Young Texans shine in Mexican playoffs

by Mike Woitalla

[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. national team midfielder Jose Francisco Torres scored the second goal in Pachuca's 3-1 win at Jaguares in the first leg of their quarterfinal clash on Thursday. Another young Texan, Marco Vidal, helped Indios upset Toluca, 1-0. And Ramon Nunez, a Honduras native who was raised in Dallas, ... Read the whole story

What They're Saying

by Soccer America

"He's been feeling his groin for a week now." -- Newcastle coach Alan Shearer explains why forward Obafemi Martins was out of action. (BBC) Read the whole story

Toronto can douse the Fire

by Ridge Mahoney

[MLS PREDICTIONS] San Jose, stuck near the bottom of the overall standings at 1-5-2, takes its turn as the bye team during a week that features a matchup of conference leaders (Chivas USA vs. D.C. United), followed by defending champion Columbus at Los Angeles the following day at Home Depot ... Read the whole story

Week 8: Sol and Sky Blue debut on Universal Sports

by Paul Kennedy

[WPS] The WPS weekend kicks off with the Los Angeles Sol and Sky Blue FC in the first Friday night game and the first WPS game broadcast on Universal Sports. For a look at all the weekend WPS action ... Read the whole story

MLS teams set to face Mexican opponents

by Paul Kennedy

[SUPERLIGA] The 2009 SuperLiga competition between MLS clubs Chicago, New England, Chivas USA and Kansas City, the four 2008 playoff teams not entered in the 2009 Concacaf Champions League, and four Mexico teams will begin June 20-29 with the group stage. The competition, which concludes with the semifinals on July ... Read the whole story

Poor economy dooms charity match

by Paul Kennedy

[SIGN OF THE TIMES] The "All-Stars for Hope" charity match scheduled for June 14 at Giants Stadium was scrapped because of the lack of corporate sponsors. "The current economic situation has brought down all of our hopes to organize what should have been one of the greatest soccer games in ... Read the whole story

Hopes alive for Whitbread & Millwall

by Soccer America

[AMERICANS ABROAD] English second division club Reading, whose goalkeeper is American Marcus Hahnemann, saw its quest to return to the English Premier League dashed on Tuesday with a 2-0 loss to Burnley in the promotion playoffs. But defender Zack Whitbread's hopes of moving up the ladder, from the third to ... Read the whole story

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