When play resumes this weekend in Italy’s Serie A, half of the matches will be played in closed stadiums. Giant AC Milan will host Livorno on Sunday (TV: GolTV, delay, 7:30 pm ET) with no one in the 80,000-seat San Siro stadium. Four other Serie A teams will play their home match behind closed doors, […]
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USA-MEXICO ANALYSIS: Americans maintain the edge
By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America in Glendale, Ariz. The players change, the coaches change, the venues change. The result doesn't change. Mexico created more and better chances, again, and again failed to score while losing to the USA, 2-0, before a sellout crowd of 62,462 in the first meeting between the archrivals since […]
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RSL Stadium Bill Expected to Pass
Here’s the latest in the Real Salt Lake stadium saga: as ever, nothing has been finalized, but the Utah State Senate approved legislation in a 20-8 vote that would divert $35 million in hotel taxes to buy land and help build a $110 million soccer stadium in Sandy, the only stadium destination club officials said […]
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Chris Coleman’s Trial By Fire
It’s only natural that many of us have become adopted Fulham fans-or interested in the team at least-now that three of our Americans play an important role at the English Premier League club. Unlike some Brits, who refuse to accept that Americans can play, Fulham manager Chris Coleman has demonstrated his belief that MLS players […]
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Brazilian Soccer’s Two Faces
In Rio de Janeiro these days, more kids playing soccer on the streets wear jerseys sporting the logos of European clubs than those of teams in the Brazilian league, writes SI.com columnist Tim Vickery. What do you pin that on, the game’s globalization or the failure of Brazilian soccer? Vickery, who spends a great deal […]
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Dynamo Pushes Houston Soccer Park
Defending champion Houston Dynamo, like other MLS clubs, is on the prowl for a suitable location on which to build a new practice facility. The Houston Chronicle reports that team officials are interested in renovating Gus Wortham Park, a public golf course situated in a heavily Latino area, into the grounds for a new soccer-oriented […]
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Italian Clubs Praised for Accepting Government Decision
Italians love a good strike, so it might come as a surprise to some that Italian Serie A clubs have unanimously agreed to a court of arbitration ruling that will see the majority shut their doors to fans until new safety conditions have been met. In many cases these conditions are structural and will take […]
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ON THE MOVE: Wake's Muuss lands Denver job
Wake Forest assistant Bobby Muuss has been hired to fill the men's head coaching vacancy at Denver following Chad Ashton's decision to leave Denver to become an assistant at D.C. United. Muuss worked closely the last three years with Demon Deacon goalie Brian Edwards, who set school records with 13 shutouts last season and 31 […]
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U.S. UNDER-20 WOMEN: Frosh stars called into camp
Soccer America first-team All-Freshman picks Kristin Arnold (Texas A&M), Gina DiMartino (Boston College) and Nikki Marshall (Colorado) and second-team selections Emily Beans (Colorado College), Kelly Eagan (Villanova) and Becky Edwards (Florida State) headline the players called into new U.S. under-20 women's national team coach Jillian Ellis' first training camp of the new cycle, running Feb. […]
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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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Cal men and Aggie women headline signees
Wednesday was National Letter of Intent Day, a huge media event in the world of college football, but few men's and women's soccer programs even bothered to make announcements. Of the teams to advance to the final 16 in 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Tournament, only California released its incoming class. Forward Davis Paul of […]
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INTERNATIONAL: BC's Georges to play for World Stars
Boston College senior Laura Georges will play for the FIFA Women's World Stars in an exhibition game against China on April 22 in Wuhan, China. BC's French star was one of 18 international women's stars to be named to the team to play in the showcase event surrounding festivities involved in the final draw of […]
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ITALY: Play to resume conditionally
The Italian soccer federation gave the green light for teams to resume play this weekend after the government approved tough measures to fight violence. All play has been suspended since last Friday following the killing of a policeman in rioting by fans outside the Catania stadium in Sicily during the Serie A match between the […]
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FRIENDLIES: Unimaginative English fall to Spain at home
England struggled again, walking off the Old Trafford field Wednesday night to a chorus of boos from Manchester fans after a 1-0 loss to Spain. Barcelona's Andres Iniesta scored the winner in the 63rd minute to extend England's winless streak to four games. England, which was missing several key players, including Wayne Rooney, rarely threatened […]
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AMERICANS ABROAD: Conor Casey to leave Germany, headed to MLS
American forward Conor Casey, 25, who has been in Germany since 2001, is reportedly leaving First Division club Mainz for MLS. Casey left the University of Portland after his sophomore year in 2000 to sign with First Division club Borussia Dortmund, for whose reserve team he played for in the Third and Fourth divisions before […]
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USA-Mexico REPORT CARD: Conrad, Donovan score highest
By Ridge Mahoney SOCCER AMERICA REPORT CARD (1=low; 5=average; 10-high) RATING PLAYER (CLUB CAPS/GOALS) STARTERS: 6 Tim Howard (Everton ENG 17/0) 4 Chris Albright (Los Angeles 21/1) 8 Jim Conrad (Kansas City 19/1) 6 Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham ENG 43/6) 5 Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA 2/1) 4 Clint Dempsey (Fulham/ENG 24/6) 6 Ricardo Clark (Houston 3/0) […]
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4. U.S. UNDER-20 WOMEN: Frosh stars called into camp
Soccer America first-team All-Freshman picks Kristin Arnold (Texas A&M), Gina DiMartino (Boston College) and Nikki Marshall (Colorado) and second-team selections Emily Beans (Colorado College), Kelly Eagan (Villanova) and Becky Edwards (Florida State) headline the players called into new U.S. under-20 women’s national team coach Jillian Ellis‘ first training camp of the new cycle, running Feb. […]
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3. 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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2. ON THE MOVE: Wake’s Muuss lands Denver job
Wake Forest assistant Bobby Muuss has been hired to fill the men’s head coaching vacancy at Denver following Chad Ashton‘s decision to leave Denver to become an assistant at D.C. United. Muuss worked closely the last three years with Demon Deacon goalie Brian Edwards, who set school records with 13 shutouts last season and 31 […]
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5. INTERNATIONAL: BC’s Georges to play for World Stars
Boston College senior Laura Georges will play for the FIFA Women’s World Stars in an exhibition game against China on April 22 in Wuhan, China. BC’s French star was one of 18 international women’s stars to be named to the team to play in the showcase event surrounding festivities involved in the final draw of […]
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1. Cal men and Aggie women headline signees
Wednesday was National Letter of Intent Day, a huge media event in the world of college football, but few men’s and women’s soccer programs even bothered to make announcements. Of the teams to advance to the final 16 in 2006 NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament, only California released its incoming class. Forward Davis Paul of […]
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2. USA-MEXICO ANALYSIS: Americans maintain the edge
By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America in Glendale, Ariz. The players change, the coaches change, the venues change. The result doesn’t change. Mexico created more and better chances, again, and again failed to score while losing to the USA, 2-0, before a sellout crowd of 62,462 in the first meeting between the archrivals since […]
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3. USA-Mexico REPORT CARD: Conrad, Donovan score highest
By Ridge Mahoney SOCCER AMERICA REPORT CARD (1=low; 5=average; 10-high) RATING PLAYER (CLUB CAPS/GOALS) STARTERS: 6 Tim Howard (Everton ENG 17/0) 4 Chris Albright (Los Angeles 21/1) 8 Jim Conrad (Kansas City 19/1) 6 Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham ENG 43/6) 5 Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA 2/1) 4 Clint Dempsey (Fulham/ENG 24/6) 6 Ricardo Clark (Houston 3/0) […]
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6. AMERICANS ABROAD: Conor Casey to leave Germany, headed to MLS
American forward Conor Casey, 25, who has been in Germany since 2001, is reportedly leaving First Division club Mainz for MLS. Casey left the University of Portland after his sophomore year in 2000 to sign with First Division club Borussia Dortmund, for whose reserve team he played for in the Third and Fourth divisions before […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“The sportsmanship. It’d be nice if more of you guys and the Mexican press talked about it because it’s really poor. They walk off the field and don’t want to shake our hands, don’t want to exchange jerseys. When we lose to them there we shake their hands and say good job, but there’s none […]