Bob Ganlser, who head coached the U.S. 1990 World Cup team and the 2000 MLS champion Kansas City, will be the assistant coach to Mo Johnston with 2007 MLS expansion club Toronto FC. Johnston was a player on Gansler's Kansas City Wizards. ''I am very excited to be working with Bob again'', said Johnston, a […]
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MLS: Josh Wolff's move to Europe and the appeal of MLS attackers
All of a sudden, it seems, American attackers are drawing attention overseas. U.S. international Josh Wolff has signed with 1860 Munich of the German Second Division following a brief trial, Nate Jaqua has tryouts lined up in several European countries, Edson Buddle is looking for work in Scandanavia, and Clint Dempsey has been courted by […]
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EUROPE: English clubs make history
Manchester United, Arsenal, Porto and Lille grabbed the four remaining spots in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCOREBOARD Wednesday, Dec. 6 Group E Dynamo Kiev 2 (Shatskikh 13, 27) Real Madrid 2 (Ronaldo 86 pen. 88). Lyon 1 (Diarra 12) Steaua Bucharest 1 (Dica 2). Group F FC Copenhagen 3 […]
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4. MLS: Bob Gansler, champion head coach in 2000, to assist in Toronto
Bob Ganlser, who head coached the U.S. 1990 World Cup team and the 2000 MLS champion Kansas City, will be the assistant coach to Mo Johnston with 2007 MLS expansion club Toronto FC. Johnston was a player on Gansler’s Kansas City Wizards. “I am very excited to be working with Bob again”, said Johnston, a […]
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2. MLS: Josh Wolff’s move to Europe and the appeal of MLS attackers
By Ridge Mahoney All of a sudden, it seems, American attackers are drawing attention overseas. U.S. international Josh Wolff has signed with 1860 Munich of the German Second Division following a brief trial, Nate Jaqua has tryouts lined up in several European countries, Edson Buddle is looking for work in Scandanavia, and Clint Dempsey has […]
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3. EUROPE: English clubs make history
Manchester United, Arsenal, Porto and Lille grabbed the four remaining spots in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCOREBOARD Wednesday, Dec. 6 Group E Dynamo Kiev 2 (Shatskikh 13, 27) Real Madrid 2 (Ronaldo 86 pen. 88). Lyon 1 (Diarra 12) Steaua Bucharest 1 (Dica 2). Group F FC Copenhagen 3 […]
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6. HIGH SCHOOL: 2006 NSCAA/adidas Boys All-America Team
Nine repeat selections highlight the 78 players selected to the 2006 NSCAA/adidas Boys High School All-America Team. The players making their second appearance are defender Patrick Sigler (Cardinal Newman HS/Windsor, Calif.); midfielders Ryan Aweida (Broomfield HS, Colo.), Wilber Bonilla (Brentwood HS, N.Y.), Eric Cava (Broadneck HS/Annapolis, Md.), Andrew Duran (Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena, Ill.), Bryan Martinez (West […]
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HIGH SCHOOL: 2006 NSCAA/adidas Boys All-America Team
Nine repeat selections highlight the 78 players selected to the 2006 NSCAA/adidas Boys High School All-America Team. The players making their second appearance are defender Patrick Sigler (Cardinal Newman HS/Windsor, Calif.); midfielders Ryan Aweida (Broomfield HS, Colo.), Wilber Bonilla (Brentwood HS, N.Y.), Eric Cava (Broadneck HS/Annapolis, Md.), Andrew Duran (Lincoln-Way HS/Mokena, Ill.), Bryan Martinez […]
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Gang of four narrows Dallas candidates
The four coaching finalists for the vacant FC Dallas job are being evaluated by an intriguing quartet of executives: Clark Hunt, Dan Hunt and John Wagner of operator-investor Hunt Sports Group, and team president and general manager Michael Hitchcock. Each of them has used 10 criteria to score each candidate on a scale of 1 […]
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Classy Barcelona Glides into Second Round
A classy display from Barcelona that included inspirational performances from Ronaldinho and Eidur Gudjohnsen helped the Catalans top Werder Bremen and move easily into the second round of the UEFA Champions League. It was a decidedly poor performance from the German leader in a game where a draw or a win would have seen it […]
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Inter: Lyon, Chelsea the Teams to Avoid
While there were no upsets in terms of Champions League qualification yesterday, plenty of dangerous teams finished second in their groups, so there will be very few easy-outs for Europe’s top competition resumes in February. Barcelona, Inter Milan, Roma and Real Madrid have all finished second in their respective groups. And if results go their […]
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American Spector Endures Tumultuous Times at West Ham
It certainly hasn’t been the easiest first season for young U.S. international Jonathan Spector at West Ham United. The club has been through a tumultuous year both on and off the field, including an unending series of speculations regarding the club’s acquisition by a foreign outift-a matter that has now been resolved-and the ill-advised, mysterious […]
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Gulati’s Choice May Come Down to Passion
All Andrea Canales of Soccer 365, and perhaps many others in the American soccer press, wants for Christmas is a new U.S. head coach. The hiring (or not) of Juergen Klinsmann has proved to be a great deal more complicated and frustrating than previous reports would have us believe. For one thing, U.S. Soccer President […]
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U.S. Influence Spreads over EPL
The Times Online says that while Sir Alex Ferguson is unlikely to follow up his interest in D.C. United winger Freddy Adu, the two-week trial offered to the youngster signifies “a special relationship” between the pair. At 17, Adu is still an unfinished product, but he still represents one of America’s best hopes of growing […]
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MLS CONFIDENTIAL: Tale of two teams
When Galaxy coach Frank Yallop mentioned during MLS Cup activities last month he wasn't done changing the roster, he wasn't kidding. By trading a pair of two-year players — striker Herculez Gomez and defender Ugo Ihemelu, for eight-year veteran goalkeeper Joe Cannon — Yallop has added an element that was crucial to his winning the […]
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EUROPE: Barca and Roma grab spots in round of 16
Barcelona quickly put to rest about doubts about whether it would become the first defending champion to be eliminated in the group phase of the UEFA Champions League. The Catalan club got goals from Ronaldinho (free kick under the leaping wall) and Eidur Gudjohnsen (header off Ludovic Giuly cross) in the first 19 minutes and […]
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U.S. SOCCER: U-20s prep for qualifying in January
Sometime before Christmas, U.S. Soccer will announce the hiring of Juergen Klinsmann as its national team coach and thus will conclude months of anticlimax. Much federation business has been on hold while President Sunil Gulati and Klinsmann have negotiated, bargained and dickered, but not preparations for the men's under-20 team, which plays its CONCACAF qualifiers […]
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5. OFF THE POST: Poetic inspiration tried Luton
Luton coach Mike Newell, hoping to inspire his struggling team, pinned the famous Rudyard Kipling poem “If” on the locker room wall. “But I don’t think any of the players could make head or tail of it,” he said. “I left it up for an hour but took it down before it got defaced." Striker […]
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3. U.S. SOCCER: U-20s prep for qualifying in January
By Ridge Mahoney Sometime before Christmas, U.S. Soccer will announce the hiring of Juergen Klinsmann as its national team coach and thus will conclude months of anticlimax. Much federation business has been on hold while President Sunil Gulati and Klinsmann have negotiated, bargained and dickered, but not preparations for the men’s under-20 team, which plays […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“He’s [Cristiano Ronaldo] the most fouled player in the country without question. All the statistics are there. What is more serious in our game? Preventing the best players from playing or going on for three days about a dive that wasn’t a dive?” — Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson responds to accusations from Middlesbrough boss […]
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2. EUROPE: Barca and Roma grab spots in round of 16
Barcelona quickly put to rest about doubts about whether it would become the first defending champion to be eliminated in the group phase of the UEFA Champions League. The Catalan club got goals from Ronaldinho (free kick under the leaping wall) and Eidur Gudjohnsen (header off Ludovic Giuly cross) in the first 19 minutes and […]
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Tale of two teams
When Galaxy coach Frank Yallop mentioned during MLS Cup activities last month he wasn’t done changing the roster, he wasn’t kidding. By trading a pair of two-year players — striker Herculez Gomez and defender Ugo Ihemelu, for eight-year veteran goalkeeper Joe Cannon — Yallop has added an element that was crucial to his winning the […]
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4. HIGH SCHOOL: 2006 NSCAA/adidas Girls All-America Team
Nine players repeated as 2006 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School All-Americans, including junior forward Tiffany McCarty (Washington’s St. John’s High School), who earned the award for the second consecutive year. The remaining eight repeaters all are seniors or graduated last spring: midfielders Hannah Cerrone (Ketcham H.S./Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), Bianca D’Agostino (Loomis Chaffee School/Windsor, Conn.), Kate Macauley […]
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HIGH SCHOOL: 2006 NSCAA/adidas Girls All-America Team
Nine players repeated as 2006 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School All-Americans, including junior forward Tiffany McCarty (Washington's St. JohnÆs High School), who earned the award for the second consecutive year. The remaining eight repeaters all are seniors or graduated last spring: midfielders Hannah Cerrone (Ketcham H.S./Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), Bianca DÆAgostino (Loomis Chaffee School/Windsor, Conn.), Kate Macauley […]
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Despite Reports, Klinsmann Not Confirmed as U.S. Coach
In October, U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said that the U.S. would have a national team coach by the end of November. Here we are in the first week of December-with the first U.S. international since the World Cup little more than a month away-, and still no coach. A Fox Soccer report today claimed […]