Iranian businessman Kia Joorabchian has competition in his bid to takeover West Ham United. According to The Daily Telegraph, Iceland’s UEFA executive committee member, Eggert Magnusson, is heading a bid that values the club at $140 million. : “We are at the very beginning, we have shown an interest but there is some way to […]
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AEG to Sell D.C. United for $33 Million
Anschutz Entertainment Group is reportedly close to selling Major League Soccer club D.C. United to Durham, N.C.-based Blue Devil Ventures. Brian Davis, managing partner of the VC firm, said a deal would be announced later this month that the team would be sold for $33 million. D.C. United has been on the block for nearly […]
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Q&A with Reading’s Bobby Convey
Bobby Convey and Reading Football Club are off to a fantastic start to their first season in England’s Premiership. After seven games, Reading sits a comfortable seventh in the standings, 11 places above the relegation zone. Both Convey and U.S. national teammate Marcus Hahnemann, have started each of the Royals’ seven opening games. In an […]
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EURO 2008 QUALIFYING: Wednesday six pack
Several of Wednesday's European Championship qualifiers are available on U.S. TV and closed-circuit: CROATIA-ENGLAND. England hopes to rebound off last weekend's embarrassing 0-0 tie with Macedonia in Manchester when it faces Croatia, which is undefeated in qualifiers since gaining independence from Yugoslavia. England has not conceded a goal in four games but Coach Steve McClaren […]
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3. MLS: Chris Albright and the Los Angeles collapse
The Los Angeles Galaxy’s last two games encapsulated the 2006 season for the last year’s championship team and several of its players, notably outside back Chris Albright. In a 3-0 thumping of Chivas USA Sept. 30 that kept the Galaxy’s playoff hopes alive, Albright set up two of the goals. His storming run up the […]
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2. EURO 2008 QUALIFYING: Wednesday six pack
Several of Wednesday’s European Championship qualifiers are available on U.S. TV and closed-circuit: CROATIA-ENGLAND. England hopes to rebound off last weekend’s embarrassing 0-0 tie with Macedonia in Manchester when it faces Croatia, which is undefeated in qualifiers since gaining independence from Yugoslavia. England has not conceded a goal in four games but Coach Steve McClaren […]
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1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
"It was a right kerfuffle, and it wasn’t only the Blackburn supporters – the Chelsea fans were just as upset with the ref’s decisions." — Marek Walsh, spokesman of the Blackburn Rovers Ladies, after police were called to their game last weekend to protect referee Ross Joyce, whose two red cards to Rovers Ladies in […]
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PROGRAMS: ETSU to add men's soccer
East Tennessee State will add a men's soccer program starting in 2008. ETSU, in its second year as a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference since moving from the Southern Conference, hopes to have a club program in place for the 2007 season. The construction of a new soccer complex is part of a $104 […]
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AWARDS: Notre Dame players again sweep honors
For the second time this season, Notre Dame players swept Soccer America Player of the Week honors. Irish forward Joseph Lapira, the Men's Player of the Week, ran his streak of games with two goals to five with a pair of goals in the wins over Michigan (2-0) and Georgetown (4-1). The Lake Charles, La., […]
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Campbell upsets No. 3 North Carolina
Campbell handed No. 3 North Carolina its first non-conference loss in the regular season in more than two years with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday night. The Tar Heels dominated play, outshooting the Camels, 17-4, but they were done in by an own goal in the 75th minute. The own goal came on a corner […]
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4. PROGRAMS: ETSU to add men’s soccer
East Tennessee State will add a men’s soccer program starting in 2008. ETSU, in its second year as a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference since moving from the Southern Conference, hopes to have a club program in place for the 2007 season. The construction of a new soccer complex is part of a $104 […]
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3. TV PREVIEW: Wake and Duke face must-win game
There aren’t many ACC women’s soccer matches of scant importance, not when North Carolina and Florida State are locks to be highly ranked by the NCAA tournament selection committee and the other nine conference members are just hoping to get a bid. The Wake Forest-Duke tussle on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel) in […]
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2. AWARDS: Notre Dame players again sweep honors
For the second time this season, Notre Dame players swept Soccer America Player of the Week honors. Irish forward Joseph Lapira, the Men’s Player of the Week, ran his streak of games with two goals to five with a pair of goals in the wins over Michigan (2-0) and Georgetown (4-1). The Lake Charles, La., […]
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1. Campbell upsets No. 3 North Carolina
Campbell handed No. 3 North Carolina its first non-conference loss in the regular season in more than two years with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday night. The Tar Heels dominated play, outshooting the Camels, 17-4, but they were done in by an own goal in the 75th minute. The own goal came on a corner […]
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Shearer Backs McClaren, England
Former England captain Alan Shearer says it’s too early to take the knives out for Steve McClaren after two poor performances from England. The England coach has come under pressure since the Three Lions drew, 0-0, at home to lowly Macedonia, a team they barely managed to beat 1-0 in Skopje a month ago. Said […]
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McClaren: ‘English Performance’ Needed Against Croatia
England boss Steve McClaren has hit back at criticism in the British press following Saturday’s unimpressive 0-0 draw with Macedonia at Old Trafford. “We are looking for an English performance, one of pride, passion, attitude and character,” a categorical McClaren told reporters before Wednesday’s qualifier against Croatia. “We have come here to win. We go […]
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Materazzi Pens Joke Book About Zidane Headbutt
Italy defender Marco Materazzi is authoring a book of jokes about the incident that led to France World Cup star Zinedine Zidane headbutting him in the chest in the World Cup final. Zidane’s confrontation with Materazzi was to be the last action of his career, as referee Horatio Elizondo sent him off in last game […]
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Why Beckham Should Join MLS
He’s been dropped from England and he may have to toil away the rest of his days at Real Madrid on the bench, so if David Beckham is going to have to take a paycut to stay at Real while relying on endorsements to fund his rock star lifestyle anyway, why doesn’t he just come […]
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Gulati: MNT List Down to Five
U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati is the man in charge of finding a head coach for the men’s national team. It is his choice, which he tells ESPN Soccernet has been whittled down to five names. Columnist Andrea Canales guesses the remaining candidates are: former Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann, former Argentina coach Jose Pekerman, […]
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WORLD: French-born Higuain is Argentina's newest hotshot
Like David Trezeguet a decade ago, French-born Gonzalo Higuain is making a name for himself in Argentina soccer. Higuain, 18, scored twice for River Plate in its 3-1 win over Boca Juniors Sunday in Argentina's ''Superclasico,'' and River coach Daniel Passarella says his youngster has an enormous future ahead of him. ''I don't know how […]
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SMALL COLLEGES: Roundup
Dowling is the only unbeaten and untied team in the NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division II Men's Top 25. The Golden Lions improved to 13-0-0 and 6-0-0 in the East Coast Conference with a 6-0 win over Molloy. Morten Jensen, a 26-year-old graduate student from Norway, tallied a hat trick to up his total to 17 goals. […]
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LEADING SCORERS: NCAA D1 Men & Women
MEN G PLAYER, SCHOOL, YEAR 17 Joseph Lapira, Notre Dame, Jr. 14 Saidi Isaac, Winthrop, Jr. 13 Joshua Okoampa, Wis.-Green Bay, Sr. 12 Tommy Krizanovic, Jacksonville, Sr. 12 Jarrod Smith, West Virginia, Sr. 12 Charlie Davies, Boston College, Jr. 12 Riley O'Neill, Kentucky, Sr. 11 Steven Holloway, Monmouth, Sr. 11 Jeffrey Gonsalves, Rhode Island, Sr. […]
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INJURY REPORT: Portland's Rapinoe out for season
Portland's Megan Rapinoe, the 2005 Soccer America Freshman of the Year, will miss the remainder of the 2006 season with a torn ACL in her left knee. The injury came less than a week after she scored her first two goals for the U.S. women's national team in a 10-0 win over Chinese Taipei in […]
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COLLEGE PROFILE: Zip McClain does double duty
In the middle of his senior year, Jonathan McClain has suddenly found himself doing double duty for the University of Akron. One of the key defenders on the Zips' soccer team, ranked No. 17 in the latest Soccer America Top 25, McClain has spent the last two weekends also kicking for the Akron football team. […]
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Andrulis transforms streaking George Mason
Former Columbus Crew coach Greg Andrulis has transformed George Mason, the hottest Division I men's team in the country. With 1-0 wins over Delaware and Drexel last weekend, the Patriots ran their winning streak to nine games, the longest in the Division I ranks. After five years as a Crew assistant and five years as […]