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Denver Post
There was a spring in the step of the Colorado Rapids' players at training Wednesday following the "mutually amicable agreement" that lead to the departure of coach Fernando Clavijo, reports Brian Forbes. With interim coach Gary Smith in charge, the players "were physical, competitive and vocal." "I've been in the ...
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USSoccer.com
The USA's World Cup semifinal qualifying round victory Wednesday will take no awards for beauty, but the result and the three points will more than compensate for the beautiful game's absence in Guatemala City. All the talk post-game was about hard work and cohesiveness. "We knew it wasn't going to ...
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Toronto Sun
While Jamaicans were celebrating Usain Bolt's sprint gold medals at the Olympics, its soccer players embarked upon the semifinal stage of the country's World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-1 tie in Canada. "We proved that [Jamaicans] are not only good at the 100 and 200 meters but at [soccer] ...
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Boston Herald
New England Revolution goalkeeper Doug Warren has been waiting a long time. Not just to get some Major League Soccer playing time ahead of first choice keeper Matt Reis, but to record an MLS win too. Keeping sticks for the Revs Wednesday in a 2-1 win over D.C. United, he ...
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Houston Chronicle
"They are hot. They are healthy. They are rolling. They're all that and then some," writes Bernardo Fallas after watching the Houston Dynamo crush injury-hit Chivas USA with four first-half goals. Recent signing Kei Kamara scored twice "in what turned out to be a 4-0 rout of a Chivas USA ...
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Mirror
Benched Fulham striker Eddie Johnson is to go on loan to Championship side Cardiff City for a year.
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Independent
Georgia may be embroiled in a violent geo-political conflict with Russia, but at least its soccer side managed a win, albeit against a struggling Wales team in an exhibition game.
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Sky Sports.com
England struggled to snatch a tie in a friendly at home to the Czech Republic, but the eternally optimistic David Beckham believes his country is building up well to the start of World Cup qualifying. "You've got to believe it," he said. Indeed you do.
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