Women’s World Cup champion Japan won the Kirin Cup with a 4-1 win over Brazil, edging the USA on goals scored. Yuika Sugasawa‘s goal in the lastminute of play was the difference. Japan and the USA played to a 1-1 tie, and the USA then beat Brazil, 3-0. Japan had broken open a 1-1 tie in […]
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Late Morgan goal earns USA tie
[KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP] Alex Morgan scored with 17 minutes remaining for her team-leading 12th goal in 10 games in 2012 toearn the USA a 1-1 draw with host Japan before a crowd of 15,159 in Sendai in the first game of the Kirin Challenge Cup. The goal had initially been waved off for offside, but […]
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Japan and UAE clinch berths
[OLYMPICS COUNTDOWN] Japan and the United Arab Emirates clinched berths in the Olympic men’s soccer tournament with wins on Wednesday. The UAE qualified for thefirst time when it came back from two goals down to beat Uzbekistan 3-2 in Tashkent and take Group B. Japan beat Bahrain, 2-0, in Tokyo to clinch first place in […]
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Morgan hat trick powers USA to third
[ALGARVE CUP] Alex Morgan scored the first hat trick of her career to lead the USA to a 4-0 win over Sweden in the third-place game at theAlgarve Cup. It snaps a three-game winless streak against Sweden. Germany, which didn’t qualify for the London Olympics, beat Women’s World Cup champion Japan, 4-3, for the Algarve […]
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Giveaways doom USA against Japan
[ALGARVE CUP] Substitute Megumi Takase scored on a thunderous header off AyaMiyama‘s corner kick in the 84th minute to give Japan a 1-0 win over the USA in a rematch of the 2011 Women’s World Cup final Japan won on penalty kicks and deprive the Americans of a 10thconsecutive berth in the Algarve Cup final. […]
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Guardiola and Sasaki take coaching honors
[AWARDS] Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was named the 2011 FIFA Coach of the Year for men’s soccer, while Norio Sasaki, who led Japan to the Women’s World Cup title, won the award for women’s soccer. Sasaki beat out France national team coach Bruno Bini and U.S. national team coach Pia Sundhage.
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USA to play in Women's Kirin Challenge Cup
[DATEBOOK] The Japan Football Association announced that the world champion Nadeshiko will host the USA and Brazil in the USA and Brazil in the newly createdWomen’s Kirin Challenge Cup in early April. Japan will play the USA on April 1 at Yurtec Stadium in Sendai and meet Brazil on April 5 at Homes Stadium in […]
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Asian clubs sweep quarterfinals
[CLUB WORLD CUP] Mexico’s troubles at the Club World Cup continued as 2011 Concacaf champion Monterrey fell to Kashiwa Reysol of Japan in a shootout. Tunisia’sEsperance had the better of play against Qatar’s Al-Sadd, but the Qatari club won, 2-1, to give the Asian clubs a sweep of Sunday’s quarterfinals in Toyota, Japan. Kashiwa, who […]
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Head Strong: Nodding home from half-field
[VIDEO PICK] Ryujiro Ueda of the J-League Division 2’s Fagiano Okayama scored on a header from inside his own half in a 1-0 win over Yokohama. Yokohama goalkeeper Kentro Seki’s goal kick soared past the halfway line but came right back at and over him after meeting Ueda’s forehead. J-League officials are trying to verify […]
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Key matches available to U.S. viewers
[EURO 2012] Defending champion Spain and Italy can clinch group titles in Euro 2012 qualifying and berths in next year’s finals with wins against Liechtensteinand Slovenia, respectively, on Tuesday. The Netherlands might clinch with its eighth win in eight games at Finland but would need some help from San Marino in its game against Sweden. […]