[MLS] Both Manchester United and the MLS All-Star team will be at less than full strength for the league’s midseason showcase Wednesday (TV: ESPN2,Galavision, live, 8:30 p.m. ET). Nobody expected Manchester United to bring its full complement of stars to North America a few weeks after many of them played for their countries in theWorld […]
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Ferguson bargain hunt snagged Hernandez
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will have his new signing, Mexican youngster JavierHernandez, available to face the MLS All-Stars Wednesday in Houston. Ferguson says by signing Hernandez before the World Cup, the club saved millions of pounds.The transfer fee paid to Guadalajara hasn’t been disclosed but is said to be 7 million pounds (about […]
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Top 10 U.S. soccer crowds (2010)
[MAKING A LIST] Despite the absence of star players because of post-World Cup vacations, European teams like Manchester United continue to draw big crowds fortheir friendly matches in the United States. But they are nothing like what Mexico drew for pre-World Cup friendlies (all but one without its European-based stars). For a look at the […]
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Man. City plays down Fernando Torres rumors
A tour of the United States has done little to quell the speculation of changes at Manchester City, whose manager Roberto Mancini is noncommittal about a possible move forLiverpool forward Fernando Torres. City is pursuing Bosnian Edin Dzeko of Wolfsburg and has reportedly reached an agreement to acquire Mario Balotelli ofInter Milan, which plays City on […]
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Inexperience costs United against Wizards
Sir Alex Ferguson blamed the inexperience of his backline for Manchester United’s 2-1 loss to the Kansas City Wizards, who played 51 minutes with 10 menafter Jimmy Conrad was sent off. “I thought the inexperience of the defenders showed in the first 15 minutes,” Ferguson said. “We never quiterecovered from that. That was a bit […]
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Portsmouth ends hellish tour in borrowed uniforms
Needless to say, Portsmouth won’t be returning to North America on tour any time soon. The English club, relegated from the Premier League and still in bankruptcy, was forced to wear uniformsborrowed from D.C. United when its equipment bag along with 13 other bags went missing following a nightmare journey from Edmonton to Washington to […]
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Summer Tours: Less than Meets the Eye
By Paul Gardner The temptation to stick it to the Eurosnobs — again — is bubbling within me. I shall resist it. Or I shall try, though I might as well point out thatI have just finished watching the Kansas City Wizards beat Manchester United. The Wizards playing all the second half with 10 men, […]
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Ferguson, new Fifth Beatle, gets a good ribbing
The British invasion hit Kansas City this weekend with the presence of not one, not two but three knights. Sir Paul McCartney was in town Saturday night atthe Sprint Center, as were Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and former United great Sir Bobby Charlton forUnited’s game Sunday against the Kansas City Wizards. ” I’m […]
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Rooftop soccer arrives in Spanish Harlem
Owned by Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Manchester City has the reputation for being a big-money club, throwing money around extravagantlyat players, but it likes to stress its involvement in development projects like that at PS 72 Lexington Academy in New York’s Spanish Harlem. Manchester City chief executive, Garry Cook, Manager Roberto […]
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Dream debut for urban traveler Henry
[BARCLAYS NEW YORK CHALLENGE] When David Beckham made his debut for the Los Angeles Galaxy three years ago, he didn’ttake public transportation to the Home Depot Center. But that’s what Thierry Henry did on Thursday afternoon in the most-anticipated debut matchfor an MLS player since Beckham’s first game, and he loved it. And then there […]