U.S. Club Soccer’s National Cup Finals and National Collegiate Showcase will return to Virginia Beach, Va., in 2009.
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POLLS: NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings
Sacramento Jesuit, St. Anthony’s of New York and Norfolk (Va.) Academy remained 1-2-3 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Rankings. For the complete Top 25 …
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POLLS: NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings
The Pennington School is still No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Girls Rankings. Lincoln of Portland, Ore., moved up one spot to No. 2. For the complete Top 25 …
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy Results
Four teams — Chivas USA U-17/18, Nomads U-17/18, Birmingham United U-15/16 and San Diego Surf U/15-16 — won two games in weekend play in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. For all the weekend results …
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Chelsea extends U.S. reach
English club Chelsea has extended its reach into American youth soccer by partnering with New Jersey’s Match Fit Academy. As a result of the partnership, the Match Fit’s Academy teams will now be known as Match Fit Chelsea — just like North Carolina’s CASL program has adopted the name CASL Chelsea FC Academy for its academy teams (and the Chicago Magic is now Chicago Magic AS Monaco and the Michigan Wolves are Derby County Wolves)
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Teams win Midwest Regional League fall title
Eclipse Select, the Michigan Hawks and KC Select Scream Red clinched Premier Division girls titles in the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional League’s fall season. One girls title remained up for grabs.
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Crafty, confident RSL heads to Home Depot
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] Whether or not the Magic of Yura Movsisyan arises yet again, Chivas USA must get its house in order at Home Depot Center. After losing just once in 16 home games (counting playoffs) last year, it dropped four matches at HDC this season, including a loss to Real Salt Lake in mid-June. And all RSL needs to win this series is a tie, thanks its 1-0 lead on Movsisyan’s remarkable back-heeled goal in the final seconds of regulation at Rio Tinto Stadium last weekend.
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Red Bulls face ruthless Dynamo
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] Going into the second leg of a conference semifinal tied is a new experience for the two-time defending champion Houston Dynamo and bad news for its opponents from New York.
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Chicago too hot for depleted Revs
[MLS PLAYOFFS] Determination and pluck aren’t enough against a superior opponent, and the young, determined but undermanned Revs couldn’t keep pace Thursday night at Toyota Park in a rousing 3-0 Fire victory that earned Chicago a spot in the semifinals.
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Drug rehab center provides refs
[REF WATCH] Residents of Gatehouse Academy, a long-term residential drug rehab facility in Arizona, are refereeing youth soccer games for AYSO’s Wickenburg Soccer League.
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MLS Playoff TV Schedule & Scoreboard
For the TV schedule of MLS quarterfinal, second-leg games. …
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Soccer Job Openings
[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] Soccer America provides the latest on employment opportunities for soccer-related positions. They include college coaching opportunities, as well as jobs in pro soccer, youth soccer, the soccer industry and television.
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Under-17 Women’s World Cup Scoreboard
The United States faces surprise Group D winner South Korea in the quarterfinals of the Under-17 Women’s World Cup Sunday in Hamilton, New Zealand. The other quarterfinals are Denmark-North Korea, Germany-Canada and Japan-England. For all the results and schedules …
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Guzan unbeaten in European debut
[UEFA CUP] In Thursday’s UEFA Cup group action, Brad Guzan earned a shutout in a road win for Aston Villa, while Oguchi Onyewu and Standard Liege beat Sevilla of Spain.
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Revs’ defender Parkhurst is Mr. Clean once again
[MLS AWARDS] New England defender Michael Parkhurst, who started 28 games and committed only nine fouls in 2,520 minutes of play, won the 2008 MLS Fair Play award. Chicago keeper Jon Busch was named Goalkeeper of the Year, and the Columbus’ Chad Marshall was voted Defender of the Year.
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Onus on Schelotto and favored Crew
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] Only four of 12 MLS regular-season champions have lifted MLS Cup, so whatever euphoria Columbus players may have felt last week after substitute Steven Lenhart scored a last-minute goal to tie the first leg, 1-1, against Kansas City had best be long gone.
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Concussions: Tips for Sideline Management
Concussion is a controversial and tricky medical topic, but any coach or parent who works with soccer players needs to know what to do if you are faced with a situation in which you suspect a player has had a concussion.
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MLS Crowds And TV Ratings Down
David Beckham helped kick up Major League Soccer attendances and TV ratings in 2007, but the league couldn’t build on that growth in 2008, reports Tripp Mickle. “This season the league suffered its first decline in average regular-season attendance and television viewership on ESPN2 in three years,” he reports. Half the teams in MLS saw […]
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Mascherano Backs Maradona
Argentina’s new coach Diego Maradona announced Liverpool’s Javier Mascherano, 24, as his new captain Tuesday. Mascherano is grateful enough to laud the new coach, despite the former star’s scarcity of coaching experience, but doesn’t yet know if he’ll accept. “It is great to have him as our manager,” said Mascherano. “We all know Diego gave […]
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Franco-German Soccer History Played Out On Stage
German actor and playwright Rainer Sievert, 43, has lived in France for almost 20 years, so has been keenly aware of the historical relationship between the neighboring countries. This has lead to him writing and performing in a new play, France-Allemagne, set on a sofa and featuring two men — one French, one German — […]
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Liverpool Fans To Hicks And Gillett: Sell Us Our Club
“We believe we represent a real opportunity for both of you to bring to an end a troubled period of ownership; an ‘exit strategy’ which would lead to admiration and respect from many. Doing the honorable thing and selling the club to the fans would return it to the values that made it the most […]
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Colombian Recall For Angel?
“Juan Pablo is being considered the same as all the other players. How he’s performing for his club will decide if he gets a recall.” New Colombian coach Eduardo Lara mulls an international recall for New York’s Juan Pablo Angel, 33. Colombia has scored just four goals in 10 World Cup qualifying games so far.
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All Over For Adelaide With 90 Minutes Still To Play
“Publicly, the Reds [Adelaide] will talk it up over the next five days leading into the second leg. Privately, they know it’s all over. [Coach] Aurelio Vidmar knows his players have a mountain to climb… Hopefully, Adelaide will make a game of it before a sellout crowd at Hindmarsh Stadium. But overhauling a three-goal deficit? […]
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Kaka To Brazil: God Loves You
AC Milan midfielder Kaka “will tell his home country of the love of God in a major televised outreach by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association” on Brazilian prime-time this weekend.
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Herbalife’s Unhealthy Stock
Shares in L.A. Galaxy sponsor Herbalife are down more than 50 percent since the start of the year due to currency fluctuations and decelerating growth in several key markets.