The Chicago Magic, one of the big names in youth soccer, has been sold. Rampage Futbol LLC, owner of the Rockford Rampage professional indoor team, acquired the Magic from Hallmark Properties. As part of the club’s restructuring, former El Salvador and MLS star Raul Diaz Arce has been named the club’s academy director.
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U.S. under-17 girls camp roster
U.S. under-17 girls national team coach Kazbek Tambi called in 22 players to a training camp that begins Tuesday in Pearl River, N.Y.
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Defenders earn highest marks
[USA-HONDURAS REPORT CARD] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players and comments on their performance in their 2-0 semifinal win over Honduras in the Gold Cup …
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Trillium Cup and former MLS Cup rivals meet
[MLS PREDICTIONS] TFC and the Crew continue their Trillium Cup tradition in Columbus, former MLS Cup opponents Houston and New England square off in Texas, and the Galaxy takes its four-game winning streak to Kansas City on a weekend that features two games on the ESPN family of networks as well as a Saturday night Fox Soccer Channel tussle in San Jose. For all of Soccer America’s predictions, as well as TV viewing information, and to see how Ridge Mahoney, who was perfect last week, fared so far this season …
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Sol clinches regular-season title
[WPS] The Los Angeles Sol clinched the inaugural Women’s Professional Soccer regular-season title in anticlimactic fashion. Its 0-0 tie at last-place FC Gold Pride gave it the title with two games to spare and a bye into the WPS Championship at the Home Depot Center on Aug. 22 (TV: Fox Sports Net and select regional outlets, live, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT).
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U.S. understudies book a date with Mexico
[GOLD CUP] The USA advanced to its third straight Gold Cup final with its third win over Honduras in the last two months, a 2-0 victory in Thursday’s semifinals thanks to goals by Clarence Goodson and Kenny Cooper at the end of each half, both set up by Stuart Holden. The USA meets Mexico Sunday in the final at Giants Stadium (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, Univision, live, 3 pm ET). Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney explains how the Americans succeeded sans their most dynamic players. …
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Mandela meets Robinho
[SOUTH AFRICA] Manchester City players, in Johannesburg on a preseason tour, met Nelson Mandela on his 91st birthday and presented him with a No. 91 jersey. Upon meeting the young-looking 25-year-old Brazilian star Robinho, Mandela said, “You are a baby! What are you doing here?”
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Memo leads Mexico into final
[GOLD CUP] Mexico survived the disappointment of conceding the tying goal three minutes into stoppage time at the end of regulation to defeat Costa Rica in a shootout Thursday and move into Sunday’s Gold Cup final against the USA, a repeat of the final won by the Americans two years ago.
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D.C. Open Cup Win Dampened by Injuries
D.C. United advanced to the U.S. Open Cup championship game for the second straight summer Tuesday night with a 2-1 victory over the USL-1 club Rochester Rhinos at the Maryland SoccerPlex. Injuries to both teams, however, tempered any celebrations. Rhinos midfielder Darren Kenton broke his ankle when it twisted beneath a challenge for the ball […]
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Toronto Attackers Make Long-Awaited Debuts
Toronto FC came up short on the scoreboard on Wednesday night, losing the Carlsberg Cup on penalty kicks in a friendly against Argentine River Plate after scoreless regulation play. But the exhibition match allowed several reserves to see field, and it gave two new members of the TFC strike force to show what they could […]
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Wake Forest Star Arnoux Set To Join Everton
Wake Forest forward Cody Arnoux is set to join the American revolution at Everton. The Premier League team, whose starting keeper is Tim Howard, was impressed by the American youngster during his trial at Everton in March. Arnoux looks poised to sign a contract with the Liverpool-based club, making him the second American player to […]
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Burnley Wants American Feeder Clubs
Burnley FC, a club recently promoted to the English Premier League, has plans to stay in the top flight and grander plans to establish new sources of talent to help make that happen. One of Burnley’s ideas is to establish feeder clubs in the United States, with the hope of uncovering some gems on this […]
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Donovan Getting ‘Serious’ Interest From Italy, Livorno
Newly promoted Serie A Club Livorno wants Landon Donovan. Livorno's president Aldo Spinelli has been in talks with Donovan's agent and sponsors with a view to signing the 26-year-old. But any deal would likely be a short-term one. "I think at this point it will be done for next season only, seeing as the sponsors […]
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Former MetroStar De Avila, 46, Signed By Colombian Club
Just days after South America produced the youngest ever professional soccer player in 12-year-old [now 13] Mauricio Baldivieso, the continent has now brought a 46-year-old player out of retirement. On Wednesday, America de Cali of Columbia re-signed Antony de Avila, the 5-foot-3 in striker nicknamed "El Pitufo," or "The Smurf." De Avila is America de […]
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Ronaldo Takes Role In Film About Palestinian Tragedy
Brazil's three-time world player of the year Ronaldo has agreed in principle to star in a film about a Palestinian child fan of his who dies in a refugee camp, it was reported on Wednesday. The two-time World Cup winner will be with his club Corinthians in the Middle East – for a Sept. 15 […]
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U.S. U-18s begin play Monday at Milk Cup
The USA will be again represented at the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland, where it will face Denmark and Germany in group play in the under-18 boys Elite competition that begins on Monday.
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Clubs merge to form BW Gottschee NYC
Blau Weiss Gottschee, the oldest club in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, and Manhattan Kickers FC have merged to form BW Gottschee NYC.
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Chelsea links up with New York clubs
England’s Chelsea Football Club has partnered with a fifth U.S. youth club program, teaming up with Downtown United Soccer Club and its sister organization Gotham Girls, two of New York City’s leading youth organizations and school programs.
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Discoveries star comes through
The opening game of the under-18 boys competition at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships lived up its to its billing Wednesday as Discoveries Soccer Club Green of South Carolina twice came back from a goal down and beat the Westside Metros Internationals of Oregon, 3-2, on a second-half goal by Uruguayan-born star Enzo Martinez. For more boys highlights from Lancaster, Mass., …
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Force is with De Anza
Coached by Shawn Medved, whose claim to fame as a player is that he scored the tying goal in D.C. United’s memorable comeback against the Los Angeles Galaxy to win the inaugural MLS Cup in 1996, the De Anza Force pulled the biggest upset on Day 1 of girls play at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships when the California team trounced the defending national champion Dallas Texans Red, 4-1, in under-16 play — with all four of its goals coming in the first 25 minutes. For more girls highlights …
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Girls Results-U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships
Play began Wednesday at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Here are all the girls results and goal scorers from Day 1 …
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Boys Results-U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships
Play began Wednesday at the US Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass. Here are all the boys results and goal scorers from Day 1 …
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Cummings to head coaches association
[NSCAA] Longtime soccer executive Joe Cummings is leaving his post as president and general manager of WPS’s Boston Breakers to become the new CEO and executive director of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
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Toronto tests subs against Argentine power
[MLS] A match that was more of a training exercise, with reserves on the BMO Field surface and liberal substitution rules in effect, produced a 4-3 shootout win for Argentine team River Plate against Toronto FC Wednesday in a friendly in front of 20,005 fans.
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New U.S. formula for familiar foe
[GOLD CUP] One game away from a chance to win its third straight Gold Cup, the USA plays Honduras for the third time in the past seven weeks Thursday (TV: Fox Soccer Channel & Telefutura, 7 pm ET) with a different team than it used the last two times.