One of the players courted by MLS has instead opted for soccer down under. Sydney FC officials will fly to Italy to conclude the signing of the former international striker Alessandro del Piero, who left Juventus last May after 19 seasons.
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U.S. gold-medalists add second game against Australia
[DATEBOOK] The U.S. women’s national team had added a third date to its 2012 Victory Tour. The gold-medalists will host Australia in an international friendlySept. 19 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. (TV: […]
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Australian club fooled by trialist hoax
If you’re never heard of former U.S. youth international Dexter Rosales, it’s because he doesn’t exist, but that didn’t prevent Australia’s Adelaide United from offering a trial tothe phantom player. The club is dealing with the embarrassment of the hoax that indirectly has included Sounders midfielder Mauro Rosales. “It hasbeen a strange few days with […]
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EPL viewing up 71 percent for season finale
By Paul Kennedy A total of 1,348,000 viewers — 992,000 for English-language coverage and 356,000 for Spanish-language coverage — tuned in for the U.S. televisioncoverage of the final day of the English Premier League season, a jump of 72 percent over 2011 final day viewing. All 10 games aired live on seven English-languagenetworks, two Spanish-language […]
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Keane rescues L.A. in Melbourne
[GALAXY TOUR] In what may have been the last game for David Beckham in a Los Angeles Galaxy uniform, the MLS championsbeat Australia’s Melbourne Victory in a shootout following a 2-2 tie before 34,608 fans at […]
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2011 Under-17 World Cup this week …
[SCOREBOARD] The field for the round of 16 at the Under-17 World Cup was completed Monday when Australia rallied to tie Denmark 1-1 in a match that had beenpostponed because of bad weather. Australia finished third […]
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Australia recalls banished de Vanna
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Australia recalled its controversial WPS star Lisa de Vanna only a month after she waskicked out of training for the Women’s World Cup. The Matildas also selected Ellyse Perry, who has already […]
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Kewell regrets Socceroos' poor showings on big stage
Australia’s 2-1 win over Germany in Moenchengladbach ranks as one of the Socceroos’ biggest wins ever, and it had star Harry Kewell wishing they couldreproduce the form at major tournaments. David Carney and Luke Wilkshire scored second-half goals to givethe Socceroos the comeback win. It was sweet revenge for Australia’s 4-0 loss to Germany in […]
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Japan prevails with fantastic effort
[ASIAN CUP] Substitute Tadanari Lee‘s spectacular volley in overtime edged Japan past Australia, 1-0, in the Asian Cupfinal Saturday night in Doha, Qatar. Deprived of dynamic striker Shinji Kagawa, who suffered a broken foot in Japan’s […]
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Japan and Australia advance to final
[ASIAN CUP] Japan and Australia will meet in Friday’s final at the Asian Cup after winning Tuesday’s semifinals. Their paths could not have been more opposite.Japan needed a shootout to dispose of South Korea after their […]