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While the USA Women’s Olympic Team is preparing for Thursday night’s Gold Medal match with Brazil in Beijing, the senior USMNT is readying for Wednesday’s World Cup Qualifier with Guatemala, with Men’s Olympic Team members available to participate…
At the Olympics, the USA Men were eliminated by Nigeria, who have made it into the Gold Medal match where they ...
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My favorite MLS team is the New England Revolution; although they have never won the MLS Cup, they have been to the Final on four occasions, including the last three years in a row. This past year, they also seem to be on a roll in tournament play, as well as leading the East for most of this season in the standings…
They won the 94th U.S. Open Cup last November, and only a few ...
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This season, the Galaxy have had a problem with defense…a BIG problem. While they lead the league in goal-scoring, they ALSO lead the MLS in goals scored against…exactly 2.0 per game at the moment (42 in 21 regular season matches this year)…
Landon Donovan - with 14 goals scored - does also lead the league currently, and numerous teammates including David Beckham, Edson ...
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August 18 --- MVN Soccer: As was the
case in the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, the
Women’s Soccer Final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be a meeting between the traditional power USA and the recently-on-the-rise Brazil. --- Over 50,000 were on hand Monday night to witness the Americans' 4-2 defeat of Japan; here is a recap. --- Brazil beat Germany 4-1 in the other semifinal...
Brian McBride made his Chicago Fire debut at home venue Toyata Park on Saturday night versus DC United; the 36 year-old icon grew up in Chicagoland, and was welcomed warmly by the crowd…
It was not entirely unexpected that the USA Men did not make it out of the first round at the Olympics, but disappointing nonetheless, as McBride was the veteran leading the squad, and by far the ...
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Seven goals were scored in this game Saturday between Real Salt Lake and the Houston Dynamo, so I thought that some of you who may not normally pay attention to MLS - or soccer - might be interested in this. There is another reason for the curiosity of fans, and an element of importance; this match was to determine first place in the Western Conference heading into the final two months ...
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When I was young and still in school, I moved to Los Angeles; this was only a few months prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics, which were being held there…
The head of the Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee was Peter Ueberroth, whom I would eventually end up working for when he led the drive and the host operations for the USA in the 1994 FIFA World Cup (he also, by the way, ...
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Soccer is not the only one of the world’s beautiful games being contested at these Olympics…
I found these two Chinese-themed TV commercials airing in the U.S. during the Games; in case you haven’t seen them yet, I’d like to share them with you along with descriptions I’ve written here…
ENJOY =)
1. “Hu Jia” for ADIDAS
(1:00) ...
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As she has done increasingly of late, Hawaiian-born Natasha Kai scored - and scored big - for the U.S. Women’s Olympic Team, this time making the game-winning goal, eliminating Canada in the quarterfinals Friday night and booking the Americans - defending Olympic champions - a place in the final four…
A severe thunderstorm, which started around kickoff time in Shanghai, ...
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It was not Beckham, Buddle, or Donovan…but Alan Gordon - scoring his fifth Galaxy goal of the season - who proved the hero for LA late Thursday night at the Home Depot Center…
Landon Donovan was the one who got the scoring started. He racked up his 14th goal for his club, leading the entire league in goals scored. However, after that great eighth-minute strike, Galaxy did ...
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You may have heard of Ted Leonsis as the owner of the NHL Washington Capitals. The former AOL executive has also been a great supporter of Major League Soccer, working with his local team DC United, as well as on many promotional projects for the league involving promotion and expansion…
He has also had his hand in recent film productions; “Kicking It” is a new ...
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CHIVAS USA are the ‘home’ team for tonight’s edition of the SuperClasico -the LA Derby. The in-city rivarly now takes a new turn with a new Galaxy coach at the helm, a veteran LA player in his very first match as coach. Both teams were tied for first place in the West for the last SuperClasico meeting, which itself ended in a tie…
An exciting and intriguing ...
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It has barely been a year since David Beckham debuted with the LA Galaxy, but the ups and downs have been as numerous as they have been extreme in both directions. The positive direction his health has taken this season has been tempered by the less-than-stellar play of his team’s defense, leading to the team’s dubious distinction at the moment of leading the league in goals ...
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On September 3rd at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup will crown their champion; this is the 95th consecutive year for the U.S. Open Cup, making it one of the longest-running competitions in any American sport…
The qualifiers began early in the year; any amateur or professional men’s team at any level can attempt to qualify and compete in the ...
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That first - and very painful - loss on August 6th to Norway was not only the first loss by the US Women in the Olympics…it was their first loss of 2008 to ANYBODY…
On Saturday, they seemed to redeem themselves with a 1-0 win over Japan, and then by Tuesday night, they were cruising against their third and final opening round opponent New Zealand…so much so that they ...
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Even many MLS fans don’t remember that Juan Pablo Angel came here to play as the second-highest salaried player in the league in 2007…that’s second only to David Beckham. He and his team had their ups and downs last year, and their famous coach (former USMNT manager) Bruce Arena was let go when their playoffs campaign was considered a failure…
This year ...
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In a Japanese J-League match this week between the Urawa Red Diamonds and Kashiwa Reysol, this incredible event occurred. While not completely unheard of, such a thing is rare, indeed, and the fact that it took place during a professional match shown on TV means that it is captured for you to watch and enjoy here, courtesy YouTube…
(it all transpires in the final seconds of the ...
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ESPN will be sponsoring an open online chat for fans with Landon Donovan via Sport Nation’s “The Show”; it is a rare opportunity, so I wanted to be sure you know about the Tuesday afternoon event in advance…
Landon just recently tallied his 100th cap for the USMNT, and he is currently the Major League Soccer leading goal-scorer for this season; he just scored his ...
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The regular season is now two-thirds of the way over, and I’d like to share with you here some of the best features on some of the best matches of the 20th round of Major League Soccer…
I think the best match of the week had to be DC United visiting the New York Red Bulls at Giants Stadium. That venue, as well as the latter team, were coming off of a great midweek experience ...
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Jaime Moreno
FC Barcelona
The USA Men played their second Group B match on Sunday night versus Netherlands in Tianjin, China. While they dominated most of the way, and led 2-1 into the final stoppage time, a stunning equalizer for Netherlands was scored in the last seconds of the game by Gerald Sibon, who had been subbed in at 75′…
The Americans had to play catch up against the heavily favored Dutch, ...
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USA will contest BRAZIL for Gold on Thursday night...