[ROSTER] Ten players who have played for the full national team, including Freddy Adu and Benny Feilhaber, are in the 24-man roster Coach Peter Nowak has named to enter the U-23 national team training camp to prepare for Olympic qualifying play.
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Soccer Job Openings
[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] Soccer America provides the latest on employment opportunities for soccer-related positions. Besides college coaching opportunities, this week’s listings include an opening for U.S. Soccer Foundation president and three management positions at the United Soccer Leagues.
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy Results
The Chicago Fire’s youth teams and powerhouse Chicago Magic both went 3-0-1 against the Concorde Fire and AFC Lightning on their trip to Atlanta last weekend. For all the U.S. Soccer Development Academy results and goal scorers …
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Real Salt Lake gets tough(er)
[MLS] Make no mistake, no matter how much better RSL 2008 is compared to the 2007 version, it will be tougher. And more experienced. Defender Nat Borchers, midfielder Dema Kovalenko and Colombian defender Jamilson Olave are just a few examples of the players added by Coach Jason Kreis and general manager Garth Lagerwey to upgrade guile as well as tenacity.
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D.C., Red Bulls Lose Philadelphia-Area Fans
Philadelphia soccer fans will have some choosing to do when MLS announces the City of Brotherly Love as its 16th franchise, as expected on Thursday, says ESPN writer Ives Galarcep. Philadelphia has always been a soccer-rich area, producing such quality players as Reading’s Bobby Convey, New England’s Chris Albright and Jeff Parke and Jon Conway […]
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Eduardo Injury Cripples Croatia’s Euro 2008 Hopes
The Guardian’s Jonathan Wilson agrees with Croatia’s newspapers that without Eduardo Croatia do not stand a chance of winning Euro 2008. After ending England’s bid to qualify for the finals in Austria and Switzerland, Croatia had become everyone’s favorite dark horse to pull off the unthinkable — just as Greece did in Portugal four years […]
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Infighting Escalates at Chelsea
The Associated Press reports of serious infighting at Chelsea Football Club following the English Premier League giant’s loss to Tottenham in the Carling Cup final last weekend. According to the report, the Blues squad was split by “jealousies and unhappiness” over the coaching staff’s preparations for the final, which ended in a 2-1 defeat. Several […]
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Ferguson: Goal Difference Worth an Extra Point
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says that goal difference could be crucial in determining the fate of the EPL title. Good thing the Red Devils thumped Newcastle 5-1 this weekend, a result that moved them four goals ahead of league leader Arsenal on goal differential. “We’re scoring a lot of goals and, you never […]
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Guzan Reflects on Failed Transfer
Brad Guzan returned to the U.S. a disappointed but not necessarily dejected goalkeeper on the day he was denied a work permit that allow him to complete a $4 million transfer from Chivas USA of MLS to Aston Villa of the English Premier League. “I remember sitting on the plane on the way back thinking […]
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Soccer on TV
Midweek action includes an Italian Serie A clash in which Roma can keep its title hopes alive with a win over leader Inter Milan. There’s also Libertadores Cup action and domestic cup matchups in Spain and Germany.
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USA to face Mexico and Jamaica in Olympic women’s qualifying
[DATEBOOK] The USA was drawn into Group A along with Jamaica and Mexico for 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament that will take place April 2-12 at the Estadio Olimpico Benito Juarez in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
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MLS Offseason Player Moves
In deals already finalized, MLS clubs have signed 16 foreigners: four from Argentina and Colombia and one each from Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Scotland and Switzerland. For all the team-by-team offseason player moves …
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Iraq drops Olsen after one qualifier
[IRAQ] Norwegian Egil Olsen lasted all of one World Cup qualifier as coach of Iraq’s national team, the reigning Asian champion.
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‘Lion-hearted cobra’ Jaqua starts scoring streak in Austria
[AMERICANS ABROAD]. Oregon product Nate Jaqua, who joined Altach last month from the Houston Dynamo, has scored in each of his first two games for the Austrian First Division struggler. Jaqua’s second goal was an 88th minute gamewinner.
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Real gaffe against Getafe [VIDEO]
[OFF THE POST] Real Madrid’s grasp on the Spanish La Liga lead loosened with Sunday’s 1-0 loss to Getafe, which scored while Real Madrid players celebrated what they thought was a goal of their own. “They have scored a goal against us like in a match for 4-year-olds,” Real midfielder Guti said. “We can’t afford to lose games in this way.”
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Heavy-hitters join AEG in Houston
[MLS] The league is adding two heavy-hitters to its lineup of operator-investors and in one case, the pun is intended. Houston Dynamo president and general manager Oliver Luck is meeting the media Tuesday to officially announce a partnership by which two companies will purchase 50 percent of the team. Boxer Oscar De La Hoya and his company, Golden Boy Productions, and one of its shareholders, Brener International Group, LLC, are joining MLS.
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Red Bulls Have Nearly $1 Million to Spend
Big Apple Soccer does the math following the departures of Dema Kovalenko and Francis Doe, figuring that the New York Red Bulls now have at least $800,000 of cap room to fill, as seven players have left the team since the end of last season. However, the figure doesn’t include new money for players like […]
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Wednesday Clash to Determine Italian Title Race
Suddenly, we have a Serie A title race on our hands — maybe. AS Roma cut Inter Milan’s lead to nine points on Sunday, beating Fiorentina 1-0 as the Nerazzurri escaped with a 1-1 draw against Sampdoria. The two-point recovery could prove crucial if the Romans manage to come away with three points when they […]
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Real Punished in Extraordinary Circumstances
Another lackluster performance, another loss for Real Madrid, although this one came in rather extraordinary circumstances, it must be said. Getafe won with a single goal that came as the Spanish champions were celebrating a goal that had been called offside. While most of the team was saluting supporters in the stands, Getafe restarted play […]
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Ramos Recalls Mourinho in Carling Cup Glory
“Never in recent memory has the Carling Cup made a group of supporters so absurdly happy as it did Tottenham’s yesterday,” writes Sam Wallace of the Independent. Why, because Tottenham supporters have reason to believe that yesterday’s 2-1 triumph against Chelsea is the sign of many things to come from Juande Ramos, the former Sevilla […]
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Horror foul sparks debate in England
[ENGLAND WATCH] Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger‘s initial reaction to the foul by Birmingham’s Martin Taylor that inflicted multiple fractures on Arsenal forward Eduardo‘s leg was that Taylor should be banned for life. While others came to Taylor’s defense — claiming the cleats-up lunge was unintentional and that he did not have a record of thuggish play — the incident has forced a reexamination of the English league’s attitude toward reckless tackling.
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Own goal by Cherundolo; Bradley’s Heerenveen slides (VIDEO)
[AMERICANS IN EUROPE] Defender Steve Cherundolo‘s unlucky own goal contributed to Hannover 96’s 2-1 loss to relegation threatened VfL Bochum in Germany. In the Netherlands, Michael Bradley‘s team, Heerenveen fell 3-2 to Nijmegen and slipped to sixth place. In Belgium, Standard Liege with Oguchi Onyewu, slipped out of first place.
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Relegation woes for EPL Americans
[AMERICANS IN ENGLAND] Reading, Fulham and Derby, which have a total of eight Americans in their rosters, occupy the three spots in the English Premier League’s relegation zone. The debut of striker Eddie Johnson on Saturday, when he replaced compatriot Clint Dempsey in the 76th minute, couldn’t prevent Fulham’s 1-0 loss to West Ham.
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Nike snares France contract from adidas with megadeal
[BUSINESS] After almost 40 years, the French national team will be leaving adidas for Nike. The value of the deal to supply French soccer federation teams with Nike apparel is more than four times the current adidas deal and is believed to be more than three times the value of the most lucrative deal in international soccer, Nike’s agreement with Brazil.
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Haitian legend Sanon dies at 56 (VIDEO)
[OBITUARY] Like fellow Haitian Joseph Gaetjens, Emmanuel Sanon scored a legendary goal in World Cup history. But unlike Gaetjens, whose goal gave the USA a 1-0 victory over England at the 1950 World Cup, the goal by Sanon, who died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56 Thursday at his home in Florida, did not hold up.