[USA 30] After eight days at Princeton University, the U.S. national team — all 30 players still in contention — broke camp Sunday and headed to Connecticutfor Tuesday’s friendly against the Czech Republic at Rentschler Field, where more than 28,000 tickets have been sold. On Monday, U.S. players will use their stay in the Hartford […]
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More trouble before AC St. Louis
[D-2 PRO LEAGUE] Already facing an uncertain future following reports it and sister team, WPS’s Athletica, are on the brink of collapse because of financialproblems, AC St. Louis took to the field Saturday and lost, 3-0, to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in front of a crowd of 3,402 at the Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park. St. Louis, […]
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Champions League debuts on Fox
[TELEVISION WATCH] To conclude its first year of coverage of the UEFA Champions League, Fox Sports is pulling out all the stops for Saturday’s final betweenInter Milan and Bayern Munich. Besides the Sky Sports’ game coverage on Fox and a 90-minute pregame show from Madrid on Fox Soccer Channel, BruceArena and Eric Wynalda will appear […]
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Tri success could be bonanza for Mexican consumers
Mexican companies hope to capitalize on the excitement surrounding the Tri, Mexico’s national team, by offering huge incentives in case it does well at the World Cup. One electronicsstore has promised to pay back customers who buy high-definition TVs if Mexico wins five games — something it has never done before. And in case of […]
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USA targets first $1 billion World Cup
After the the five-volume U.S. bid book was presented to FIFA in Zurich on Friday, U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati, chairman of the USA BidCommittee. lauded the U.S. candidacy to hold the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. “We don’t have to spend money on infrastructure,” said Gulati, “and not only don’t we have to […]
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What They're Saying
“The Super Bowl compared to the World Cup is a lie. Like it doesn’t even exist compared to the World Cup. That’s how big the World Cup is.” — Comedian Drew Carey, the Seattle Sounders co-owner and USA Bid Committee board member, promoting the USA’s bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. (
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New F50 adiZero introduced
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] The World Cup is big business for a soccer manufacturer and FIFA sponsor like adidas, which recently reported that 2010 sales will rise ata “mid-single-digit” thanks in part to World Cup-related sales. Part of adidas’ push includes the launch of its F50 adiZero, introduced Tuesday as the lightest soccer shoe ever. Such […]
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New Meadowlands Stadium gets thumps up from Aguirre
Mexico national team coach Javier Aguirre couldn’t have been happy with the Tri’s 0-0 tie with Ecuador in a friendly on Friday evening, but he loved the NewMeadowlands Stadium. The game drew 77,507 fans, mostly in support of Mexico, for the first soccer game at the new stadium. “This is a beautiful stadium,” Aguirresaid. “We […]
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Future secured with $4 million infusion
[ANDROMEDA SC] Andromeda Soccer Club, the Dallas area club that has won three U.S. Youth Soccer national championships since 2007, has received a capitalinfusion of $4 million on its 30th anniversary. The money will allow the club to pay off the mortgageon the club’s 35-acre training facility located in east Plano, where 42 teams […]
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FIFA worried about World Cup 2014 in Brazil
Brazil won the right to organize the 2014 World Cup without opposition from other South American nations. Whether it should still have been given the tournament is now open to question as FIFAwarned that the country “is not on the right path.” With the difficulties of South Africa’s World Cup front and center, FIFA doesn’t […]