Soccer America Daily

[MLS] The first preseason meeting of MLS teams is Wednesday when San Jose and Kansas City play in Phoenix. The teams also play Saturday. The New York Red Bullshave already returned from Spain, while Chivas USA is off to Guadalajara, Mexico, on Thursday. For all the preseason arrangements announced by the MLS teams … For […]

[WORLD CUP 2018/2022] Former Dutch star Ruud Gullit has been named the president of the bid committee seeking to bring the 2018 or 2022 WorldCup to Belgium and the Netherlands. Gullit, who spent part of the 2008 MLS season as the Los Angeles Galaxy coach, will be a World Cup 2010 commentator for ESPN, whose […]

[DATEBOOK] The U.S. women’s national team will open its 2010 home schedule against Mexico on March 28 at the University of San Diego’s Torero Stadium (TV:Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol, live, 5 pm ET, 2 pm PT) and then play the Tri again three days later at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah […]

[MLS] Chivas USA won its third game of the spring with a 4-0 win over UC Irvine on Tuesday. Armenian Artur Aghasyan, whospent last season with the PDL’s Ventura County Fusion, had his third and fourth goal of the preseason in the win. For this week’s preseason schedule … Feb. 9 Chivas USA 4 (Aghasyan […]

Brazil national team coach Dunga did not include star Ronaldinho in his squad for its last scheduled warmup beforefriendly before the World Cup despite the player’s excellent form for AC Milan. pollby twiigs.com

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Defenders Jay DeMerit and Frankie Simek were both on thewinning side in games played Tuesday in the English League Championship. ENGLAND, LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP KennyCooper, sub: 45 minutes (Plymouth, 1-2, at Reading) Argyle manager Paul Mariner says he’s looking to get contributions from Cooperrunning through the midfield channels for the relegation candidate. Jay DeMerit, […]

[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Brazil coach Dunga picked his 22-player squad for his team’s last scheduled friendly before theWorld Cup, a March 2 game against Ireland in London, and he didn’t included Ronaldinho despite the former World Player of the Year’s return to form with ACMilan in recent months. “All players still have chances,” Dunga said. […]

[AMERICANS ABROAD] Quevilly, the amateur team whose goalie Kodjovi Obilale was shot and seriously injured when the Togonational team’s bus was ambushed last month in Angola, knocked off Carlos Bocanegra‘s Rennes, 1-0, in the round of 16 of the French Cup on Tuesday. Rennes, the 2009 French Cup runner-up, was coming off a 4-2 win […]

[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] MLS players Andrew Boyens (New York) and Simon Elliott(San Jose) are among five U.S. college products New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert called up for the March 3 game against Mexico at the Rose Bowl inPasadena, Calif. The other U.S. callups are Tony Lochhead, who played at UC Santa Barbara, Ryan Nelsen, wholike […]