Jamaica held Costa Rica to a 2-2 tie in a battle of the Caribbean and Central American champions in Group B action at the Gold Cup. Canada could only manage a 0-0 tie with El Salvador in Wednesday’ssecond game at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Gold Cup Wednesday: GROUP C July 9 in Chicago Trinidad […]
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Open Cup: Red Bulls play Union a day before Chelsea match
The U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal schedule is complete, and the New York Red Bulls will be playing the Philadelphia Union in a quarterfinal match a day before they play Chelsea in an InternationalChampions Cup match. Both the Red Bulls and LAGalaxy have conflicts because they are still alive in the Open Cup and also among […]
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USL Roundup: Preki on verge of making history
Preki, the 2014 USL PRO Coach of the Year who led expansion Sacramento Republic FC to the league title, won’t be around to defend that crown. Hewill coach his last USL game with Republic FC against L.A. Galaxy II on Saturday, after which he will travel to England to accept a position that the bookmakers […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 boys set for NTC Invitational
Coach Javier Perez called in 20 players for the U.S. U-18 national team’s NTC Invitational games in Carson, Calif., against Uruguay and the Czech Republic. The team is in camp July6-14. The U-18s gathering came in Bosnia this past April, where they split a pair of friendly matches against Bosnia’s U-19 national team. U.S. U-18boys […]
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NSCAA High School Boys All-Americans (winter-spring)
Dorian Bailey of St. Teresa’s Academy in Mission, Kan., is the only returnee on the NSCAA Boys All-American winter-spring team. NSCAA High SchoolBoys All-Americans (winter-spring) Ekow Annan Sr. F Brookwood High School — Snellville, Ga. Michael Bottari Sr. F J.L. Mann Academy — Prato,Italy Tristan Cavazos Sr. M Tom C. Clark High School — San […]
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NSCAA High School Girls All-Americans (winter-spring)
Jamie Kutey of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Kansas earned NSCAA All-America honors for the third straight year. Two-time honorees on the winter-spring team were Treva Aycock,Parker Roberts, Jenna Szczesny and Mackenzie Manuel. NSCAA High School Girls All-Americans (winter-spring) TrevaAycock* Jr. F Harrison High School — Marietta, Ga. Dorian Bailey* Sr. F St. Teresa’s Academy — […]
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MLS sweetens pot for big-money signings
MLS will retain its limit of three Designated Players per team but has added procedures and resources to facilitate adding more high-profile players. Details of the new roster rules were outlined byMLS on Wednesday. The key points: 1. Under terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated and ratified earlier this year, the league has allotted […]
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Final U.S. women's report card: Steady backline led class
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla After the USA’s amazing 5-2 final win over Japan, in which it had a 2-0 edgeafter five minutes and a 4-0 lead after 16 minutes, it’s easy to forget that the Americans were slow out of the gate at the 2015 Women’s World Cup. The American midfield struggledto keep sustained possession […]
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Video Pick: The youngest Hazard gives notice
Chelsea’s Belgian star Eden Hazard has two younger brothers. The 22-year-old Thorgan, who played 22 games for Borussia Moenchengladbah last season, and 19-year-oldKylian, who did this with a free kick in his first game for Hungarian Club Ujpest — making the family proud.
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Raheem Sterling Has No Idea What He's Doing
Sometimes, you feel for youngsters for being naïve. Perhaps Raheem Sterling was being naïve when, back in April, he started talking about his contract negotiations with Liverpoolin an interview with BBC Sport. At the time, the 20-year-oldEnglish-Jamaican indicated that he had no intention of signing the five-year contract extension his club was offering him, worth […]