USA to get out of first round

by SA Editorial

[WORLD CUP 2010 PREDICTIONS] Soccer America's editors take a look at the eight first-round groups and predict the 16 teams that will advance. There was general consensus on the outcome in most of the groups, including Group C with the USA and England. The notable exception was Group A, where ... Read the whole story

USA-England: crunch for the hottest ticket in South Africa

by Paul Kennedy

[WORLD CUP 2010 COUNTDOWN] The USA-England game on June 12 in Rustenburg will be one of the hottest tickets at the World Cup in Africa. More tickets have been requested from the United States than any country outside South Africa, and England expects to draw on the support of thousands ... Read the whole story

What They're Saying

by Soccer America

"We were locked in the changing rooms for two hours after the game to avoid the protests. There is too much exasperation in Italy, too many interests that force you to look only at the results. It's not fun like this." -- Bepi Pillon, coach of Italian Serie B club ... Read the whole story

Howard the hero with PK stop

by Soccer America

[AMERICANS ABROAD] After Everton came back from a two-goal deficit, goalkeeper Tim Howard saved a stoppage-time penalty kick with his feet to earn the Toffees a 2-2 tie with Tottenham. In Germany, Borussia Moenchengladbach's five-game undefeated streak came to an end but Michael Bradley got an assist in the 2-1 ... Read the whole story

Tevez comes to the aid of Man. United

by Paul Kennedy

[ENGLAND] Carlos Tevez's performance in Manchester City's 2-1 win over Chelsea gave Manchester United fans an opportunity to cheer and despair on Saturday. Tevez's winning goal sent English leader Premier League Chelsea to defeat and reduced its edge over United to two points. But he showed why Alex Ferguson and ... Read the whole story

Cristiano Ronaldo sorry after peculiar outing

by Soccer America

[SPAIN] Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty kick, didn't celebrate a goal by his team, and was red-carded for kicking an opponent. Read the whole story

GA team comes home with two wins

by Ridge Mahoney

[MLS] Patrick Nyarko and Roger Espinoza scored goals and Stefan Frei and Josh Lambo combined for a shutout as the MLS Generation adidas team finished its three-game tour of South Africa Sunday by beating the Ajax Cape Town reserves, 2-0. Read the whole story

Americans earn tie with Brazil

by Paul Kennedy

[U.S. UNDER-17 NATIONAL TEAM] The U.S. under-17 national team recovered from giving up a goal just seconds before halftime to tie Brazil's U-17s, 1-1, Saturday at the 2009 Nike International Friendlies in Phoenix. The new cycle of players played their first international game on Friday, falling to Portugal, 2-1. Read the whole story

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