“Last week, we were disappointed with a point and this week, we would have been disappointed with a point. Now after not even getting one, it would have been decent to get it.” Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis juggles with the mathematics of disappointment after RSL’s 2-1 defeat to RB New York.
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Carver’s Dream Team
“When I can get everyone together…I think we’ve put down a benchmark on what we can actually achieve.” Following his team’s 1-1 tie with league-leaders Columbus, Toronto FC coach John Carver dreamily imagines the day when he’ll have his full roster available.
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Scottish Club Soccer Could Look To Canada
A look at the Canadian model might help Scottish club soccer break the tedious dominance of its domestic league by Rangers and Celtic.
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Quakes-Dynamo Rivalry Heating Up
It’s taken a few months, but the tension between the San Jose Earthquakes and its Houston spin-off is really starting to heat up, writes Ann Killion. Saturday’s game at Buck Shaw Stadium showed that “what was once a lovefest is verging on a blood feud. And a good soccer rivalry.” “Most of the Houston […]
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Edu Enjoys His Rangers’ Debut
The pace was faster than MLS, and Maurice Edu tired in the second half, but he still enjoyed his debut for league-leading Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premier League Saturday, when his new side beat Kilmarnock 2-1. “The play in Scotland is far quicker to what I am used to in MLS,” Edu said. […]
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Ottawa Poised For MLS bid
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk will announce details Tuesday of his plans to build a new soccer stadium as he officially launches his bid to bring a Major League Soccer team to the city. A spokesperson declined to give details ahead of the scheduled press conference, except to say that Melnyk already has a […]
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‘Wild West’ EPL Attracts U.S. Owners
Why have so many wealthy Americans become attracted to the English Premier League? One of the main reasons, writes Joe Nocera, is because the league allows them to operate with more freedom. While soccer “is the most global sport with the greatest reach,” and while there is more money to be made out of […]
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Fox Soccer Channel To Be Rated By Nielsen
Fox Soccer Channel is to be rated by Nielsen starting next month, measuring how many people across the U.S watch the English Premier League, Italy’s Serie A and Saturday night’s Major League Soccer broadcast. FSC, which began as Fox Sports World in 1998, is currently available in more than 33 million homes. It was […]
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Beckham A Dud In Kansas City
“On the one hand, there was definitely a buzz about Beckham being in town,” writes Joe Posnanski. “On the other, to be brutally honest, he was an utter and complete non-factor in the game.”
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Soccer on TV
CONCACAF Champions League, European Champions League and UEFA Cup games take place in the midweek. Columbus hosts New York in MLS’s Thursday night match.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Youngsters power SMU
In the early going, the only suspense has been who will be No. 2 behind defending champion Wake Forest. SMU is the latest to claim the No. 2 spot after moving up three spots thanks to a pair of wins at its Prego’s Express Italian Invitational.
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POLLS: Soccer America Men’s Top 25
Wake Forest solidified its hold as the No. 1 team in the Soccer America Men’s Top 25 after last week’s No. 2 Creighton and No. 3 Akron both lost. For this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25 …
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CROWD COUNT: Carolina fans cheer overtime win
North Carolina drew the sixth largest crowd in its history as the Tar Heels came from behind to beat N.C. State, 2-1, in overtime in their ACC opener. For the top men’s crowds …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Brown creates sensation
In his 32 years at Brown, Phil Pincince has enjoyed considerable success — 12 Ivy League titles, including nine in a row (1982-90) — but he has never had a weekend quite like the Bears had at the UConn Classic. First, Brown beat Big Ten powerhouse Penn State, 1-0, in overtime, then it tied No. 1 UCLA, 0-0.
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POLLS: Soccer America Women’s Top 25
Notre Dame took over the top spot in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25. Three Pac-10 teams (No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Stanford and No. 5 USC) and one WCC team (No. 4 Portland) give the Top 25 a heavy West Coast influence. For this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25 …
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Edu debuts for Glasgow Rangers
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu made his Scottish Premier League debut for Glasgow Rangers after practicing just twice with his new club. In England, where Americans are seeing little action this season, Tim Howard celebrated a win with Everton. For more on Americans in Britain, France and Belgium. …
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Jozy Altidore makes La Liga debut
[AMERICAN IN SPAIN] Jozy Altidore, the 18-year-old forward who joined Villarreal in the summer, made his Spanish La Liga debut as a halftime sub in a 1-0 win over Deportivo Coruna. Altidore’s play drew praise from Spanish sports daily Marca, which said he was “a force off the bench who created much danger.”
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No Bradley-Cherundolo meeting in Hannover rout
[AMERICANS IN GERMANY] Hannover 96 scored its first goal of the season and routed newly promoted Borussia Moenchengladbach, 5-1. But Steven Cherundolo didn’t suit up for Hannover while Michael Bradley stayed on the Gladbach bench. Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic, with a header off a free kick, scored his third goal in four games this season.
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MLS Results
Columbus kept its first-place lead in the East while West leader Houston settled for a tie on the road. For all the weekend results, standings, leading goal scorers and schedules …
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O’Reilly leads USA to victory in Gold Tour opener
[U.S. WOMEN] The U.S. women’s national team opened its post-Olympic tour with a 2-0 defeat of Ireland in front of 13,176 fans at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field.
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Milan’s Ancelotti faces ax
[ITALY] Coach Carlo Ancelotti survived AC Milan’s failure to qualify for the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League, but he may not last much longer if the Rossoneri continue to underperform. With Kaka, Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko in the lineup, Milan lost, 2-0, at Genoa on Sunday for its second straight loss, which left it second from the bottom on Serie A.
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Guardiola shakeup fails to stop Barca plunge
[SPAIN] Barcelona’s 1-1 tie with Racing Santander at home on Saturday left the Catalan giant with just one point in two games — marking its worst start in 35 years and leaving first-year coach Pep Guardiola in the hot seat.
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Man. United desperately needs Ronaldo
[ENGLAND] Manchester United hoped to bring along rehabilitating Cristiano Ronaldo slowly, but the Red Devils may need him for next Sunday’s clash with Chelsea. Sir Alex Ferguson termed United’s performance “shocking” in it 2-1 loss at Liverpool on Saturday and increased the pressure on him to bring back Ronaldo as soon as possible to jumpstart United’s season.
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More gloom for Galaxy; Moreno strikes again
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] The Los Angeles Galaxy reunited with David Beckham in Kansas City after his week away on England national team duty only to suffer yet another disappointment. D.C. United’s Jamie Moreno added to his goalscoring record. For the weekend’s highs and lows in MLS. …
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Keane: Jack Warner’s A Clown
FIFA Vice President and “special advisor” to the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation Jack Warner may have picked the wrong opponent when he sent a letter to Sunderland manager Roy Keane earlier this week accusing him of “callous disregard” for small soccer nations. The former Manchester United and Ireland captain is not known for backing […]