BURLINGTON, NC An entire soccer field IN Burlington, North Carolina was scorched Sunday afternoon from a grass fire set by model rockets. Captain Blair Keck of the Burlington Fire Department said the call came in at 1:18 p.m. and it took the 12 personnel about 20 minutes to get the fire at 3715 Rural [.

GUATEMALA CITY The president of a soccer team whose second-in-command was killed two days ago has also received threats apparently related to the club's poor performance, Guatemalan police said Sunday. Carmelino Hidalgo, a spokeswoman for police in the northern province of Huehuetenango, said Xinabajul club president Mauro Rodriguez reported receiving threats as did [.

NEW YORK, NY The MLS All-Star Game will return to the New York metropolitan area for the first time since 1997, the league announced on Tuesday. The 2011 contest will be played at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J., on July 27. The now-demolished Giants Stadium hosted the first two MLS All-Star Games in [.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand The Wellington Phoenix will play their postponed match against the Brisbane Roar on the Gold Coast it was announced today. The match which was set to take place last Sunday night at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium was postponed and moved to January 26 due to flooding in the Brisbane area.

SUNDERLAND, England Sunderland manager Steve Bruce said a young supporter is in police custody on Sunday after running onto the pitch and appearing to push a player to the ground amid crowd trouble at the end of a Premier League match against Newcastle. The pitch invader was led away by police after confronting Newcastle [.

PORT-HARCOURT, Nigeria Barely two weeks after they were rewarded with cars and cash gifts for winning the West African Football Union (WAFU) Cup by the Rivers State government, the domestic league and indeed the families of Sharks FC of Port-Harcourt players and officials would have been thrown into mourning after the Port-Harcourt side's team [.