[MLS] Boyzzz Khumalo‘s goal with 20 minutes remaining broke a 2-2 tie and provided D.C. United with a 3-2 triumph over Santos Laguna Wednesdayin Torrejon, Mexico. Goals by Chris Pontius and Jaime Moreno gave United a 2-0 halftime lead that Santos erased when Francisco Torres and substituteCarlos Quintero scored nine minutes apart. Khumalo ran onto […]
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“Boy George, I mean George Boyd, has had a chance for Nottingham.” — BBC’s commentator Ivan Gaskell during the live coverage of Nottingham Forest vs Swansea brieflygets Forrest’s midfielder mixed up with an androgynous singer. (BBC)
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Players anticipate strike, says Toronto rep Garcia
[MLS] While talks between Major League Soccer and the MLS Players Union continue in Washington, D.C. under the auspices of mediator George H. Cohen, the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, at least one player rep says the union anticipates that the 2010 MLS season won’t start on time. Toronto FC’s Nick Garcia […]
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$350 million for what?
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Make that six years in a row Real Madrid has exited the Champions League in the round of 16. Lyon added to Real’s misery, holding theSpanish club to a 1-1 tie in Madrid and going through to the quarterfinals, 2-1, on aggregate. The result is huge for Lyon, France’s richest club with […]
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Marathon pulls upset
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] If any team is going to break Mexico’s stranglehold in the Concacaf Champions League, it could be Marathon of Honduras. It openedthe knockout phase of the regional club championship with a 2-0 win over UNAM Wednesday thanks to a pair of penalty kicks. Walter Martinez andCarlos Mejia scored to the delight of […]
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USA routs valiant Haiti, 9-0
[CONCACAF UNDER-17 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP] The USA scored early — after only 92 seconds — and often — Lindsay Horan hadfour goals in the last 23 minutes — as it routed Haiti, 9-0, in the opening game of the Concacaf Under-17 Women’s Championship in Costa Rica. Haiti was playing less than two months afterthe earthquake that […]
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Messi shares laugh with a … [VIDEO]
[OFF THE SEASON] It’s billed as Pepsi’s World Cup commercial, though Coca-Cola, not Pepsi, is a FIFA sponsor. The commercial featuring Lionel Messi, Kaka and Didier Drogba is certainly unusual. Take a look … PepsiCommercial:
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Rooney challenged to match Ronaldo
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Even with a bad knee, Wayne Rooney was once again too much for AC Milan. The England strikerscored once in each half to give him four goals in two games against Milan — and 30 on the season — and lead Manchester United to a 4-0 win on Tuesday at Old Trafford […]
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San Jose Quakes win in London again
[MLS] The San Jose Earthquakes won their second straight game during their visit to London by beating Tottenham’s reserves, 1-0, Wednesday on a goal byBobby Burling. Coach Frank Yallop sent an almost completely different team than the group that beat West Ham’s reserves Monday. He paired Burling in central defensewith rookie Ike Opara, and Quincy […]
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I’m so optimistic that when I was in Mexico with President (Felipe) Calderon and he asked me if I was going to the opening game of the World Cup, I said I’m not going to the opener –I’m going to the final.” — Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is planning to cheer on […]