[AWARDS] The Portland Timbers U23s, who will host this weekend’s PDL Championship at PGE Park, and Ironbound Express were the only two teams to have twoplayers selected to the 2010 All-Premier Development League team from among the amateur league’s 67 teams. Midfielder Freddie Braun (formerly ofUniversity of Louisville) and forward Brent Richards (University of Washington […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend
Edgar Castillo came off the bench to score his first goal for San Luis in a losing effort against Puebla in the Mexican First Division on Sunday. — The Chicago Red Stars shook up the WPS playoff race with their 2-1 win at defending champion Sky Blue FC. — The PDL final four is headed […]
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Champions in a Flash
[W-LEAGUE] In only its second season, the Buffalo Flash established itself as one of the greatest teams in the history of the W-League. It won the championshipwith a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps in Saturday’s final to finish with a 14-0-2 record. The Flash was led by Canadian Kelly Parker, theW-League MVP, and Spanish […]
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Parker is first repeat MVP winner
[AWARDS] Six years after her first award, Kelly Parker of W-League finalist Buffalo Flash became the first repeat winner of the MVP award inleague history. Parker topped the 2010 W-League in goals and points and led the Flash to Saturday’s W-League title game against Vancouver (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, 10 p.m. ET). She wasalso chosen […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend
Playing with 10 men, the Kansas City Wizards defeated Manchester United, 2-1, on goals by Davy Arnaud and Kei Kamarabefore 52,342 fans at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. • Dane Richards scored a brilliant winner after setting up the first goal and led the New York Red Bullsto a 2-1 win over Manchester City at the […]
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From SISL to I-League
[USL] United Soccer Leagues has come full circle with the announcement that it will launch the I-League — the Indoor Professional Soccer — in 2011. Thenew league’s founding franchise: Rochester Lancers. USL began as the SISL — Southwest Indoor Soccer League — with five teams in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico in 1986 anddidn’t venture […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Wednesday
English clubs Manchester United, Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth all won matches against North American opponents, though Bolton and Portsmouth needed penalty kicks. D.C. United advanced to thequarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup with a 2-0 win over the USL-2 Harrisburg City Islanders. For all the Wednesday action … WednesdayResults: SuperLiga Houston Dynamo 1 Puebla 0. […]
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Crew and Chivas USA move into semis
[U.S. OPEN CUP] The Columbus Crew eliminated USL-2’s Charleston Battery, one of two non-MLS teams left in the U.S. Open Cup, with a 3-0 win. Chivas USA alsoadvanced with a 3-1 win at the Houston Dynamo on Tuesday. Steven Lenhart scored one goal and drew a penalty that led to a second goal for the […]
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Sounders need shootout to win Northwest derby
[U.S. OPEN CUP] The defending champion Seattle Sounders needed penalty kicks to oust their former and future rival Portland Timbers before a sellout crowd of15,422 in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday night in Portland. Seattle prevailed 4-3 on penalty kicks against its neighbor from the D-2 Pro League after the […]
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Charleston and Harrisburg upset MLS teams
[U.S. OPEN CUP] MLS’s New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire fell at home to teams from the third division USL-2 in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup on Tuesdaynight. The Harrisburg City Islanders beat New York, 1-0, and the Charleston Battery knocked off the Fire on penalty kicks — the eighth MLS […]