Franklin Pierce (NCAA Division II), Middlebury (NCAA Division III) and Azusa Pacific (NAIA) are ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas Preseason Men’s Polls. For all the rankings …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Festival atmosphere
The men’s regular season doesn’t begin until Friday, but preseason games are taken seriously. About 7,000 fans showed up at the annual National Soccer Festival in Ft. Wayne, Ind., to watch the showcase match of the three-day tournament — Indiana’s 3-0 win over North Carolina.
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POLLS: Soccer American Women’s Top 25
There was little movement in the Soccer America Women’s Top 25 following an opening weekend of play during which most teams played one game. No. 1 USC got a scare at San Diego but prevailed, 1-0, thanks to junior Marihelen Tomer‘s overtime goal. No. 5 Florida State, which the Trojans beat in last year’s Women’s College Cup final, has twice postponed its game against UCF — now scheduled for Monday — because of nearly 10.5 inches of rain Tropical Storm Fay dumped on the Tallahassee area since early Friday afternoon. For this week’s Soccer American Women’s Top 25 rankings and last week’s Soccer American Women’s Top 25 results …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Rough start for Greg Ryan
Two days after watching the U.S. women’s national team do in the Olympic gold-medal game what it couldn’t do 11 months earlier with him in charge — beat Brazil — Greg Ryan began his new job as head coach of the Michigan women’s team. The result? A 7-0 loss at Notre Dame.
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College Soccer Reporter resumes daily frequency
MEMBER ALERT. Soccer America’s College Soccer Reporter has resumed its daily (Monday-Friday) frequency during the college season. The Soccer America Men’s Preseason Top 25 will appear Tuesday, while the Men’s Preseason All-American selections will appear Wednesday.
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Soccer on TV
CONCACAF Champions League begins on Tuesday. Italian Serie A kicks off this weekend. There is a full slate of MLS action this weekend starting on Friday. Fox Soccer Channel’s men’s college coverage starts with a UCLA-Maryland clash.
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U.S. keepers beaten from spot; Fulham upsets Gunners
[AMERICANS IN ENGLAND] For the second week in a row, Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel was beaten from the penalty spot. Last week, Villa still managed a 4-2 win over Man City but on Saturday it fell, 3-2, to newly promoted Stoke City, whose last top-tier win came 23 years ago. Everton’s Tim Howard was beaten from the spot late in a 2-1 win over West Brom. Clint Dempsey was a 77th minute sub in Fulham’s 1-0 upset of Arsenal.
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Beasley denied winner; Adu makes French debut
[AMERICANS IN EUROPE] Freddy Adu, fresh off Olympic duty, made his French Ligue 1 debut as a 86th minute sub for Monaco in its 1-1 tie with Caen. DaMarcus Beasley, who played in Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier, appeared to have scored a stoppage-time winner for Glasgow Rangers but the effort was called offside (TV replays suggest the call was a bad one) in a 1-1 tie with Aberdeen. Steve Cherundolo, ejected in midweek action for the USA, took little time to get another card when he returned to Germany. Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic helped keep Bayern Munich winless after two games in a 1-1 tie in Dortmund. For more on American performances in Europe. …
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MLS Results
San Jose’s tie with Chivas USA tightened the race in the West while Columbus took a share of the East lead. For MLS game summaries, scoring leaders and this week’s TV schedule. …
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Argentina claims gold again
[OLYMPICS] As long as Argentina regards the Olympic soccer tournament as worth the resources and trouble it takes to field a world-class team that conforms to quirky age designations, nothing about the men’s competition needs to be changed.
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Red Bulls roll on; More woes for Rapids
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] A win over two-time defending champ Houston signaled that the Red Bulls’ rise is for real. The coaching change in Colorado hasn’t made a positive difference yet. The Earthquakes failed to score but stayed unbeaten for the sixth straight time. Taylor Twellman displayed his perfect strike rate as a starter. Columbus marched closer to postseason play, which has eluded it since 2004. Kansas City keeps getting its goals from a defender. For the weekend’s MLS highlights. …
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USL-1 Results
Puerto Rico got a pair of goals from former Florida prep star Fabrice Noel to rally for a 2-1 win over Charleston and maintain its lead in the USL First Division. For all the USL-1 results, goal scorers and standings …
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Cleveland wins its first USL-2 title
An own goal by former MLS SuperDraft No. 1 pick Steve Shak gave the Cleveland City Stars the early lead and they went on to defeat the Charlotte Eagles, 2-1, and win the 2008 USL Second Division championship. For more on the USL-2 and all its 2008 award winners …
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Deco delivers again for Chelsea
[ENGLAND] Some questioned whether the diminutive Brazilian-born Portugal international Deco had the makeup to play in the English Premier League, but he has been key to Chelsea’s early success in the English Premier League and will later seek a third UEFA Champion League title with a third team.
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Deja Bruce
There was a decidedly familiar air to Bruce Arena’s words as he made his first move at the Galaxy: “Unfortunately … in order to bring Eddie [Lewis] to the Galaxy we were required to make salary budget space available and our only available option was to move Carlos [Ruiz] …”
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What They’re Saying
“I have seen a lot of [shots] go to the corner flags or over the goals, so it’s nice to see one that finally goes into the goal.”
— D.C. United midfielder Joe Vide, a third-year MLS player who scored his first league goal in a 3-0 win over Colorado. Vide, who was waived by San Jose last month and picked up by injury-depleted United, had only four shots on goal in his previous 32 MLS games before connecting on Saturday. (Washington Post).
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One more look at the Ruiz deal
We all have our opinions about the Carlos-Ruiz-to-Toronto-so-Galaxy-can-sign-Eddie-Lewis deal, so here we go.
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You Are The Ref
Think you know the laws of soccer? Test yourself here at the tricky comic strip which poses weird but plausible on-field conundrums for game officials.
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Beckham’s England Role A Mystery
Some grumbling British hack wonders what tactical use England still has for David Beckham.
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FIFA Clarifies ‘Numbers On Jersey’ Rule
Some national teams have been going all retro, wearing jerseys numbered one to 11 with no names on the back, apparently misinterpreting a FIFA rule.
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Osorio’s Latest Transfer Targets
New York coach Juan Carlos Osorio is looking to sign Colorado’s Omar Cummings, Dallas’ Dominic Oduro and Atlanta’s Macoumba Kandji, reports Brian Lewis.
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Modern Players A Strange Breed, Muses Keane
Sunderland manager Roy Keane has criticized some of his players for eschewing loan moves that would guarantee them first-team playing time at other clubs. He says they’d prefer to stay at the club, sit in the stands, and bank their wages. “I’m talking about players who are different animals to when I was a player,” […]
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Rooney Not A Natural Striker
The whole of Wembley Stadium felt England striker Wayne Rooney’s black mood when he was substituted out of the exhibition game against the Czech Republic on 69 minutes Wednesday, writes Sam Wallace. The player was “tired and frustrated,” perhaps realizing that he “will never be a prolific international goalscorer.” In fact, Wallace says, the game […]
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Mathis: ‘No One Erects Statues Of A Critic’
Clint Mathis has returned to Salt Lake for his second spell, telling Brad Rock that he no longer has enough hair for a Mohawk. He’s also discarding a reputation for the flamboyant that he had first time around in Utah. Most importantly, he’s hoping to score more than the three goals he tallied in his […]
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Arena Praises Galaxy Players’ Effort
Former Grimsby Town striker John Thorrington scored the game winner for Chicago in L.A. Thursday, stretching the Galaxy’s winless streak to nine. New L.A. coach Bruce Arena credited Thorrington with “a very good finish,” and said he was pleased with the effort he saw his players put in. “We were a little bit thin tonight […]