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The president of Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv has fined defender Nikolai Domakinov $650 for not congratulating his teammates after a recent win. Dimitar Hristolov was upset that Domakinov, who watched a 3-1 victory over Belasitsa Petrich from the stands because he was sick, left the stadium before the end of the match. That, Hristolov said, […]

Wednesday Games NEW YORK-D.C UNITED TV: 7:30 pm ET on MSG, Direct Kick. Bruce Arena‘s first MLS game as coach of the New York Red Bulls comes against D.C. United, the club he turned into the MLS’s flagship while at its helm during the league’s first three seasons. One of Arena’s first moves in New […]

"But when you see the players’ union numbers and I am not among the highest-paid, it’s frustrating. For me, the most frustrating part is the way everything has been handled. Other players in the league are being paid very good salaries and contracts have been redone in the middle of the season." — New England’s […]

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Rick Davis, the U.S. and NASL star of the late 1970s and early 1980s, has been named acting National Executive Director. Davis, who played for the New York Cosmos and in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, started his youth soccer career with AYSO. Davis, who has served as AYSO’s Director of Programs for the American […]

Botafogo goalkeeper Lopes is expected to be sidelined for at least a month after suffering an injury in Rio de Janeiro’s famous Maracana Stadium – in the locker room. Following their game against Palmeiras on Sunday, Botafogo players struggled to get the hot water to work in the showers. Lopes was then suddenly struck by […]

MLS suspended New England Revolution midfielder Clint Dempsey for two games and fined him $1,000 for violent conduct in the Revolution’s 0-0 tie with Kansas City Aug. 9. Demspey elbowed Wizards defender Jimmy Conrad during an aerial duel. Conrad suffered a broken jaw and is expected to be sidelined for up to six weeks. According […]

The Chicago Fire, whose MLS playoff hopes are in jeopardy following a five-game winless streak, won their U.S. Open Cup round of 16 game, 2-0, over fellow MLS club Kansas City. Rookie Calen Carr and Andy Herron scored for the Fire in front of a Toyota Park crowd of 5,874 in a game postponed from […]

Gregg Berhalter, who joined German Second Division club 1860 Munich in July, has been voted captain of his new club by his teammates after Coach Walter Schachner gave the players a choice between the 33-year-old American and the Lions’ veteran Torben Hoffman, who will serve as vice captain. “I’ve never seen such a close vote […]

“Simply because I corrected a lot of things that were their faults and positioned them pretty good. And they’re going to find out that position isn’t going to be easy to sustain. I took over a mess. And if you ever want to figure out who created that mess, think about that a little bit.” […]