When he came to Los Angeles, David Beckham was supposed to push the MLS to new heights. “In his two years with the Galaxy he has successfully sold jerseys and served as celebrity eye candy, but the soccer story has been an epic disaster, from the his injury-plagued season in ’07 through a loss-filled campaign […]
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Germany Benefits From New International Identity
Germany's national teams are on the rise at all levels of European youth soccer. On Monday, when Germany trounced England, 4-0, in the final of the European Under-21 Championship, it completed a unique triple. Germany holds the European titles at the U-17, U-19 and U-21 age groups. This success, in part, stems from multiculturalism and […]
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Soccer America Classifieds
Welcome to Soccer America Classifieds, Soccer America’s email newsletter connecting soccer companies and organizations to Soccer America members each week. Soccer America Classifieds feature soccer classified advertisements on the latest soccer job openings, soccer products and soccer opportunities. Read Soccer America Classifieds each Wednesday.
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Nearly 4 million watched USA-Brazil on ESPN
[TV WATCH] The USA’s 3-2 Confederations Cup final loss to Brazil was watched on ESPN by 3.9 million people, making it the most-viewed non-World Cup game for the U.S. national team on ESPN. The figure doesn’t include viewers who watched Spanish-language Univision’s broadcast of the game.
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ESPN has big plans for South Africa
[WORLD CUP 2010] Indicative of the importance it places on the World Cup, ESPN will be sending a trio of top-tier ESPN hosts, Chris Fowler, Bob Ley and Mike Tirico to serve as on-site studio hosts from Johannesburg for next year’s World Cup.
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What They’re Saying
“It will be a privilege to play alongside him. There won’t be any rivalry with Cristiano [Ronaldo]. We are compatible on and off the field. We are experienced players and there is no room for jealousy.”
— Brazilian star Kaka after his “official presentation” to Real Madrid’s fans, 50,000 of which came the Bernabeu Stadium ceremony to greet the man its club paid AC Milan for $92 million. Real paid $131 million for Ronaldo. (Reuters)
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Rhinos knock off Crew on penalties
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Rochester advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup Tuesday by beating Columbus, 5-3, in a shootout following a 1-1 tie through 120 minutes of regulation play and overtime.
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Depleted New England falls to USL-2’s Harrisburg
[U.S. OPEN CUP] They dressed only 15 players and incredibly ended the match with just eight on the field, yet still the New England Revs battled into overtime before losing, 2-1, to Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) in the U.S. Open Cup Tuesday in New Britian, Conn. The Revs were one of four MLS teams eliminated by lower-division clubs in the six round of 16 games played on Tuesday.
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Stubborn Barons succumb to late United goals
[U.S. OPEN CUP] D.C. United fielded many of its reserves for a U.S. Open Cup match against the PDL (fourth-tier) Ocean City Barons, and encountered enough resistance that it needed one of its veterans to supply the breakthrough.
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Kansas City prevails in penalty fest
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Penalties abounded as Kansas City outlasted Minnesota, 4-2, in a shootout following a 3-3 tie in regulation and overtime to win their U.S. Open Cup round of 16 match in Blaine, Minn.
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Battery adds another MLS scalp with 3-1 win
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Former Red Bull Randi Patterson scored two of the goals as the USL-1 Charleston Battery added another MLS team to its list of U.S. Open Cup victims by beating Chivas USA, 3-1, Tuesday at Blackbaud Stadium in round of 16 play.
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Hammerheads come down on Fire, 1-0
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Four-time U.S. Open Cup champion Chicago didn’t get past the round of 16 this time around.
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Upsets Aplenty
[U.S. OPEN CUP SCOREBOARD] Four MLS clubs were toppled by lower-division clubs in round of 16 play on Tuesday.
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Argentinian Villa to Join Cruz Azul
Argentine striker Emmanuel Villa is joining Cruz Azul from English Championship club Derby County, the Mexican club said on Monday. "We have reached an agreement with Derby County of England for the transfer of Emmanuel Villa, who will arrive (in Mexico) on Tuesday to undergo a medical and sign a contract," Cruz Azul said in […]
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American Keeper Cervi Completes Move to Celtic, Finally
So who is the first American to complete a move to Europe this summer? No, not any of the Confederations Cup players. Try goalkeeper Dominic Cervi, who finally received his Italian passport and is finalizing his long-awaited move to Scottish powerhouse Glasgow Celtic. The former Chicago Fire draft pick had been waiting for a year […]
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Revelatory Striker Grafite to Stay at Wolfsburg
Brazilian striker Grafite has agreed to extend his contract with German champion Wolfsburg until 2012. Grafite, the leading scorer in the Bundesliga last season, scored 28 goals. Grafite formed a strike partnership with Edin Dzeko that produced a total of 54 goals, making them the most prolific partnership in Bundesliga's history. Wolfsburg coach Armin Veh […]
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Southampton Left Without Owner
The gloom at Southampton deepened today when the Pinnacle group, the consortium fronted by Matthew Le Tissier, formally withdrew from the race to take over the stricken League One club, leaving the administrator, Mark Fry, left to scrutinize two bids from abroad as he desperately seeks new owners. "It is with great regret and frustration […]
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Soccer-based Film Festival Opens in New York
The first film festival in the United States dedicated to soccer movies, the Kicking and Screening International Soccer Film Festival, will unspool at five locations July 14-18 across New York City. "Soccer and film are passions – they crystallize things and make us feel," said one of the event's founders, Rachel Markus. "When we watch […]
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U.S. Open Cup Brings Rivalries and Underdogs to Fore
One of the biggest rivalries in American soccer will be rekindled as longtime foes Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders FC highlight the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. In their first meeting since Seattle's "promotion" to MLS, the high-flying Sounders will travel to PGE Park to take on a Timbers team that […]
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Mexican-American Castillo Says He Would Play for USA
The United States national team just might get back one that got away. New Mexico native Edgar Castillo, who seemed unlikely to ever play for the country of his birth after representing Mexico's Under-23 team in Olympic qualifying, said recently he'd be willing to take advantage of a new FIFA rule allowing players cap-tied at […]
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Dynamic Donovan Drove USA
After watching him work and sweat and dart and chase and tackle and fight and pass and score in five Confederation Cup games, I have to say Landon Donovan didn’t surprise me.
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Gold Cup alters MLS action in July
[MLS] To the rigors of travel and summer heat comes the biennial player drain known as the Concacaf Gold Cup. Numerous changes to the Gold Cup rosters altered yet again the options and choices for MLS coaches.
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Gay ref fights for job in Turkey
[REF WATCH] Veteran referee Halil Ibrahim Dincdag has sued the Turkish soccer federation after it did not renew his license because he is gay. “They thought I was an ant that they could crush, they thought I would run away and hide in a corner,” Halil Ibrahim Dincdag said. “But they have destroyed my life and I will fight them to the end.”
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Germany routs England for triple youth crowns
[U-21 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP] Germany, winner of the most recent U-17 and U-19 European titles, made it a triple by routing England, 4-0, in the U-21 final in Sweden. The Germans got a pair of goals from Bayern Munich’s Sandro Wagner and one apiece from Werder Bremen’s Mesut Ozil, the man of the match, and Bayer Leverkusen’s Gonzalo Castro.
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Revs and Fire set for semifinal showdown
[SUPERLIGA] Frequent playoff opponents New England and Chicago are set for a SuperLiga semifinal meeting following the conclusion of group play last weekend. Kenny Mansally‘s goal Sunday at Gillette Stadium carried the Revs to a 1-0 win over Altas, which hit the woodwork twice in the second half but finished the tournament without a goal and with a record of 0-1-2.