U.S. U-23 roster is one player short

by Paul Kennedy

[OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN] U.S. under-23 national team head coach Caleb Porter named an initial roster of 19 players who will assemble for training camp Tuesday to begin final preparations for the Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying tournament that kicks off for the Americans March 22 at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. Columbus ... Read the whole story

What They're Saying

by Soccer America

"It could go in that direction."-- Former German national team captain Michael Ballack on whether he's headed to the New York Red Bulls when the 35-year-old's contract with Bayer Leverkusen expires this summer. (SID) Read the whole story

MLS Rewind ...

by Soccer America

[WEEK 1] The pouring rain sweeping down the West Coast did not dampen the Portland Timbers in their home opener against the Philadelphia Union. The Timbers came back from a goal down to defeat the Union, 3-1, on goals by rookie Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Kris Boyd and Kalif Alhassan. For the ... Read the whole story

The Martino experiment, Take 1

by Ridge Mahoney

[TELEVISION WATCH] Much of the buildup to the debut of MLS on NBC had focused on a decision to utilize former Fox Soccer analyst Kyle Martino between the team benches rather than in the broadcast booth, yet as he and partner Arlo White demonstrated, people matter more than positioning. Read the whole story

Vancouver-Montreal game draws record audience

by Soccer America

[TELEVISION WATCH] Saturday's Vancouver-Montreal game was the most-watched MLS game ever in Canada, drawing an average audience of 541,000 viewers for the Impact's debut game on TSN (288,000) and RDS (253,000), according to BBM Canada. Read the whole story

Five games sell out in opening week

by Mike Woitalla

[MLS ATTENDANCE] Five of eight games in the opening week of the 2012 MLS season sold out. For MLS team attendance rankings ... Read the whole story

Concacaf Champions League this week ..

by Soccer America

[DATEBOOK] Defending champion Monterrey will take a two-goal lead into the second leg of their Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal series against visiting Morelia Tuesday at the Estadio Tecnologico. The three MLS clubs will again be in action on Wednesday. For all the Concacaf Champions League action ... Read the whole story

Italian soccer on verge of comeback

by Paul Kennedy

[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Italian soccer, which has had no more than one team in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League since 2007, could have as many as three teams in this year's final eight. AC Milan is already through to the quarterfinals, and Inter Milan and Napoli could win ... Read the whole story

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