Messi's 'crazy ideas' make many goals

by Mike Woitalla

[BARCELONA-MAN UNITED] If Barcelona beats Manchester United on Saturday (TV: Fox, 2:45 pm ET kickoff), Lionel Messi says he won't care whether he scores or not. But the odds are pretty good that the Argentine will hit the net. And while statistics don't come close to telling the whole story ... Read the whole story

Future is now for 'Chicharito'

by Paul Kennedy

[BARCELONA-MAN UNITED] How popular is Javier Hernandez in Mexico? Television giant Televisa will delay its broadcast of Mexico's match against Ecuador in Seattle Saturday afternoon so it can show the UEFA Champions League final between Barcelona and Chicharito's Manchester United. Read the whole story

What They're Saying

by Soccer America

"There is a weakness in the European trophies we've won and I hope we can make that better."-- Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson. Man United has won a record 19 English league titles and but is aiming for only its fourth European Cup/Champions League crown on Saturday when it faces ... Read the whole story

Barcelona-Manchester United on the air

by Soccer America

[TELEVISION GUIDE] Fox Sports will pull out all the stops for its coverage of the UEFA Champions League final from Wembley, beginning at 2 pm ET on Fox. Read the whole story

One-cap Wondo brings lots of MLS goals to U.S. cause

by Ridge Mahoney

[U.S. SOCCER] Of the 23 players named by Coach Bob Bradley for a friendly against Spain and the Concacaf Gold Cup in June, only one has one cap. That would be San Jose attacker Chris Wondolowski, the 2010 MLS Golden Boot winner who played his first international match earlier this ... Read the whole story

MLS this week ...

by Soccer America

[DATEBOOK] The Vancouver Whitecaps will play their first game under new coach Tom Soehn on Wednesday when they travel to Chivas USA. For all the action ... Read the whole story

FIFA in crisis, Day 2

by Soccer America

[UPDATE] A day after the sensational news that American Chuck Blazer accused his longtime Concacaf colleague Jack Warner and Mohamed bin Hammam of a bribery scheme to win the votes of Caribbean members in bin Hammam's bid to unseat Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, more details emerged about the meeting ... Read the whole story

Adu's Rizespor stays down

by Soccer America

[AMERICANS ABROAD] The bid of Freddy Adu's Rizespor to earn promotion to the top flight of Turkish soccer ended on Thursday when it tied Oduspor, 3-3, losing the promotion playoff series, 7-3 on aggregate. Read the whole story

Americans tie, lose in Lisbon

by Soccer America

[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] The United States tied the Netherlands, 1-1, and lost to host Portugal, 1-0, on a late goal in its first two games at the Lisbon International Tournament for under-18 national teams. Read the whole story

American soccer this week ...

by Soccer America

[SCOREBOARD] The Puerto Rico Islanders won a second straight CFU Club Champions Cup, getting a pair of goals from Jonathan Fana in overtime to beat Tempete FC of Haiti, 3-1, in the final. The Carolina RailHawks defeated the Atlanta Silverbacks, 2-0, to win their fifth straight game and extend their ... Read the whole story

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