U.S. Player Ratings: Howard, Holden and Jones head class

by Ridge Mahoney

[USA-POLAND REPORT CARD] Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney grades and critiques the U.S. players' performances in their 2-2 tie with Poland on Saturday. ... Read the whole story

What They're Saying

by Soccer America

"I was happy, but I made a spontaneous decision not to overdo the celebrations out of respect for the land of my forefathers." -- German playmaker Mesut Ozil, who is of Turkish descent and was booed during Germany's 3-0 win over Turkey in Berlin, where the crowd of 74,000 included ... Read the whole story

The Quakes clinch; only one playoff spot up for grabs

by Ridge Mahoney

[MLS] Only one more playoff spot is yet to be claimed after Seattle and San Jose clinched by winning on the road. Los Angeles beat Philadelphia to widen its lead atop the overall standings, and the Crew lost in Chicago to fall further behind New York in the Eastern Conference ... Read the whole story

American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend

by Soccer America

Charlie Davies started his first game for the Sochaux "B" team in six weeks, contributing an assist in its 2-0 win over the Auxerre "B" team in France's CFA (fourth level). Babajide Ogunbiyi scored for Danish club Viborg FF in its 3-0 win over Bronshoj. For the weekend action ... Read the whole story

Vancouver eliminates Portland

by Soccer America

[D-2 PRO LEAGUE] The Vancouver Whitecaps won the series between future MLS teams when they held on to defeat the Portland Timbers, 2-1, on aggregate despite losing Sunday's second leg, 1-0, before 4,884 fans at the University of Portland's Merlo Field. Read the whole story

Egypt, Algeria and Nigeria fall

by Paul Kennedy

[AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFYING] Egypt, winner of the last three African Cup of Nations, and 2010 World Cup finalists Algeria and Nigeria were all upset in qualifying for the 2012 African Cup of Nations to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The other three 2010 World Cup finalists ... Read the whole story

Kick the flag

by Soccer America

[VIDEO PICK] The flagpole prevents Northern Ireland midfielder Steven Davis from pulling off a quick corner kick against Italy ... Read the whole story

Soccer America Men's Top 25 Scoreboard

by Soccer America

[RESULTS] Corey Hertzog scored his 11th goal of the season to lead Penn State to a 2-1 win over No. 8 Michigan State. Northwestern knocked off No. 18 Ohio State by the same score in another Big Ten match. For the weekend Top 25 action ... Read the whole story

Soccer America Women's Top 25 Scoreboard

by Soccer America

[RESULTS] Boston College fell to unranked Virginia Tech, 2-1, at home for its third straight loss. USC beat California, 5-4, in overtime in a match that saw Elizabeth Eddy for USC and U.S. international Alex Morgan for Cal get hat tricks. For the weekend Top 25 action ... Read the whole story

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