Aside from notable absences, including Freddy Adu, the players summoned to Home Depot Center this week by U.S. U-23/Olympic coach Peter Nowak are expected to fill a few vital slots in the squad he’ll take to Beijing in August, assuming the U.S. qualifies.
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FSC to air U-17 Nike Friendlies games
Fox Soccer Channel is televising all three U.S. U-17 ’92 boys national team games from the 2007 Development Academy Nike Friendlies at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.: vs. Russia, Thursday (3 pm ET); vs. Brazil, Saturday (2:30 pm ET); vs. Turkey, Sunday (8 pm ET).
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Select Academy squads for Nike Friendlies
[ROSTERS] U.S. national team coaches selected 29 Academy players for two U.S. National Training Select Teams participating in this week’s Development Academy Nike Friendlies. The Under-15/16 National Team Training Select team will be comprised of Academy players born in 1992 and will be coached by Keith Fulk. The Under-17/18 National Team Training Select team will be coached by Raul Diaz Arce and be comprised of Academy players born in 1990 and 1991 as well as current Residency players born in 1990.
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U.S. U-15 boys national team squad of 32 players
[ROSTER] Under-15 boys national team coach Jim Barlow has called 32 players into training for the Development Academy Nike Friendlies in Bradenton, Fla. The U-15s will be split into two teams, Blue and White, which will each play three games over the four days against Under-15/16 Development Academy clubs. The players, all born in 1993, will be vying to be apart of the Under-15s first training camp of 2008, in which 28 players will train at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. in February.
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Man U downs Fulham
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clint Dempsey played the first 64 minutes for Fulham but teammate Carlos Bocanegra stayed on the bench as the Cottagers fell, 2-0, to Manchester United on two goals by Cristiano Ronaldo.
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Because of AC Milan’s commitments at the Club World Cup in Japan, the deciding Group D matches in the UEFA Champions League have been moved up to Tuesday. For what’s at stake and the TV listings …
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ODP Boys Interregional adidas all-stars
The adidas all-Star teams from the recently completed US Youth Soccer ODP Boys Interregionals were selected for the ’92, ’93 and ’94 age groups.
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Soccer on TV
Midweek action includes two European Champions League games; the Copa Sudamericana final between Mexico’s Club America and Argentina’s Arsenal, which won the first leg, 3-2; and the first leg of the Mexican League Apertura 2007 final between Atlante and UNAM Pumas.
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England’s EPL Influence Continues to Fade
Whoever Steve McClaren’s England successor is, he will have to rebuild the team using players from a league whose English influence is diminishing. Amid controversy over a lack of English players in first-teams across the English Premier League, the Telegraph looks at the hard numbers, using the starting 11 from each EPL team over the […]
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UEFA Reveals New Match-Fixing Scandal
UEFA, the region’s governing body for the sport, revealed that it had handed over a list of 26 matches to Europol that may have been influenced by Asian betting syndicates. In a statement, UEFA said that an early warning system implemented several years ago to detect unusual betting patterns flagged several matches in the preliminary […]
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Report: Mourinho Keen on England Job
Speculation is rife that former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho is so keen to take the England job that he’s already drafted a “blueprint” for English success, according to the Guardian. And he would be quite a popular choice, too: the British paper says there’s already “a groundswell of public support” for the Portuguese manager. The […]
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Milan’s Unbelievable Home Slump
What has happened to European Champion AC Milan? The Rossoneri have yet to win a home game in Serie A this season and have failed to score a single goal at the San Siro since September. Saturday’s match vs. Juventus was yet another 0-0 draw, leaving Milan fans bemused as to how a side with […]
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Is MLS Ready for a Recession?
Sure, Major League Soccer is coming off its best-ever year, but how would an economic recession impact the league’s fortunes? MLS Commissioner Don Garber insists there’s no direct correlation between the country’s economic performance and consumer spending on sporting events and merchandise. USSoccerPlayers’ J Hutcherson is not so sure. Some people look at American sports […]
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Kaka is runaway winner of 2007 Golden Ball
Brazilian Kaka was awarded the 2007 Golden Ball (Ballon d’Or) as the winner of the former European Player of the Year award.
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Italy and France drawn to meet at Euro ’08 finals
[EURO 2008 SCHEDULE] There’s no getting away from each other. World Cup 2006 finalists Italy and France were drawn in the same group for the 2008 European Champions finals — and their coaches saw it coming.
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Raul rediscovers scoring form at Real Madrid
[INTERNATIONAL HEADLINERS] Raul continued his scoring spree with two goals for La Liga leader Real Madrid. Arsenal held on to the top spot in the EPL after being tested in both halves at Aston Villa. Lanus won its first Argentine championship, while giant Corinthians was condemned to relegation in a controversial end to the Brazilian season.
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DaMarcus Beasley sidelined for months
Glasgow Rangers’ American midfielder DaMarcus Beasley will be sidelined for months because of a knee injury that requires surgery. Beasley, 25, suffered ligament damage last Tuesday in a collision with VfB Stuttgart Raphael Schaefer in a Rangers’ 3-2 Champions League loss.
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Beckham delivers in New Zealand
[VIDEO] The Los Angeles Galaxy’s David Beckham, playing the full 90 minutes despite being obligated to go just 55 minutes in Saturday’s exhibition against Wellington Phoenix, helped set up three goals and scored from the penalty spot in a 4-1 win in front 31,853 fans in New Zealand.
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Season ends for Santos, Castillo against UNAM
[AMERICANS ABROAD] In the Mexican Apertura 2007 semifinals, Edgar Castillo again went the full 90 as Santos downed UNAM Pumas, 4-2, but was eliminated, 5-4, on aggregate.
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Cherundolo tops in clash of Americans
[AMERICANS IN GERMANY]. Right back Steve Cherundolo made his 15th start of the season for Hannover 96 as it won, 3-0, at Hansa Rostock, for which Heath Pearce came on at halftime for his eighth appearance of the season.
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Americans face Man U
[AMERICANS IN ENGLAND] Fulham (with Americans Clint Dempsey and Carlos Bocanegra) faces Manchester United on Monday (TV: Setanta USA, 2 pm ET). Over the weekend, West Ham’s Jonathan Spector played the last 11 minutes in a 1-0 loss to Chelsea, which scored in the 76th minute through Joe Cole. Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann and midfielder Bobby Convey started in Reading’s 1-1 tie with Middlesbrough. One of the EPL’s American keepers celebrated a win.
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Ohio State knocks off defending champ UCSB with late flurry
NCAA Division I Men’s Game Reports
Ohio State came back from two goals down to knock off defending champion UC Santa Barbara. Offensive explosions from No. 2 seed Wake Forest and No. 3 Connecticut sent them into the quarterfinals. Notre Dame returned to the final eight for the second straight year, while Virginia Tech, Massachusetts and UIC (thanks to a goal by Ian Sarachan, son of former Chicago Fire coach Dave Sarachan) booked their first tickets to the Elite 8.
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Miracle comeback sends Bradley into Elite 8
Bradley’s emotional season continued when it stunned Maryland, 3-2, in overtime and moved into the quarterfinals for the first time. An epic Maryland collapse sent the game into overtime, where Bradley won on a golden goal Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski called “a great imitation of the Hand of God goal.” Cirovski termed the loss the most difficult in his 15 years with the Terrapins but also lauded the effort of the Braves whose season that had begun in tragedy continued in triumph.
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Adams powers UCLA past Portland
[ELITE 8] No. 1 UCLA joined North Carolina and Massachusetts as the only teams to reach the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament five straight years when the Bruins outlasted Portland, 3-2, Friday night in a battle of West Coast powers.
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Another Talonen hat trick leads ‘Noles past UConn
[ELITE 8] If you haven’t heard of Sanna Talonen, the Finnish frosh, before, you certainly have now. The 23-year-old Talonen, a member of Finland’s senior national team, sent Florida State to the Women’s College Cup for the third consecutive season and for the fourth time in five years with a hat trick in the Seminoles’ 3-2 win over Connecticut Friday night at the Seminole Soccer Complex.