Nigerian women’s national team coach Eucharia Uche, who said she used religion in an attempt to rid the Super Falcons of lesbian behavior, is out followingthe Falcons’ failure to qualify for the 2012 Olympic women’s soccer tournament. Uche, who “Eucharia Uche’s case is not a matter of being sacked,” a top official of the Nigeria […]
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Akron coach Caleb Porter to head men's Olympic quest
[U.S. SOCCER] Caleb Porter, coach of defending NCAA Division I champion Akron, has been named head coach of the U.S. men’s U-23 nationalteam, which aims to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in Concacaf qualifying next March. Porter, 36, will continue in his role as the head coach at Akron, where he has coached since2006. […]
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Klinsmann left with paucity of options
[USA CONFIDENTIAL] Just how much a challenge Jurgen Klinsmann has as U.S. national team coach is reflected in thepaucity of options he had in selecting his team for the two upcoming friendly games, beginning with Saturday’s match against Honduras. There are only a few players whose absence from the Miami campraised some eyebrows, and none […]
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Sundhage searches for new players
[U.S. UNDER-23 WOMEN] U.S. women’s national team coach Pia Sundhage will get a chance to look at some of thecountry’s top young talent at a under-23 national team camp for pro, college and high school players Oct. 2-7 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Sundhage, who will work with U.S.Soccer women’s development director […]
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Governing body rakes in the dough
[FIFA] How rich is FIFA? Despite a worldwide recession, soccer’s international governing body made a profit of $196 million on revenues of $1.059 billion in2009 and increased its reserves to more than $1 billion. FIFA made so much money it will distribute some of it to its confederations ($2.5 million apiece) and national federations ($250,000 […]
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Kubik rejoins national team program
[USA] Former Czech star Lubos Kubik, who has an impressive record as a player but a poor record as a head coach, hasbeen hired as an assistant to U.S. national team head coach Bob Bradley, his former boss at the Chicago Fire. Kubik had stints in the top divisionsin Italy, France and Germany, and a […]