[USA-JAPAN REPORT CARD] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players’ performance in their 1-0 win over Japan on Saturday …
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What They’re Saying
“I am very happy about our performance today against a very technical, talented Japan team. Besides a great goal by Carli Lloyd, I am very happy about our tactics with a fast player up top, Amy Rodriguez, and the way Heather O’Reilly played on the right side. But the bottom line is that the team that won today.”
— U.S. coach Pia Sundhage after the 1-0 win over Japan.
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How American Stars Return
Let’s hope that the return of Pat Noonan to MLS, albeit to the Crew instead of his former employer New England, turns out to be a win-win.
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Chelsea Make Formal Bid For Real’s Robinho
Everything’s above board for once, as Chelsea announces on its official website that the team is putting in an offer for Madrid’s Brazilian striker.
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Championship Preview 2008-09
John Ashdown looks at the prospects for teams in England’s second tier, which kicks off Saturday.
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Feilhaber In No Hurry
Benny Feilhaber, however, appears to be in no hurry to decide his future as long as he’s taking part in the Olympics with the U.S. team. “[I] will make my decision [later] this month about next season,” he told Kevin Leyland. Feilhaber remains under contract at Derby County, but the club has given him […]
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Big Signing For Rapids?
The international transfer window closes in a week, and Colorado Rapids coach Fernando Clavijo has said that U.S. national team players Eddie Lewis, Benny Feilhaber and Cory Gibbs are all considering moves to MLS, reports Brian Forbes. The Rapids “have a good seat at the table,” Forbes writes, being second in line behind the […]
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Ronaldo Wins Back United Fans
Despite Cristiano Ronaldo’s plain-speaking but articulate interview with a Portuguese newspaper announcing that he would stay at Manchester United, for now at least, Ian Herbert doubts the sincerity of a player whose “summer romance with Real Madrid will be best remembered for the way he batted his eyelids only at the Spanish press corps during […]
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Cooper Worth Much More, Says Dad
FC Dallas striker Kenny Cooper is on a hot streak that’s taken him to the top of the Major League Soccer goal-scoring chart. Clubs in Europe are suddenly interested, and his side has already turned down offers from Rosenborg Trondheim in Norway and Cardiff City in Wales in favor of negotiating a new contract. But […]
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Soccer on TV
In Olympic action, the U.S. women face Japan Saturday morning and the U.S. men face the Netherlands on Sunday morning. For detailed information on Olympic soccer viewing, go to www.nbcolympics.com, where games are also broadcast online. The weekend’s MLS action is highlighted by Sunday’s New York-D.C. United clash.
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Bocanegra begins first season in France
[AMERICANS ABROAD] The French season begins Saturday with two American internationals new to Ligue 1. While Rennes is counting up Carlos Bocanegra to help on its backline, Freddy Adu is sure to be welcomed at Monaco when he returns from the Olympics in China.
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Bring it back, say Lalas and Revs
[SUPERLIGA] Maybe the second year of SuperLiga didn’t quite match the first edition, which ended when Pachuca edged the Galaxy on penalties at a raucous Home Depot Center, but a few MLS participants are certainly in favor of seeing a third version, at least
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Olympic Soccer TV Schedule
With the start of other Olympic sports, coverage of the USA-Japan women’s game on Saturday and USA-Netherlands men’s game on Sunday moves to USA Network as part of its multiprocessor Olympic coverage. Complete soccer coverage will be available on the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and online at nbcolympics.com. Check with your television provider for the availability of the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel.
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Special Edition: U.S. Olympic soccer
MEMBERSHIP ALERT: Special editions with U.S. Olympic soccer coverage will appear Saturday and Sunday, so look for our coverage this weekend. For fans not wishing to read our coverage until after they have watched the game, the subject line of these e-letters will begin “Special Olympic Edition.”
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Good fortune in Tianjin
[RECAP] With a spirited effort, the U.S. Olympic men’s team beat Japan, 1-0, Thursday in Tianjin, and thanks to good fortune landed in first place in Group B.
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The Edu experiment
[MY VIEW] The U.S. performance in its 1-0 victory over Japan Thursday wasn’t so convincing that one doesn’t think Peter Nowak‘s boys will be hard-pressed to get a result when they return to action in Tianjin on Sunday against the European U-21 champion Netherlands, but a few players stood out against Japan.
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Bayern boss lashes out at Chelsea owner and ‘oil mafia’
[OFF THE POST] Uli Hoeness, general manager of German power Bayern Munich, lashed out at Chelsea owner and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich when asked by German Web site Spox.com about what bothers him: “I’m angered when once a week I fill up my gas tank. This oil mafia pulls the money out of my pocket to buy soccer players. It stinks and this goes for Mr. Abramovich, too.”
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What They’re Saying
“Agents are nasty scum. They’re evil and divisive and pointless. They only survive because the rest of the sport is so corrupt and because leading football club people employ their sons in the job. In my opinion, no owner in their right mind would willingly invite an average agent into his academy, any more than a brothel owner would let a syphilitic nutter into his whorehouse.”
— Simon Jordan, chairman of English second tier club Crystal Palace. But what does he really think? (eurosport-yahoo)
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MLS TV Schedule
Toronto FC, winless in its last six games, travels to Colorado, which has won once in its last eight outings. … New England hosts Chicago, which beat the Revs in their first two meetings by a by a combined score of 7-0. … Chivas USA and Kansas City clash for the first time this season. … On Sunday, D.C. United travels to New York, which fell 4-1 in the teams’ previous 2008 clash. For all of this weekend’s MLS action on TV and the standings and leading scorers. …
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Another Johnson Up Front
Andy, meet Ed. More competition up front for Eddie Johnson and Clint Dempsey at Fulham, as the west London side follows up the signing of forward Bobby Zamora with England striker Andy Johnson from Everton.
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Top English Ref Suspended
Referee Mark Clattenburg has been dropped from officiating this weekend’s Community Shield game between Manchester United and Portsmouth at Wembley “pending inquiries into reports of the official’s alleged debts.”
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Beckham Was ‘Very Close’ To Choosing Milan Over L.A.
David Beckham was “very close” to joining AC Milan instead of the L.A. Galaxy, he said in an interview with the U.K.-based soccer monthly. But although he “thought the opportunity through seriously…things took a different course.” Any other revelations? The player reiterated that he is not in California because of Hollywood, and that he […]
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‘EPL Abroad’ Will Be Waste Of Time And Money
Manchester United played Portsmouth in a friendly in Nigeria last week, attracting 35,000 fans to a stadium that holds 60,000. Of those, 10,000 crashed into the stadium without paying, writes Lawrence Donegan. Despite this, the game is being touted as an example of the potential future success of the Premier League’s proposed global winter break […]
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Columbus Gets Good Deal On Noonan
Columbus Crew coach Sigi Schmid thinks that his team got a good deal by signing Pat Noonan, 28, from Aalesund of Norway, by way of New England, in exchange for a first-round pick in next year’s draft. “I don’t think we’re going to get a player as good as Noonan in the first round,” he […]
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Coaches Struggle To See Benefits of Barca-Red Bulls Rout
What happens when one of the best teams in the world plays one of the worst teams in Major League Soccer? The winning coach is bemused at how easy it was, while the losing coach becomes irritated when asked why his team was so outclassed. “It’s a little bit strange,” said Barcelona coach Josep […]