A fleet of MLS players were on the field Sunday and Monday as Costa Rica and Panama, respectively, kicked off their World Cup campaigns. Costa Rica has five current MLS players as well asthree other players with MLS experience. Panama head coach Hernan Dario Gomez named 13 current or former MLS players to his 23-man […]
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Lloyd and Sullivan return to USWNT for games against South Korea
Carli Lloyd, who is recovering from an ankle injury that kept her out of the September matches against New Zealand, and Stanford senior Andi Sullivan, who was sidelined with a kneeinjury suffered in November, have been recalled for the U.S. national team’s matches against South Korea in New Orleans on Oct. 19 and Cary, N.C. […]
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Datebook: South Korea fills out USWNT's fall schedule
The USA will face South Korea in two women’s friendly matches in October in New Orleans and Cary, N.C., to fill out its slate of six games in the fall. The games at the Mercedes-BenzSuperdome and WakeMed Soccer Park will come the week after the NWSL wraps up its fifth season. Last meeting: 0-0 (May […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Chung takes FIFA fight to CAS
South Korean Chung Mong-Joon, the longtime FIFA executive committee member, is taking his fight against a soccer ban imposed by FIFA to the Court of Arbitration for Sport 18 months after theoriginal ban was imposed. Chung battled former FIFA president Sepp Blatter for years.
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Asian World Cup qualifying will go down to wire
The USA is in much better shape after its 6-0 win over Honduras and 1-1 tie with Panama, but if form held through the remainder of World Cup 2018 qualifying in Concacaf — every team won itsremaining games at home and lost on the road — it would still finish in fourth place in the […]
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WCQ: Japan and Saudi Arabia pull clear
Japan and Saudi Arabia opened up a three-point lead in Group B of Asia’s World Cup 2018 qualifying tournament after recording wins over the United Arab Emirates (2-0) and Thailand (3-0), respectively.Iran leads Group A by four points over South Korea after its 1-0 win over last-place Qatar. The two two teams in each group […]
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Korean champion docked nine points for bribery
Defending K League champion Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors had its lead in the 2016 championship reduced from 14 points to five after it was docked nine points when the league’s disciplinary committee found aclub scout made payments to referees in 2013. The scout was sentenced to a six-month suspended jail term for bribery.
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What They're Saying: Chung Mong Joon
“The true danger is that they are not only sabotaging my candidacy. They are sabotaging FIFA’s election and FIFA itself. As preposterous as it may sound, there are media reports that Mr. Blatter plansto stay on as President once all the presidential candidates are forced out. However, the election is in danger of being turned […]
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Bayer's Son to Join Spurs
Bayer Leverkusen winger Son Heung-min is set for a €30 million ($33.4 million) move to join Tottenham Hotspur, according to German media reports. Son, 23, was set to take part inLeverkusen’s Champions League playoff second leg with Lazio, but already on Tuesday missed Bayer’s final training session ahead of the match at the Bay-Arena. The South […]