[UNDER-20 WORLD CUP] El Salvador made history when it beat Australia, 2-1, at the Under-20 World Cup. It was its first win ever at a FIFA competition outside beachsoccer and the first win by a Concacaf team in eight games at this year’s Under-20 World Cup. For all the results and TV schedule … La […]
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Australia, South Korea, Iran Qualify for World Cup
Australia, South Korea and Iran joined Japan in qualifying for next summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil on Tuesday. In Sydney, substitute Josh Kennedy’s 83rd minuteheader from a Mark Bresciano cross secured a 1-0 win for Australia against Iraq, which was enough to lift the Socceroos above Oman and Jordan in the race for second-place […]
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Cahill's Australia moves closer to returning to finals
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING: Europe] Australia moved closer to returning to the World Cup for the third straight time with a 4-0 win over Jordan. The Soccerooscan clinch a berth with a win over visiting Iraq, […]
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Japan First Nation to Qualify for World Cup
Japan on Tuesday became the first country to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, thanks to an injury-time penalty from Keisuke Honda. The CSKA Moscow striker salvaged a 1-1 drawagainst Australia, which was just enough to book a place at next year’s finals in Brazil. Japan now has a seven-point lead in Asian Qualifying Group […]
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Sky Blue takes over first place courtesy of 5-1 win
[NWSL SCHEDULE: Week 8] Australian Lisa DeVanna scored two goals, including a spectacular bicycle kick, and Danesha Adams added two more to lead Sky Blue FC to a 5-1 win over the Boston Breakersand take over […]
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Beckham Denies Aussie Loan Reports
David Beckham has denied reports linking him with a move to Australia’s A-League for what would be a 10-game loan stint during Major League Soccer’s off-season. EarlyFriday, Football Federation Australia, the Aussie national soccer association, said that Beckham’s management had expressed interest in joining the A-League after the MLS close season, but theBeckham camp quickly […]
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The case for Tom Sermanni
[USA WOMEN] Tom Sermanni? The 58-year-old Scotsman isn’t exactly a household name in American soccer. But the new U.S.women’s national team coach’s name comes up 26 times in a search of the SoccerAmerica.com web site, mostly […]
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Three minutes of Zen from the A League
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Over-the-top reporting accompanies debuts by Alessandro Del Piero, Emile Heskey and ShinjiOno in Australia’s top soccer league. Del Piero, Heskey, and Ono have combined for over two hundred appearances for their […]
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Sundhage goes out with big win
[USA-AUSTRALIA] In a fitting end to Pia Sundhage‘s reign as national team coach, the U.S. women pounded Australia, 6-2,in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,589 fans at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Sundhage completed her five […]
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Morgan ignites comeback, Sundhage serenades crowd
[USA-AUSTRALIA] The USA improved its 2012 record to 22-1-1 with a 2-1 win over Australia Sunday before 19,851 fans, the largest women’s crowd ever at the HomeDepot Center for a non-Women’s World Cup match. The Americans […]