[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu made it two goals in two starts for Greek club Aris, scoring in its 3-0 win over Xanthi inthe replay of their Greek Cup match on Wednesday. Adu slotted a cross from Toni Calvo home from close range for the second goal and set up another Spaniard. Sergio Koke, for the third goal.
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Reclusive Lacen responds to Algeria's call
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Most players would jump at the chance to join their national team. French-born Mehdi Lacen, basedat Spanish club Racing Santander, took almost three weeks to respond to calls from the Algerian national team that he had been called up for the Desert Foxes’ game against Serbia Wednesday inAlgiers. When Lacen didn’t respond […]
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Dallas tops collegiate opposition again
[MLS] FC Dallas punctuated the first phase of its preseason training by beating SMU, 4-0, Tuesday on goals by four different players. “I thinkit was a game where we were able to move the ball the way we wanted to move the ball. We kept possession,” said Coach Schellas Hyndman on the team’s Web site. […]
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Da Luz gets reinforcements
[WAKE FOREST WOMEN] After suffering the loss of seven seniors, the Wake Forest women are in need of reinforcements, and Coach Tony da Luz believes he got them with the arrival of three players — Aubrey Bledsoe, Rachel Nuzzolese andKatherine Stengel — with U.S. youth national team experience. “This class addresses a lot of […]
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More signings pending for Kansas City?
[MLS] Unconfirmed reports surfaced Tuesday that Kansas City, which officially announced the signing of Danish keeper Jimmy Nielsen Monday, ison the verge of adding two more international players. Igor Kostrov, one of two Moldovan players who has been on trial with the team for the past two weeks, andsecond-round SuperDraft pick Korede Aiyegbusi – a […]
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What They're Saying
“Caesar‘s phrase comes to mind when I think of what has happened this season. I have come to England, seen what it is like and, before I leave, I want to conquer the FA Cup, thePremier League and the Champions League.” — Chelsea’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti. (The Daily Mail)
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Philly is happening place
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Philadelphia is the center of the soccer world in 2010. Site of the NSCAA Convention and MLS SuperDraft, it will be the home of the MLSexpansion Union, which opens at its new PPL Park in Chester, Pa., on June 27. It will also be the site of the U.S. national team’s sendoff […]
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Lion is unlikely Lyon hero
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Cameroonian Jean II Makoun was the unlikely hero of Lyon’s 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the firstleg of their UEFA Championship round-of-16 series on Tuesday, scoring a stunning goal to give th French team its third win in three games at home against Real Madrid. Real Madrid’sGalacticos didn’t have a shot […]
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Goodson recalled from Norway
[USA] Clarence Goodson, whose goal was a rare bright spot in last month’s 3-1 loss to Honduras and who is pushing forwhat would be the fourth center back spot on the national team for the 2010 World Cup, has been given permission by his Norwegian club IK Start to join the U.S. national team in […]
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Rooney ranks among the greats
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] It’s time to include Wayne Rooney among the great players in the world today. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka — none is hotter than Rooney, who scored hisfirst two goals in this season’s UEFA Champions League — his 24th and 25th goals of the season — to give Manchester United a […]