Twenty-year-old Leo Messi led red-hot Barcelona to another victory Tuesday night, scoring once in a 2-0 Champions League victory over FC Stuttgart in Germany. Barcelona controlled the play and could have easily scored more, with Messi the chief tormentor, combining well once again with Thierry Henry to score his second goal of the Champions League […]
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Revs and Dallas vie for elusive triumph
Two teams not accustomed to winning championships meet in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final Wednesday (8 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel) at Pizza Hut Park with one of them assured of winning a rare title. Ten years ago, Dallas won the Open Cup by beating D.C. United on penalties in its only final appearance. New England has reached one Open Cup final (2001) and played in three MLS Cups (2002, 2005, 2006), but has yet to win. The last two years, it lost those MLS Cups at Pizza Hut Park; can the third time be the charm?
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Valiant United edged on away goal
When Guadalajara needed one of its attacking stars to step up, Ramon Morales did. When D.C. United needed someone to do something in the offensive third, nobody came through. Morales nailed a golazo in the 64th minute at Jalisco Stadium Tuesday night, stepping into a loose ball rolling along the penalty arc and drilling it high past keeper Troy Perkins. Thus Guadalajara won the Copa Sudamericana second leg, 1-0, and the series on away goals (1-0) with the teams deadlocked 2-2 on aggregate.
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UEFA Champions League TV Schedule
Day 2 of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League concludes with live and delayed coverage of Wednesday’s matches on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and Setanta Sports USA. There is also live pay-per-view coverage as well as Internet viewing on ESPN360.com.
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High School Boys Fall Rankings
For the second week in a row, Long Island’s Chaminade is the No. 1 team in the NSCAA/adidas Boys National Rankings. Last week’s big action took place at the Quincy Classic in Illinois, where No. 2 DeSmet of St. Louis beat New Jersey power St. Benedict’s, 2-0, and tied Charlotte Latin, 0-0. No. 16 Chaminade of St. Louis won both games in Showcase division with 1-0 wins over Charlotte Latin and St. Benedict’s. For the Complete Top 25 …
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High School Girls Fall Rankings
Sycamore of Cincinnati remained the No. 1 team in this week’s NSCAA/adidas Girls National Rankings thanks to wins over Middletown (6-0) and McAuley (5-0). For the Complete Top 25 …
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Magical night for Beasley in Lyons
American DaMarcus Beasley scored one goal and set up another to lead Scottish club Rangers to a 3-0 win at six-time French champion Lyon in one of the biggest upsets this season in the UEFA Champions League.
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UEFA Champions League Results
Arsenal, Manchester United, Rangers and Barcelona all won their second straight game in Champions League group play on Tuesday. For complete results and goalscorers …
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United’s Ferguson happy with 1-0 win over Roma
[CHAMPIONS LEAGUE REACTION] It was not the 7-1 rout of last spring, but Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will take three points that came from Tuesday’s 1-0 victory over Roma in their Old Trafford rematch. Wayne Rooney scored the only goal of the Champions League game with his first goal of the season after missing more than a month with a broken bone in his foot.
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Chelsea’s captain courageous wants to play
[MARQUEE MATCHUP] Chelsea captain John Terry hopes to play against Valencia Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League with a protective face mask just three days after undergoing surgery for an elbow he suffered Saturday when he took an forearm from American Clint Dempsey in Chelsea’s 0-0 tie with Fulham.
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Men’s & Women’s Small College Rankings
Lynn fell from the top spot in the NCAA Division II rankings. The other No. 1 teams in the NSCAA/adidas polls, all still unbeaten and untied, remain the same: Trinity, Texas (DIII men), Grand Valley State (DII women) and Wheaton, Ill. (DIII women).
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No. 1 Wake Forest held by surging Elon
Elon held unbeaten and untied Wake Forest, the No. 1 team in the Soccer America Top 25 men’s rankings since the second week of the season, to a 1-1 tie in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Tuesday night.
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BU knocks Brown from unbeaten ranks
[TUESDAY ACTION] Freshman Aaron O’Neal‘s goal in the 63rd minute gave Boston University a 1-0 win at previously unbeaten Brown. The Bears’ loss leaves only three unbeaten Division I men’s teams: Wake Forest (7-0-1), Quinnipiac (5-0-1) and Michigan State (6-0-2).
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Estrada leads UCLA past San Diego
[TUESDAY ACTION] In just his second game back after missing the first seven games of the year with a fractured metatarsal, David Estrada, the 2006 Soccer America Freshman of the Year, scored to give UCLA a 1-0 victory over visiting San Diego.
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NCAA Men’s Division I Scoring Leaders
Cape Verdean Graciano Brito of unbeaten Quinnipiac leads all NCAA Division I men’s goalscorers with nine goals in only six games. For the Top 10 goalscorers …
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NCAA Women’s Division I Scoring Leaders
Florida State’s Mami Yamaguchi still leads all NCAA Division I women’s goalscorers with 14 goals, but the Japanese international is getting competition from Ashlee Pistorius (Texas A&M), Jodie Taylor (Oregon State) and Adele Letro (Utah). For the Top 10 goalscorers …
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Who’s the best in the West?
[ANALYSIS] Cal State Northridge’s 3-0 victory over UCLA on Saturday summed up the state of affairs this fall in the Far West men’s soccer. Northridge’s convincing victory kept the Big West unbeaten in meetings with Pac-10 schools. Indeed, the Big West’s overall record in non-conference games is the best of the four Far West Division I men’s conferences.
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Northern Kentucky achieves something special
[SMALL COLLEGE] For the first time in its history, Northern Kentucky is the top-ranked NCAA Division II men’s team in the NSCAA/adidas rankings. The Norse has combined a stingy defense and timely scoring to move into first place in the tough Great Lakes Valley Conference.
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Media Training Is Your Business, Too
Hope Solo’s outburst is a reminder of why media training of youth players should be considered part of the business of running your soccer organization.
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Ronaldinho Says He’s Staying at Barca
Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho has been the franchise player at Barcelona for four years now, but thanks to the emergence of young Leo Messi, the Brazilian’s undisputed standing has lost its air of infallibility. In fact, it’s no secret that Barcelona has looked better so far this season without Ronaldinho, who’s […]
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Newcomers Should Dominate MLS Awards
The 2007 MLS season has been the year of the newcomer, and ESPN’s Ives Galarcep expects newcomer players and coaches to dominate this year’s player and coach of the year awards. The MLS Player of the Year should be D.C. United’s Luciano Emilio, who hasn’t stopped scoring goals since he arrived last spring. Emilio’s deadly […]
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‘Keeper-Gate’ Necessitates Coaching Change
Hope Solo’s negative comments about U.S. coach Greg Ryan’s decision to drop her in favor of veteran Briana Scurry for the World Cup semifinal against Brazil have been referred to as “Keeper-Gate” by some in the U.S. press, yet Clemente Lisi of USSoccerPlayers feels that the young goalkeeper’s ousting was “the main reason” why the […]
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A Slew of EPL Transfer Busts
So much of the European off-season is focused on big money transfers. Anything over $10 million gets a headline followed by an analysis of how the player will affect his new team. Many of the highest-profile signings came from England this year, thanks to a massive cash infusion from foreign owners like Liverpool’s George Gillett […]
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Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week
All-American Julius James, who led No. 2 Connecticut to Big East victories over St. John’s (3-0) and Syracuse (1-0), is the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week for games played Sept. 24-30.
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Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week
A pair of Big East freshmen — Andre Mittoo of South Florida and Sean Mergenthal of Villanova — are among the players named to the Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week for games played Sept. 24-30.