The Kraft Family, investor/operators of the New England Revolution, are providing free round-trip bus transportation for Revs fans to the Sunday’s MLS final in Washington, D.C.
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Mexico’s Club America in Copa Sudamericana final
Mexico’s Club America beat Colombia’s Millonarios, 2-0, with two goals by Uruguayan Hernan Lopez in the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana semifinal for a 5-2 aggregate win that sets up a final clash with Argentina’s Arsenal, which downed River Plate on penalty kicks after both legs ended in scoreless ties. Club America aims to become the second Mexican team to win the competition in its six-year history. Pachuca’s won the title last year.
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Strike threatens World Cup stadium construction
Construction workers in South Africa are threatening to stop work at stadiums being built for the 2010 World Cup over a wage dispute at the Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban.
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OFF THE POST: Slot scheme to fund Hungarian soccer
Two Hungarian businessman are hoping to revive Hungarian soccer by raising money for youth soccer with slot-machine earnings. Lajos Marton and Gabor Csendes have started installing hundreds of soccer-themed slot machines in bars around the country.
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MLS Final is Far From Sexy
Soccer columnist Paul Gardner certainly hopes that the introduction of Ruud Gullit as L.A. Galaxy coach means that so-called “sexy football,” a phrase coined by Gullit himself, is on its way to MLS next season. If sexy soccer is exciting, attack-minded play that’s easy on the eye, then Gardner says the band played by the […]
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Same Old Story for the Red Bulls
A quick look back at New York’s MLS past reveals that history keeps repeating itself. First, a big-name coach is brought in, then promises are made about the team reaching the MLS Cup final, and finally, when that doesn’t happen, the coach is either fired or mutually agrees to leave. Then the process starts all […]
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Angel Snubbed Again by Colombia
Colombia coach Jorge Luis Pinto made it clear that New York Red Bulls forward Juan Pablo Angel was on his radar for 2010 World Cup qualifying. Well, if 19 goals in 24 games isn’t good enough for him to earn a call-up, then what is? That Angel has been left off the Colombia squad is […]
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Hiddink: England Doesn’t Deserve to Qualify
England stands on the brink of elimination from European Championship qualifying, but Russia still needs to come away from Israel with a win on Saturday. Regardless, Russia coach Guus Hiddink says that Steve McClaren’s Lions don’t deserve to qualify for the finals in Austria and Switzerland. “If we analyze this group and the teams, then […]
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All Eyes on Adu, Altidore This Weekend
“It can get no more thrilling for youth than this,” says Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune. Freddy Adu and Jozy Altidore, who forged a sensational pairing at the FIFA U20 World Cup last summer, have together been called up to the senior national team for the first time. Adu’s path to a third […]
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Soccer’s Little Secret
52% of the soccer player market is female…but unisex sizing is still the norm.
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Drew Does Seattle
He’s shot pictures from the sidelines of many U.S. national team games. He pondered being part of a Cleveland MLS expansion franchise before that attempt withered. He played a drag-out video-game duel with Landon Donovan to raise money for a worthy soccer cause. Finally, Drew Carey has put his money where his heart is. He’s a minority partner in the expansion MLS Seattle franchise scheduled to start play in 2009.
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TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: Men’s Soccer
A big week of Division I men’s conference tournament play began on Tuesday with wins by Virginia in the ACC, Towson and VCU in the CAA and Hartwick and Northern Illinois in the Mid-American. For all the conference tournament results and goalscorers, as well as schedules and television updates …
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UCSB’s comeback kids do it again
[BIG WEST MEN] Defending national champion UC Santa Barbara again looks to be a serious postseason threat. The Gauchos wrapped up the Big West championship and an automatic berth in the 2007 NCAA Men’s Tournament with a 3-2 comeback win at Cal State Northridge on Tuesday.
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Projected 48-team NCAA Division I men’s field (2)
Five teams — Brown, California Ohio State, Santa Clara and defending national champion UC Santa Barbara — have clinched automatic berths in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament, and 43 spots remain up for grabs with one week left in the regular season. With the new RPI index as a guide, here’s an updated look at the 48 teams that might make the NCAA Tournament.
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2007 Big East Women’s Awards
Georgetown and Connecticut each had a pair of major award winners in Big East women’s soccer. For all the individual awards and all-conference teams …
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2007 NCAA Division II Men’s Conference Awards
Englishmen David Clifton of Franklin Pierce and Jonathan Maloney of Montevallo, Senegalese Ahmadoul Gaye of defending national champion Dowling, Brazilian Leandro Pereira of Lincoln Memorial and Bosnian-born Berin Boracic give NCAA Division II men’s soccer an international flavor. All represent teams who have advanced to the NCAA Division II and all were honored as conference players of the year. For all the award winners …
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NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament Schedule
Play begins this weekend with first- and second-round games in the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament. All games are Friday-Saturday except in the Texas A&M regional, which will play Thursday-Saturday. BYU, one of four teams in the regional, doesn’t play on Sundays. For all the matchups …
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PLAYERS TO WATCH: NAIA Men’s National Championship
Steven Lenhart. Nathaniel Jafta. Amaury Nunes. Never heard of them? They are among the NAIA stars who will be on display at the 20-team Men’s National Championship, which kicks off Wednesday in Olathe, Kan., with four first-round games.
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No Interliga in Oakland, but Quakes may use Coliseum
Negotiations to play Interliga matches at the Oakland Coliseum were unsuccessful, and so additional games have been scheduled for Robertson Stadium in Houston and Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Interliga dates for Jan. 3 and Jan. 8 had been left open in the original schedule with the possibility they would be played in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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High School Boys Fall Rankings
Led by U.S. U-18 Chris Agorsor, one of the top prospects in the country, Maryland powerhouse McDonogh School, won the MIAA A Conference championship with a 3-0 win over Archbishop Curley and climbed to No. 17 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Fall Boys Top 25. Tyler Fiorito, Peter Franklin and Agorsor scored in the final. No. 10 Magruder advanced to the MIAA 4A final with a 4-1 win over Bowie. It will be without suspended Alex Lee, who set a school single-season scoring record, in the final against Perry Hall. For the complete Top 25 …
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High School Girls Fall Rankings
South Side, ranked No. 2 in the NSCAA/adidas High School Fall Girls Top 25, won its fourth straight Long Island Class A girls title with a 1-0 win over Islip on Molly Bralower‘s goal with 29 seconds remaining. Two other Long Island teams have excelled in postseason play. St. Anthony’s won the New York CHSAA final with a 6-2 win over Nichols of Buffalo. Sachem East won the Long Island Class 2 title with a 1-0 win over Massapequa in the final on Kelly McCabe‘s goal. For the complete Top 25 …
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South Africa relies heavily on European-based contingent
[SOUTH AFRICA ROSTER] Like his American counterpart Bob Bradley, South Africa national team coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will rely heavily on foreign-based players for Saturday’s Nelson Mandela Challenge in Johannesburg (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, Galavision, live, 9 am ET).
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Goalscorers on tear in U.S. Soccer Development Academy
The Concorde Fire broke out with a 6-1 win over AFC Lightning and a 6-3 win over the Atlanta Fire against Georgia rivals in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy U17/18 division over the weekend. Brian Ownby scored his eighth and ninth goals of the season for the Richmond Strikers in their 3-1 victory over the Richmond Kickers in a battle of Atlantic Conference leaders. In U15/16 play, Justin Watson scored his league-leading eighth and ninth goals of the season to lead South Carolina’s Bridge FA to a 2-1 win at home against the Virginia Rush. For all the results, U.S. Soccer Development Academy goalscorers and lineups …
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Even without Ching, Dynamo has edge up front
[MLS CUP PREVIEW] In the first installment of our stories setting up the MLS championship game between New England and Houston at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney looks at the fowards.
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Swede takes charge of U.S. women’s coach
[THE SUNDHAGE FILE] Swede Pia Sundhage, 47, has been named U.S. women’s national team coach, becoming the first foreign coach to head the team in the 22-year history of the U.S. women’s national team program. Sundhage is charged with qualifying the USA for the 2008 Olympics and winning the gold medal a year after the Americans, under Coach Greg Ryan, finished a disappointing third-place at the 2007 Women’s World Cup. For facts and figures on Pia Sundhage. …