While one Brazilian icon exits the soccer stage, a future one took another step toward entering
the limelight after a stellar showing in the CONMEBOL Under-20 championships in Peru.
Neymar scored two goals in the finale on Saturday -- a 6-0 thrashing of Uruguay -- to capture
the tournament's golden boot with nine goals, outlasting his closest competition by five
scores.
By JOEY SAMUEL
The field competing for CONCACAF's spots at the 2012 Summer Olympics is officially set.
Trinidad & Tobago and Cuba each recorded the results they needed Monday night to advance out of
Caribbean qualifying and earn the final two spots in the 2012 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament.
Union
The Offsides has more on the rumors linking 32-year-old Colombian forward Tressor Moreno to the
Union. But this report says Moreno has signed with Brazilian club Bahia following the failure of
negotiations with the Union. (You can read a crappy translation here.)
The Brotherly Game looks at five FC Delco products who are headed to Division 1 schools.
Tickets went on sale today for the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualify being held at BC Place
Stadium in Vancouver, Canada from Jan. 19-29.
If you live in the Northwest, that's would be awesome if you could come. If you don't, and you
still come, well that's one way we define a great fan of the U.
This coming March and April, the US U23 team will attempt to qualify for the 2012 summer Olympics
in London. And if Caleb Porter, the team's coach is to be believed, the semifinals and finals would
seem to be in KC. On The Best Soccer Show, Porter said that the tournament would start in Tennessee
before moving to KC, with the semifinals being on April 2nd.
Akron's Caleb Porter was named head coach of the United States under-23 men's national team, which
will try to qualify this spring for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Porter now has to balance both jobs as he wears multiple hats, with his Akron Zips in the NCAA
National Tournament and the US Under-23 team going through preparations for qualification for the
next Olympics.
By CALEB SONNELAND
David Beckham isn't going anywhere — for now.
Despite rumors that the LA Galaxy's Beckham was present at Paris Saint-Germain's Ligue 1 clash
with Lille on Sunday, reports have emerged to squash any notion of that kind.
With a reported move to PSG imminent, Beckham was thought to be in France to finalize an
18-month deal to the newly-rich club.
