[DATEBOOK] A meeting between UEFA Champions League finalist Chelsea and Paris St. Germain July 22 in the first-ever soccer match at the new Yankee Stadium willbe one of the highlights of the 2012 World Football Challenge. Real Madrid, AC Milan and Liverpool will also join MLS’s Los Angeles Galaxy, Seattle Sounders and Toronto FC in […]
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Press scores two more goals in Sweden
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Christen Press, the former Stanford star and 2011 WPS Rookie of the Year who just attended her firstwomen’s national team camp, scored two more goals in FC Gothenburg’s 6-0 win at KIF Orebro to give her five goals in three games in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan. For more on American women in action abroad… FC […]
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Giuseppe Rossi out for 10 more months
Italian-American striker Giuseppe Rossi‘s latest injury is more serious than first though. He will have two surgical procedures on the damaged ligament inhis right knee that will sideline him for another 10 months. “With the objective that Giuseppe Rossi returns to his best physical condition,” Spanish club Villarreal said in a statement,”the most secure procedure […]
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Giuseppe Rossi out six more months
Italian-American Giuseppe Rossi has re-injured his right knee and will be out another six months, ending his hopes of playing for Italy at Euro 2012. Rossi aggravated the ligament injury during Friday’s training session with Spanish club Villarreal and will require surgery for the second time in six months. Without Rossi, whoscored 32 goals in […]
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Mancini poo-poos City's chances, Bayern all but concedes
[EUROPEAN RACES] The title race narrowed in England — but Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini doesn’t believe for aminute his team has a chance of catching Manchester United. Bayern Munich all but raised the white flag after it lost to Borussia Dortmund in their top-of-the-table clash in Germany. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick to […]
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The many sides of Giorgio Chinaglia
By Paul Gardner Which Giorgio? The Giorgio I enjoyed being with, the easy-going one with the boyish smile and the sense of humor? Or the Giorgio I admired, thegoal-scorer, the player who could always be relied upon to liven up any game because, with him on the field, the thought of a dour defensive struggle […]
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AC Milan VP wants extra referees
For the second time in a month, a legitimate goal scored by AC Milan has been disallowed because match officials didn’t see the ball cross the goal line. In response, AC Milan VicePresident Adriano Galliani has written an open letter to the Italian soccer federation calling for the use of extra referees behind each goal […]
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OBITUARY: Giorgio Chinaglia (1947-2012)
Italian Giorgio Chinaglia, who was the all-time leading scorer in the North American Soccer League, died Sunday of complications from a heart attack at hishome in Naples, Fla. The New York Cosmos had other great players like Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Neeskens, but Chinaglia was in many ways the Cosmos, its leader from his […]
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Boyd, Perez and Colombians make early impact
[MLS IMPORTS WATCH] Six first-year foreigners have already scored for their new clubs. In particular, Scotsman Kris Boydand Panamanian Blas Perez could be impact players up front for Portland and FC Dallas. Colombians Jaime Castrillon (Colorado)and Hanyer Mosquera (Portland) could also be important additions for their clubs in the Western Conference race. Of the 37 […]
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Italian soccer on verge of comeback
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Italian soccer, which has had no more than one team in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League since 2007, could have as many asthree teams in this year’s final eight. AC Milan is already through to the quarterfinals, and Inter Milan and Napoli could win their series this week. Champions League […]