[ECNL] Former indoor star Tatu coached the Dallas Sting to the U-17 Champions League title at the 2014 Elite Clubs NationalLeague Finals in Richmond, Va. Eclipse Select completed back-to-back national titles in the under-16 Champions League division, while Surf captured the under-15 Champions League title. Champions werealso crowned in the North American League. ECNL FINALS: […]
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FC Pride Elite captures two National Cup XI titles
[U.S. CLUB SOCCER] Indiana’s FC Pride Elite won two girls titles at the National Cup XIII Finals, becoming the only club to capture multiple championships at theU.S. Club Soccer event held at Bryan Park Soccer Complex. Nineteen teams from 18 different clubs came away with national titles. Eighteen different states were represented at the finalsfor […]
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BeIn Sports launches new streaming platform
[SOCCER ON THE AIR] BeIN Sports’ living stream platform has become BeIN Sports Connect, providing authenticatedusers access to both the programming on the English and Spanish networks, as well as additional live matches and events that cannot be seen elsewhere. The new European season begin onbeIN Sports with France’s Ligue 1, which kicks off on […]
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Arsenal players practice speaking New Yorkese
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] In preparation for their visit to the U.S. Northeast, where they’ll play the New York Red Bulls in New Jersey on Saturday, Arsenalplayers made an admirable and humorous attempt to at a New York accents. Using catch phrases popularized in movies and TV shows, Carl Jenkinson, Serge Gnabry, KieranGibbs and […]
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How German stars showed off trophy to Berlin
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] The German capital of Berlin welcomed back the World Cup champions with 500,000 fans at the Brandenburg Gate and the players unveiledtheir new trophy with a stunt. Thomas Mueller, Mats Hummels, Erik Durm and Christoph Kramer walked on stage, hiding their captain PhilippLahm behind them, to give their fans a […]
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Ten Mexican teams in action on U.S. soil
[INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES] With the Torneo Apertura set to kick off in two weeks, 10 of the 18 teams in Mexicos’s Liga MX were playing in the United States onSunday. They included Puebla, which lost to the NASL’s Carolina RailHawks, 2-1. The winning goal was scored by 18-year-old Conor Donovan, called upfrom their academy team. With […]
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Pedro DeBrito dies following car accident
[OBITUARY] Pedro DeBrito, one of the top players just as the college game started to take off in the early 1980s, died onSaturday in Miami, Fla., of injuries resulting from an automobile accident he was involved two days earlier. DeBrito, who starred at the University of Connecticut, played for Team America in the NASLin 1983 […]
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U.S. Youth Soccer will stream National Championships
[SOCCER ON THE AIR] For the first time, U.S. Youth Soccer will stream all 14 finals at the National Championship Series live. The finals will take place July 22-27at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. Select games in the preliminary rounds and all the finals will air at http://championships.usyouthsoccer.org.
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Boston breaks out, gets out of basement
[NWSL: Week 8] The Boston Breakers, losers of six of seven games and three in a row at home, got out of the NWSL basementwith a 4-1 win over the defending champion Portland Timbers thanks to Jazmine Reeves‘ hat trick. The Chicago Red Stars extended their unbeaten streak to sixgames with a 2-0 win over […]
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NWSL moves to ESPN for nine games
[SOCCER ON THE AIR] The NWSL has signed a one-year deal with ESPN, which will air nine games in 2014. ESPN2 will air three regular-season matches andall three NWSL playoff matches, which includes the two semifinal games on Aug. 23 and 24, and the championship game on Aug. 31. ESPN3 will also live stream three […]