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CARSON, Calif. – After four long and often frustrating years, David Beckham has learned to bend
it once again. That famous right foot, so effective and prolific that it spawned the title of a
movie, has been quiet for much of his Los Angeles Galaxy career, but its effectiveness has returned
with a vengeance this [.
LONDON, England The English Football Association (FA) is to abstain from voting in the upcoming
FIFA presidential election between Sepp Blatter and Mohamed Bin Hammam, it was announced Thursday.
FA chairman David Bernstein said in a statement there were a "range of issues" which made it
"difficult" to vote for incumbent Blatter or Asian [.
WASHINGTON — D.C. United assistant coach Pat Onstad is coming out of retirement because the club
is in need of healthy goalkeepers. The team said Thursday that Onstad will begin working with the
team at training camp to prepare to play in the regular season. The 43-year-old Canadian was the
oldest player in MLS when [.
RENTON, WASH. The Seattle Sounders FC announced today that it has extended the contract of
midfielder Osvaldo Alonso through the 2014 Major League Soccer season. Alonso, voted the team's
most valuable player in 2010, is entering his third year with Sounders FC. Per club and Major
League Soccer policy, no further terms of the deal [.
LONDON, England - Olympic organisers published the schedule for the London 2012 Games today along
with details of ticket prices. The Games kick off on July 25 with football preliminaries in
Cardiff, Coventry and Glasgow. They officially get under way with an opening ceremony at the
Olympic Stadium in east London on July 27 [.
MILAN, Italy - Peter Crouch's goal 10 minutes from time handed Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 win over
below-par AC Milan in a bad-tempered Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday. Milan
midfielder Gennaro Gattuso, who will miss the second leg after a booking, is likely to face UEFA
repercussions after appearing to headbutt Spurs assistant [.
LONDON, England — Former Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has been appointed head coach of West Brom,
the Premier League club confirmed Friday. West Brom, who fired Roberto Di Matteo earlier this week,
hired Hodgson just over a month after he was sacked by Liverpool. Hodgson, 63, was voted English
football's manager of the year last [.
VANCOUVER, BC Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced Nizar Khalfan and Gershon Koffie as their first two
international player signings on Wednesday. The duo became the sixth and seventh signings from last
season's USSF D-2 Pro League squad and the latest in an ever-growing pool of African MLS players.
Eschewing big name signings like David Beckham [.
LONG BEACH, Cal. The Seventh Annual Cal South Soccer Nation Expo will be taking place on Saturday
and Sunday at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center — its first year in the city.
According to organizers, the expo is the country's largest free soccer expo. To back up that point,
it was announced [.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand All Whites' pair Simon Elliott and Andrew Boyens have both signed with MLS
side Chivas USA, it was announced today. Elliott and Boyens were both members of the New Zealand
squad that drew all three group matches at last year's FIFA World Cup. Chivas USA are a
Mexican-owned club based in [.
BOSTON, Mass Young athletes often dream of becoming professionals. In some cases, they even forgo
college to take their chances on the big time. Leominster's Diego Fagundez is an even rarer
exception. Fagundez is not only going to skip college, he will be bypassing much of high school as
well to pursue a pro [.
ZARAGOZA, Spain — The city of Zaragoza has honored Spain's World Cup victory by dedicating a
square to the national team. Spanish football federation head Angel Villar was in attendance Monday
as the "Plaza La Roja" square was inaugurated. On local newspaper Heraldo's website, Zaragoza
sports official Manu Blasco describes the move as "a well-deserved [.
LIVERPOOL, England — Luis Suarez came off the substitutes bench to score on his Liverpool debut
as Kenny Dalglish's side overcame Stoke 2-0 at Anfield here on Wednesday. Suarez, a 22.6 million
pounds (36.5 million dollars) transfer deadline day signing from Ajax, needed just 16 minutes to
open his goal account after Dirk Kuyt's pass [.
LONDON, England Manchester City lost ground to local rivals Manchester United in the Premier League
title race after twice giving up the lead in a 2-2 draw away to Birmingham on Tuesday. A share of
the spoils at St Andrew's left Roberto Mancini's men eight points behind leaders United, having
played a game more [.
ANTALYA, Turkey Nana Attakora scored the team's lone goal Wednesday as Toronto FC played Partizan
Belgrade to a 1-1 draw to open the Major League Soccer pre-season. The Canadian defender connected
on a corner kick in the sixth minute, but Toronto couldn't hold onto its lead as Nemanja Tomic tied
the game for the [.
HOUSTON, Tx — A Houston teacher and soccer coach has died after police say he was attacked in a
shopping center parking lot. Christopher Matthews, 33, was allegedly attacked around 11 p.m.on
Friday in the parking lot of a shopping complex. Ronald Lee Newman was taken into custody by police
following the attack, and was [.
January 27, 2011 North American Soccer League (NASL) FC Edmonton EDMONTON, AB. It's been five
months since their last competitive match against Miami FC of the NASL, and even that was a
friendly. It's no wonder that the FC Edmonton coaching staff and players are champing at the bit to
get the 2011 [.
The Carling Cup is still a much derided competition, scoffed at and labelled a 'Mickey Mouse' Cup.
And while I agree it doesn't have the charm of the FA Cup or the glamour of the Champions League,
that claim is usually made by those who are knocked out or see their reserve players play in [...]
BARCELONA, Spain — Karim Benzema led Real Madrid to a 1-0 win at Sevilla before Barcelona rolled
over Almeria 5-0 in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. Benzema, the much-questioned
France striker, answered his critics with a valuable away goal in the 17th minute of the first-leg
match at Sanchez Pizjuan stadium.
BLACKPOOL, England Manchester United moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League after
staging a stunning late fightback to win 3-2 at Blackpool on Wednesday. Sir Alex Ferguson's side
had gone 27 league matches without losing, a run stretching back to their 2-1 defeat against
Chelsea in April last season.
MUNICH, Germany — Bayern Munich captain Mark van Bommel on Tuesday joined Italian side AC Milan,
five months before his contract was due to expire, the German giants have announced. "It was Mark's
express wish to be released from his contract early for sporting reasons, in order to be able to
move to AC Milan [.
Diego Maradona and Carlos Valderrama stole the show during an indoor game between former stars from
Argentina and Colombia. Maradona was good for a goal and two assists. Valderrama, still holding his
great head of hair, provided the assist for the great bicycle kick of Aristazabal and scored as
well.
DOHA, Qatar — A 117th-minute strike from Harry Kewell powered Australia to a 1-0 quarter-final
victory over holders Iraq at the Asian Cup on Saturday and into a showdown with Uzbekistan for a
place in the final. The Galatasaray forward met a pinpoint cross from Matt McKay towards the end of
extra time and angled [.
DOHA, Qatar — Reigning champions Iraq set up a quarter-final clash with Australia after beating
North Korea 1-0 Wednesday, condemning the Koreans to an early exit having failed to score in the
tournament. The 2007 champions finished second in Group D behind Iran, but will be underdogs
against an Australian team out for revenge after [.
GRONINGEN, Netherlands Eredivisie high-flyers FC Groningen had to come from behind to get past SC
Genemuiden and book their place in the quarter-finals of the KNVB Beker. Florencio Cornelia gave
the third-tier side a shock lead midway through the first half but Groningen showed their class by
turning the game on its head before [.
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 [.
LONDON — Liverpool midfielder Ryan Babel was charged with improper conduct by the Football
Association (FA) on Monday after posting a mocked-up photo of referee Howard Webb wearing a
Manchester United shirt on social networking site Twitter. The picture appeared on the Dutch
forward's official page on Twitter just hours after United beat Liverpool 1-0 [.
MILAN, Italy — Inter Milan manager Leonardo says Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has helped him
settle into his new job. Leonardo, who won his debut 3-1 against Napoli on Thursday, says he owes
former Inter coach Mourinho "a lot of gratitude, in this initial phase he's helped me ... He's been
very open with [.
LONDON/DOHA Sepp Blatter's latest salvo in favour of a winter switch for the 2022 World Cup in
Qatar has exacerbated perceptions of how much of a shambles was the bidding process concluded by
the FIFA executive committee's vote last month. Blatter, speaking before the launch of the Asian
Cup in Doha, said: "I expect [.
For a number of managers in the football league as well as some household names in the Premier
League, the new year has brought anything but cheer so far. Five football league managers have
already been given the boot this year, with two more – Darren Ferguson of Preston and Brian Laws
of Burnley – [.
MILAN, Italy Leonardo made a winning start as Internazionale manager after the Champions League
holders downed Napoli 3-1 in a pulsating Serie A encounter at the San Siro. Former Liverpool
manager Rafael Benitez departed due to a disagreement with the Inter president Massimo Moratti in
the aftermath of their win in the Club World [.
TORONTO, Ont. Toronto FC's new head coach and technical director Aron Winter answers a question
during Thursday's press conference. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) Thursday marked a new era in the
history of the Toronto FC, with the Major League Soccer club undergoing a major managerial
makeover. TFC named former Dutch national team star Aron Winter [.
?DOHA, Jordan — Jordan's Prince Ali bin Al Hussein stunned powerful South Korean Chung Mong-Joon
by unseating him as a FIFA vice-president on Thursday while Mohamad bin Hammam won another term as
AFC chief. Chung, the controlling shareholder in industrial giant Hyundai Heavy Industries, a major
FIFA sponsor, had been in the job since 1994 [.
SANDY, Ut Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA announced Tuesday that RSL Assistant Coach Robin Fraser has
departed the 2009 MLS Cup champions after three-and-a-half seasons on the Utah club's sideline to
take over the head coaching duties at the Southern California side, effective immediately. The
recently turned 44-year-old Fraser becomes the sixth coach [.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Former Lazio and Netherlands midfielder Aron Winter has said he will
become the new head coach of Toronto FC. Winter, 43, currently on the coaching staff at Ajax
Amsterdam, where he began his playing career, told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf a deal was reached
last week. "I visited the club last week [.
LONDON, England Arsenal succeeded where Manchester United failed days earlier to become only the
second team to win at St Andrew's in 30 games with a 3-0 victory over Birmingham City on Saturday.
Their success saw Arsenal stay within two points of both Premier League leaders Manchester United,
top on goal difference, and Manchester [.
