[AMERICAN IN SPAIN] New Jersey product Giuseppe Rossi of Villarreal scored his fifth goal of the Spanish La Liga season in a 3-2 loss at Osasuna. The 20-year-old Rossi, born in Teaneck, N.J., and raised in Clifton, N.J., left home at age 13 to join Italian club Parma’s youth program. He then played for Manchester United and Newcastle in the EPL and Parma in Italy’s Serie A, before joining Villarreal this season.
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Donovan claims 2007 Honda U.S. Player of the Year
Landon Donovan became the first four-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year Award. The 17-year-old award honoring the best U.S. national team player is voted on by American sports media. Donovan, 25, also won the award in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Donovan scored nine goals for the USA in 2007 and helped it to the Gold Cup title.
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Miami names Zinho head coach
USL-1 club Miami FC has named 1994 World Cup champion Zinho head coach. Zinho is retiring from his playing career, the last two years of which were with Miami.
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Santos, Castillo roll on
[AMERICANS IN MEXICO] Edgar Castillo made his 11th straight start and Santos extended its season-long undefeated streak in the Mexican Apertura to 11 games with a 3-2 win over UNAM Pumas. Santos leads the overall standings, two points ahead of Atlante, the league’s other undefeated squad.
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WEEKEND WRAPUP: International Soccer Headliners
[VIDEO] Arsenal’s young Gunners rolled on in England. Brazilian Afonso Alves set a Dutch record with seven goals for Heerenveen. Bayern Munich celebrated the end of Oktoberfest with a victory over Nuremberg in their 176th Bavarian derby, while Mexico’s Club America dumped Coach Luis Fernando Tena after its 3-1 loss to Toluca.
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Galaxy keeps playoff hopes alive; FC Dallas clinches
[MLS WEEKEND ROUNDUP] The Galaxy rallies to beat Houston and keep pace with eighth-place Chicago, which knocks off New England; the Rapids stay live with a home victory; Chivas USA takes over first place in the Western Conference by winning in Salt Lake City; Columbus stumbles after taking the lead and loses at home to FC Dallas, which clinched a playoff spot.
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FIFA President at Odds with UEFA over Foreign Ownership
UEFA President Michel Platini stands at odds with his FIFA counterpart, Sepp Blatter, on the issue of private foreign investment in soccer clubs, according to comments the latter made in a conference call with reporters. Whereas Platini described foreign owners as “a serious threat to European soccer,” Blatter on Thursday said, “No, I think they are […]
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Bradley Announces USA-Sweden Friendly
At a press conference in L.A., national team coach Bob Bradley announced that the U.S. would play Sweden again in an international friendly at the beginning of next year. The match will take place on Jan. 19 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., home of the L.A. Galaxy and Chivas USA. Bradley said […]
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Mulrooney to Assume Clark’s Role vs. LA
MLS handed Houston’s Ricardo Clark a nine-game suspension for his outrageous outburst against Carlos Ruiz of FC Dallas, in which the Dynamo midfielder firmly kicked Ruiz following a mid-air challenge. The nine-game suspension will keep him sidelined for the rest of the season. Good thing the Dynamo has a deep central midfield, says Glenn Davis […]
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Kaka Wins FIFPro Award
Some 45,000 professional soccer players across the globe anointed AC Milan forward Ricardo Kaka as the game’s best player in 2007. Members of the global players’ union, FIFPro, voted on the award, dubbed the FIFPro World Player of the Year, which had gone to Kaka’s Brazil teammate, Ronaldinho, in 2005 and 2006. “I am humbled […]
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Becks to Return Next Week?
The L.A. Galaxy breathed a collective sigh of relief on Friday as England coach Steve McClaren announced his squad for next week’s Euro 2008 qualifiers and David Beckham’s name was not on the list. Galaxy GM Alexi Lalas on Thursday said he was hopeful that the former England captain would be available for the team’s […]
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Soccer on TV
The weekend’s MLS action kicks off on Friday evening when Kansas City hosts D.C. United. Also on Friday, an ACC college men’s battle between Maryland and Clemson. Among the weekend’s must-see international games is Barcelona’s clash with Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
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Ducks letter a quarter of century later
[HISTORY] More than a quarter century after they played pioneering roles in women’s soccer, members of the University of Oregon’s 1980 and 1981 teams will be honored at ceremonies Friday during the Ducks’ game with Portland. It will be the first time that Oregon has honored its 1980 varsity team, and it will also be the first time that the 1981 team has been formally recognized with varsity status and players granted letterman status.
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Nation’s leading scorer realizes dream
Quinnipiac’s Graciano Brito isn’t your typical college star. He never played organized soccer before entering college. Three years later, he leads all NCAA Division I scorers with nine goals — and two hat tricks — in six games, but he still commutes 45 minutes each day between home and school and often works until midnight as a clerk at a local supermarket.
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NCAA Men’s Division I Thursday Results
First-year program Florida Gulf Coast improved its record to 5-4-1 with a 3-0 win over Florida Atlantic. Cal State Bakersfield, in its first year as a D1 program, fell to 2-8-3 with a 1-0 loss at Radford. For complete NCAA Men’s Division I Thursday results …
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NCAA Women’s Division I Thursday Results
Loyola Marymount extended its school-record winning streak to seven games with a 2-0 win over Hawaii. Miami (Fla.) maintained its lead in the ACC with a 1-1 tie at Virginia Tech. For complete NCAA Women’s Division I Thursday results …
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Soccer America Women’s Top 25 Results & Schedules
Conference play continues in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC while WCC and Pac-10 close out non-conference action this weekend. For the complete Top 25 results and schedules …
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Soccer America Men’s Top 25 Results & Schedules
Two big ACC matches will take place this weekend. No. 1 Wake Forest travels to No. 13 Virginia Tech, while No. 6 Boston College hosts No. 5 Duke. For complete Top 25 results and weekend schedules …
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Injury epidemic hits Santa Clara women
[PREVIEW] No. 4 Santa Clara will take a depleted roster on the road when the Broncos face No. 1 Stanford Friday and No. 3 UCLA Sunday. Their epidemic got so bad that injuries to Courtney Lewis and Lindsey Johnson left Coach Jerry Smith with only two available substitutes for last Sunday’s game against California.
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Florida State stymies Virginia in ACC women’s showdown
[THURSDAY ACTION] For difference reasons, both coaches were pleased after No. 5 Virginia and No. 22 Florida State played to a 1-1 tie in their ACC showdown. Ashlee Pistorius tied the Big 12 record with her 69th career goal in No. 16 Texas A&M’s 2-1 comeback win at No. 23 Oklahoma State. For all the Top 25 women’s action …
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UEFA Cup Results
Dutch club Ajax’s European slide continued. Just five weeks after it lost in UEFA Champions League qualifying, the Amsterdam club was ousted from the UEFA Cup, falling to Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia on away goals in their first-round series.
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Red Bulls leave barmy BMO rebuffed yet again
If New York coach Bruce Arena told his team it had to break its recent trend of tying three straight games, 2-2, the message came through garbled. Poised again to clinch a playoff spot by winning, again the Red Bulls faltered. They scored an own goal and had a player ejected as ex-New York right back Marvell Wynne and his mates took them down, 2-1, at BMO Field in front of the usual cacophonous crowd of red-clad crazies and a national TV audience.
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MLS hits gut-check time
[TV PREVIEWS] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney breaks down the action in MLS, which begins Friday when Kansas City hosts D.C. United. It’s gut-check time for the Wizards and the Fire, who can solidify if not confirm postseason reservations by winning at home, and must-win time for skidding homies Columbus and Colorado. The Galaxy takes its improbable but not impossible playoff quest to Houston, and the 2005 expansion teams renew their unique rivalry in Utah. Toronto has a whole lot of Mo’mentum after beating RBNY.
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U.S. ABROAD: Mixed results in UEFA Cup
Of the seven Americans to play Thursday in UEFA Cup action, only three survived to reach the group stage. Ramiro Corrales and Danny Califf had reason to celebrate, as did Tim Howard after a dangerous trip to Ukraine. But Oguchi Onyewu saw red at Standard Liege, and Brad Friedel’s Blackburn Rovers quickly exited from the UEFA Cup. Heavy losses end the European campaigns of Michael Bradley and Charlie Davies.
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WEEKEND PREVIEW: International Soccer Headliners
Arsenal’s fast start has led to comparisons between Arsene Wenger‘s young Gunners and his “Invincibles” of four seasons ago. Manchester City’s Brazilian, Elano, is one of the best summer signings in the English Premier League. After Marseille’s victory at Liverpool on Wednesday, Belgian coach Eric Gerets must get down to the work he was this week hired for at the French club. Sunday’s River Plate-Boca Juniors derby isn’t the only sporting event that has Argentines talking.