chicago lead for a 2-1 win that secured a spot in the championship game Nov. 23.
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Rapids To Play Like Arsenal? Forget It
Here we go again, deja vu with knobs on one more time. The Colorado Rapids have gone for an English coach. They should take a look at their own history. Their very first coach, back in 1996, was a highly touted Englishman, Bob Houghton. A total flop who was fired after just that one season. Having brought with him his English notions about soccer, having failed to realize that they’re not good enough for the American scene.
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Storybook teams clash in splendid setting
[MLS SEMIFINAL PREVIEW] The 2008 MLS playoffs have conjured up two wonderfully warm and fuzzy stories, but one of them must end in the Western Conference final on Saturday when Real Salt Lake hosts the New York Red Bulls (9:30 p.m., Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol, HDNet).
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Juve moves up to second in Serie A
[ITALY] In Serie A pre-weekend action, Juventus moved up to second spot after beating Genoa 4-1
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Capello bans fries in England camp
[ENGLAND] England’s Italian manager Fabio Capello has tackled the unhealthy home diet by banning ketchup and fries from national team camps.