[U.S. YOUTH SOCCER] U.S. Youth Soccer will hold its annual Workshop in conjunction with the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention, beginningwith the NSCAA Convention in January 2013. “To create the best, largest and most impactful opportunity for both of our respective members is our first priority,” said U.S.Youth Soccer president John Sutter. “The […]
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“When I started out at Manchester United my entire coaching staff consisted of just eight people, and that included my assistant coaches, fitness trainers and scouts. Now I’ve got 10 sportscientists!” — Alex Ferguson, who became Manchester United head coach 25 years ago. (
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Magnificent Messi hits four
[GOLEADORES] Lionel Messi scored four goals in Barcelona’s 5-1 win over Valencia to give him 27 La Liga goals, one less than Real Madrid’sCristiano Ronaldo, who struck once in Real’s 4-0 win over Racing Santander. For leading scorer updates in Europe’s major leagues and video ofMessi’s quartet … Messi now has 42 goals this season […]
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Rogers 'laying low' after being injured in debut
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Robbie Rogers‘ debut for Leeds United lasted all of 11 minutes as he suffered a suspected concussionafter a collision with Doncaster Rovers’ Tommy Spurr late in their English League Championship game. Rogers was taken to the hospital and after play resumedLeeds completed a comeback from 2-0 down to beat Doncaster 3-2. Rogers came […]
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Reyna colleague Perez hired as head coach
[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] Spaniard Javier Perez has been hired as the head coach of the U.S. under-18 national team, replacingRichie Williams, who left after a brief time on the job to take over as the head of the under-17 national team program. Perez is the director of coachingat New York Soccer Club, a Westchester-based club […]
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Ream debuts, Findley and Taylor score
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Tim Ream made his debut for Bolton Wanderers in its 2-0 win over Millwall in the English FA Cup. Alsomaking his debut was Mikkel Diskerud, who started for Gent in its 1-1 tie with Lokeren in Belgium’s Jupiler League. RobbieFindley had the insurance goal in Nottingham Forest’s 2-0 won over Coventry City that […]
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MLS preseason this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Steven Lenhart and Brad Ring scored to give the San JoseEarthquakes a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Fire in Oxnard, Calif. The Philadelphia Union played to a 1-1 tie with 2011 USL PRO champion Orlando City before5,968 fans at the Citrus Bowl. FC Dallas, Houston, Seattle and Vancouver beat college teams over the weekend. […]
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The upside of Eddie Johnson
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] There was a lot of head-scratching following the announcement that the Seattle Sounders had traded for unsettled Eddie Johnson after the Montreal Impact selected the former U.S. international in Friday’s allocation. Johnson’s recent record isn’t stellar, but there’s a lot of upside to Johnson. Athis best, Johnson could help the Sounders challenge for […]
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Ramos calls in 10 professionals
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Eight foreign-based players — including three from Mexican club Santos — and two MLS players — 2010 No. 1 SuperDraft pick Omar Salgado (Vancouver) and Victor Pineda (Chicago) — were among the 26 players TabRamos named to the U.S. under-20 national team training camp Feb. 20-March 1 in Clermont, Fla.
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Sundhage takes 23 players to Portugal
[USA WOMEN] U.S. coach Pia Sundhage called in 23 players for the trip to the annual Algarve Cup that begins Feb. 29 inPortugal. Four players weren’t with the team for Olympic qualifying: backup goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris and defenders StephanieCox, Whitney Engen and Meghan Klingenberg. The USA will depart for Europe on Monday, and Coach Pia […]