The acquisition of Freddy Adu from D.C. United has certainly been a marketing coup for Real Salt Lake, but now, with the season opener less than a week away, comes the answer to the real question: How good is Freddy? Good enough to change RSL’s fortunes this season? His teammates have no doubt. “He’s […]
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2. HIGHLIGHT & MAGAZINE SHOWS: A Sampling
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHT/NEWS SHOWS FOX SOCCER SHOW Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 10 pm ETFOX SPORTS NOTICIAS Fox Sports en Espanol Monday-Friday, 2 pm ET SKY SPORTS NEWS Fox Soccer Channel Monday-Sunday, 7 pm ET GOL TV NEWS Gol TV Monday-Friday, 7 pm ET A TODO GOAL (Goals from around the world) Gol TV Sunday, 11:30 pm […]
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1. GAMES: Live and same-day delay on national TV
(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings and soccerTV.com) MONDAY, April 2 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL England ASTON VILLA-EVERTON (live), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Engalnd ASTON VILLA-EVERTON (live), 3 pm. TUESDAY, April 3 ESPN2 European Champions League PSV-LIVERPOOL, Quarterfinals, 1st Leg (live), 2:30 pm. ESPN […]
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REPORT: Arena and Donovan to be united at Barca …
… April Fools! The web was littered with April Fool's stories on Sunday. One concerned Barcelona, which has struggled this season after winning La Liga and the UEFA Champions League in 2006, and the future of its Dutch coach, Frank Rijkaard. The web site goal.comreported Sunday that Barca would replace Rijkaard with Bruce Arena next […]
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MLS COUNTDOWN: Chicago banks on Blanco
By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor There were very few people in Mexican soccer who felt Cuauhtemoc Blanco didn't deserve to be on Mexico's 2006 World Cup squad. Unfortunately for Blanco, one of them was Mexico coach Ricardo La Volpe, who took a lot of heat for leaving one of the greatest scorers in Mexican history […]
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7. REPORT: Arena and Donovan to be united at Barca …
… April Fools! The web was littered with April Fool’s stories on Sunday. One concerned Barcelona, which has struggled this season after winning La Liga and the UEFA Champions League in 2006, and the future of its Dutch coach, Frank Rijkaard. The web site goal.com reported Sunday that Barca would replace Rijkaard with Bruce Arena […]
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6. SPAIN: Ronaldinho happy at Barcelona
Ronaldinho says he wants to stay at Barcelona, and he played like he meant it, leading the Catalan club to a 2-1 victory Saturday over Deportivo Coruna that moved it two points ahead of Sevilla in the race for La Liga title. There has been extensive speculation that the Brazilian star was unhappy at Barca […]
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8. WORLD: United and Chelsea survive scares
Both Manchester United and Chelsea got scares before winning on Saturday and remain separated by six points at the top of the English Premier League. United was trailing 1-0 at halftime against Blackburn Rovers before goals from Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sealed a 4-1 win. Chelsea kicked off later […]
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4. MAKING A LIST: World’s most valuable clubs
Manchester United is the most valuable club in the world, according to the latest valuations by Forbes Magazine. United isn’t just the most valuable soccer club, but it’s the most valuable club in any sport, edging the NFL’s Washington Redskins, who were valued at $1.423 billion in 2006. (Other 2006 U.S. sports leaders: MLB’s New […]
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3. MLS COUNTDOWN: Chicago banks on Blanco
By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor There were very few people in Mexican soccer who felt Cuauhtemoc Blanco didn’t deserve to be on Mexico’s 2006 World Cup squad. Unfortunately for Blanco, one of them was Mexico coach Ricardo La Volpe, who took a lot of heat for leaving one of the greatest scorers in Mexican history […]
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2. MLS WEEKEND: Houston takes Challenge Cup
By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor The MLS Preseason, also known as the Time of Posturing and Prognosticating, is over. Let the real games begin. D.C. and Houston won’t have to wait until next weekend for their liberal doses of reality. They play away to CD Guadalajara (Tuesday) and Pachuca (Thursday), respectively, in the second legs […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“Over here no one has really heard of my dad, it is great. Some people know the players who are playing in the Premiership now, but older ones like my dad, the people who we would regard as legends, they have never heard of. It is just a totally different life for me. No one […]
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5. AMERICANS ABROAD: Another setback for Keller
Eintracht Frankfurt, the kind of opponent Kasey Keller and Borussia Moenchengladbach really can’t afford to drop points against, tied last-place Gladbach, 1-1. Keller was beaten by an 11th minute header. With seven games left in the season, Gladbach is in last last place, five points deep in the relegation zone. Also in Germany, Steve Cherundolo […]
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7. BLOG: Harvard goes Brazilian
Harvard men’s team embarked on an eight-day journey to Brazil that saw the Crimson play a number of exhibition matches in addition to sightseeing and watching a number of pro matches. Results this week included a 3-3 tie with Botafogo’s U-21 team and a 1-1 tie with Santa Cruz’s U-21s. John Stamatis and other Crimson […]
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4. COACHING CHANGES: NCAA D1 Men & Women
NCAA DIVISION I MEN COLLEGE … OLD COACH … NEW COACH CHARLOTTE John Tart… Jeremy Gunn (Ft. Lewis coach) DENVER Chad Ashton (D.C. United assistant) … Bobby Muuss (Wake Forest assistant) HIGH POINT Peter Broadley … Dustin Fonder (Elon assistant) HOWARD Keith Tucker … TBA IPFW Terry Stefankiewicz … Mike Harper (IPFW assistant) MAINE Travers […]
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6. ABROAD: Holopainen leaves Creighton for Finnish club
After one season at Creighton, Pietari Holopainen has left to sign a two-year contract with FC Haka in his native Finland. Holopainen, a second-team all-Missouri Valley selection, led the Bluejays with six assists while playing all over the field last fall. “Creighton was a wonderful experience for me as a student and as a player,” […]
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3. HOUSTON: Former U.S. standout Bush promoted
Former U.S. international Susan Bush has been named the women’s head coach at the University of Houston, replacing Bill Solberg, who resigned to accept a position with FC Milwaukee. Bush, the third head coach in program history, had spent the previous two years as Houston’s top assistant and recruiting coordinator. She was once considered one […]
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1. JC women’s coach charged on sex charges
Komi Afeto, the women’s coach at NJCAA school Suffolk (N.Y.) Community College women’s soccer coach, was arrested Wednesday and arraigned on Thursday for having what police called “a sexual relationship” with a 15-year-old girl, according to newsday.com. Afeto, a native of Togo who played at Dowling, was charged with one count of third-degree criminal sexual […]
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5. U-20 WOMEN: USA goes 1-1-1 against college powers
The U.S. under-20 women’s national team, which was dominated by collegians and high school seniors, recently completely a six-game camp in College Station, Texas, and played three games against college opposition, all 2006 NCAA Tournament teams. For the second year in a row, BYU beat the U-20s. Katie Fellows scored twice to give the Cougars […]
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2. RECRUITING: UNC lands Cameron Brown
Cameron Brown, one of the nation’s top young midfield prospects, heads North Carolina’s 2007 recruits. Brown, who spent time last year with the U.S. under-20 national team, has starred for Texas club Solar, where he is the career leading scorer with 154 goals and 275 assists for the three-time national runners-up. Also signed by UNC […]
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Overlooked at Home, Ferrari Finds Home in Italy
Sampdoria’s young American striker, Gabriel Ferrari, has been absolutely on fire since Thomas Rongen called him up for the U.S. U-20 men’s national team. The 18-year old Manhattan native scored twice in his debut for the U-20s, a 3-2 win over SMU, before notching the game-winner against the Haitian national team at Pizza Hut Park […]
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Man United, Ronaldinho Top Forbes’ Rich List
Manchester United has regained its stature as the most valuable team in soccer, while Ronaldinho displaced David Beckham as game’s richest player, according to an annual report compiled by Forbes. United is actually the world’s fourth-highest earner in terms of revenue at $310 million, but the American business magazine pegs its worth at $1.453 billion. […]
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England Players Deserve What They Get
England fans booed their own of the field as the Lions walked off the field at halftime with the score tied 0-0 against the tiny, tiny nation of Andorra (whose population is about the size of Wembley Stadium). A harsh reaction, perhaps, especially since the team eventually churned out a 3-0 victory, but the Guardian’s […]
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International Break ‘Mixed Bag’ for the Americans
FIFA.com profiles the U.S. national team, giving a somewhat stern review of interim head coach Bob Bradley, who’s steered the men’s national team to a 3-0-1 record in his first four games in charge. Despite USA’s poor World Cup, it was never going to be easy for Bradley to repeat the feats achieved by former […]
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ESPN Launches MLS Campaign
ESPN this week has launched a new marketing effort to promote its coverage of Major League Soccer, Brandweek reports. The campaign, “You are a fan. You just don’t know it yet,” spans TV, print and radio, but the ads will only be shown on Walt Disney Co.-owned properties including all ESPN networks and ABC. Coverage […]