Peace took an early lead but War recovered in the second leg to force a penalty-kick tiebreaker in which Peace prevailed to lift the Tolstoy Cup in England last weekend. The clash between Bradford University’s Peace Studies and Kings College’s War Studies FC included undergraduates, MA and PhD students from the two institutions. “There was no love lost on the field,” said Peace FC player/coach Adam Baird, a PhD student.
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U.S. U-20 women kick off England tour
[U.S. U-20 WOMEN’S ROSTER] The U.S. under-20 women’s national team begins its three-game tour of England on Tuesday with a game against the Everton Ladies.
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U.S. U-15 boys go 2-1-1 in Argentina
The U.S. under-15 boys national team went 2-1-1 during its stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Ex-MLS player Francisco Gomez leads Bakersfield
[PDL RESULTS] The Bakersfield Brigade and Ventura County Fusion are the only teams to go 2-0-0 after two weeks of play in the Premier Development League.
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Loss drops Charlton from English Premier League
Charlton became the second team from the Premier League to be relegated after losing, 2-0, at home to Tottenham on Monday. Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov and Jermain Defoe scored for Spurs.
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Beckham, Blanco, Angel & Reyna are top earners
The MLS Players Union’s publication of the league’s players’ salaries for the 2007 season reveals that after Englishman David Beckham‘s $6.5 million in guaranteed annual income, the league’s top earners are Chicago’s Mexican forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco $2.7 million, New York’s Colombian forward Juan Pablo Angel $1.6 million, and New York’s Claudio Reyna, who is the highest paid American in the league at $1.25 million.
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AMERICANS ABROAD: Bradley, Castillo in playoffs
In the Netherlands, Heerenveen (Michael Bradley) finished in fifth place, which is good enough for a UEFA Cup spot but also puts it into the playoffs for Champions League qualification. Heerenveen faces Ajax Amsterdam in the first-leg of the semifinal qualifying playoffs on Wednesday. In Denmark, Nat Borchers scored in Odd Grenland’s 2-1 loss to Viking. In Mexico, Edgar Castillo and Santos Laguna’s first-leg quarterfinal game against Pachuca will be televised on Azteca America at 7 pm ET. Last weekend in Chile, Chase Hilgenbrinck was named man of the match for his 90 minute effort for Nublense in its 1-1 tie with Cobresal.
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MLS Golazos
[VIDEO] Goals by Dwayne DeRosario, Jose Burciaga, Jeff Larentowicz, Christian Gomez and Chris Brown are this week’s MLS Sierra Mist Goal of the Week candidates.
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MLS STATS: Standings, top scorers, attendance & scoring average
MLS STATISTICS (through May 6) STANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS Kansas City 4-1-0 12 New England 3-1-2 11 New York 3-0-2 11 Chicago 3-1-1 10 Columbus 1-1-3 6 D.C. United 1-3-1 4 Toronto FC 0-4-0 0 Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS Houston 2-2-1 7 Colorado 2-2-1 7 FC Dallas 2-3-1 7 Chivas USA 2-3-0 […]
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Ref Watch
If the MLS disciplinary committee can review incidents like Andy Herron‘s elbow into Jay Heaps‘ face and Sacha Kljestan‘s tackle from behind on Andy Williams and mete out fines and suspensions after the fact, why can’t red cards like the one Terry Vaughn handed out to Shalrie Joseph in last week’s Revs-D.C. game be reviewed and perhaps rescinded?
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EPL Title a Credit to Man United’s Defense
Neutrals may have wanted a title decider at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, but Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United won’t mind that their trip to South London has now become as meaningless as a preseason friendly after Chelsea drew 1-1 at Arsenal. Now seven points adrift of the Blues with two games left to play, […]
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Draw is a Win for RSL, a Loss for NYRB
What felt like a win for Real Salt Lake certainly felt like a loss for the New York Red Bulls, which dominated Saturday’s affair at Rice-Eccles Stadium for 88 minutes before conceding two goals in the final minutes, reducing a certain win to a 3-3 draw. Before then, Bulls General Claudio Reyna controlled midfield with […]
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Dempsey’s Goal Keeps Fulham Up
Thanks to a brilliant performance in goal from Finnish keeper Antti Niemi and a fantastic goal from former New England Revs midfielder Clint Dempsey, Fulham won’t (likely) be relegated this season. After a nosedive in form saw the Cottagers move from UEFA Cup aspirations toward the relegation zone, the win that Fulham desperately needed came […]
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Guti Guides Real Passed Sevilla
Real Madrid continues to go from strength to strength here at the end of the La Liga season, moving passed second-place FC Sevilla in a thrilling 3-2 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. The win put Los Merengues two points ahead of Sevilla, while Barcelona’s 2-0 win helped the Catalans maintain their slender two-point […]
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Proud Mourinho Hails Chelsea “Spirit”
Whatever you think of Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho, there’s no denying the fighting spirit exuded by his club over the course of a tumultuous Premier League season. Even after a clumsy tackle from Khalid Boulahrouz reduced the Blues to 10-men and a 1-0 deficit from the ensuing penalty kick, you never got the sense that […]
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Guti performance leads Real Madrid in win over Sevilla
[EUROPEAN RACES] Real Madrid moved into second place behind Barcelona in the red-hot Spanish title race with a 3-2 victory over Sevilla at the Bernabeu Stadium on Sunday. Schalke 04 clung to a one-point lead in Germany’s Bundesliga with two games left thanks to a 1-0 victory over Nuremberg. Fenerbahce opened up a five-point lead on Besiktas with a 1-0 at the second-place team in a battle of Turkish Super Lïg leaders.
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Ferguson in agony until United clinches EPL title
On Championship Sunday, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson spent the day watching his grandson play soccer and then watched horse racing on television when he returned home. “When that was finished and I had nothing to do but twiddle my thumbs,” the 65-year-old Scotsman said, “I watched the last 15 minutes at the Emirates Stadium, and I was in agony.” Chelsea’s 1-1 draw at Arsenal on Sunday clinched United’s first league title since 2003.
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Manchester United moves closer to Liverpool’s record
[MAKING A LIST] Manchester United won the English Premier League title on Sunday. It was the club’s 16th league title since the English League began in 1888-89. Only Liverpool (18 titles) has won more.
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USA wins group to earn record 12th straight berth at U-17 World Cup
Goals by Gregory Garza and Ellis McLoughlin gave the USA a 2-1 victory over previously unbeaten Costa Rica to win Group B of the CONCACAF Under-17 Qualifying Tournament in Kingston, Jamaica. The USA qualified for the Under-17 World Cup for a record 12th straight time.
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Surprise Atlanta shares USL-1 lead with Whitecaps
[USL-1 & USL-2 RESULTS] The Atlanta Silverbacks are the USL-1’s early surprise, sharing first place with the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps. The Silverbacks beat the Carolina RailHawks, 2-0, on goals by David Hayes and Justin Moore to preserve their undefeated season, improving their record to 2-0-2.
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D.C. United finally gets a win
D.C. United finally got its first win of the season and its first under Coach Tom Soehn. Defending champion Houston awoke at the expense of Colorado. New England repaid the only team to beat it this season, and Jason Kreis‘ debut as Real Salt Lake head coach was a thriller with the Red Bulls. Soehn had raised some eyebrows, especially the bushy ones of Jaime Moreno, by benching the Bolivian star for the first half of Thursday’s 1-1 tie with the Revs. Soehn invoked further changes for the visit of Chivas USA (2-3-0) Sunday and United (1-3-1) won 2-1 with goals by Moreno and Christian Gomez.
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Clint Dempsey’s first EPL goal golden for Fulham
[VIDEO] In England, Clint Dempsey scored a very valuable goal for Fulham. Edgar Castillo and Santos moved into the Mexican league quarterfinals. Hannover 96 and Steve Cherundolo kept their UEFA Cup hopes alive. Eddie Lewis and Leeds are headed to England’s third tier.
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GAMES: Live and same-day delay on national TV
If Charlton fails to beat Tottenham (Monday on Fox Soccer Channel), Fulham, the EPL team with three Yanks, will be assured top-flight survival. Fox Sports en Espanol is televising all eight deciders of the Libertadores Cup round of 16.
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Liverpool Youth Director Hits Out at Benitez on His Way Out
Liverpool’s head of the club’s successful youth academy has hit back at Rafa Benitez, the team’s manager, who he accuses of taking the reigns from him to the detriment of both the club and the development of players he’s been coaching. Steve Heighway, a former winger for Liverpool and the Irish national team, called Benitez’s […]
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Wigan Chairman to Sue EPL for West Ham Decision
A point-deduction was conspicuous by its absence from a Premier League commission ruling that West Ham United had breached its rules in signing the Argentine pair Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano from a consortium of investors. Instead, the West End club was slapped with an $11 million fine. West Ham, of course, is involved […]