It will be two MLS teams and two USL teams in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals. Behind first-half goals from Andy Dorman and Taylor Twellman, the New England Revolution completed the semifinal field with a 2-1 over the Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL Second Division on Wednesday night at Gillette Stadium.
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Former champions Red Star and Steaua advance in Champions League qualifying
Former European champion Red Star Belgrade lost at Estonian champion Levadia Tallin, 2-1, on Wednesday but advanced to the third round of UEFA Champions League against Scottish club Rangers thanks to its away goal by playmaker Igor Burzanovic. Steaua Bucharest, another former European Cup champion, also advanced thanks to a 2-1 victory over Poland’s Zaglebie Lubin and 3-1 aggregate win.
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Galaxy needs points more than Beckham
[TV PREVIEW] He’s mentioned in the headline. That’s all on David Beckham, who should sit out Thursday’s D.C. United-Los Angeles game (TV: ESPN2, 7 pm ET).
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International Soccer Scoreboard
Wednesday’s results in UEFA Champions League qualifying and the third qualifying round draw, as well as league action in Europe and South America.
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UEFA Opens Racism Investigation in Montenegro
UEFA has responded to a plea from Glasgow Rangers to investigate alleged racial abuse of American midfielder DaMarcus Beasley during yesterday’s 1-0 win over FK Zeta in Champions League qualifying. Beasley, who scored the only goal, said the he and teammate, French Guyanan Jean-Claude Darcheville, were subjected to “monkey chants” during the match. “At this […]
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Robben Optimistic About Real Transfer
Arjen Robben’s move to Real Madrid now looks a virtual certainty after the Dutch winger proclaimed on Wednesday that he was “happy” with the Spanish champion’s interest in him. “Of course, Madrid’s interest makes me happy,” the striker said, speaking about the matter for the first time publicly. “But for now I can not say […]
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Szetela Deal Not Done, Feilhaber Eyes Derby Co.
Contrary to a North Jersey Herald report yesterday, Columbus Crew midfielder Danny Szetela has not finalized a move to AS Roma, although negotiations are ongoing, the player’s agent Shep Messing said on Wednesday. “We’re also in discussions with MLS,” he added. “From what I’m told, I should also expect one soon from Lazio…I don’t know […]
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Sven and the New Man City
Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune interviews former England coach Sven Goran-Eriksson, who’s now leading a revolution at Manchester City, thanks to a cash infusion from exiled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the club’s new owner. Following England’s disappointing quarterfinal exit at the 2006 World Cup, Eriksson was forced to sit on the sidelines […]
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Kovalenko the Key to Bulls’ Success
If recent form is anything to go by, you could be forgiven for not liking the New York Red Bulls’ postseason chances. Indeed, the fourth-place Bulls have played poorly now for quite a while it seems, and yet somehow, thanks to a strong start to the 2007 season, Bruce Arena’s men are just six points […]
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North Carolina women are choice to win ACC
Defending national champion North Carolina is the near-unanimous pick to win the 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference title, as determined by a vote of the league’s 11 head coaches. In addition, it marks the second year in a row that UNC, Florida State and Virginia have been predicted to finish as the top three teams in the league, respectively.
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2006 NCAA Division I Women’s Attendance Leaders
Portland and Texas A&M were the big draws in NCAA Division I women’s soccer. Both averaged more than 3,000 fans a game in 2006. Only one other school (BYU) topped the 2,000 mark. For the 2006 Top 50 attendance leaders …
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2006 NCAA Division I Men’s Attendance Leaders
For the first time since the NCAA began publishing soccer attendance figures, as many as nine Division I men’s schools averaged more than 2,000 fans a game. UConn led all schools with an average of 2,878. Virginia drew a total of 43,183 fans, a modern-day NCAA record. For the 2006 Top 50 attendance leaders …
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Fairfield selected to repeat as MAAC men’s champion
Defending champion Fairfield has been chosen to win this year’s MAAC men’s title in a preseason poll of the league’s 10 head coaches.
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Detroit-Mercy begins work on new soccer facility
The University of Detroit Mercy recently broke ground on a new athletic facility which will include a multi-purpose synthetic playing field and all-weather running track to be constructed on the site of the Titans’ existing soccer field.
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Loyola women favored in MAAC
Loyola (Md.) was selected to win the MAAC women’s title this season in a preseason poll voted on by the league’s 10 head coaches.
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New Mexico favored to win fourth straight MPSF title
New Mexico tops the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) preseason poll for the fifth consecutive year, garnering five of the six top votes and 25 points.
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NCAA Division 1 Men & Women Coaching Changes
[MAKING A LIST] Doug Hill, who has spent 13 seasons at Air Force, including last year as associate head coach, was named head coach of the Falcon men’s program, replacing Louis Sagastume, who retired earlier this year after 28 seasons as head coach at Air Force. Joseph E. Okoh, formerly the head coach at D2 Shepherd, is the new head coach at Howard, replacing Keith Tucker, who spent 26 years with the Bison. Duquesne women’s coach James Walker left to become a men’s assistant at Penn State. For all 2007 Division I coaching changes …
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Santa Clara is WCC men’s preseason favorite
The Santa Clara was selected as the preseason favorite to capture its second straight West Coast Conference title, edging out San Francisco for the first-place spot in the 2007 WCC preseason coaches poll.
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UConn and St. John’s picked to win Big East men’s divisional titles
Connecticut and St. John’s have been picked to capture the 2007 Big East men’s regular-season divisional titles in a vote by the league’s 16 head coaches.
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What They’re Saying
“I don’t see any evidence that they have ripped up the old traditions or that they are riding roughshod over the rule book.”
— English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore on the influx of foreign owners — notably Americans at Manchester United, Aston Villa and Liverpool — who he says has brought a new professionalism to the Premier League. (AP)
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Soccer on TV
The Bundesliga kicks off on Friday with 2006-07 champion Stuttgart hosting runner-up Schalke. Defending English Premier League champion Manchester United begins its title defense on Sunday against Reading.
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Brazil recalls Ronaldinho and Kaka for Algeria game
Brazil stars Ronaldinho and Kaka, who skipped the Copa America, were recalled by Brazil on Tuesday for its friendly against Algeria on Aug. 22 in Montpellier, France.
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Colorado Rapids humiliated by Seattle Sounders in Open Cup
[VIDEO] The Seattle Sounders handed MLS’s Colorado Rapids the worst defeat any MLS team has ever suffered in the U.S. Open Cup against any opposition when the USL First Division club won, 5-0, in quarterfinal action on Tuesday night. The historic victory gave USL two semifinalists for only the second time in the history of the tournament as the expansion Carolina RailHawks defeated the defending USL Second Division champion Richmond Kickers, 1-0.
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Ellinger resigns at Real Salt Lake
Not surprisingly, former RSL coach John Ellinger has resigned, effective Aug. 18.
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No-show watch in D.C.
D.C. United has announced Thursday’s game against the Galaxy — to be televised on ESPN2 — is a sellout. Now, how many of those 45,000 tickets will actually be used, with the prospect likely David Beckham will sit this one out as well, and how vitriolic will be the fans who do show up? Boos rained down on Becks at BMO Field in Toronto Sunday as he sat on the bench during a 0-0 tie, which was also nationally televised, but still the place was packed.