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On the eve of what could be the Los Angeles Galaxy's first MLS Cup title since 2005, the man who
led LA to its last championship looks ready to return to MLS.
Steve Sampson is set to be hired by Chivas USA as head coach, sources have told SBI.
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Guus Hiddink could be making an announcement as early as next month about his future. He has a
contract with as Russia's head coach until the end of June 2010 and now with the failure to qualify
for the World Cup it is thought he will quit and become Technical Director at Chelsea. Hiddink had
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According to the DC United news source the Soccer Insider Ben Olsen is now considering the
option of retirement. As the SI said, the idea was thrown around after last season with his 1
appearance last season.
Olsen is DC United. When you say DC United you think Ben Olsen. One would hope that when Olsen
does decide retirement is necessary, he will stay with the club in some capacity.
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Missouri State Bears, Kyle Windmuller
Missouri State Bears 1
St Louis University Billikens 2
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Missouri State men's soccer team (12-5-2) fell to Saint Louis University
(15-6-0) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in front of 1,377 fans at Robert R.
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the yorkies 19 November @ 05:45 PM EST
To paraphrase Preki during his first TFC press conference - "he didn't blow smoke up anyone's...
butt". Forgive Toronto supporters for smiling at that idea as we've been having our butts smoke
blown (oh grow up) for three years plus. Most of that smoke has been blown by the other man at the
press conference table today but in one of his main off-season duties, Mo Johnston succeeded.
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by FRANCO PANIZO
Thierry Henry's handball heard around the world helped secure France's passage to the 2010 World
Cup, but the French may not be through to South Africa yet.
The Irish federation has appealed Wednesday's night 1-1 result (2-1 aggregate advantage for
France), and is demanding that France replay the second leg of the playoff.
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by FRANCO PANIZO
Thierry Henry's handball heard around the world helped secure France's passage to the 2010 World
Cup, but the French may not be through to South Africa yet.
The Irish federation has appealed Wednesday's night 1-1 result (2-1 aggregate advantage for
France), and is demanding that France replay the second leg of the playoff.
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It would be foolish to have too strong an opinion either way on the hiring of the new TFC coach.
What he has done in the past may be a foundation, but right now Preki puts a face on the 2010
season and the countdown has begun.
Positives
-TFC moved quickly and hired a coach before the dust had settled on the season.
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In the first part of our 2009 MLS Cup Final preview, the Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy
players were assessed and compared, with a slight advantage being measured for the Galaxy. In this
continuation of our analysis, attention is paid to the coaches and intangibles for both clubs.
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WVHooligan 19 November @ 08:49 AM EST
Preki is headed north to Toronto FC. (Getty Images)
Former Chivas USA head coach Preki will be introduced as Toronto FC's fourth head coach.
Preki led Chivas USA to the playoffs in all three seasons he was head coach, but he will be
looking to improve on three first round exits.
With Preki in town you have to believe the Toronto roster may get a little makeover in the
winter months.
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Toronto FC has informed its fans, and the Canadian media, that it will reveal its newest head
coach at a press conference on Thursday. You already know who it is.
Former Chivas USA head coach Preki will be introduced as Chivas USA's fourth head coach, and
will have the task of guiding TFC to its first playoff berth in its fourth season of existence.
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Toronto FC has informed its fans, and the Canadian media, that it will reveal its newest head
coach at a press conference on Thursday. You already know who it is.
Former Chivas USA head coach Preki will be introduced as Chivas USA's fourth head coach, and
will have the task of guiding TFC to its first playoff berth in its fourth season of existence.
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the yorkies 18 November @ 06:40 PM EST
The media reports are heating up that Mo Johnston, fresh of his Scottish Football Hall of Fame
induction (insert joke here), will announce the signing of Preki (
scientific name: Predrag
Radosavljevic) as TFC's new manager. Sources are saying that negotiations are well under way
and that an official announcement could come as early as Thursday.
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Du Nord 18 November @ 12:33 PM EST
STARTERSOn Thursday Toronto FC is expected to name Preki as their new head coach.
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Incredible quote from Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis on his teams tough regular season: "I
was very overconfident. I think I added to what was a little bit of an underlying thing on the team
that we were a bit overconfident going into this season.
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The Fire's front office brass and Denis Hamlett are scheduled to have a sit-down in the next
couple of days to discuss the Head Coach's future at the club.
"We're supposed to have a meeting in the next couple of days," Hamlett said on Tuesday
afternoon. "We spoke yesterday and decided that we want to sit down and have a discussion.
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I'm not a Columbus Crew supporter. I don't live in Ohio...but I do follow Major League Soccer and
i've watched more than a few Crew matches over the past two seasons. I've seen the Crew go from
laughing stock of the league to MLS Cup Champions. While there were several factors that helped
turn the club around and change their fortunes, there is no doubt that Guillermo Barros Schelotto
was a huge part of that success.
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According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, VCU has "fired" (i.e., did not renew his contract) the
men's soccer coach Tim O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan has been with VCU for 15 years. VCU won the CAA Title
between 2002-04 and has not done as well since. Here are my thoughts as to who VCU could look
towards.
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There's very little in this rumor right now, so take that for what you will. In a post by Ives
Galarcep earlier today about the MLS coaching carousel, he makes a passing mention of Octavio
Zambrano, who used to coach in MLS but has most recently been coaching in Hungary. Ives mentions
Zambrano as a potential new head coach for Chivas USA, but also mentions that Zambrano is "believed
to be in the frame for an assistant coaching position within MLS (with Kansas City a possibility).
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After the World Cup he says he's done.
"I cannot play when I am 50."
I thought he would. Though he's only 33, and I've been under the impression that he's been in his
40s for a while now.
Oh well, to the links:
- Scotland fires head coach. [FourFourTwo]
- Neville wants an elite pool of refs.
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If you were betting on Once Caldas of the Colombian Mustang division to be the first suckers to
hire the preeminent Professor of the 4-5-1, grab yourself a boobie prize kid.
Juan Carlos Osorio is a head coach once more. He takes on a squad that is
currently 8th in their table, with 7 wins, 7 draws and 4 ties, accumulating 23 goals for and 14
against in that time frame.
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The MLS season is set to end on Sunday after the 2009 MLS Cup, and the MLS Expansion draft is
looming just eight days away, meaning all the teams that need head coaches are about to take part
in one of the most frantic coaching change flurries MLS has ever seen.
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The MLS season is set to end on Sunday after the 2009 MLS Cup, and the MLS Expansion draft is
looming just eight days away, meaning all the teams that need head coaches are about to take part
in one of the most frantic coaching change flurries MLS has ever seen.
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Kenny Cooper has been struggling for playing time with TSV 1860 Munich lately, and now it
appears he will have to wait even longer to get on the field.
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Kenny Cooper has been struggling for playing time with TSV 1860 Munich lately, and now it
appears he will have to wait even longer to get on the field.
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Hey everybody, I have had an insanely busy last couple of days so unfortunately I wasn't able to
write a full entry for this morning. However, I didn't want to leave the site blank for you guys so
I thought I'd share a short -- yet loaded -- question with you all.
You can check out the poll after the jump.
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Bracket.
Loyola Marymount's fate from the West Coast Conference press release:
Loyola Marymount, which was ranked No. 15 in the most recently published NCAA Ratings
Percentage Index, will be returning to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in school history.
The Lions finished third in the WCC with a 10-8-2 overall record, marking Head Coach Paul Krumpe's
fifth 10-plus victory season.
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The ball from the infamous Tottenham-Liverpool match earlier in the year was sold online.
400 pounds to charity. Good stuff.
Did you buy it?
To the links:
- Poor form in selecting your team Bob. [NSC]
- Maradona banned for two months. [Reuters]
- Happy birthday to a blog bud.
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WVHooligan 16 November @ 03:08 PM EST
Expect a new look Fire in 2010. (Getty Images)
The 2009 season for the Chicago Fire was expected to be a big one. Talks of MLS Cup and
Supporter's Shield were all the rage to begin the season. Early on this year it looked like the
expectations were being met as the Fire lost a single game in the first three months of the
season.
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It wasn't supposed to end that way. We were hosting the Conference Final at home for the first
time in six years, after losing on the road to Columbus last year and in New England two years ago
when also 90 minutes away from the MLS Cup Final, and everything seemed to be in the Fire's favour
against Real Salt Lake, with the 21,723 capacity crowd rocking from warm-ups on.
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WVHooligan 16 November @ 06:41 AM EST
Luciano Emilio and DC United have a lot of question marks. (Getty Images)
The 2009 expansion draft is only a week and a half away here. Today we move forward in our look
at each club's potential protection lists with DC United. The Black-and-Red are still without a
head coach so don't be shocked if somethings here could change depending on who takes over this
club.
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Real Salt Lake is heading to its first MLS Cup Final after beating the Chicago Fire on penalty
kicks at Toyota Park on Saturday night.
Goalkeeper Nick Rimando stole the show, making three penalty saves to win the second playoff
penalty shootout of his career.
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Tonight the under-16 Australian girls team will play for a place in the 2010 FIFA under-17 World
Cup. The team won eve ry one of its three group games, against China, Taiwan and Japan, but then
lost its semi-final against North Korea – who are the reigning world champions at that age
group.
But tonight they will play Japan in Bangkok and the winner will be the third-placed team in this
year's AFC under-16 c hampionships.
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The University of Denver men's soccer team (5-10-4) was unable to rebound from an early
first-half goal by New Mexico's Justin Davis, falling 1-0 in the semifinals of the Mountain Pacific
Sports Federation's men's soccer tournament on Friday evening at the University of Denver Soccer
Stadium. The win advances the Lobos (12-6-0) to the MPSF championship game at 1 p.
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With the World Cup in sight, most of this weekend's attention will be towards the remaining
qualifiers, but there are a few high-profile friendlies on tap today that might be just as
exciting.
England-Brazil is one of those matches, as the Three Lions will took to topple Brazil for the
first time since 1990, a stretch of seven games that includes a 2-1 loss in the quarterfinals
of the 2002Â World Cup.
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