[WORLD FOOTBALL CHALLENGE] Sunday was a big day for English club Chelsea. Captain John Terry confirmed he was staying at Chelsea, spurning an offer from Manchester City, and the Blues clinched the World Football Challenge with a 2-0 win over Mexico’s Club America before 57,229 fans at Jerry World — Jerry Jones‘ new Dallas Cowboys Stadium dubbed a stadium like no other in the world by Chelsea star Andriy Shevchenko.
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How Mexico routed the USA
[GOLD CUP] A sign of what was to come occurred in stoppage time of the first half, before a five-goal Mexican onslaught buried the USA in the Gold Cup final Sunday at Giants Stadium in front of a pro-Mexico crowd of 79,156. After a U.S. free kick, Mexico countered, and only Jay Heaps got back in time as Giovanni Dos Santos and Alberto Medina swept forward. Medina, who’d been threatening but hardly fearsome on the left flank, dragged his shot wide of the far post.
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Defense beaten badly after the break
[USA-MEXICO REPORT CARD] A horrid second half during which it conceded five goals left the U.S. team with marks ranging from poor to terrible in its 5-0 loss to Mexico in the Gold Cup final. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players and comments on their performances.
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Ljungberg loses it; Lopez hits a bomb [VIDEO]
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] Claudio Lopez scored a remarkable goal for Kansas City when David Beckham came to town. Seattle’s Designated Player Freddie Ljungberg got himself sent off in a stalemate with Chicago. No surprise on how the Red Bulls fared. For last weekend’s MLS highlights and lowlights …
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MLS Results
All the weekend MLS results, including the defending champion Columbus Crew’s win that put it in first place in the Eastern Conference …
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U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships Finals
The finals are set for the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. The under-14 and under-15 finals will be held Saturday and the other eight championships will take place Sunday morning. For all the matchups …
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Rush returns to girls final
The Colorado Rush Nike was only one of three defending girls champions to advance to the finals at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. The Dallas Texans U-17 and U-16 teams both failed to advance out of their groups.
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Bays send two boys teams to finals
The Baltimore Casa Mia Bays advanced two teams to the boys finals at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Their U-19 team will seek its second title when it plays North Atlanta SA in Sunday’s McGuire Cup final. The U-15 Bays, the 2009 National League champions, will play Arizona’s Sereno White in Saturday’s final at the Citizens Bank Fields.
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Boys Results-U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships
Group play concluded Friday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships. Here are all the boys results and goal scorers from Day 3 …
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Girls Results-U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships
Group play concluded Friday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships. Here are all the girls results and goal scorers from Day 3 …
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National Cup VIII Finals set to begin
U.S. Club Soccer’s National Cup VIII Finals kick off Saturday with the first day of boys play at the Hampton Roads Soccer Complex. The National Cup VIII Finals (U-13 through U-17 teams) and National Collegiate Showcase (U-15 through U-17) will be held July 25-28 (boys) and July 31-Aug. 3 (girls).
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League products face toughest test: Mexico
Despite its recent dominance over Mexico, the very idea that the USA could beat its southern rival in a competitive match, or any match, without its top players was ludicrous. It may happen this weekend.
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Donovan, Howard to Revive Memories at All-Star Game
Landon Donovan remembers his first goal in MLS. It came in 2001 against U.S. teammate Tim Howard. “I think Richard Mulrooney played a long ball and I got behind their defense and I remember as I got closer to Timmy he kept backing up, which was a little strange,” Donovan, then playing for the San […]
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MLS Execs Spar About Open Cup
The U.S. Open Cup got a little testier this week with club executives exchanged barbs. It began when Seattle’s Adrian Hanauer expressed disappointment that the U.S. Soccer Federation chose RFK Stadium as the site for the Sept. 2 championship game between the Seattle Sounders and D.C. United. He also questioned the legitimacy of bid process […]
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American Fans Abound This Summer
Steve Davis suggests that the packed stadiums popping up all over America this summer show the depth and diversity of this country’s love for soccer. Davis writes: “I tell people all the time that there are plenty of soccer fans in this country, it’s just that only a relatively small percentage like MLS. But since […]
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USA Winning While Newcomers Gain Experience
New U.S. players are taking turns in the spotlight. Defender Clarence Goodson, who scored the opening goal in the U.S.’s 2-0 win over Honduras on Thursday, represents the sixth American newbie to get his first goal during the tournament. The U.S. continued its pattern of spreading the goal-scoring wealth, as Goodson represents the 10th U.S. […]
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Gerrard Cleared of Charges for Bar Room Boxing
The jury at Liverpool Crown Court found Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard not guilty of affray on Thursday. The court accepted Gerrard’s explanation that he acted in self-defense when he punched businessman Marcus McGee at the Lounge Inn bar on Dec. 29 in a dispute over music. Gerrard admitted throwing three punches but said only one […]
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Mexico Snatches Win Over Costa Rica
After missing a number of chances to put the game way, Mexico capitalized on its final one during penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie with Costa Rica. Guillermo Ochoa came up with the big save on Costa Rica’s Froylan Ledezma, the substitute who scored the tying goal late in regulation stoppage time. Mexico’s Carlos Vela […]
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Ibrahimovic and Eto’o Swap Closer to Reality
The blockbuster striker-swap between Barcelona and Inter Milan came closer to completion on Friday after Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who would head to Barcelona for Samuel Eto'o plus cash, agreed to terms with the Spanish club. "There are agreements in principle with the player and with Inter and the documents are being drawn up," Barcelona sporting director […]
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Clicking for Kicks
To develop skills and master the game, the next best thing to playing is to watch. But a common lament among American coaches, one I’ve heard even from U.S. national team coaches, is their young players don’t watch enough soccer.
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Soccer on TV
The USA faces Mexico Gold Cup final on Sunday. The World Football Challenge — Chelsea, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Club America — resumes Friday. David Beckham’s next appearance with the Galaxy is in Kansas City on Saturday.
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Boys Results-US Youth Soccer National Championships
Play continued Thursday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Here are all the boys results and goal scorers from Day 2 …
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Girls Results-US Youth Soccer National Championships
Play continued Thursday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Here are all the girls results and goal scorers from Day 2 …
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Four-goal game highlights DSC romp
Ralph Lundy, son of the longtime College of Charleston coach of the same name, scored four goals to lead Discoveries Soccer Club Green to an 8-1 win over East Fishkill Thunder Thursday that secured the South Carolina team a place in the under-18 boys final at the U.S. Youth National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. For all of Thursday’s boys highlights …
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Five girls teams remain perfect
The girls finals are set in two age groups — U-18 FC Bucks Vipers vs. Ohio Elite SA and U-15 Dallas Texans vs. San Diego Surf — after the completion of the second day of play at the U.S. Youth National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. The only other girls team to win its first two games was three-time finalist PDA Fire in the U-17 competition. The big upset of the day was Eclipse Select’s 2-1 win over defending champion Colorado Rush Nike in the under-19 division. For all of the girls’ highlights from Lancaster …