[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer wraps up its regular season on Saturday. While FC Gold Pride has clinched first place and home-field advantage in the Sept. 26championship game, the battle for second place — between Boston and Philadelphia — and the final playoff berth — between Washington and defending champion Sky Blue FC — goes down […]
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Morgan and Leroux called into national team camp
[U.S. WOMEN] Two collegians — California senior Alex Morgan and UCLA junior Sydney Leroux — were among 30 players called up by U.S. women’s national team head coach Pia Sundhage for a training camp beginning Sept. 20 and two matches against China that will serve as preparation for the Concacaf qualifying tournament forthe 2011 Women’s World Cup. Morgan and Leroux, both […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend
Newcomers Khari Stephenson and Geovanni both scored in San Jose’s 2-1 win at Houston Sunday that moved theEarthquakes into sixth place on the playoff ladder. On Saturday, FC Dallas extended its unbeaten streak to 13 games with a 1-0 win over Toronto FC thanks to JeffCunningham‘s goal. For the weekend schedule … Weekend Results Major […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Wednesday
D.C. United’s bad luck continued. It was within a minute of beating the Columbus Crew in the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup when an own goal by Marc Burchsent the game into overtime, where the Crew prevailed, 2-1, on a goal by Guillermo Barros Schelotto. The Seattle Sounders got two goals from Nate Jaqua […]
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Harvey leaves key management position
[WPS] Former U.S. women’s world champion Mary Harvey has left her position as chief operating officer of Women’sProfessional Soccer as part of the continuing restructuring in the league office. Harvey, who had come to WPS from FIFA, was hired to directly oversee the day-to-day affairs at the leagueand all aspects of player-related matters, including day-of-game […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend
Americans Sacha Kljestan and Sammy Ochoa scored in wins for Belgium’s Anderlecht and Mexico’s Tecos Estudiantes. InEngland, Clint Dempsey started in Fulham’s 2-2 tie with Manchester United. In WPS, FC Gold Pride clinched the regular-season title and home-field advantage inthe final with a 3-2 win over Chicago. In USL-2, the Richmond Kickers moved into Saturday’s […]
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Expansion Beat fires O'Sullivan
[WPS] The Atlanta Beat became the third Women’s Professional Soccer team to fire its coach this season when the expansion team, last in the seven-teamleague, parted company with head coach Gareth O’Sullivan and his assistant, Robbie Nicholson. Australian James Galanis was named interim head coach. The Beat has lost its last three games and won […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend
Goalies Brad Friedel (Aston Villa) and Marcus Hahnemann (Wolves) were the only Americans who won on the opening dayof the English Premier League. In Germany, Michael Bradley scored for Borussia Moenchengladbach in its 3-1 win at Erzgebirge Aue in the DfB Pokal. Steve Cherundolo‘s Hannover 96 fell to fourth division Elversberg on penalty kicks. The […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Wednesday
— The Red Bulls stayed in second place of the Eastern Conference by beating third-place Toronto thanks to a 1-0 win with a Joel Lindpore strike that was set up by ThierryHenry and Seth Stammler. — Philly settled for a 1-1 tie at home with defending champ Real Salt Lake. — Amy Rodriguez scored her […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend
The Chicago Fire drew a record crowd of 21,868 at Toyota Park for its 0-0 tie with the New York Red Bulls. The game marked the MLS debut of its newest Mexican stars, Chicago’s Nery Castillo and New York’s Rafael Marquez. The Red Bulls’ Thierry Henry came offlate in the first half with a groin […]