Say what you want about Real Madrid’s first half of the La Liga season, but the Merengues’ sensational tally of 47 points from 19 games is still a record. It’s also a considerably better situation than Real found itself in under Fabio Capello at this stage last year. As ESPN’s Phil Ball says, “the brave […]
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U.S. Set to Lose Rossi Forever
It looks like U.S. Soccer has lost the battle to get Italian American Giuseppe Rossi to play for the Red, White and Blue. The Villarreal striker turns 21 on Feb. 1, at which point he will have to choose between playing for World Champion Italy or the U.S., the country where he was born. U.S. […]
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‘New’ Wizards taking shape
[MLS WATCH] Whether it improves or plummets from how it performed last season (11-12-7), Kansas City won’t be the same. Two days after striker Eddie Johnson left the U.S. training camp in Southern California to talk contract with English Premier League club Fulham came the announcement of Nick Garcia‘s departure. The team’s all-time leader in appearances is bound for San Jose in exchange for the No. 1 pick in the MLS SuperDraft. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney examines the trade. …
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Why Ruud likes Ruiz
[MLS WATCH] They’ve squared off against each other for club and country, and circumstances swept one out of town to make room for the other. Now Landon Donovan and Carlos Ruiz, catalysts and protagonists in many a soccer drama, are teammates.
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Who will be No. 1 draft pick?
Ridge Mahoney on the MLS Draft
Play at the MLS Combine in Ft. Lauderdale provided further clues on which players will be coveted during the MLS SuperDraft on Friday in Baltimore. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney takes a position-by-position look at the top candidates to break into MLS …
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What They’re Saying
“This is open-heart surgery. We’re hemorrhaging.”
— Martin Stringer, coach at Santa Ana Mater Dei in Southern California, where high schools are losing star players to elite clubs competing in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. (Los Angeles Times)
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2008 MLS SuperDraft Order
The Kansas City Wizards now hold (for now) the top pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, which will be held next Friday at the NSCAA Convention in Baltimore (TV: ESPN2, 2 pm ET).
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U.S. Soccer Development Academy Results
U.S. Soccer Development Academy play in Southern California resumed last Saturday when Pateadores beat the Irvine Strikers, 3-2, in the U-15/16 age group. In the highlight of a busy weekend of action in the Mid-Atlantic, CASL won both games at the Richmond Kickers and Richmond Strikers in U-15/16 play. For all the results and goal scorers …
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Soccer Job Openings
[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] Soccer America provides the latest on employment opportunities for soccer-related positions: college coaching opportunities, positions in the pros, youth soccer, the soccer industry, even television.
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Liverpool ends Luton’s FA Cup dream
[ENGLAND] There was good news and bad news for struggling English club Luton. The bad news was that Liverpool ended the Hatters’ English FA Cup dream with a 5-0 demolition of the third division club on Tuesday. The good news, announced shortly before kickoff, was that a deal was concluded to save Luton, which has been in bankruptcy and unable to pay its players and staff.
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MLS Offseason Player Moves
For all the team-by-team MLS offseason player moves …
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Death of the European Super League
FIFA on Tuesday won a major victory against Europe’s most powerful clubs as the G14 lobbying organization agreed to disband. G14 was comprised of clubs like Manchester United, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. It has often been described as a pressure group that used its considerable influence — for example, there have only […]
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SuperLiga Finalists Should Go to Copa Libertadores
The InterLiga was a bust, says Soccer365’s Richard Snowden: Mexican teams don’t want to have to trek to the United States to decide who gets the remaining berths to the Copa Libertadores. Meanwhile, Major League Soccer for years has expressed a desire to send its teams to South America’s championship. If indeed we’ll see the […]
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Capello Mum on England Captaincy, Beckham’s Future
Fabio Capello met with the press again on Tuesday, addressing the topics of his first England squad, the team’s captain, and, of course, David Beckham’s England future. “The team I want is in my head, taking into account what I have seen so far and the games of England I’ve watched,” Capello told reporters. “But […]
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Revs Make Noonan a Free Agent
The New England Revolution has informed veteran forward Pat Noonan that the club will not pick up the option on his contract, making him a free agent. “This is a great opportunity to try to go overseas,” Noonan told the Boston Globe’s Frank Dell’Apa from the U.S. national team training camp. “Hopefully, this camp will […]
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Galaxy Acquires Ruiz from FC Dallas
FC Dallas on Tuesday traded Carlos Ruiz back to the L.A. Galaxy for a second-round draft pick in 2009 and an undisclosed amount of allocation money. Ruiz, who won MLS Cup titles with the Galaxy in 2002 and 2005, led FCD in scoring last season with seven goals during the MLS regular season. As a […]
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Sagas of Johnson, Twellman intertwined
The exodus continues. Matt Pickens, Clarence Goodson and Eddie Johnson have left the U.S. camp in Southern California to chase overseas opportunities. Taylor Twellman hasn’t. Today’s lesson is the importance of foresight.
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What They’re Saying
“All managers have sentiment but they also need to take decisions. Beckham is important for England and can still give a lot, but as everybody knows, all the players are equally important to me and start from the same position, including David Beckham.”
— England’s new coach Fabio Capello warning David Beckham that he won’t be influenced by sentiment when he decides if the England midfielder deserves to win his 100th cap against Switzerland on Feb. 6. Beckham would be the fifth England player to reach the milestone, along with Billy Wright, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore and Peter Shilton (Ticker)
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Dorrance suit ends with settlement and apology
[COURTS] Almost 10 years after the lawsuit was initiated, University of North Carolina women’s head coach Anson Dorrance settled a sexual harassment suit filed by former Tar Heel Melissa Jennings.
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Soccer Job Openings
[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] Soccer America provides the latest on employment opportunities for soccer-related positions: college coaching opportunities, positions in the pros, youth soccer, the soccer industry, even television.
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Barbados rallies for victory in warm-up
[WORLD CUP WATCH] Playmaker Norman Forde was the star, scoring once and setting up two other goals, as Barbados, the USA’s probable first opponent in 2010 World Cup qualifying, beat Antigua & Barbuda, 3-2, in its first warmup game of 2008 … Sweden, which faces the USA Saturday at the Home Depot Center, beat Costa Rica, 1-0, Sunday in a game that marked Paulo Cesar Wanchope‘s final match for the Ticos … Puerto Rico, coached by former MLS coach Colin Clarke, has called up a number of current and former MLS players for its qualifying campaign.
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The Sundhage era begins
[U.S. WOMEN] The USA and Canada traveled halfway around the world to meet in new U.S. coach Pia Sundhage‘s debut on Wednesday. When the Americans left last Thursday for China, they were headed to Foshan, south of Guangzhou (Canton), but they learned in mid-flight that the Four Nations Tournament had been moved to Guangzhou itself. For a look at the USA and its first three opponents of 2008 …
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Agoos, Preki and Earnie Stewart on Hall of Fame ballot
[HALL OF FAME] Former U.S. national team players Jeff Agoos, Earnie Stewart and Preki Radosavljevic are among 13 former players on the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. Agoos is currently the New York Red Bulls’ sporting director, Stewart is technical director of Dutch club NAC Breda, and Preki is Chivas USA head coach. The three were teammates on the USA’s 1998 World Cup team. Stewart also played in the 1994 and 2002 World Cups, while Agoos played in the 2002 finals. For the ballot, whose other newcomers include Evan Whitfield, Shannon MacMillan and Troy Dayak …
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David Beckham’s giant footprint
[OFF THE POST] David Beckham has the largest carbon footprint in human history according to British environmental group Carbon Trust. Having flown 250,000 miles last year, owning 15 gas-guzzling cars, and fueling mansions around the world has Carbon Trust calculating that the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder is responsible for 163 tons of carbon dioxide, compared to the 9.4 tons of CO2 the average Brit “produces.”
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Long Island University, Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach and Assistant Equipment Manager
Long Island University, Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach and Assistant Equipment Manager. Position: 12 month – Full-time position. Responsibilities include assisting the Head Coach in all aspects of an NCAA Division I soccer program. Including, but not limited to, coaching, recruiting, scheduling, travel management and academic monitoring and development of student-athletes. Additionally responsibilities will include assisting […]