[W-LEAGUE RESULTS] The Ottawa Fury improved to 7-0-0 in W-League play with a 4-1 win over Toronto and 3-0 victory over Rochester. In the win over the Rhinos, Englishwoman Jodie Taylor, who plays for Oregon State, scored all three goals for Toronto. Minnesota (5-0-0) is the only other unbeaten and untied team in the W-League. For complete W-League results and goalscorers …
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Trezeguet decides to stay at Juventus
[TRANSFER TALK] While Thierry Henry completed his $32 million transfer from Arsenal to Barcelona on Monday when he passed a physical and was introduced to a Barca crowd of 20,000, David Trezeguet, with whom he broke into the professional ranks at French club Monaco in the 1990s, has made an about-turn and extended his contract with Juventus until 2011.
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USA-Mexico game is third most-viewed sports event in Univision history
The Univision broadcast of the USA-Mexico Gold Cup final was third most-viewed Spanish-language sports telecast of all time with 5,340,000 viewers, according to the “fast national” ratings of U.S. households from Nielsen. Only last summer’s Mexico-Argentina match at the World Cup and February’s Mexico-USA game in Arizona had a larger audience on Univision. Last Thursday’s Mexico-Guadeloupe in the Gold Cup semifinals was viewed by 4,024,000 persons age 2+ on TeleFutura, making the most-viewed program of any kind on that network.
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AC Milan’s Seedorf Comes to America
Four-time UEFA Champions League winner Clarence Seedorf made a stop in New York last week as part of a tour to gather information on the world’s game. Having already visited the Middle East and Southern Africa, the AC Milan midfielder arrived in New York ready to “meet the people, talk a little about the reality […]
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Houston Grinds Out Win in KC
It was a first Major League Soccer start and a first goal for Houston Dynamo center back Patrick Ianni against Kansas City Sunday. Before a tiny crowd of just over 8,000, two of MLS’s top teams met in a match that looked destined for a 0-0 stalemate until the second-year defender rose to meet Stuart […]
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Henry Accusations Harm Arsenal
Thierry Henry’s high-profile departure from Arsenal to Barcelona hasn’t exactly been the best thing for the Gunners’ brand image. Henry repeatedly stated before his departure that the club needed to spend money on world-class talent or he would leave. Now that he has moved on, Henry says he will be “an Arsenal fan for life,” […]
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Beckham’s MLS Advertising Blitz
Adidas this week is launching a new advertising campaign featuring Reggie Bush of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints alongside Major League Soccer’s monster signing, David Beckham. Bush and Beckham swap sports in the campaign, “Futbol vs. Football.” Beckham finally joins the Los Angeles Galaxy next month after helping Real Madrid win its first La Liga […]
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Like Mexico, Home Soil a Stronghold for U.S.
It’s a well known fact to non-U.S. supporters that Mexico plays better against international powers like Argentina and Brazil than it does against the Americans, which is to say the U.S. is something of a bogey side to the superior Mexicans. Well, by the looks of their head-to-head record in the last dozen games, that’s […]
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Soccer on TV
Gol TV, TeleFutura and Univision provide live game coverage of the Copa America. The USA takes part as a guest team in the South American championship for the first time since finishing fourth in 1995. The Americans’ first game is Thursday — four days after lifting the Gold Cup title — against Argentina. The U-20 World Cup, which will air live on ESPNU, TeleFutura and Galavision kicks off on Saturday. The U.S. U-20s face South Korea on Saturday at 5 pm ET.
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USA REPORT CARD: Howard and Feilhaber earn top marks
Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players’ performance in their 2-1 Gold Cup final win over Mexico …
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Real Salt Lake finally wins
[WEEKEND WRAP]. It took 12 games, but Real Salt Lake finally won its first game of the season, victimizing D.C. United. Andy Dorman’s two goals helped New England thump Toronto FC to move the Revs into first place in the East. Young Colombia Juan Toja was again the hero in a win for FC Dallas, which downed struggling Colorado. Los Angeles fell to Columbus despite playing a man up for an hour in a game that saw each team fail from the penalty spot. Houston eked past Kansas City, shut out for the first time this season.
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USA sends young squad to Copa America
[ROSTER] The USA, participating as a guest team in the Copa America, the South American championship, for the first time since finishing fourth in 1995, is sending a young, inexperienced squad to Venezuela, where it opens on Thursday against Argentina. Sixteen players on the 22-man squad have 10 caps or fewer and 14 are under age 25. Uncapped players on the roster are Herculez Gomez, Drew Moor and Marvell Wynne. For the roster …
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Adu leads USA past Chile in final U-20 international tuneup
Freddy Adu scored one goal and set up another to lead the U.S. under-20 national team to a 2-1 win over Chile Saturday at Giants Stadium in the team’s final international friendly before leaving for the Under-20 World Cup, which starts Saturday in Canada. Adu scored the opening goal in the 34th minute off a pass from Josmer Altidore and then feed Robbie Rogers in the second half to give the U.S. a 2-0 lead. Alexis Sanchez scored for Chile from the penalty spot three minutes after Rogers put the USA two goals up.
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U.S. women knock off Brazil with early Lilly and Wambach goals
The U.S. women’s national team got early goals from Kristine Lilly — the 123rd of her career coming after just 58 seconds — and Abby Wambach — the 74th of her international career on a glancing header off Cat Whitehill‘s free kick — to beat Brazil, 2-0, in the first meeting between the teams since the 2004 Olympic gold-medal game that the USA won.
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Cal South cleans up at Region IV finals
[REGION IV YOUTH CHAMPIONS] Arsenal FC, winner of three straight national championships in its age group, won its fourth straight US Youth Soccer Region IV Championship by beating Colorado Rush Nike, 2-0, in Sunday’s U-18 boys final. Two other former national champions will return to the US Youth Soccer National Championships July 24-29 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas: U-16 boys Real So Cal and the U-17 girls Eagles. Cal South won 10 titles. FC Slammers won two girls titles and lost to the Eagles on penalties in the U-17 girls division. Arizona power Sereno White won one boys and one girls title. A new addition to the US Youth Soccer Region IV Championships is the first girls team from Nevada to ever win a regional championship, the U-12 Neusport FC Green. For results and goalscorers of the Region IV finals …
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Thierry Henry on move to Barcelona: ‘It’s now or never for me’
Thierry Henry arrived at FC Barcelona on Sunday to be introduced as the Spanish club’s new signing after it agreed to pay Arsenal $32 million for the 29-year-old France striker. “Nothing has been signed yet but both sides reached an agreement on Friday,” Henry told French sports newspaper L’Equipe on Saturday. “I have chosen Barcelona for the soccer they play, for their history and their stadium.” For more behind Henry’s shock decision to leave Arsenal a year after he signed a four-year contract extension …
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Vancouver reclaims first place in USL-1
[USL RESULTS] The defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps regained first place in the USL First Division with a 1-0 win at Miami and 0-0 tie at Puerto Rico. Minnesota moved out of last place Sunday with a 1-0 win over California. In the USL-2, Cleveland fell for the first time when it lost at first-place Charlotte, 1-0, on Sunday. Richmond (8-0-2) is the lone unbeaten team left in the USL-2. For complete USL results and goalscorers …
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Resilient Americans prevail in a Superclasico
Add a comeback 2-1 win against its archrival and another Gold Cup title to the USA ledger. Add a squandered 1-0 halftime lead to Mexico’s record of futility north of the border. Add another feather to the headdress of Bob Bradley, whose unbeaten record as U.S. head coach is 10-0-1 heading into the Copa America. Add Benny Feilhaber’s searing winner to the list of best U.S. goals, and the landmark occasion of Landon Donovan tying Eric Wynalda atop the all-time goalscoring list at 34. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney reports from Chicago …
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Canadians Feel Cheated After Gold Cup Semi
Unsurprisingly, the Canadian press is irate that Atiba Hutchinson’s goal in the last minute of the CONCACAF semifinal against the U.S. was disallowed. The Americans, 2-1 winners, can argue they were the better team, but Canada really deserved more from its comeback, which began in the 75th minute when Iain Hume turned Carlos Bocanegra and […]
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Thai Prime Minister to Ring in Changes at Man City
Over the last few days, the other team from Manchester, England, has been grabbing all the headlines. First, exiled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced that he had secured 55.9 percent of Manchester City’s shares to secure his $163 million takeover of the club. Then on Thursday, the billionaire confirmed he’d met with former England […]
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Arsenal at Crossroads
The 12 percent stake American billionaire Stan Kroenke recently purchased in EPL club Arsenal effectively divided the North London club. On one side are those who accept the idea of foreign ownership as the direction the sport is moving in, and on the other are shareholders who refuse to let their beloved club fall into […]
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Gold Cup Final a Road Game for the USA
Did you notice how raucous the atmosphere became and how full the stadium got by the end of the USA-Canada match? Barely at a quarter capacity once the first semifinal began, Soldier Field was nearly full mid-way through the second-half as Mexico’s fans arrived in droves. And boy did they want Canada to win: Landon […]
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Real to Decide on Capello Next Week
All kinds of interesting Real Madrid tidbits have been revealed in the days since the Merengues’ lifted the Spanish League title. First, came the allegation that Real had signed an illegal contract with Getafe coach Bernd Schuster, the man who President Ramon Calderon wanted to see installed as coach when he became president last year. […]
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Soccer on TV
The U.S. women’s national team continues preparations for the 2007 World Cup when it takes on Brazil in a friendly (a rematch of the 2004 Olympic gold medal game won by the USA) on Saturday in New Jersey (ESPN2 & Univision). The U.S. men meet archrival Mexico in the Gold Cup final on Sunday (Fox Soccer Channel and Univision). In USL action on Friday, Rochester hosts Atlanta. Also on the United Soccer Leagues front, the Fox Channel Soccer’s “USL Breakaway” provides highlights and player and coach features (Friday, 6/29).
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Good hire, bad circumstances
CHANGE IN CHICAGO. The Fire has dropped head coach Dave Sarachan, who’d bought himself some time by starting the season with three wins and a tie but had lost six of the last eight with a squad depleted by national-team call-ups and injuries.