Missing half of its starting lineup and most of its goalscoring power because of injury, national team duty or suspension, the Columbus Crew relied on reserves against Real Salt Lake. Forwards Jason Garey and Steven Lenhart combined for three goals in a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake that extended the Crew’s home-unbeaten streak to […]
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Costa Rica Cruises Past Guadeloupe in Gold Cup
Alvaro Saborio scored two goals and Costa Rica advanced to the Gold Cup semifinals for the first time since 2003, beating Guadeloupe 5-1 Sunday in the first sporting event played at the new Cowboys Stadium. Costa Rica (2-1-1) will face Mexico in the semifinals. To open the scoring, startlet Celso Borges scored a reverse bicycle […]
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Mexico Coach Watches Team Advance From Stands
With suspended coach Javier Aguirre sitting in the stands, Mexico advanced to the Concacaf Gold Cup semifinals by defeating Haiti 4-0 Sunday night. Controversial callup Miguel Sabah scored two goals. And Giovani Dos Santos had a goal and two assists for Mexico (3-0-1), which has won the Gold Cup four times since its inception in […]
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Galaxy Impresses Against AC Milan
David Beckham didn’t receive a heartwarming homecoming, but he did what he does best in helping the Los Angeles Galaxy tie his former team, AC Milan, 2-2, in Sunday’s spirited exhibition at The Home Depot Center. The 34-year-old Englishman, playing in his first home game since returning from a five-month loan with the Italian powerhouse, […]
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Villarreal Starts Preseason with a 27-0 Bang
Villarreal has begun its Spanish league preparations with a 27-0 victory over third division club Navata in a preseason friendly. New arrival Jonathan Pereiro scored seven goals while strikers Joseba Llorente and Marcos Ruben notched four each. Villarreal finished fifth in La Liga last season and will play in the Europa League – the former […]
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Blanco lights the Fire [VIDEO]
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] Cuauhtemoc Blanco assisted and scored a beauty to keep Chicago in first place in the East. For last weekend’s MLS highlights. …
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What They’re Saying
“Go home fraud” … “23: Repent” … “Hey Becks, Here Before You, Here After You, Here Despite You.”
— Signs Galaxy fans brought to Sunday’s exhibition against AC Milan to greet David Beckham in his return to the Home Depot Center after his loan spell with the Italian team delayed his return to MLS. (AP)
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Gritty Americans prevail in overtime
[GOLD CUP] Fitness and resolve propelled the U.S. through 120 minutes of play and numerous rugged incidents as it defeated Panama, 2-1, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia Saturday night to earn a spot in the Concacaf Gold Cup quarterfinals.
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Beckerman, Holden, Marshall earn top marks
[USA-PANAMA REPORT CARD] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players and comments on their performance in their 2-1 quarterfinal win over Panama in the Gold Cup …
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Hanks scores big goal for new team
[WPS] Kerri Hanks, the 2006 and 2008 Hermann Trophy winner at Notre Dame, scored her first goal since being traded from Saint Louis to Sky Blue, striking in stoppage time to give the New Jersey team a 1-0 win over Chicago and keep it in fourth place. The weekend’s other two games both ended in 1-0 wins for Washington over Saint Louis and Boston over FC Gold Pride.
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MLS Results
Following wins by Chicago, D.C. United and Columbus, New England got a must-win victory in its bid to get back in contention in the Eastern Conference. Sunday’s 2-0 victory over Chivas USA tied Kansas City for fifth place, eight points behind the Fire and seven behind United and the Crew and six behind Toronto. For all the game summaries, conference standings and leading scorers …
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Timbers break unbeaten streak record
[USL-1] The Portland Timbers set a USL First Division record when they beat FC Miami, 3-0, Sunday to extend their unbeaten streak to 16 games, the longest single-season unbeaten streak ever.
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Wambach gets 100th goal in front of hometown fans
[U.S. WOMEN] Abby Wambach scored the 100th goal in her international career to give the USA a 1-0 win over Canada Sunday in her hometown of Rochester, N.Y. She became the fifth American to reach the century mark, joining Mia Hamm (158), Kristine Lilly (129), Michelle Akers (105) and Tiffeny Milbrett (100).
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Friendly draws record Sounders crowd at the Q
[SEATTLE SOUNDERS-CHELSEA] The Seattle Sounders FC, who lead MLS in attendance, drew a crowd of 65,289 fans for Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Chelsea — more than twice as large as they’ve drawn for any MLS game this season.
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Club America wins opener in shootout
[WORLD FOOTBALL CHALLENGE] Club America beat Inter Milan in a shootout after their game finished 1-1 in the opening of the World Football Challenge. The game drew a pro-Club America crowd of 31,026 fans.
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Fans give Beckham hostile reception [VIDEO]
[L.A. GALAXY-AC MILAN] An impressive performance by the Los Angeles in its 2-2 tie with Italian giant AC Milan Sunday was overshadowed by the hostile reception some Galaxy fans gave David Beckham, making his 2009 Galaxy debut at the Home Depot Center. The English star was greeted with boos from some in the capacity crowd of 27,000, became clearly irritated by the reception he got and even confronted some fans.
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Hexagonal trio joins USA in semifinals
[GOLD CUP] Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras, the other three remaining Hexagonal teams in the Gold Cup, joined the USA in the final four. Honduras edged Canada, 1-0, Saturday in Philadelphia, while Mexico and Costa Rica won easily on Sunday before a crowd of 82,252 in the first sporting event at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
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Another Beckham No Show
The latest in the tedious series of non-events that make up David Beckham’s contribution to American soccer took place last week in New Jersey’s Giants Stadium.
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USA rallies to beat Panama
[GOLD CUP] The USA rallied from a goal down to beat Panama, 2-1, in overtime and advance to the semifinals of the Gold Cup against Honduras on Thursday. Kenny Cooper converted the winning penalty kick after he was kicked high in his chest by defender Roman Torres in the area.
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Whistle Blown on Ching’s Tweet
Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ching was fined $500 for a critical message he sent via Twitter during the Dynamo's 2-1 loss to the Seattle Sounders. This message reached an audience of about 1,800 of his Twitter followers: "Ref in Seattle just cheated the dynamo. What a joke. Not even close. Ref is a cheat." Ching […]
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Bring on the Noise in South Africa
FIFA rejected calls to ban the noisy vuvuzela, a plastic trumpet, from the 2010 World Cup. The instrument's incessant drone drew protests at last month's Confederations Cup in South Africa, with broadcasters complaining it was drowning out their commentary and some players saying they could not communicate over it. "That would mean one would have […]
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s High Hopes for World Cup
Archbishop Desmond Tutu believes the 2010 World Cup is a good chance to demonstrate the gains South Africa has made since the end of apartheid. "This thing is as important as Obama getting into the White House," he told reporters Friday at the South African Embassy in the German capital. "For people of color everywhere, […]
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Controversial Rape Case Polarizes Santa Barbara Community
Eric Frimpong left his native Ghana in 2005 to play soccer for UC Santa Barbara; a year later he became a campus hero while leading the Gauchos to their first-ever national championship. But in 2007, just weeks after being selected by the Kansas City Wizards in the MLS draft, he was accused of raping another […]
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This Time, Beckham Gets Booed
David Beckham made his 2009 MLS debut with the Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday at Giants Stadium. Two years ago, he made his wildly celebrated debut in the league, but this time there was no carnival atmosphere, no breathless promotion, none of the hysteria of 2007, when Beckham was portrayed as MLS’s savior. Compared to […]
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Barcelona and Inter to Swap Superstar Strikers
La Liga champion Barcelona has reportedly agreed to pay Inter Milan $56 million for striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a deal that will also send striker Samuel Eto'o and midfielder Aleksandr Hleb to the Serie A champion. According to reports in the Spanish media on Friday the deal was agreed during a dinner meeting between Barcelona […]