The first 12 games at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s Finals Week at the Home Depot Center produced an average of 3.5 goals a game and featured three hat tricks in U-17/18 play. For all the results and goal scorers …
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Another injury blow for Beasley
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Scottish FA Cup hero DaMarcus Beasley was injured in Rangers’ 1-0 victory over German fourth division club Preussen Munster, the first of three games during its preseason camp in the Netherlands.
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Man. United’s Ferguson once again woos Berbatov
[TRANSFER TALK] Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov nearly moved from Tottenham Hotspur last summer after he scored 23 goals in his first season with the London club. After another season with 23 goals, Berbatov has made it clear that he wants to play in the Champions League and he could be headed to Manchester United in a deal approaching $60 million.
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Euro 2008 hero Torres at 12
[VIDEO ARCHIVE] Here’s some footage of Fernando Torres‘ scoring exploits back when he really was “El Nino.”
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Revs lose player to priesthood
[MLS] Defender Chase Hilgenbrinck, 26, is leaving the New England Revolution to enter a seminary, where he’ll study for the next six years in order to be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest. Hilgenbrinck, an Illinois product who played college ball at Clemson, played four years in Chile before coming to MLS this season.
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Marseille fans start Drogba fundraiser
[OFF THE POST] Luiz Felipe Scolari may have recently claimed that Didier Drogba is “200 percent” part of his plans but that hasn’t stopped Marseille fans from raising enough money to buy themselves 6 percent of the player.
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Club cuts fat by dismissing overweight player
[OFF THE POST] Michael Keane consumed one too many bowls of Irish stew, and it’s cost him his job. The midfielder was dismissed from Irish club St Patrick’s Athletic for being overweight. The club terminated its $6,000 a week contract with the 25-year-old.
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Toronto FC shuffles the deck
[MLS] Regardless of where their team winds up in the MLS standings, Toronto FC’s managing duo of John Carver and Mo Johnston has set the pace regarding recent transactions. Filing discovery claims on strikers Paul Dickov and Darren Huckerby before anyone else yielded a contract with Dickov and a trade with San Jose for the rights to Huckerby, for which TFC received allocation money and an international player slot.
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Nicol to summon Onstad, Ralston and Angel
[MLS ALL-STAR GAME] Of the five players All-Star coach Steve Nicol will add to his squad to face English club West Ham United next week in Toronto, three of them – according to a source — will be Red Bulls striker Juan Pablo Angel, Houston goalie Pat Onstad, and Revs’ attacker Steve Ralston. That leaves two more players to be named by Nicol and an additional two picks from Commissioner Don Garber to round out the 18-man roster.
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FIFA Has The Whole World On A String
It’s been a bloodless coup unseen by most, but the world’s soccer governing body FIFA has taken over South Africa and ousted the ruling African National Congress, writes Rodney Hartman. “FIFA is an organization that wields far greater influence than the United Nations and, more importantly, has far greater muscle,” he writes. “It can, and […]
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MLS To Miami’ Is Empty Talk
The promise of an MLS team returning to Miami has always outpaced the reality, writes a scathing Jeff Rusnak. “The most recent example,” he says, “is Mayor Manny Diaz’s inability to lure a big-time investor to field a team there as early as 2011, despite offering $50 million in public funds to build a stadium […]
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South Africa Must Act Early On Crime Issue
South Africa’s foremost soccer pundit, the former Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey, fears that violence and crime threaten the 2010 World Cup, and that now is the time to take action.
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London Police Submits Corruption File
City of London Police has submitted a file on corruption in the English game to the Crown Prosecution Service and awaits a decision on possible charges against seven men, including Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp.
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Beckham Says Capello Will Bring England Success
Ever the optimist, David Beckham reveals that he is “sure that things are going to go well” for England under coach Fabio Capello.
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Salt Lake Reforms Paying Off
Real Salt Lake tops the MLS Western Conference for the first time in its short history after beating Columbus, 2-0, on Saturday. Sulaiman Folarin believes credit is due to Coach Jason Kreis, and to the team for the gamble it took by appointing a virgin coach last year when “there was a lack of focus […]
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Field Turf Debate Still Hanging Over U.S. Game
The issue of field turf in U.S. soccer came up again twice over the weekend. First, Toronto FC Director of Soccer Mo Johnston admitted that former Norwich City striker Darren Huckerby has signed for the San Jose Quakes ahead of TFC because “Darren had a slight problem with the turf and was concerned about aggravating […]
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Amy, Not Abby, Downs Brazil
Media attention was focused on Abby Wambach in the U.S. women’s exhibition match-up with Brazil in Commerce City, Colo., on Sunday as she strived to score her 100th international goal. But despite a number of early chances, Wambach instead turned provider to set up the game’s only goal for second half substitute Amy Rodriguez, who […]
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Picking the All-Star lucky seven
By design or luck, MLS officials can account for every league team when seven additions to the 2008 All-Star Team are named Tuesday.
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Soccer on TV
In MLS’s Thursday night game, Columbus hosts Kansas City. Superliga 2008 is in full swing with midweek and weekend matches. The USSF Development Academy Championships are on ESPN2 and ESPNU on Friday and Saturday.
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USA-Mexico U-20 showdown goes to Americans in rout
[YOUTH] The USA scored three first-half goals — one from former U.S. U-17 standout Sheanon Williams and two from the University of Michigan’s Peri Marosevic — to beat Mexico, 3-0, in an under-20 friendly played in the border town of Laredo, Texas.
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MLS Results
With four MLS teams busy with SuperLiga play against Mexican foes, there were three MLS games last weekend. Chicago ended its five-game winless streak when it hosted Toronto FC. Real Salt Lake’s win over Columbus moved it into first-place in the Western Conference. San Jose’s winless streak grew to six games when it tied Colorado, 1-1. For the up-to-date MLS standings and leading scorers, all the weekend summaries and this week’s TV schedule.
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Teen scores in debut; Cool coach loses it
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] Toronto continued its dismal road run but enjoyed a bright spot when 16-year-old Abdus Ibrahim scored in his league debut. … Real Salt Lake made some club history. … And an MLS coach probably considered least likely to loss his temper was ejected.
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‘A-Rod’ knocks off Brazil women again
[OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN] U.S. women’s national team improved to 20-0-1 in 2008 with a 1-0 win over 2007 Women’s World Cup runner-up Brazil on Sunday before a crowd of 15,071 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, the home of MLS’s Colorado Rapids. USC’s Amy Rodriguez scored the game’s only goal for her second game-winning goal against Brazil this year.
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Queiroz leaves Manchester United to return home
[PORTUGAL] Carlos Queiroz, Manchester United’s No. 2 and the former MetroStars head coach, is heading home to coach the Portugal national team.