Columbus and Colorado are tied for the eighth and final playoff spot with 27 points and both have eight games to play.
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A Meeting of MLS’s worst
Real Salt Lake goes for a second straight win at last-place (!) Los Angeles. Both teams have managed only three wins this season.
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Blanco hits New York
In his five MLS matches, Cuauhtemoc Blanco has scored two goals and assisted on four others. On Saturday, he leads the Fire against the New York Red Bulls.
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Hot clashes in Texas
[MLS GAME PREVIEWS]. Interconference play takes center stage this weekend, with the hottest action taking place in Texas: FC Dallas hosts D.C. United, and Kansas City travels to Houston. Might we see a preview of MLS Cup 2007?
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Germany ousts USA from U-17 World Cup
[VIDEO] The USA’s U-17 World Cup ended at the round of 16 stage with a 2-1 loss to Germany on Thursday. The Americans won only one game — a 2-0 over Belgium in which they played with a man advantage for 54 minutes — in their four outings in South Korea. Against the Germans, U.S. keeper Josh Lambo and slightly off-target shooting kept the Germans from translating their dominance into goals until Toni Kroos set up Richard Sukuta-Pasu for strikes in the 65th and 89th minutes. U.S. defender Mykell Bates‘ third goal of the tournament came two minutes into stoppage time.
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Disappointing showing by CONCACAF teams
[U-17 WORLD CUP SCOREBOARD]. Two years ago, Mexico won the U-17 World Cup in Peru, but it failed to qualify for this year’s finals in South Korea. Of the CONCACAF region’s five representatives, two reached the second round and were eliminated on Thursday: the USA losing, 2-1, to Germany, and Costa Rica falling, 2-0, to Argentina. Haiti and Honduras, which had edged out the Mexicans in qualifying, exited in the first round without a win, as did Trinidad & Tobago. The quarterfinalists are comprised of four European teams (France, Spain, England, Germany) and two African teams (Ghana, Nigeria).
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What They’re Saying
“Investigations confirmed he suffered a complete rupture of his quadriceps muscle in the areas where the quadriceps inserts into the patella. His recovery will be a steady process in the early stages, and we are hoping for a return some time around Christmas.”
— Fulham physiotherapist Jason Palmer on American forward Brian McBride, who suffered a separated kneecap on Aug. 18 while scoring. (AP)
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TV PREVIEW: International Weekend Headliners
Soccer America begins a weekly series, during the international club season, previewing the weekend’s big TV matches, with a look at the players, coaches and matches making headlines around the world. Today we look at Michael Owen, Roy Keane, the Hamburg-Bayern Munich match in Germany and Atlante-Santos in Mexico.
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Beckham bumps MLSnet.com visitors
What has the impact of David Beckham‘s signing with MLS’s Los Angeles Galaxy been online? Worldwide traffic to Major League Soccer’s web site, mlsnet.com, more doubled between July 2006 and July 2007 when Beckham debuted against Chelsea.
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Chances of U.S.-hosted World Cup any time soon appear to shrink
If we were to project out the implications of a proposed in FIFA system’s to award World Cup hosts, don’t count on the World Cup returning to the United States any time before 2026. That appears to be the effect of the proposed new FIFA bidding process revealed by Reuters’ FIFA sources on Thursday in Monaco, where much of Europe’s top soccer brass was assembled for the ceremonial kickoff to the new soccer season, the UEFA Champions League draw and other UEFA events.
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UEFA Champions League Odds
Following Thursday’s draw in Monaco, Barcelona was installed by British bookmaker Ladbrokes as the odds-on favorite to win the 2008 UEFA Champions League. Barcelona was given 11-2 odds despite the fact the Catalan club was placed in Group D, arguably the toughest of the eight groups, along with six-time French champion Lyon and German Bundesliga champion Stuttgart. Chelsea and Manchester United are second favorites at 7-1, followed by Inter Milan and AC Milan at 9-1.
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Under-17 World Cup TV Schedule
ESPNU and Galavision provide live provide live coverage of the U-17 World Cup from South Korea. This weekend’s action kicks off early morning Saturday U.S. time …
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Schmeichel Assumes Role of His Father
It seems like yesterday that the great Peter Schmeichel was the No. 1 goalkeeper at Manchester City, but now, his son Kasper has stepped into the role that used to be his just four years ago. The young Schmeichel was thrust into a starting role for Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side at the beginning of the season […]
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Colorado in Search of the Next DP
As Yahoo Sports’ Martin Rogers points out, it’s a lot easier to lure a big name designated player to New York or L.A. than it is to bring one to say, Denver. That presents something of a problem for Rapids GM Jeff Plush, who’s desperate to follow in the footsteps of New York, L.A., Chicago […]
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UEFA Champions League Draw is Finely Balanced
The UEFA Champions League draw was held in Monte Carlo on Thursday, delivering no easy groups but no visible “Group of Death,” either. Defending champion AC Milan received what was arguably the kindest draw, landing alongside Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, Scottish champ Glasgow Celtic and Freddy Adu’s Benfica. The Portuguese giant took the second seed, […]
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Beckham Injury Another England Setback
England and MLS are waiting with baited breath for the results of David Beckham’s latest injury, a twisted knee suffered against Pachuca in the SuperLiga final on Wednesday. “A ligament strain is four to six weeks but we’ll have to wait for the results of the scan on Friday,” the 32-year-old Beckham said. “If it […]
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Stetson names Fleck men’s coach in sudden shakeup
Logan Fleck has been hired as the interim men’s coach at Division I Stetson a day after Sean Murphy resigned his position as the head men’s coach. The shakeup came in the middle of preseason training and followed Murphy’s placement under administrative suspension. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, records showed Murphy was arrested on Aug. 17 for driving under the influence in Ormond Beach — his second arrest for drinking and driving in his nine years at Stetson.
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Soccer America Preseason Men’s All-American Team
Joseph Lapira, the 2006 Soccer America Men’s College Player of the Year, heads Soccer America’s Preseason Men’s All-American Team. Defending national champion UC Santa Barbara (Andy Iro and Eric Avila), St. John’s (Jason Landers and Ryan Soroka), Virginia (Jonathan Villanueva and Yannick Reyering) and Duke (Michael Videira and Mike Grella) are the only teams with two players selected on the 23-player team.
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Soccer America Preseason Women’s All-American Team
Soccer America’s Preseason Women’s All-American Team features three players who will be playing in the 2007 Women’s World Cup: American Stephanie Lopez (Portland) and Canadians Melanie Booth (Florida) and Diana Matheson (Princeton). The 23-player team includes two stars from defending national champion North Carolina (Jessica Maxwell and Yael Averbuch). UCLA leads all teams will three players represented: Christina DiMartino, Danesha Adams and Lauren Cheney.
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Outsiders will give top teams plenty of trouble
[WOMEN’S TOP 25 PREVIEWS: 21-25] USC, Purdue and Duke are outsiders in their conference races, but they all have lots of talent and will give top teams plenty of trouble.
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Sleepers Florida and Stanford look to go far
[WOMEN’S TOP 25 PREVIEWS: 11-20] A few teams have almost made the Women’s College Cup their exclusive event in recent years, but Florida and Stanford are sleepers to make this year’s final four.
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Women’s title contenders are all loaded with explosive attacks
[WOMEN’S TOP 25 PREVIEWS: 1-10] Defending champion North Carolina is No. 1 in Soccer America’s preseason women’s rankings, edging Notre Dame and UCLA, which the Tar Heels beat in the final and semifinals, respectively, at the 2006 Women’s College Cup. Carolina and Notre Dame met last week in a thrilling exhibition game that ended in a 2-2 tie before a record crowd in South Bend, Ind.
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NSCAA/adidas Division II Women’s Top 25
[POLL] Defending champion Metro State remained No. 1 in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Women’s Division II Top 25 after beating West Florida, 3-0, and Georgia Southwestern, 14-1. Freshman Madison McQuilliams led the Roadrunners with a goal and an assist against West Florida and four goals and an assist against Georgia Southwestern.
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NSCAA/adidas Division II Men’s Top 25
[POLL] Veteran coach Tim Hankinson is off to a winning start at Ft. Lewis. The Skyhawks defeated Barry, 1-0, last Saturday in their 2007 opener to move into the top spot in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Men’s Division II Top 25. Midfielder Kieran Hall, who represented Great Britain this summer at the World University Games in Thailand, scored the game’s lone goal. Defending champion Dowling fell from the top spot when it lost to Massachusetts-Lowell, 3-2.
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Gallant Galaxy falls a kick short
Great saves. Astonishing goal-line clearances. Fierce tackles. Penalty-kick appeals denied. An own goal scored, another narrowly averted. Brazen goalkeeper “gamesmanship” during the penalty-kick shootout going unpunished, as usual. An unbelievable stoppage-time equalizer, on a bicycle kick, by an American.
Pachuca prevailed on penalties, 4-3, following 120 minutes that would be hailed as thrilling, dramatic, and riveting anywhere in the world. But David Beckham left the game in the 33rd minute with a knee strain and Landon Donovan failed to convert from the penalty spot.