Refs have feelings, and middle fingers tooSwiss referee Massimo Busacca, who officiated the 2009 UEFA Champions League final, was bannedfor three games for flipping the bird at Young Boys fans who jeered him. A clash and a crash Universidad Chile striker JuanManuel Olivera had to be taken away by ambulance after a collision with O’Higgins […]
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U-20 World Cup: USA Falls in Egypt
One good result (a 4-1 win over Cameroon) couldn’t make up for two horrendous performances (3-0 losses to Germany and South Korea), and the USA exited the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt, marking thefirst time since 1987 that the Americans didn’t make it out of the first round. Players like Dilly Duka and Tony Taylor, […]
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U.S. Soccer: The Remarkable Rise of Jay DeMerit
DeMerit’s extraordinary ascendancy in pro soccer has taken him into a prominent role with the national team. The greatstory that is Jay DeMerit just keeps getting better. Had his rise from college player to pub-team scrapper to full-time pro ended there, he’d have woven a memorable tale: a Midwesternerraised in a family of athletics and […]
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MLS: Warzycha Keeps Crew Winning
A shaky start to the 2009 season under head coach Robert Warzycha caused some alarm among Crew fans, but a strong second half liftedColumbus atop the overall standings and into a prime position to repeat as league champion. When a popular and successful head coach moves on, the simple choice can be complicated for thereplacement. […]
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U.S. Soccer: Qualifying is Just the Start
The team that qualifies for the World Cup isn’t the same team that actually goes to the tournament, and there are slots to befilled and problems to be solved before the USA sets up camp in South Africa next year. At a press conference prior to the Hexagonal finale against Costa Rica in Washington, D.C., […]
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Where will you be watching?
[NETHERLANDS-USA VIEWING] For those looking to make it a late lunch on the East Coast (or early lunch on the West Coast) and watch the Netherlands-USAgame, here is a list of soccer viewing establishments across the country where you might be able to catch the game. Email Soccer Americawith the name of your favorite soccer viewing […]
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Get Out From Under Your Soccer Rock
(Editor’s Note: Please share your thoughts on this column of Soccer Business Insider and read comments from other SBI readers. Click on the blog links at the bottom of the article.) By John Hooper As if you didn’t have enough New Year’s resolutions, here is a relatively pain-free one: get out from under your soccer […]
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"I'm a volunteer — You Can't Make Me Do Anything!"
(Editor’s Note: Please share you thoughts on this column of Grassroots Soccer Biz and read comments from other GSB readers. Click on the blog link at the bottom of the article.) By Jim Paglia I hope you saw Phyllis Riedler’s two excellent columns in Grassroots Soccer Biz on finding and keeping volunteers ( I found […]