[VIDEO PICK: Golazo] You’ve no doubt seen Diego Maradona’s amazing goal against England at the 1986 World Cup numerous times, but here’s a new angle on his runfrom his own half through the English team for the gamewinner. In this clip, we get a view from above as Maradona spins, slaloms and jukes his way […]
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Philadelphia is the place to be
[THIS WEEK IN SOCCER: Jan. 13-19] One of the busiest weeks in U.S. soccer will have lots of folks scurrying to Philadelphia for the NSCAA Convention, site of theMLS and NWSL drafts. The week begins with the Ballon d’Or ceremonies on Monday and ends with Chelsea-Manchester United on Sunday. MONDAY, Jan. 13— Toronto FC is […]
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Great draw for Brazil and Argentina, not so much for others
[WORLD CUP 2014: The Groups] South American giants Brazil and Argentina should be very happy with Friday’s World Cup 2014 Final Draw. But it did give us severalintriguing groups to rival Group G for the label of the group of death. GROUP A (Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon). The Aztecazo. Dos aCero. Four different coaches in […]
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2013 Top 20 U.S. Soccer Crowds
[ATTENDANCE WATCH] Brazil drew a crowd of 71,124 Saturday night at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium to watch it beat Honduras, 5-0, ina friendly. It was the largest crowd ever to watch a soccer match in Florida and almost 11,000 fans more than the Dolphins drew Sunday afternoon for their NFL game against the San Diego […]
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Messi Denies Barca Medical Team Fallout
Lionel Messi Management, the company that looks after the Barcelona star’s affairs, released a long statement on Thursday with the intent of clearing up speculation about hiscurrent hamstring injury and a reported broken relationship with Barca’s medical staff, particularly Juanjo Brau, the man who was Messi’s personal fitness coach over thelast several years. The statement […]
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Five teams from Concacaf and South America still alive
[UNDER-17 WORLD CUP] The field for the Under-17 World Cup quarterfinals is complete with three teams from South America, two each from Concacaf and Africa and onefrom Europe still alive in the United Arab Emirates. The big winner Tuesday was Nigeria with a 4-1 win over Iran though it was costly as KelechiIheanacho, who scored […]
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Messi heads Ballon d'Or short list
[FIFA AWARDS] Four-time winner Lionel Messi heads the shortlist for the FIFA Ballon d’Or, which is awarded to the bestmen’s player in the world. The short list of 23 players includes six from UEFA Champions League winner Bayern Munich and four from Barcelona. The 10 nominees for the FIFA World Coach of the Year forMen’s […]
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The Neymar-Messi Show, so far
[VIDEO PICK: Happy Feet] How’s it going at Barcelona since it added Neymar to its array of superstars last summer? Partnering the young Brazilianwith four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi is going quite well indeed — and is massively entertaining — as this video montage attests. Barca is 8-0-0 in LaLiga, 2-0-0 in […]
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What They're Saying
“I can tell you what I thought about Italian soccer. I thought that nobody ran, that the game was slow, that it was easy. Now I can say that is not the case!” — Argentine strikerCarlos Tevez, who joined Juventus from Manchester City this season after seven years in England. He has three goals in […]
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Argentina, Italy and Netherlands clinch
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING: Tuesday] The USA and Costa Rica were among five teams to clinch berths in the World Cup finals. Italy and the Netherlands became thefirst teams to clinch from Europe, while Argentina won, 5-2, at Paraguay to return to the finals. World Cup 2014 Finalists: Brazil (host)Japan (Asia) Australia (Asia) Iran (Asia) […]