San Jose revived its relaunch year in midseason when it made a number of new signings, but two of those players — Trinidad & Tobago forward Scott Sealy, 27, and veteran Brazilian midfielder Francisco Lima — look set to leave, reports Elliott Almond. Sealy, who is out of contract at the end of the year […]
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Boxx: It’s Not All About Marta
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Shannon Boxx likes the look and the name of the Los Angeles Sol that she’ll be playing for when Women’s Professional Soccer kicks off next spring. “It’s very exciting to finally say that we have a league,” the midfielder told Grahame L Jones. “I think we have a great team. I […]
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Mourinho Taking Flack For Inter’s Flat Form
While Inter Milan’s 0-0 tie at Fiorentina Wednesday was hardly a disaster, writes Richard Aikman, Inter coach Jose Mourinho faces a problem after his team’s second successive goalless draw because “over the last three years Inter supporters have got used to winning. Mourinho’s arrival was expected to hail a new all-conquering era in which a […]
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Asian Champions League Reformed
The Asian Football Confederation has cut Jordan, Syria and Kuwait from its list of nations eligible to enter clubs in the remodeled Asian Champions League in 2009 because they did not submit full documentation. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates is bidding to have the AFC's headquarters, currently in Malaysia, moved to Abu Dhabi. The AFC's […]
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ANALYSIS: Early postseason projections
The NCAA released its second RPI index this week, ranking the NCAA Division I men’s programs from 1-203 through games played Oct. 26. In a surprise, Indiana, not top-ranked and undefeated Wake Forest, is No. 1. St. John’s is No. 2 ahead of the defending champion Demon Deacons. In a season during which every Division I team already has at least one win, USC Upstate is last at No. 203. The RPI rankings provide us with an opportunity to see how the tournament field might shake out if the regular season had ended last weekend.
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MORNING BRIEFING: IU’s Noschang sets NCAA record
Indiana senior Kevin Noschang set an new NCAA record when he scored just six seconds into the match with Kentucky, but the Wildcats came back to earn a 1-1 tie in Bloomington. In other action on Wednesday, No. 2 Akron’s 10-game winning streak came to an end when it was held to a 1-1 tie at Penn State.
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SCOREBOARD: Soccer America Men’s Top 25
No. 1 Wake Forest and No. 8 Loyola (Md.) put their unbeaten records on the line this weekend. The Demon Deacons travel to No. 7 North Carolina on Saturday, while the Greyhounds host St. Peter’s and Manhattan in MAAC action. For this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25 results and schedules …
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HONORS: Sewanee fieldhouse named after Rote
The University of the South, better known as Sewanee, dedicated its field house at the Sewanee soccer/lacrosse complex after alumnus Kyle Rote Jr., one of the pioneering stars of American pro soccer, at last weekend’s Homecoming Weekend.
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CONFERENCE WATCH: Tight Ivy race
Two weeks ago, defending champion Penn and Princeton appeared to be the favorites to compete for the Ivy League women’s championship, but Harvard’s young team has shaken up the race. With two games left to play, the Crimson have a two-point lead over Princeton and Columbia, while Penn and Yale are longshots. For a look at the Ivy contenders …
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SCOREBOARD: Soccer America Women’s Top 25
It’s the final weekend of the regular season for teams in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 except for those in the three conferences that don’t have postseason tournaments (Ivy, Pac-10 and WCC). For this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25 results and schedules …
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NAIA: Men’s & Women’s Rankings
For the second week in a row, Lindsey Wilson is No. 1 in both the NSCAA/adidas NAIA men’s and women’s rankings. Oklahoma City is No. 2 behind the men, while Lee is ranked second among the women. For all the NAIA rankings …
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Women’s Conferences
Conference tournament play began Wednesday with a play-in game in the Horizon League. Valparaiso held a 29-6 advantage in shots but fell to Youngstown State, 5-4, in shootout after they played to a 0-0 tie following 100 minutes of action. For all of this week’s conference tournament schedules …
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Fire anxious to end Revs’ postseason hex
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] Before a broken leg sidelined Steve Ralston, before post-concussion symptoms benched Taylor Twellman, yet after Chicago completed its 3-0 sweep of games against New England this season, Fire assistant coach Chris Armas warned the playoffs would be different if the teams were to meet again.
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Both USL-1 teams advance
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Osei Telesford and Fabrice Noel scored first-half goals and Puerto Rico Islanders held on for a 2-2 draw with Panama’s Tauro FC on Wednesday to earn a place in the regional championship’s quarterfinals, where they’re joined by fellow USL-1 team Montreal Impact.
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Dismal D.C. season ends in defeat
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Sometimes failure can be chalked up as a learning experience and if so, D.C. United has learned it needs great improvement to compete in Concacaf.
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Long night for Jozy and Freddy
[AMERICANS ABROAD] As October ends, reality set in for U.S. national team teen stars Jozy Altidore and Freddy Adu: It’s not going to be easy to make it in Europe.
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Nigerian government changes tune
[2009 UNDER-17 WORLD CUP] Just days after announcing that it wouldn’t be able to host the 2009 Under-17 World Cup, the Nigerian government agreed to back the organization of the competition but with a smaller budget.
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USA stunned in world championship opener (VIDEO)
[UNDER-17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Americans may still think of themselves as the dominant power in the world of girls soccer, but they were given a lesson in attacking soccer by Japan in their first game at the inaugural Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. The Americans needed only 139 seconds to go ahead on Vicki DiMartino‘s goal, but the Japanese then bombarded the U.S. goal, hitting the crossbar three times in the first half and twice coming back from one-goal deficits to win, 3-2, on three stunning goals.
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Why not Maradona?
Preposterous! Diego Maradona the coach of Argentina? What can they be thinking? The guy has virtually no coaching experience, after all — so does this make any sense?
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Tottenham show late in eight-goal thriller
[ENGLAND] Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur split eight goals in an astonishing North London derby. Chelsea burst Hull’s bubble with a 3-0 road win.
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Unstoppable Hoffenheim, rising Bayern
[GERMANY] There were wins for Hoffenheim, Hamburg and Bayern Munich in Wednesday’s Bundesliga action, while Steve Cherundolo‘s Hannover fell to Hertha Berlin.
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Udinese wins, Inter drops back
[ITALY] Udinese, Napoli and Milan occupy the top three Serie A spots after midweek wins. Inter drew 0-0 at Fiorentina.
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Seattle bets big again on Ljungberg
[MLS] Regardless of what they put on the field next March, those in charge of Seattle Sounders FC certainly aren’t hedging their bets, and have already gone where some MLS teams still dread to tread. They paid up $30 million to buy into MLS. They have sold more than 17,000 season tickets, acquired one of the most popular American players ever to play for the USA in Kasey Keller, and pledged a reported $5 million to unleash former Swedish international midfielder Freddie Ljungberg when their expansion season kicks off in a few months.
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United Braces Itself For Post-Mortem
D.C. United was forced by delays and cancellations to wait six hours at Columbus airport Monday, the morning after its MLS season had ended in Crew Stadium. This, writes Steven Goff, seemed a fitting end to a bad year, with the team finally making it home to D.C. via New York, the city whose team […]
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Ljungberg Here To Improve MLS
Seattle Sounders FC unveiled its designated player, Swedish international Freddie Ljungberg, Tuesday, reports Jose Miguel Romero. The $2.5 million a year midfielder duly declared that he’s here to help improve the quality and the profile of Major League Soccer. “I figured if I’m going to take MLS seriously and want to make it a really […]