23 November 2009
Real Salt Lake defeated the L.A. Galaxy 5-4 in penalty kicks to win the 2009 MLS Cup in front of over 46,000 fans. Real Salt Lake became just the second 8 seed to win the MLS Cup. The shootout win came in the 7th round of kicks when Robbie Russell found the back of [...]
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20 November 2009
#1 Akron Bracket: First Round – Stetson (14-3-2) at South Florida (13-3-3) South Florida 2-0 Stetson Second round – South Florida at #1 Akron (20-0-0) First Round – St. Mary’s (10-4-5) at Stanford (10-5-2) Stanford 3-0 St. Mary’s Second round – Stanford at #16 UC Irvine (15-6-0) First round – Green Bay (14-2-3) at Notre Dame (10-7-4) Notre Dame 2-1 Green Bay Second round [...]
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20 November 2009
It is official. Today, Ireland was denied by FIFA in their efforts to replay the match which sent France to the World Cup on a controversial hand ball by Thierry Henry. This was expected coming from FIFA, seeing that France was the ideal team to advance to the World Cup in their [...]
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19 November 2009
Following their 2-1 controversial loss in World Cup qualifying to France, Ireland’s soccer federation is asking FIFA for a replay of the match. France qualified for the World Cup after a blunder of errors by the referees allowed France to go up 2-1 in the first overtime session. Replay of the goal clearly [...]
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18 November 2009
As the U.S. national team looked for answers to fill out its squad for next summers World Cup in South Africa they performed extremely poorly with a make shift team. The U.S. went 0-2 in their two international friendlies against Slovakia and Denmark. For U.S. coach Bob Bradley this was a great test [...]
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18 November 2009
There is still controversy surrounding Elizabeth Lambert’s in game tirade that has resulted in a suspension for her and worldwide attention to the incidents that occurred. Lambert is a starting back on New Mexico which lost to BYU 1-0. Lambert committed numerous hard fouls and everything was caught on tape. Here is a video that [...]
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16 November 2009
This past weekend the L.A. Galaxy and Real Salt Lake punched their ticket into the 2009 MLS Cup Final with exciting matches that were both decided in extra time. L.A. defeated the Houston Dynamo in extra time to win the Western Conference, while the Real Salt lake and Chicago Fire game was decided with penalty [...]
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13 November 2009
With the poor showing recently at the U-17 World Cup, should the residency program be blamed? The U.S. U-17’s went 2-2 in the tournament, getting ousted in the round of 16 by Italy 2-1. Overall the performance of the squad has been up and down. In the USA’s defense, they were facing players who are [...]
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12 November 2009
This Saturday Bob Bradley’s squad will face Slovakia in an International friendly in Bratislava. With this being the first match for the U.S. since qualifying for the 2010 World Cup there are numerous questions to be answered due to recent injuries. Bradley is in a tough spot now with Charlie Davies and Oguchi Onyewu out [...]
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10 November 2009
Germany has reported that star goalkeeper Robert Enke was killed late Tuesday night in Hannover. Early reports from police are finding that Enke’s death will be ruled a suicide. The train crossing where Enke was killed is not far from his home in Hannover. Enke was almost surely guaranteed a place on Germany’s squad for next [...]
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Real Salt Lake Takes The Cup
Mens NCAA Division 1 Tournament
FIFA Denies Ireland’s Replay Effort
Ireland Asks FIFA For Replay
U.S. Finish 0-2 In Europe
Elizabeth Lambert Incident
Real Salt Lake to Face L.A. Galaxy For The Cup!
Should the U-17 Residency Program Be at Fault?
USA Looks For Answers This Saturday
German Star Goalkeeper Killed By Train
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