Steven Gerrard‘s first competitive match for the LA Galaxy ended in defeat as the Galaxy fell at Real Salt Lake, 1-0, in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cupquarterfinals. Gerrard came on the second half and was thwarted on a one-on-one attempt by RSL keeper Jeff Attinella in the 53rd minute, one ofseveral great saves by […]
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Open Cup: Red Bulls play Union a day before Chelsea match
The U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal schedule is complete, and the New York Red Bulls will be playing the Philadelphia Union in a quarterfinal match a day before they play Chelsea in an InternationalChampions Cup match. Both the Red Bulls and LAGalaxy have conflicts because they are still alive in the Open Cup and also among […]
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Klinsmann's Clever Dempsey Demotion
U.S. men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann executed a tricky piece of player diplomacy on Thursday by stripping forward Clint Dempseyof the captain’s armband and handing it to center midfielder Michael Bradley ahead of the Concacaf Gold Cup, which begins for the USA on July 7 against Honduras. Dempsey, of course, has been at the […]
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Open Cup: Red Bulls pound Cosmos, SKC's Dywer hits four
A year ago, the New York Red Bulls were crushed by the New York Cosmos, 3-0, in their first meeting in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. On Wednesday, the Red Bulls gained revenge with a 4-1 win in theround of 16. Sporting Kansas City’s Dom Dwyer set a club record with four goals in […]
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Open Cup: Magee scores twice in Chicago Fire win
In his first start since undergoing hip surgery last year, Mike Magee scored two goals to lead the Chicago Fire past the USL’s Charlotte Independence,3-1, in the round of 16 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. In the quarterfinals, the Fire will meet Orlando City SC, which defeated Columbus Crew SC, 2-0, before more […]
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Open Cup: Jeffries leads Charlotte against former club
The Charlotte Independence, the lone USL team still alive in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, will take on the Chicago Fire in one of four round-of-16 matches to be played on Tuesday. The game marks thereturn of Independence head coach Mike Jeffries to Chicago, where he served as a Fire assistant coach in 1998 […]
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U.S. Soccer hands Dempsey long Open Cup suspension
A U.S. Soccer panel charged with handling disciplinary matters in the U.S. Open Cup has suspended the Seattle Sounders’ Clint Dempsey for six U.S. Open Cupmatches or the next two years of U.S. Open Cup competition, whichever is greater in response to his actions of tearing up the notebook of referee Daniel Radford in their […]
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PSRA: Dempsey decision 'is a serious step backwards'
In response to MLS suspending Seattle Sounders forward Clint Dempsey for only three games, the Professional Soccer Referees Association, which represents prosoccer referees in the United States and Canada, issued a statement condemning the punishment as “a light slap on the wrist.” MLS announced Friday that it had suspended Dempsey for threegames and fined an […]
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Seattle's love affair with the Open Cup turns sour
By Paul Gardner The controversy surrounding Clint Dempsey and his trashing of referee Daniel Radford’s notebook is quite ridiculous. Ridiculous because there should be nocontroversy. We know, we saw (and now we’ve seen it repeatedly) what Dempsey did. Weknow what U.S. Federation regulations say about that sort of thing — it is clearly considered, as […]
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Dempsey case: Lessons from the tussle in Tukwila
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) In a perfect world, Clint Dempseywould not have been playing on Tuesday. Nor would have Obafemi Martins. The Seattle Sounders will play three MLS games in the next week, so it probably wouldhave been wise to not use Dempsey and Martins in an Open Cup game, but the Sounders did and […]