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Winners by Country Mexico 22 Club America (5), Cruz Azul (5), UNAM. (3), Toluca (2), Guadalajara (1), Puebla (1), Pachuca (1), Necaxa (1), UdeG (1), Atlante (1), Espanol (1). Costa Rica 6 Saprissa (3), Alajuelense (2), Cartagines (1). El Salvador 3 Alianza (1), Fas (1), Aguila (1). Suriname 2 Transvaal (2). Honduras 2 Olimpia (2). […]

The Houston Dynamo and D.C. United on Wednesday begin their campaign to claim the CONCACAF Champions Cup for the USA for the third time. D.C. United, under then-coach Bruce Arena, won the 1998 crown. The Los Angeles Galaxy, then guided by Coach Sigi Schmid, took the crown in 2000. Club America is the defending champ […]

The U.S. U-15 national team coach Jim Barlow brought 24 players to the Home Depot Center, where they are spending a week training. Among those present at the camp, which runs through Saturday, are Charles Renken, the 13-year-old striker who entered the U.S. U-17 Residency Program in January, and Sebastian Ibeagha, whose older brother Christian […]

Manchester United was the only team to win on the road in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League games, beating French club Lille, 1-0, in an incident-filled game played in the French city of Lens. Lille had had the better play until Ryan Giggs scored on a free kick in the 82nd minute while Lille keeper Tony […]

French defender Sebastien Sansoni of Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem claims it wasn’t his intention to dine on NEC’s Roy Beerens, he just wanted to “scare him off.” Still, the biting motion (click here for video) earned Sansoni a five-game ban. “Although it was never my intention to hurt Beerens, it does look offensive,” admitted Sansoni, […]

“I’m like a badger at the start of the pairing-up season.” — Ian Holloway, coach of English second-tier club Plymouth, describes how he feels about his club’s reaching the FA Cup quarterfinals. (BBC)

Former Cuban national team forward Maykel Galindo, 26, who defected to the USA a day after scoring for Cuba in a 3-1 Gold Cup ’05 loss to Costa Rica in Seattle, has signed with Chivas USA. Galindo, who was granted political asylum, played a season and a half with USL First Division club Seattle Sounders, […]

California-born Michael Orozco, 21, has started and played the full 90 minutes in Mexican First Division club San Luis’ last two games, a 2-1 loss to Veracruz and a 1-0 win over Atlas. Orozco, who played youth ball for the Irvine Strikers and played on U.S. U-20 national team in 2004, has U.S. and Mexican […]

By Ridge Mahoney DWAYNE’S WORLD. Houston finished its preparation for its CONCACAF Champions Cup series against Puntarenas of Costa Rica by beating Chicago, 3-1, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Saturday. Ryan Cochrane, Alejandro Moreno and Corey Ashe scored the goals for Dynamo, which plays Puntarenas away in the first leg Wednesday. Houston will host the […]

"These figures demonstrate that the business is moving in the right direction." — Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon after the English Premier League club posted an annual pre-tax loss of $156 million,  its best financial performance since Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich took ownership of the club in 2003. (Reuters)

Liverpool’s new American owners, George Gillett Jr. and Tom Hicks, were welcomed to the wild side of English soccer with front-page headlines of out-of-control partying during the Reds’ stay in Portugal, where Manager Rafael Benitez brought the team to prepare for Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League showdown at defending champion Barcelona. With a free weekend — […]

AC Milan veteran Paolo Maldini should become the fifth player, and the first Italian, to make 100 appearances in the Champions League when he takes to the field against Celtic on Tuesday. GP PLAYER (CURRENT CLUB) 106 Raul (Real Madrid) 105 Robert Carlos (Real Madrid) 102 David Beckham (Real Madrid) 100 Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) […]