[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke confirmed what had been reported for weeks. World Cup ticketsales are suffering. Twenty percent of VIP tickets for luxury boxes have been sold. And the number of expected visitors to South Africa for the World Cup has been revised downward by as much as100,000. Valcke said 2009 […]
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2010 WPS schedule
[DATEBOOK] Women’s Professional Soccer opens its second season Saturday. All eight teams will be in action this weekend, including defending Sky Blue FC, whichwill face Chicago in the first Sunday television game on the Fox Soccer Channel. WPS will take a break on the weekend of May 22 for national team commitments and 2011 FIFA […]
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'Chicharito' gets Mexico callup
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, the new darling of Mexican soccer, headlines the team of 18 players– all domestically based — Mexican national team Coach Javier Aguirre named for the upcoming international match on Wednesday at Candlestick Park in San Francisco againstBolivia. “Chicharito” (“Little Pea”) has eight goals already for Guadalajara, which set a […]
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Davies: 'I've come a long way' [VIDEO]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies is back in France at Sochaux four months after being seriously injured in a caraccident that took the life of another passenger in Northern Virginia on the eve of the USA-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier. In a lengthy and quite revealing interview for the Sochaux web site,Davies talks about his injuries, […]
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Chivas USA splits in Mexico
[MLS] Chivas USA has returned to the United States with a win and a loss after falling to Universidad de Guadalajara, 2-1, of the Mexican second divisionTuesday in the second game of its two matches. Last Friday, Chivas USA beat second division leader Irapuato in the first game of its visit. Justin Braunequalized late in […]
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Gomez hits late winner for Puebla
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Herculez Gomez scored his second goal for Puebla, coming off the bench and hitting the winner withthree minutes left in a 1-0 win over San Luis. Sammy Ochoa, Jose Francisco Torres and Marco Vidal all played in losing efforts in Mexico, while Maurice Edu returned to action for Rangers in its 1-0 win […]
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“I have never seen anything like it in the history of professional soccer. … Tonight, UEFA has embarrassed the city of Florence.” — Florence mayor Matteo Renzi assessesthe impact of Bayern Munich’s winning goal — an offside header by Miroslav Klose — against Fiorentina in the Champions League. (
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Lots of trialists and chances but no goals
[MLS] With newly signed players as well as trialists — including players from Uganda, Argentina and Scotland — giving both teams a different look, D.C. Unitedand Toronto FC played a 0-0 tie Wednesday in a preseason match. Starting the match for TFC were trialists Vincent Kayizzi (Uganda) and Martin Saric(Argentina) in midfield, ex-Rapid Dan Gargan […]
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Dickov visit highlights loan snafus
[MLS] A year and a half ago, a pair of English League veterans came to America to test the MLS waters. Both of them were subject to the discovery process, andboth had been “claimed” by Toronto FC. Yet neither wound up wearing the red and white: Darren Huckerby politely excused himself and flew on to […]
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Wright joins Energie Cottbus
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Chris Wright, the former MPSF Player of the Year at theUniversity of New Mexico, has signed a contract with Energie Cottbus of the German Second Division. Wright, a 2009 finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, will likely spend the rest of the season playingwith Cottbus’ under-23s, who play in the Oberliga Nord. The 6-foot-5 […]