Freddy Adu's Impact, a Costly debut & bad streaks

by Ridge Mahoney

[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Freddy Adu's return to MLS leads the five most remarkable points of interest from MLS Week 22 action ... Read the whole story

What They're Saying

by Soccer America

"Fun fact: The vuvuzela is the only musical instrument that when played on Earth can be heard from the moon." -- San Francisco Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler after two Colombian cities banned vuvuzelas during the U-20 World Cup. Read the whole story

Henry pulls ahead

by Mike Woitalla

[MLS GOLEADORES] The Red Bulls' winless streak hit five games but Thierry Henry took the scoring lead with his 12th goal. For video of Henry's strike, and the latest on the Golden Boot race ... Read the whole story

MLS this weekend ...

by Soccer America

[SCOREBOARD] In Sunday's only game, the Houston Dynamo beat the Portland Timbers, 2-1, and moved into a tie for third place with the slumping New York Red Bulls in the Eastern Conference. For all the weekend summaries ... Read the whole story

Edu scores and then gets sent off

by Paul Kennedy

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu, who is rumored to be headed to France, scored in Scottish champion Rangers' 2-0 win over Inverness -- just its second victory in five games -- but was soon thereafter sent off for picking up his second yellow card of the game. Like Timothy Chandler, Edu ... Read the whole story

Goals for Buddle and Rolfe

by Soccer America

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Edson Buddle scored a minute after coming on for FC Ingolstadt in its 1-1 tie with FSV Frankfurt in the Bundesliga 2. Chris Rolfe scored his second goal of the Danish Superligaen season in a 2-1 win over OB. Zak Whitbread made his English Premier League debut as ... Read the whole story

First-year Flash claims top spot

by Paul Kennedy

[WPS] The first-year Western New York Flash won the Women's Professional Soccer's regular-season championship and with it the right to host the league championship game on Aug. 27 at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, N.Y. Both the race for the regular-season title and fourth and final playoff berth went down to ... Read the whole story

American soccer this week ...

by Soccer America

[SCOREBOARD] The Charleston Battery held off a furious comeback bid from the visiting Charlotte Eagles -- two goals in stoppage time -- to win, 4-3, and claim the eighth and final spot in the USL PRO playoffs. For all the weekend action ... Read the whole story

2011 Under-20 World Cup this weekend ...

by Soccer America

[SCOREBOARD] The semifinal pairings at the Under-20 World Cup in Colombia are set: Brazil-Mexico and France-Portugal. Mexico broke the hearts of Colombia fans when it knocked off the hosts, 3-1, thanks to two goals by Edson Rivera in the last half an hour. For the Under-20 World Cup semifinal broadcast ... Read the whole story

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