European clubs are stopping at nothing in an effort to keep their young stars from heading off to the Olympics.
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Rogers leads RSL to SUM U-17 Cup title
[PLAYER OF THE WEEK] James Rogers, one of the youngest players in the tournament, scored seven goals and helped Real Salt Lake win the SUM U-17 Cup, the second annual youth competition for MLS teams.
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Tim Mulqueen: USA’s keeper coach for all ages
[INTERVIEW] The 2008 Olympics will mark U.S. Soccer goalkeeper coach Tim Mulqueen‘s fourth world championship, following last year’s U-20 World Cup and two U-17 World Cups. Mulqueen, perhaps best known for training Tim Howard from age 12 through the pros, also coached keepers such as Tony Meola during MLS stints with the MetroStars and Kansas City. Soccer America’s Mike Woitalla spoke with Mulqueen about coaching America’s young keepers, how to spot great keepers at an early age, and when youngsters should specialize at the position.
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Rising Star: Robbie Findley
[MLS] Robbie Findley scored eight goals last year, leading all rookies, while splitting time with Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles. This year, Findley is focused on helping Real Salt Lake earn its first-ever MLS playoff spot. He saw action with the U.S. U-23 national team in Olympic qualifying and is an alternate for the Olympic team
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Makelele moves to PSG
[TRANSFER TALK] Claude Makelele, one of the world’s best defensive midfielders for a decade, has joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, fulfilling his desire to end his playing career in France. The 35-year-old Makelele joins the Parisian club after spending five years at Chelsea where he won two league titles.
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PDL Playoff Schedule
Premier Development League playoff action begins Tuesday with Thunder Bay playing host to the Colorado Rapids U-23 and the Kalamazoo Outrage visiting the Chicago Fire in Central Conference action. Conference semifinals and finals will take place this weekend at Reading, Michigan, Central Florida and Fresno. For this week’s PDL playoff schedule …
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U.S. under-23 women perfect in Sweden
[NORDIC CUP] The U.S. under-23 women’s national team successfully defended its Nordic Cup title with a 3-0 win over Germany for its fourth consecutive shutout of the tournament.
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Freddy Adu headed to Monaco
When he took over as president at French club Monaco, French-American Jerome de Bontin told Soccer America he hoped to sign one or two Americans for the 2008-09 season. Well, de Bontin lived up to his word, signing 19-year-old Freddy Adu on loan from Portuguese club Benfica with an option to buy.
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Expansion Sounders sign multi-year TV deal
[MLS] Seattle’s preparations for a spectacular launch in 2009 took another step forward with the announcement of a multi-year local TV deal, nearly nine months before it plays an official league match.
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Rising Star: Christian Duke
The Kansas City Wizards Juniors have attracted many of the top of Kansas City’s players for the MLS club’s academy program. One of the area’s top rising seniors is Christian Duke. Soccer America profiles him in the first of a series on rising stars in MLS youth programs.
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U.S. Youth Soccer National Directors Cup Champions
Eight U.S. Youth Soccer National Directors Cup champions were crowned Sunday in games played at the Kirkwood (Del.) Soccer Complex. The Directors Cup provides teams a national tournament experience at an elite level, for teams not typically given the opportunity.
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U.S. Club Soccer Regional Champions
Regional champions have been crowned in U.S. Club Soccer’s National Cup VII competition. The finals will begin Saturday in Virginia Beach, Va.
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A Soccer Fan’s Civic Duty
Columnist Greg Lalas with 10 things an American soccer fan must do, beginning with support of his or her home team.
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Update From The Swamp World Cup
There were 340 teams entered in this year’s Swamp Soccer World Championships, held in northern Finland for the 10th time in a row.
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Beckham Effect, One Year Later
What’s has been the impact of David Beckham one year after his arrival in MLS? Crowds are still decent, as evidenced by the 40,000-plus crowd at Giants Stadium Saturday for the Red Bulls-Galaxy game. The media circus has disappeared, however. “MLS and the Galaxy cannot expect to thrive based on the snapshot that has been […]
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Fatherly Advice From Fergie
Cristiano Ronaldo still insists he wants to move to Real Madrid, but Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, says it would be wrong for the 23-year-old Ronaldo to go to Real Madrid so young. Fergie went so far as to say that Madrid is the last place he should be attempting to move to. […]
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Ferguson in line for Olympic job?
Britain does not take part in the Olympic soccer competition because here is no such thing as the British FA. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland — the four nations — all have their own national teams, but Lord Coe — Sebastian Coe to all you track & field fans — would like Sir Alex […]
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Carver On Toronto’s Sporting Malaise
With his team mired in an eight-game winless streak (in all competitions) and facing a crucial game against the USL First Division Montreal Impact Tuesday in the Canadian championship competition, Toronto FC coach John Carver is a tad sensitive. He went off the Toronto press for what he perceived to be its negative tone. “Some […]
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Strike Robinho Off Brazil Olympic Team
Real Madrid has asked Brazil to release Robinho from its Olympic team after medical tests revealed that the forward is suffering from a groin injury. The player says he’ll request the club’s decision. “On the advice of the medical staff,” Real said in a statement, “the club has decided that the best thing for the […]
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Soccer on TV
On Thursday night, the MLS All-Stars take on West Ham United. The Mexican Primera Division kicks off this weekend.>
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MLS Results
Saturday’s four MLS games all ended in ties. Real Salt Lake’s 0-0 tie at Chicago was enough to assure it of the Western Conference lead heading into the All-Star Game. For all the results, scoring leaders and this week’s schedule …
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Revs’ staff members subdue crazed airline passenger
[OFF THE POST] Three staff members of the New England, on an American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles, helped subdue a passenger who had stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door.
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Specter haunting the Development Academy
It would be quite superfluous for me to add my congratulations to USSF for the success of its Development Academy program. They themselves, during some 16 hours of television exposure over the weekend, spent quite a lot of time patting themselves on the back, bringing up numerous positives, finding no negatives.
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Bays and Carmel United claim national titles
[U.S. SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] The Baltimore Bays and Carmel United won the U-17/18 and U-15/16 age groups, respectively, at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Finals Week, capping the first season of the U.S. Soccer national league.
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U.S. U-17 girls crush Concacaf opponents
[YOUTH] The USA moved into the semifinals of the Concacaf Under-17 Girls Championship with a 6-0 win over Costa Rica and 9-0 win over El Salvador at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad.