Cal South, which has produced 17 U.S. Youth Soccer national champions over the last five years, recently concluded in State Cup competition for the U-14 to U-18 age groups in which West Coast FC and Slammers FC won two boys and girls titles, respectively. For all the U-14 to U-18 final results …
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Only one extra game for Rojas is a bad joke
I’m disappointed that MLS has tacked on just one match to the automatic suspension meted out to Red Bulls midfielder Jorge Rojas for deliberately slamming his elbow into Brian Mullan‘s face in a league match last week.
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Soccer on TV
American soccer Games of the Week are: USL’s Cleveland-Carolina on Friday; MLS’s Kansas City-Chivas USA on Saturday; and WPS’s FC Gold Pride-Los Angeles on Sunday. Second-leg semifinal gaames will determine the Mexican Clausura 2009 finalists. A German Bundesliga champ will be crowned this weekend.
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Red Bulls Test Sea Legs Aboard USS Intrepid
On Thursday, members of the New York Red Bulls got a chance play a six-on-six game on the flight deck of the USS Intrepid against the crew of the USS Roosevelt, stationed in town for New York Fleet Week 2009. Originally built to serve during WWII, the Navy decommissioned the Intrepid in 1974. It is […]
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Shearer Confident Ahead of Crucial Relegation Battle
Alan Shearer‘s Newcastle needs at least a point against Aston Villa on Sunday. But even a win might not ensure survival in the Premier League if Hull City beast Manchester City and Sunderland upends Chelsea. “It’s bigger than a cup final, a hell of a lot bigger than a cup final,” said Shearer. “The question […]
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Boca Shocked by Defensor in Copa Libertadores
Pre-tournament favorite Boca Juniors crashed out of the Copa Libertadores in a surprise 1-0 loss to Uruguay visitor Defensor Sporting on Thursday. Diego De Souza scored with a fierce shot in the 28th minute in the Bombonera to lift Defensor into the quarterfinals, 3-2 on aggregate. That set up quarterfinals of Cruzeiro vs. Sao Paulo, […]
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Mourinho Supports Ancelotti Move to Chelsea
Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claims he has been told by friends at Stamford Bridge that Carlo Ancelotti will be in charge of the Blues next season. “My friends at Chelsea tell me it will be Carlo,” he told Sky Italia. “Some players are asking me the typical question: ‘Gaffer, will he be good for […]
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Great Britain Will Field Squads in 2012, Says Lord Treisman
The Football Association chairman, Lord Triesman, announced that he is close to confirming an agreement with the FAs of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to field both a Great Britain men’s and women’s team at the London Olympics in 2012. Speaking at the Annual Women’s Football Awards ceremony in London, Lord Triesman said: “I am […]
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Drogba and Bosingwa Face Misconduct Charges
UEFA has charged Chelsea’s Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa with misconduct for insulting the referee after Chelsea’s elimination from the Champions League. UEFA has also charged the club with failing to control the players and fans, who threw objects. UEFA said Drogba and Bosingwa breached sportsmanship by making offensive comments about Norwegian referee Tom Henning […]
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FIFA puts Nigeria on notice
[UNDER-17 WORLD CUP] It looks like Nigeria will lose the Under-17 World Cup, which it is scheduled to host in the fall. Following an inspection tour, Concacaf president Jack Warner, who serves as chairman of the U-17 organizing committee, said he would give local organizers a month to get four prospective venues ready. Only two of the nine venues — stadiums in Abuja and Lagos — passed inspection and three others were scratched from the list.
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D.C. United’s lead partner sells out
The decision of D.C. United lead partner Victor MacFarlane to sell out to partner William Chang represents MLS’s first major ownership change since the freezing of credit markets in September. The move follows several setbacks in United’s efforts to get a new stadium project off the ground and was necessitated by MacFarlane’s need to concentrate on his real estate interests.
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Bubble bursts for Vidal’s Indios
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jose Francisco Torres‘ Pachuca beat Marco Vidal‘s Indios, 2-0, in the first leg of their semifinal series in Mexico’s Torneo Clausura.
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Tough road tests for Seattle and RSL
[MLS PREDICTIONS] Seattle and Real Salt Lake have flattened out after quick starts, and are on the road to play Colorado and D.C. United, respectively. The Galaxy has tied all four of its road games. Can it get at least a point again in Dallas? The matchup of San Jose with the former Quakes of Houston may be a mismatch, and the Revs play Toronto at BMO Field, where TFC has won only two of six games in 2009. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney breaks down all the weekend action.
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Fit to be tied in MLS
[MAKING A LIST] If you’ve been marking “X” on your 1-X-2 prediction card for MLS games this season, you’ve been doing well. Almost 40 percent of MLS games to date have ended in ties, making a tie almost as common as a home win. Tie results are significantly higher than they’ve been over the last nine years, while home wins and away wins have dropped correspondingly.
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Fire’s Soumare called up by Mali
[WORLD 2010 QUALIFYING] Chicago Fire defender Bakary Soumare has been recalled by Mali for a pair of World Cup qualifiers against Ghana and Benin June 7 and 21.
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Dunga drops Ronaldinho from Brazil squad
[CONFEDERATIONS CUP] Ronaldinho won’t be playing in next month’s Confederations Cup. Nor will Ronaldo. But Brazil coach Dunga found room for three uncapped players who will part of the 23-player squad for World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Paraguay and the Confederations Cup in South Africa.
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Red Bulls’ Osorio Rips Players, Apologizes to Fans
“I want to apologize to the fans, especially the fans that came here and had to suffer by coming here,” Red Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio said following a 5-3 loss to D.C. United in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualifier. “I do apologize because we lacked character, we lacked passion, we lacked heart. […]
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Figo Says He Will Consider Offers from MLS Clubs
Inter Milan midfielder Luis Figo has admitted that he is not finished with soccer yet, just days after hinting that he would retire from the game at the end of the season. The Portuguese winger, now 36, claimed winning the Scudetto with Inter was a fine chance to wave goodbye to calcio, suggesting he was […]
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Injuries Force Sounders to Test Depth
Victimized by a sudden rash of injuries and facing three games in eight days, Seattle Sounders FC coach Sigi Schmid will look for support from his reserves. Three key players — Freddie Ljungberg, Brad Evans and Zach Scott — look likely to miss some time, although just how much time remains to be seen. Ljungberg […]
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Lucescu Wins UEFA Cup and Wants More
On Wednesday Shakhtar Donetsk used extra time to defeat a stingy Werder Bremen side, 2-1, in the final of the UEFA Cup, a tournament that will get rebranded as the Europa League next season. After expressing his pride, Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu quickly switched his focus to the biggest prize in European club soccer. “This […]
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Onyewu’s Future Looking More English
U.S. international defender Oguchi Onyewu looks poised to make a move back to England, where he has received strong interest from several clubs. According to skysports.com, the towering center back has attracted the eyes of newly promoted Birmingham and Wolves, which are both trying to strengthen their defenses ahead returns to the Premier League. Clint […]
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Wolfsburg’s Magath Wants Focus Ahead of Season Finale
Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath is in no mood for early celebrations for Wolfsburg’s stunning season, which has put the team one win away from clinching its first Bundesliga title. “We are not yet sucking on the candy,” Magath warned this week, after sending off Daniel Adlung during training for what the strict disciplinarian perceived as […]
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RISING STAR: The Galaxy’s Omar Gonzalez
[MLS] In the 2009 SuperDraft, the Los Angeles Galaxy selected Omar Gonzalez, who played two years at the University of Maryland and helped it win the 2008 NCAA title, as the third overall pick. This product of the Dallas Texans youth system is already playing a significant role for the Galaxy, which has lost just once this season. He has played all 810 minutes of Los Angeles’ nine games in central defense and even chipped a goal. Soccer America’s Bryan Alvarez profiles the 20-year-old defender in the MLS Rising Stars series.
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Players suspended, DiCicco to do ‘community service’
[WPS] Boston Breakers forward Christine Latham was handed a two-game suspension — the heaviest in Women’s Professional Soccer’s short history — and Washington Freedom midfielder Joanna Lohman was suspended one game for an elbow thrown in Sunday’s Boston-Washington game. Meanwhile, Breakers coach Tony DiCicco, the dean of WPS coaches, was fined and ordered to do “community service” for saying, among other things, WPS refs were “over their head” after the game.
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United beats New York in a wild one, 5-3
[U.S. OPEN CUP] For a change, the D.C. United fans were the ones agonizing over a dwindling lead. Rookie Chris Pontius scored twice in an eight-goal extravaganza as United blasted out to a 4-0 lead but had to scramble in the second half to walk out of RFK Stadium with a 5-3 U.S. Open Cup victory.