“Two mistakes, two goals. We gave them those goals. We’ve said that the whole season, we’ve given goals away. But I think we can take a positive out of here. One point against a good team that’s on top of the Eastern Conference is nothing to be sad about.” Real Salt Lake defender Nat Borchers […]
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Nicol: We Almost Stole It
“The goals we gave away were horrendous. We can’t give goals away like that. We tried to pass it and we tried to do the right things, but we were just off. You see the character of the team, though. Two-nil down at home, 20 minutes to go, and they don’t give up. We end […]
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Too Little Too Late For TFC?
“Tonight [Saturday] was just so pleasing because I think it all came together. Unfortunately, it might just be too little, too late, but we’ve given ourselves a great opportunity.” Toronto FC coach John Carver stays optimistic until the end after his side’s 3-1 win at New York.
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‘They Are The Champions’
“I think what we’ve run into today are the champions. They’ve shown championship quality. They have extremely good players in most areas of the pitch. What they also do is make very, very good decisions on the ball. They don’t give it away cheaply [and] they punish you for your own mistakes.” Colorado Rapids’ coach […]
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Wizards Inching Along
“The only thing about a tie is you just inch along. We needed the full three points, but we’re not out of it by any stretch.” Kansas City Wizards’ captain Jimmy Conrad after his side’s 1-1 tie with the Chicago Fire Sunday.
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Stumbles at home jumble playoff race
A while ago, Kansas City coach Curt Onalfo confidently stated his team could and would pick up the points needed to reach the playoffs because of a run of home matches at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.
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POLLS: Soccer America Men’s Top 25
Besides No. 1 Wake Forest, Akron was the only other team in last week’s Top 10 to go unscathed. The Zips climbed five spots to No. 3. Creighton also jumped five places to No. 2. For this week’s complete Soccer America Men’s Top 25 …
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CROWD COUNT: UConn sells out for Big East clash
Connecticut drew a sellout crowd of 4,407 for its Big East match with West Virginia. Fans donated more than 1,000 new and used soccer balls on a night when the visiting Mountaineers upset the Huskies, 1-0. UConn partnered with the Kick for Nick organization, which was started in memory of Connecticut native Nick Madaras and collected soccer balls to send to children in Iraq. For the top 10 men’s crowds of 2008 …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Santa Clara sinks
Santa Clara, one of the great names in women’s soccer, suffered two more losses — 5-0 to Stanford and 2-0 to Arizona — in its final two non-conference games of the season and fell to 3-7-2. ALSO: The weekend hat trick stars.
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POLLS: Soccer America Women’s Top 25
There was no change among the top six teams in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 with unbeaten and untied Notre Dame still No. 1. Virginia climbed four places to No. 7 thanks to 6-0 and 7-1 wins in ACC play. For this week’s complete Soccer America Women’s Top 25 …
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CROWD COUNT: Illinois draws large audience
Illinois drew a crowd of 2,036 fans, the second largest crowd in history at the Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium, for its 1-0 win over Michigan on Sunday. Other crowds of note included 3,376 for Texas A&M-Oklahoma State, which gives the Aggies four of the top eight women’s crowds of the season, and 2,316, Notre Dame’s largest crowd of the season, for the top-ranked Irish’s 3-0 win over South Florida on Friday. For the top 10 women’s crowds of 2008 …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Wake juggernaut rolls on
Top-ranked Wake Forest extended its winning streak to 15 games with an 8-2 victory over visiting Virginia Tech before 3,246 fans on Friday. ALSO: Michael Brooks put on one of the season’s great individual performances in Clemson’s 5-3 win over Maryland. Virginia’s streak continued with another ACC win.
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Barcelona looking better and better
[SPAIN] Barcelona looked majestic again, dismantling Atletico Madrid, 6-1, at the Camp Nou. There were big wins too for Sevilla and Malaga, while Real Madrid was held at home by Espanyol.
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Reds share lead with Blues
[ENGLAND] Liverpool is threatening to do something it hasn’t done in two decades — look like a title-winner. The Reds came from 2-0 down at Manchester City to take all three points and stay level with Chelsea at the top.
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Bayern invites Bochum to take a point
[GERMANY] Another high-scoring weekend in the Bundesliga, as Bayern Munich failed to win for its third successive game, and Hamburg became the latest leader in a league no team wants to dominate.
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Big results for small teams (VIDEO)
[ITALY] Juventus and Roma continued the trend in Serie A this season of big teams losing to lesser names, with Palermo and Siena the beneficiaries. Lazio and AC Milan were also unable to beat lower-placed teams.
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Death of Pioneer in Sports Law
Edward Grayson, a lawyer who died in London last week, was a problem person for the sport of soccer. He specialized in sports law — indeed, was the pioneer in the field. His book “Sport and the Law” has marched on through four editions, and is the definitive work on the subject.
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USL-1 Results
Puerto Rico and Vancouver advanced to the USL First Division championship game with comeback wins in their semifinal series. The Islanders beat Rochester, the last U.S. entrant alive in the USL-1 playoffs, 3-2 on aggregate, winning thanks to Cristian Arrieta’s overtime goal in the second leg. Vancouver erased Montreal’s 1-0 advantage with two first-half goals in the second leg and held on for a 2-1 win. Vancouver will host the final at Swangard Stadium on Thanksgiving Sunday, Oct. 12.
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Bradley calls in ‘Mosquito’ Torres
[WORLD CUP 2010] U.S. coach Bob Bradley has included 20-year-old Texan Jose Francisco Torres, who has also been courted by the Mexican national team, into his 23-man roster for the Oct. 11 qualifier against Cuba in Washington, D.C. Other young players called in by Bradley who weren’t part of the last squad are Freddy Adu, Danny Szetela and Jozy Altidore
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Taylor hits hat trick in Germany
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Matt Taylor, a former UCLA star who scored six goals in four MLS seasons (2004-2007), scored a hat trick for German Second Division TuS Koblenz in a 5-0 win over Kaiserslautern on Sunday. In England, Clint Dempsey got his first EPL start of the season on a weekend in which few Americans saw action but Carlos Bocanegra helped Rennes to an impressive win in France.
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USA eliminated
[FUTSAL WORLD CUP] The USA fell, 5-3, to Thailand for its third straight loss at the championship in Brazil and has been eliminated from second-round contention.
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Dynamo books playoff spot
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] Two-time defending champ Houston became the second team after the Columbus Crew to clinch a playoff by downing Colorado. For the weekend’s MLS high- and low-lights. …
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MLS Results
For all the weekend results, standings, leading goalscorers and schedules. …
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Soccer on TV
The MLS playoff race heats up with a full slate of matches this weekend.
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Kinnear Vents At Reporter
“It’s going to my ****ing lawyers.” Audio of Newcastle United interim manager Joe Kinnear’s full and frank exchange with a Daily Mirror reporter. Warning: contains enough foul language to make Ray Hudson blush.