[MLS] Heading into the 15th MLS season, Soccer America will rank each team at each position. First up, the goalkeepers. The keepers for each teamare ranked for experience, competence, and depth. The backups, of which there may be more than one per team, also figure into the evaluations and are listed if they have MLS […]
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The new CBA in brief …
[MLS] While the MLS Board of Governors and MLS Players Union must ratify the new collective bargaining agreement before they will announce its details, here aresome of the key provisions … Salary Cap: For 2010, the salary cap will be $2.55 million per team (it was $2.32 million in 2009). It willincrease at a basic […]
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Sizzling races in big five leagues
[EUROPE] Europe’s five major leagues are enjoying sizzling races. Real Madrid and Barcelona remain tied for first in Spain’s La Liga, where both teams have onlydropped 13 of a possible 81 points. Four or less points separate the top three teams in England, Germany and Italy. Five points separate the top six teams in France. […]
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Preseason Scoreboard
[MLS] MLS preseason action concluded Sunday when the Los Angeles Galaxy had to settle for a 0-0 tie with Salvadoran club Aguila. The Galaxy outshot Aguila,19-2, but was stymied by Salvadoran national team keeper Miguel Montes. Its best chance came when Brazilian midfielder Juninho hit the crossbar. For all the weekend results … PRESEASON RESULTS:March 19 […]
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“It was a sign that we were playing well. Hopefully, they all come back.” — New York Red Bulls midfielder Dane Richards on Brazilian fans chanting “Ole” to the RedBulls’ passes during their 3-1 victory over Brazilian club Santos in the grand opening of the Red Bulls’ new stadium on Saturday.
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U.S. national team weekend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu came on after halftime in Rangers’ 1-0 win over St. Mirren in the final of the ScottishLeague Cup. Eddie Johnson scored for Aris in the Greek club’s 1-1 tie at Panionios. Here’s how U.S. national team players did in weekend action abroad … ENGLAND, Premier League Sunday: Clint Dempsey, sub: 38 […]
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Yes, another Messi hat trick [VIDEO]
[SPAIN] Lionel Messi upped his total to eight goals in his last three games for Barcelona with another hat trick Sunday,this time in a 4-2 La Liga win over Real Zaragoza. The hat trick included perhaps his best goal of the lot. It began when he muscled one Zaragoza player off the ball in the […]
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What They're Saying
“Thirty or 40 years ago, almost no one in the country played the game, and it takes time. Also, it’s a question of tradition. So it takes time to get used to, to compete with the best teams inworld, which you are doing now.” — Former German great Franz Beckenbauer, who arrived at the New […]
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Donovan: 'Both sides of the table are very relieved' [VIDEO]
[MLS] Landon Donovan was one of 25 MLS players representing 16 teams who gathered in Washington, D.C., to attend talkson a new collective bargaining agreement. They spent long hours in talks with league representatives, among themselves and with teammates back home with their clubs. With only the NCAA basketballtournament as a distraction, they finally reached […]
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Labor peace: who's the winner?
[MLS] Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union reached an agreement in principle Saturday on a new five-year collective bargaining agreement, averting astrike scheduled for the start of the 2010 season. Among the terms of the deal which still needs to be approved and then announced: — are-entry draft for players of a certain […]