USL-1 expansion team California held defending champion Vancouver to a 2-2 tie in its debut on Saturday. Mike Munoz and Josh Hansen scored for the Victory, which recovered after falling behind on a goal by Cuban Eduardo Sebrango in the third minute. Atlanta beat Minnesota, 3-1, Friday to take over first place with five points […]
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3. AMERICANS ABROAD: Keller’s Gladbach relegated; Fulham on shaky ground; Santos survives
Goalkeeper Kasey Keller’s club has been relegated to the German Second Division and English Premier League club Fulham, which includes three Americans in its ranks, is threatened with a similar fate. But in Mexico, Santos Laguna, for which Edgar Castillo is a regular, survived a relegation scare.
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4. EUROPEAN RACES: United breaks into clear
Manchester United broke into the clear in the English Premier League race Saturday when it rallied from two goals down to beat Everton, 4-2, while second-place Chelsea could only tie Bolton Wanderers, 2-2, at home.
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5. MEXICO: Pachuca leads six into quarterfinals
Pachuca, which has won championships on two continents in the last six months, defeated Atlante, 4-1, to finish Mexico’s Torneo Clausura as the overall leader of the first stage with 39 points, eight more than Guadalajara and nine more than Club America. Queretaro lasted just one year back in the First Division when it was relegated after falling to Atlas, 2-0.
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6. USL: Tie for Victory in opener
USL-1 expansion team California held defending champion Vancouver to a 2-2 tie in its debut on Saturday. In the USL-2, the Bermuda Hogges made their debut with a 1-0 loss to Harrisburg before 1,666 fans at the National Stadium. Bermuda also fell to Harrisburg, 1-0, on Sunday.
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7. CHAMPIONS: Goal difference gives PSV Dutch title
PSV won the Dutch Eredivisie title for the 20th time when it beat Vitesse, 5-1, on Sunday and edged Ajax for the championship on goal difference. Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) and Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) also clinched titles as the European season begins to wind down.
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8. FABIEN BARTHEZ: French great bolts after assault
French goalkeeping great Fabien Barthez left relegation-threatened Nantes a day after a group of drunken supporters cornered him in his car and he fought with one of them.
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9. MLS PREVIEW: Monday Night ‘Rocky Mountain Cup’
Real Salt Lake can’t be as bad as it looked while being thumped, 4-0, by Chivas USA last week, can it? It’ll a have chance to answer that question when it faces Colorado in a rare edition of Monday Night Soccer.
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Hoosiers host Mexican fiesta
One of the biggest rivalries Indiana, the seven-time men's national champion, has developed is its spring season clash against Mexico. For the third straight spring, the Hoosiers host a Mexican national youth team in a friendly. This year's friendly against the Tri U-20s takes place Sunday at Armstrong Stadium. ''It's an honor to have the […]
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MLS: College picks see action
Going into the fourth weekend of the MLS season, 15 collegians taken in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft and Supplemental Draft have already made their pro debuts. So far, as many players taken in the fourth round of the SuperDraft or lower (Supplemental Draft) have played as players taken in the first round of the SuperDraft […]
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MESA STATE: New D2 men's program adds Utah star
Josh Pittman, coach of the new Mesa State men's program, has landed Andy Cornia, the 2007 Utah Gatorade Player of the Year, as part of his first recruiting class. Cornia plays for Bonneville High School and FC Inter. Pittman, most recently was a developmental staff coach for the Real Colorado Soccer Club, also signed eight […]
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1. Hoosiers host Mexican fiesta
One of the biggest rivalries Indiana, the seven-time men’s national champion, has developed is its spring season clash against Mexico. For the third straight spring, the Hoosiers host a Mexican national youth team in a friendly. This year’s friendly against the Tri U-20s takes place Sunday at Armstrong Stadium.
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2. MLS: College picks see action
Going into the fourth weekend of the MLS season, 15 collegians taken in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft and Supplemental Draft have already made their pro debuts.
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3. MESA STATE: New D2 men’s program adds Utah star
Josh Pittman, coach of the new Mesa State men’s program, has landed Andy Cornia, the 2007 Utah Gatorade Player of the Year, as part of his first recruiting class.
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Expectations Rise Ahead of Toronto Opener
Toronto FC hosts its first home game at the new BMO Field tomorrow, and with a great deal of fanfare, despite the team’s 0-3-0 record. Fittingly, or perhaps worryingly, the home side will get the opportunity to exact its revenge on Kansas City, which beat the Canadians, 3-0, at Arrowhead Stadium on Wednesday night. Toronto […]
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Record Red Bulls Continue Run
To everyone’s surprise, the New York Red Bulls, $14 million in the hole last season (according to various reports), synonymous for years with underachieving, are looking like the best team in Major League Soccer in 2007. For that, a huge shout out has to go to Coach Bruce Arena, and for several reasons. The additions […]
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Mourinho the Paranoid
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune pointedly says what many in the press have been thinking but few have been saying: Jose Mourinho is either insane or he’s just a jerk. Where many coaches might have been satisfied with a thoroughly professional 1-0 Champions League semifinal victory against Liverpool, Mourinho could only whine about […]
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Hammers Handed Fine, Tevez Ban, but No Deduction
You have to wonder after West Ham United was slapped with a record fine but no point deduction for deceiving the English Premier League if the presiding commission simply didn’t want to disturb the good ole fashioned relegation fight taking place at the bottom of the league table. Had there been a point-deduction, as many […]
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Lamar Hunt’s Forgotten Cup
Andrea Canales of L.A. Soccer News says that it’s time the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup got a little more respect. The granddaddy of all soccer tournaments in the United States is similar to the English FA Cup in that the competition includes teams of all levels: any team registered with the U.S. Soccer Federation, […]
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YOUTH SOCCER INSIDER: How To Save Your ACL
''You've torn your ACL.'' That's a phrase no player wants to hear. If you are a competitive soccer player, chances are fairly high that you know of a teammate (or perhaps yourself) who has sustained a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The ACL is a ligament — a tough fibrous structure that joins […]
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YOUTH: U.S. U-15 boys head to Buenos Aires
The U.S. under-15 boys national team will spend 10 days in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a training camp. Coach Jim Barlow will take 20 players to the camp that will run April 27-May 7. The U-15s will scrimmage four teams: Argentina, Uruguay and Argentine clubs Boca Juniors and Newell's Old Boys. U.S. U-15 ROSTER: GOALKEEPERS: […]
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1. GAMES: Live and same-day delay on national TV
This weeknd’s menu of televised soccer includes MLS’s derby: Los Angeles vs. Chivas USA, live on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Espanol, Saturday 10:30 pm ET.
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2. HIGHLIGHT & MAGAZINE SHOWS: A Sampling
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHT/NEWS SHOWS A TODO GOAL (Goals from around the world) Gol TV Sunday, 11:30 pm ET Monday, 1 pm ET. FOX SOCCER SHOW Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 10 pm ETFOX SPORTS NOTICIAS Fox Sports en Espanol Monday-Friday, 2 pm ET SKY SPORTS NEWS Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 7 pm ET GOL TV NEWS Gol […]
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MLS WEEKEND: Week 4 Game Previews
By Ridge Mahoney TORONTO (0-3-0) vs. KANSAS CITY (2-1-0) (Saturday, 12:30 pm ET, Direct Kick) The Wizards' fifth game in 15 days (counting a 2-1 midweek Open Cup loss to Salt Lake) will be in front of a sellout crowd as Toronto celebrates the grand unveiling of a new stadium. Toronto's players will be sky-high […]
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LIBERTADORES CUP: Boca breezes into next round
Five-time Libertadores Cup champion Boca Juniors needed to beat Bolivar of Bolivia by two goals on Thursday to be certain of qualifying for the knockout stage of the South American club championship, and it breezed into the next stage with a 7-0 win in Buenos Aires. Playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme, on loan from Spain's Villarreal, […]