Here’s how MLS’s goals-per-game average in the 2006 regular season compares to leagues around the world: GOALS PER GAME LEAGUE (previous year’s average) 3.13 Brazilian First Division (2.78) 2.81 German Bundesliga (2.91) 2.80 Mexican First Division (3.03) 2.62 Major League Soccer (2.87) 2.61 Italian Serie A (2.53) 2.48 Argentine First Division (2.45) 2.48 English Premier […]
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2. AMERICANS ABROAD: Enochs celebrates German Cup win; Friedel & Blackburn downed by Chelsea
GERMAN CUP. With American keeper Kasey Keller resting, German First Division club Borussia Monechengladbach was eliminated in the second round of the German Cup at Third Division VfL Osnabrueck, for whom Californian defensive midfielder Joe Enochs played the full 90 minutes in midfield in front of a sellout crowd of 18,500. The 35-year-old Enochs, who […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
"We all know what happened. I don’t think if you are married and you got divorced you are going to bring the divorce all the way back. You cannot live with the bad memories." — D.C. United coach Peter Nowak explains that his team isn’t thinking about the 4-0 home loss to Chicago that eliminated […]
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COLLEGE WOMEN'S AWARDS: UConn's Tegeler honored
Connecticut sophomore Brittany Tegeler is the Soccer America Women's Player of the Week. She notched the gamewinner in a 1-0 win at No. 6 West Virginia on Friday night. The Mountaineers had been unbeaten in its last 15 games at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. Tegeler also tied a career high with five points — two […]
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Report: More Than Half of World Cup Injuries Were Fakes
If you had any doubt as to the authenticity of the myriad injuries audiences around the world had to sit through during the World Cup, doubt no more: FIFA has just issued an internal report detailing the extent of the histrionics at this summer’s tournament in Germany. The chief finding-not surprisingly-is that players who fell […]
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Serie A Attendances Drop
League officials in Italy, hoping for renewed enthusiasm in the country’s domestic soccer league following this summer’s World Cup triumph, will be disappointed to hear that fewer and fewer spectators are attending Serie A matches, according to a study conducted by Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The average crowd for a Serie A match […]
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For West Ham’s Pardew, it’s Win or Bust This Weekend
Oh, how quickly the fortunes of West Ham United have changed: two months ago, manager Alan Pardew and his Hammers had started the season with a respectable 4 points from 3 games. It didn’t help that record-signing Dean Ashton managed to break his leg while training with England for a friendly against Greece, but then […]
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Ruiz Dreams of Taking MLS Title at Home
FC Dallas forward Carlos Ruiz, winner of Major League Soccer’s Most Valuable Player award in 2002 when he won the title with the Los Angeles Galaxy, lifted the Hoops to victory with a first-half goal against the Colorado Rapids in the first-leg of the Eastern Conference semifinal. The New York Times spoke with the talented […]
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MLS Loses Credibility with Joseph Suspension
Major League Soccer lost credibility in soccer columnist Frank Dell’Apa’s eyes following the suspension of New England’s holding midfielder Shalrie Joseph for the home leg of the Revolution’s Eastern Conference semifinal against the Chicago Fire. Dell’Apa says referee Tim Weyland handled the situation correctly when he allowed play to proceed after Ivan Guerrero had held […]
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Ref Watch
Much ado has been made of the apparent handball by which Carlos Ruiz controlled a pass before scoring the first goal in FC Dallas’s 2-1 playoff win over Colorado, yet a similar play earlier in the match hasn’t received nearly as much attention. On that occasion, Thiago Martins appeared to settle a ball with his […]
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Creighton rounds into form
Creighton is coming on strong just at the right time. The No. 15 Bluejays beat UMKC 3-1 Tuesday afternoon in Kansas City to extend their winning streak to five games and unbeaten streak to eight games. All three Bluejay scores came from seniors playing in the final regular-season week of their careers: Ryan Junge, Michael […]
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TV PREVIEW: Lots at stake for 49ers at Fullerton
Two teams priming themselves for the Big West Tournament and coming off important wins meet Wednesday in the NSCAA Match of the Week (Fox Soccer Channel, live, 11 pm ET) when Cal State Fullerton (8-6-2) hosts Long Beach State (11-3-1). Cal State Fullerton beat UC Davis, 1-0, Sunday with a goal by sophomore Leslie Munoz […]
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COLLEGE MEN'S AWARDS: Cav Cristman takes weekly honors
Adam Cristman, who registered the first hat trick by a Virginia player since 2000, is this week's recipient of the Soccer America Men's Player of the Week award. The senior forward's three goals led No. 3 Virginia to a 3-1 win at Virginia Tech in an ACC match on Friday night. All three goals came […]
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MY VIEW: Becks would be a bust in MLS
The rumors swirl anew about David Beckham joining MLS sooner rather than later, and more than a few journalists and such have jumped on the bandwagon, insisting a Pele-like publicity tsunami will sweep MLS from the niche netherworld into a pantheon of glory. Crock, pure and simple. Pele, just a few years removed from winning […]
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U.S. ABROAD: Cherundolo in German Cup win; Convey nurses knee
It keeps getting worse for Eddie Lewis and Leeds, which last season nearly won promotion to the Premier League but is now in the second tier's relegation zone. In English League Cup third round play, Lewis played 69 minutes as his team was eliminated with a 3-1 loss at home to Southend, another second-tier struggler. […]
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OFF THE POST: AWOL ball boys spark riot
In Peru, Universitario was trailing its host, Sport Ancash, when with about 30 minutes remaining all the ball boys left the sidelines, forcing players to retrieve the ball by themselves as the visitors fought to comeback. When Universitario coach Jorge Amado Nunes spotted one of the ball boys who had retreated, he kicked a ball […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“Fifty-eight percent of the players who were treated on the field during the 2006 World Cup eventually turned out not to be injured.” — From a FIFA referee committee statement using analysis from Jiri Dvorak, FIFA’s chief medical officer. (Times of London)
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3. U.S. ABROAD: Cherundolo in German Cup win; Convey nurses knee
It keeps getting worse for Eddie Lewis and Leeds, which last season nearly won promotion to the Premier League but is now in the second tier’s relegation zone. In English League Cup third round play, Lewis played 69 minutes as his team was eliminated with a 3-1 loss at home to Southend, another second-tier struggler. […]
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4. OFF THE POST: AWOL ball boys spark riot
In Peru, Universitario was trailing its host, Sport Ancash, when with about 30 minutes remaining all the ball boys left the sidelines, forcing players to retrieve the ball by themselves as the visitors fought to comeback. When Universitario coach Jorge Amado Nunes spotted one of the ball boys who had retreated, he kicked a ball […]
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3. TV PREVIEW: Lots at stake for 49ers at Fullerton
Two teams priming themselves for the Big West Tournament and coming off important wins meet Wednesday in the NSCAA Match of the Week (Fox Soccer Channel, live, 11 pm ET) when Cal State Fullerton (8-6-2) hosts Long Beach State (11-3-1). Cal State Fullerton beat UC Davis, 1-0, Sunday with a goal by sophomore Leslie Munoz […]
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1. Creighton rounds into form
Creighton is coming on strong just at the right time. The No. 15 Bluejays beat UMKC 3-1 Tuesday afternoon in Kansas City to extend their winning streak to five games and unbeaten streak to eight games. All three Bluejay scores came from seniors playing in the final regular-season week of their careers: Ryan Junge, Michael […]
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4. WOMEN’S AWARDS: UConn’s Tegeler honored
Connecticut sophomore Brittany Tegeler is the Soccer America Women’s Player of the Week. She notched the gamewinner in a 1-0 win at No. 6 West Virginia on Friday night. The Mountaineers had been unbeaten in its last 15 games at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. Tegeler also tied a career high with five points — two […]
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2. MEN’S AWARDS: Cav Cristman takes weekly honors
Adam Cristman, who registered the first hat trick by a Virginia player since 2000, is this week’s recipient of the Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week award. The senior forward’s three goals led No. 3 Virginia to a 3-1 win at Virginia Tech in an ACC match on Friday night. All three goals came […]
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2. MY VIEW: Becks would be a bust in MLS
By Ridge Mahoney The rumors swirl anew about David Beckham joining MLS sooner rather than later, and more than a few journalists and such have jumped on the bandwagon, insisting a Pele-like publicity tsunami will sweep MLS from the niche netherworld into a pantheon of glory. Crock, pure and simple. Pele, just a few years […]
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Serie A: AC, Inter Milan Strikers Struggle, Roma Unworried
In Italy’s Serie A, the big guys are stumbling. Inter Milan, the favorite for this year’s Scudetto, is managing good results without ever having looked like a champion, AS Roma looks at times unbeatable and absolutely indifferent at others, and AC Milan can’t score, while still needing to compensate for an 8-point match-fixing penalty. As […]