[TELEVISION GUIDE] Fox Soccer has received special clearance to air Friday’s Everton-Fulham game featuring LandonDonovan (and Tim Howard) against Clint Dempsey in the fourth round of the FA Cup, live at 3 p.m. ET. JP Dellacamera and Eric Wynalda will serve as play-by-play and analyst, marking the first time Americans have called an FA Cupmatch […]
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Ecuador international Caicedo joins Toronto FC
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Ecuador international defender Geovanny Caicedo has joined Toronto FC from LDU Quito. He’s played forEcuador nine times since 2009. The San Jose Earthquakes have acquired German-born Turkish striker Sercan Guvenisik, who tried out with the club last year. Hemost recently played in Germany’s third division. Real Salt Lake added Cuban Yordany Alvarez, the […]
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Africa Cup of Nations this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Ivory Coast moved into the quarterfinals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-0 win over Burkina Fasoon Tuesday. The loss eliminated Burkina Faso. In the other game in Malabo, Sudan and Angola played to a 2-2 tie. Ahmed Bashir‘s goal in the 33rd minute wasSudan’s first in the competition in 36 […]
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Ten-man USA, Rimando saves hold off Panama
[PANAMA-USA REPORT CARD] A goal in the ninth minute (Graham Zusi), an early substitution (Heath Pearce for ZachLoyd) and a red card shortly after halftime (Geoff Cameron) brought an intense feel to the Panama-USA friendly the Americans won, 1-0, Wednesday in Panama City. NickRimando‘s goalkeeping stood out. Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players […]
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“I think we saw a very close game, a very tight game which we luckily won because Panama didn’t finish off the chances that they had. Our team had a very hard three weeks, and they had tired legstoday and you could see that. After the red card, we couldn’t pressure enough anymore to create […]
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Bornstein finally gets a start
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jonathan Bornstein played his first match for Mexican club Tigres since last spring, starting in its1-0 loss at Union Espanola of Chile in their opening game in the 2012 Copa Libertadores. Tigres, the 2011 Torneo Apertura champion, started only one player from the team that fell atToluca, 2-1, on Sunday. Competition on arguably […]
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Early strike earns Americans three-game win streak
[PANAMA-USA] Coach Jurgen Klinsmann no longer has a losing record thanks to the USA’s third straight victory, a 1-0 win at Panama onWednesday. EARLY GOAL GETS THE WIN. It’s a good thing the Americans scored early against Panama, because after defender Geoff Cameron was ejected sixminutes into the second half they hardly had a sniff […]
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Real Madrid, moral victor and sore loser
[EL CLASICO, ACT 5] Barcelona was cruising along in the second leg of their Copa del Rey series with Real Madrid, leading 2-0 and 4-1 on aggregate, so Barcafans started to sing, “We love you Mourinho, please stay,” in reference to reports that Coach Jose Mourinho might leave Real Madrid, win or lose, at the […]
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Africa Cup of Nations this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Bouna Coundoul‘s Senegal is shockingly out of the Africa Cup of Nations after only two games. The formerMLS keeper out of the Bronx was helpless as Kily scored from 25 yards in the 90th minute, only a minute after MoussaSow‘s equalizer, to give co-host Equatorial Guinea a 2-1 win over the Lions of Teranga. […]
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D.C. lands Argentine defender; Rapids sign Colombian playmaker
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] D.C. United signed 30-year-old Argentine Emiliano Dudar from Young Boys of Switzerland, where he hasplayed since 2007, in a bid to bolster its young backline. The Colorado Rapids added 28 -year-old Colombian attacking midfielder Jaime Castrillon fromIndependiente Medellin. American fans will remember him as the scorer of the lone goal in Colombia’s 1-0 […]