Dopo Calciopoli, sta per scoppiare un altro scandalo legato al mondo del pallone. Si parla già , di Europoli. Travalicati i confini nazionali (per una volta ne usciamo illesi), questa nuova truffa riguarda il calcio europeo e, nelo specifico, tre incontri di Champions League. La procura di Bochum, nel corso di una conferenza stampa, ha annunciato che questi match sono sotto inchiesta per possibili combine. Click to continue reading...

by Matt - US Soccer Daily Soccer junkies couldn't ask for more this weekend, as MLS conference finals, World Cup qualifiers, and marquee friendlies all combine for one spectacular Saturday. So get...

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Riapre Calciopoli, con una nuova udienza al Tribunale di Napoli. E uno dei grandi inquisiti dell'epoca, "Big" Luciano Moggi, torna a parlare e a "tuonare". Questa volta nell'occhio del ciclone ci finisce la stampa. Infatti, in una deposizione spontanea, resa in merito alle dichiarazioni di Martino, ex segretario Can, che accusava un giornalista sportivo di essere condizionato nella scelta della pallina da sorteggiare da un colpo di tosse di Pairetto, . Click to continue reading...

Tom Soehn's term as Head Coach of DC United has come to a close Monday evening when he met with Kevin Payne and the rest of the head honchos in the DC United front office. Tom Soehn did not await the decision from Kevin Payne and left on his own terms.

Now the decision comes down to who is next to step up and be the new DC United Head Coach?

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We are way behind on posting this, but since the last question answered has become more relevant after the events of the past couple days, it still make sense to post this.
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Drew Moor is heading to Colorado tomorrow, but was nice enough to give us some time on the phone today for a conversation. It's been a long run for me watching Drew Moor, starting back at Indiana at the final four... or maybe even Dallas Cup without knowing it. Then scouting him at the combine, running into Drew and his father the night before the SuperDraft at a bar where I was eating dinner, chatting with him the next night after being picked.

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Drew Moor is heading to Colorado tomorrow, but was nice enough to give us some time on the phone today for a conversation. It's been a long run for me watching Drew Moor, starting back at Indiana at the final four... or maybe even Dallas Cup without knowing it. Then scouting him at the combine, running into Drew and his father the night before the SuperDraft at a bar where I was eating dinner, chatting with him the next night after being picked.

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The USL W-League is going to stage a combine to showcase some of their top players to WPS scouts and coaches in September following the conclusion of the season. The camp will be hosted at the Ed Radice Complex, the home field of the Tampa Bay Hellenic, on September 24th-27th. This is the second annual combine that has been held and with WPS expanding by two clubs (Atlanta and Philadelphia) next season, W-League players will most certainly be top candidates to fill out league rosters next year. Click to continue reading...

Like kissing your sister, as long as your sister isn't hot, or a good kisser.

The thing you'll hear most from any reports you're bound to read about this match is that Josh Wicks did well, and RSL bunkered. Honestly, that's about all I could tell you about it, too. DC started out bad, and finished bad.

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In which we learn that Alexi Lalas was in Steve Zakuani's hotel room the night before the draft, Sam Cronin got his grill busted at the combine, AJ Delagarza wears unnecessarily large earrings and Richard Jata's draft speech is still the best ever. Click to continue reading...

There's quite a bit on the soccer news front, as you may have guessed from the headline this morning.  The WPS has held its combines on the East and West coasts, and is gearing up for its draft on Friday, January 16th.  (That's this Friday, folks!)  Here's some nice video from the West Coast combine [. Click to continue reading...

First off, get well wishes to HollyCornblog who is recovering from a bad ankle sprain sustained in a nasty fall at work.  Keep it iced and raised ... and, as we like to say to Willie (and to Ruby - but with much less effect), "Heel!" [sic] Between HollyCornblog and Hope Solo, things have been a [... Click to continue reading...

 So Rachel Maddow's new show premiered last night and while I didn't see the whole thing (had a meeting) and didn't see Boltgirl there (not yet, that is), what I saw I liked a lot (not surprisingly).  Way to go Rachel! Ariana Huffington has written about Sarah Palin as the Trojan Moose who distracts the electorate [. Click to continue reading...

So far, no surprises in the CONCACAF qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. After two games the usual 'Big Three' lead their respective groups and the teams behind them aren't really a shocker either. Two teams we thought would do better this time around in qualifying have a combine two points. Those two I'm talking about [. Click to continue reading...

I'm happy to see that the Bay Area (San Jose, to be specific) will be joining the WPS for the 2009 season.  "Play kicks off in the spring of 2009, with WPS teams based in the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. The league will expand [...] Click to continue reading...

Good afternoon folks. It took me a while but I have finally cranked out an MLS Mock Draft.

The mock draft consists of the first round and the first two picks of the second round (I had to include the Red Bulls pick in there for eager Red Bulls fans curious about who might fall to No. 12).

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Good afternoon folks. It took me a while but I have finally cranked out an MLS Mock Draft.

The mock draft consists of the first round and the first two picks of the second round (I had to include the Red Bulls pick in there for eager Red Bulls fans curious about who might fall to No. 12).

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Good morning all. I'm writing you from North Fort Myers, Florida, where I'm taking advantage of the MLS Combine off day to pay my mother a visit.

Today is also a day to reflect on the action in Ft. Lauderdale, where all the league's coaches and personnel people have spent two days watching the draft-eligible talent.

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Happy Monday to ya, hope everyone had a nice weekend. A lot of goodies to talk about today after the MLS Combine this past weekend. Also a couple transfer updates to mention. Not a lot went down on that front over the weekend but expect it to be a busy week since we are going [...] Click to continue reading...

I know you're just waiting to find out who did and didn't play well at the MLS Combine. Well, I can tell you that there were some standouts in day one, but far more players who just flat failed to impress.

The first game of the day could be best described as terrible. I would go so far as to say it's the worst soccer game I've seen in years, that's all levels (high school, U-10, MLS reserve league).

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The first day of the 2008 MLS Combine will be remembered for two things. It was the day we saw a new generation of MLS coaches get to work and it was a day that set offensive soccer back about 100 years as nervous draft prospects did little to stand out in front of the scores of MLS coaches and management folks in attendance.

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Nearing the end of the work week but things are starting to heat up around the MLS as we head into the MLS Combine. Plenty to discuss today after a couple deals were talked about and made yesterday. It appears that Claudio Lopez is close to signing with a MLS club, most likely, DC United if [...] Click to continue reading...

Major League Soccer announced the 54 college seniors who will take part in the MLS Combine in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida from Jan. 11-15. A couple names jump out at me only because I have seen them play in person before. This is expected to be a fairly deep draft from what people around the league tell [. Click to continue reading...