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Their Words "The Premier League is always the main priority, I think every club will tell you that.
We're out of the cup competitions now, so it is obvious where our focus now is and we're determined
to finish the season as strong as possible." Fulham's Stephen Kelly. Other Sources Remembering
Harry Keough - from Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney: But Harry's spirit, forged by decades playing
and coaching and working and raising three children, captivated.
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America writes of the legacy of US soccer pioneer Harry Keough, who passed
away yesterday.
The first time I talked with Harry Keough about the 1950 World Cup defeat of England, three and
a half decades had passed, yet the details still swirled in his mind. Sights and sounds and smells
of the stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; the numbing boredom of a long boat trip from New York to
Brazil that took the team to the competition; the joking rivalry between the St.
STARTERSRidge Mahoney of Soccer America reports sad news that Harry Keough of the USA World Cup team that
beat England in 1950 has passed away.
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Vancouver & Seattle faced off in a "friendly" yesterday: 10 yellow cards and 1 red card. Oof!
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Another week, another huge day for the LA Galaxy as they sign a new loan deal with Sao Paolo for
the services of central midfielder Juninho, one of the unsung heroes of their great 2011 season.
Their Words "Juninho is not going to be utilized at São Paulo per the coach's decision and the
club is accepting the loan deal for Juninho's return to Los Angeles to play for the Galaxy," Sao
Paulo spokesperson Felipe Espindola. Other Sources Is salary space an issue for Galaxy? Who knows?
- from Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney: The great unknown is, of course, allocation money.
Sometimes items from Soccer America can be a total miss but check out today's MLS Confidential
on the Galaxy. For anyone out there that couldn't get how the LA Galaxy was able to squeeze in
Edson Buddle to their salary cap, check this article out.
By bringing back Edson Buddle into the fold, even if he costs slightly more
than the $178,488 salary he earned in 2010 before leaving for Germany, the Galaxy probably hasn't
crunched its salary cap to any great extent, because of player departures as well as amassing
allocation money.
Whenever I recall the reading of advice from the recent article in Soccer America, for whom
incidentally I used to write in the seventies, when Clay Berling was the editor of the magazine he
founded in 1971, I still get...
Thanks to my friend Chuck Stuart in Idaho Falls for the heads-up to an article in Soccer America
(Jan. 31, 2012). To quote him: "When I read it, my jaw just dropped - the advice in the article
just seems...
STORY OF THE DAY
James Montague of the New York Times with an article on one of the surprise teams in all of world
soccer right now - Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Israel.
Argentine-American Bryan Gerzicich is a key member of the team.
LANDON DONOVAN V CLINT DEMPSEY
FA Cup Match
-Fri Jan 27
Everton v Fulham - live at 2pm CT on Fox Soccer
TEAM USA - EL EQUIPO DE TODOS
The team is done with the annual January training camp.
DU NORD AT THE CONTROLS
du Nord at the Controls - Jan 24, 2012 - new music mix at Spotify.
STORY OF THE DAY
Reuters with an article on the record profits in the German Bundesliga for 2011.
-Also the highest average attendance in the world at 42,000+ per game.
Photo: Paul Rudderow
The U.S. women's national team won 14-0 over the Dominican Republic on Friday. Yes, the women's
soccer team won by that score. Amy Rodriguez scored five goals.
At halftime, Abby Wambach told her teammates to keep scoring in the Olympic qualifier, despite
being up 7-0, because goal differential can impact Olympic qualifying qualifying.
So, sitting here this afternoon thoroughly enjoying the Bundesliga back in action after an
interminable winter break, I have come across a series of stories that might just warm the hearts
of us Houston Dynamo supporters near and far.
First comes this excellent piece from Soccer America about Geoff Cameron in USMNT
camp.
Geoff Cameron has been a standout for the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer, and has not only
lead the Dynamo into the MLS Cup this past season, but also received a recent call-up to the US
National team.
His play is worthy of national team consideration, but it's his presence and positive attitude that
have been key components in his success.
Their Words "Speed is our main weapon. As our defence is pretty solid, when we play as a compact
unit, we can launch some pretty effective counter-attacks." Jamaica goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts.
Other Sources Michael Bradley in Italy: ‘He's Bravissimo' - from The NY Times' Davidde Corron:
"All I've ever wanted to do is play well and give everything I have for the national team.
STARTERSTwo big MLS player moves are on the front burner today:
-Philly to sell Sebastien Le Toux to Bolton.
-LA to re-sign David Beckham tomorrow.
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Barca beat Real Madrid again! 1-2 today in the 1st Leg of the Copa Del Rey Quarterfinals. 2nd Leg
is next Wednesday.
Photo: Paul Rudderow
Philadelphia Union
Tweet from SBI: "I'm told Philadelphia Union midfielder Michael Farfan will be heading to
England for a training stint with Premier League side Sunderland." As of this writing, we are
waiting for confirmation from the Union about this report.
As expected, the Columbus Crew signed two-time National Champion and Soccer America's College
Soccer Player of the Year for 2011 Ben Speas as a homegrown player. Speas won the 2010 College Cup
with the University of Akron before transferring to UNC and winning it again in 2011. Speas scored
the only goal in the 2011 final, winning the MVP award.
Since 2003, Soccer America has reviewed soccer clubs from across the country and highlighted the
best of the bunch. Two weeks ago, they continued the tradition by releasing the 2011 edition of the
Best Boys Soccer Clubs. Drum roll please...
- Baltimore Bays
- FC Dallas
- New York Red Bulls
- Chicago Fire
- PDA
Least you think this is a minor accomplishment, let me remind you that the Fire have gone from
being unranked in 2008, up to No.
MLSSoccer.com has a chat with former Reading United star Andrew Wenger, who has signed with
Generation Adidas and will go into the MLS amateur draft.
Arsene Wenger really is trying to get Thierry Henry for a two-month loan. Anything Landon can do
... ?
U.S. forward Eddie Johnson has signed with Puebla in Mexico, where DaMarcus Beasley is having
such a good season.
We picked up bad mojo somewhere. Maybe it was something I ate, I don't know. Whatever the
supernatural cause, our month of weirdness rolls right along with a Jermaine Jones to-do quickly
brewing over in Germany. Soccer America's Paul Kennedy gives the succinct yet full info and feel
for the situation sparked by the Schalke man's midweek DFB-Pokal madness here.
Courtesy TribeAthletics.com
Mon, December 19, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. - Another week, another award for William and Mary Tribe women's soccer standout
Mallory Schaffer, as the junior midfielder was honored as the CAA Scholar-Athlete
of the Year for women's soccer, the conference office announced on Monday.
Amsterdam-based Greg Seltzer is certainly a unique cat.
Seltzer
Greg decided long ago to make his name and career in soccer reporting and found himself
relocated over to the Netherlands reporting for Soccer America.
With the re-vamp, or re-start if you prefer, of MLSSoccer.com and the need for a qualitative
reporter on player movement became clear, Seltzer fit the bill.
Fulham has won four English Premier League games this season, and each time Clint Dempsey has
scored. Dempsey added to his American career record with his 38th EPL goal and an assist for Fulham
in its 2-0 win over Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America reports on the American record-setting goal scorer.
Eclipse Select Communications
CHICAGO -- The Eclipse Select Soccer Club was ranked No. 2 in the country in Soccer America's 2011
Best Girls Clubs list, which was released Wednesday. Eclipse Select's girls finished runner-up for
a fourth straight year, as the New Jersey-based Players Development Academy was awarded the top
position.
Eclipse Select Communications
CHICAGO -- The Eclipse Select Soccer Club was ranked No. 2 in the country in Soccer America's 2011
Best Girls Clubs list, which was released Wednesday. Eclipse Select's girls finished runner-up for
a fourth straight year, as the New Jersey-based Players Development Academy was awarded the top
position.
Photo: Courtesy of FIFA
Philadelphia Union
A new article from Kerith Gabriel on Friday morning about a Gabriel Gomez to the Philadelphia
Union deal is headlined "Panama's Gomez signs with Union" but the copy says "According to sources,
the contract has been approved by Major League Soccer and awaits Gomez' signature before the Union
can schedule an announcement, which can come as early as next week.
Philadelphia Union
Kerith Gabriel reports that the Philadelphia Union will announce a "blockbuster deal" with
Panamanian international Gabriel Gomez. Gabriel says that Gomez is the "the same box-to-box
defender/midfielder that was a beast in Panama's 2-0 win over the United States in the group stage
of this summer's Gold Cup.
FC Milwaukee was rated as the country's 19th-best club for girls soccer in 2011, according to
Soccer America's annual rankings.
This is the ninth year the magazine has compiled rankings, with the number of clubs rated
varying from year to year. The only other time FC Milwaukee – or any Wisconsin club – has made
the list was in 2009, when the Nationals ranked 36th out of 40.
The Portland Timbers announced a new academy appointment, moving current MLS goalkeepers coach Adam
Smith to their youth academy to coach the youth goalkeepers at their respective club levels.
Meanwhile, three current Timbers are named to Soccer America's Best of 2011 in MLS lists while one
former USL Timber talks about his bout with depression.
Leading up to the Clasico this past weekend between Real Madrid and Barcelona, Paul Kennedy of
Soccer America reported on what Jose Mourinho left his players with as their 10 secrets of success
heading into this massive rivalry of world football super powers.
What will it take for Real Madrid to beat Barcelona in their much-awaited Clasico on Saturday
at the Bernabeu Stadium?
Featured image courtesy of UNC/Jeffrey A. Camarati
NCAA College Cup
University of North Carolina defeated UNC Charlotte 1–0 on Sunday to win the College Cup. Ben
Spea's goal was a cracker.
Soccer America's Paul Gardner has an interesting take on the final.
Philadelphia Union
UNC's win prompted a funny Twitter exchange that began with a tweet from UNC product Sheanon
Williams:
Williams: "Want to congratulate @UNCmenssoccer.
Roy Rees coached the USA at four U-17 World Cups, from 1987 through 1993, a tenure during which the
young Americans celebrated historic victories over Brazil and Italy. Rees also co-founded the
Houston Texans in 1983 and helped create the Dallas Texans in 1993. He died on Saturday at age
74.
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America writes of 'one of the pioneers of the modern period of US Soccer'.
STARTERS
Newest international friendly match rumor: USA v Venezuela on Sat Jan 21.
MLS 2012 SEASON OPENERS
The league has announced the dates of the first home games for next season. All other details, like
opponents are still a few days away from being known.
A substitution and tactical shift garnered much of the credit for the breakthrough goal scored by
Landon Donovan in the 72nd minute by which Los Angeles downed Houston, 1-0, Sunday night in the MLS
championship game.
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America offers a recap of the 2011 MLS Cup.
Their Words If you're a fan and you really want excitement you have to watch a Premier League game.
Edgar Davids. Other Sources Keane's return, Davis' absence mark Cup countdown - from Soccer
America's Ridge Mahoney: "We're going certainly to give him a couple of easy days and have him
ready for Sunday.
The United States were able to gain a victory on European soil in their final friendly of 2011,
defeating Slovenia, 3-2, in a rematch from the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America covers the United States' 3-2 victory over Slovenia.
It's what we've been waiting for since Jurgen Klinsmann took the helm in July: An entertaining,
attack-minded performance from the USA.
Soccer America reports on the rising attendance in college soccer, lead by the University of
California Santa Barbara.
UC Santa Barbara drew 13,822 fans, the largest crowd of the season and second largest crowd
ever for an on-campus regular-season game, for its 2-0 win over Cal Poly.
Soccer America reports that Liverpool has signed 17-year-old midfielder Marc Pelosi, who
represented the USA at the 2011 Under-17 World Cup in Mexico, to its academy program.
Pelosi, who played for De Anza Force in the Bay Area, had a verbal commitment to attend UCLA. He
got around the work permit requirements because he holds a German passport.
US Under-18 National Team Coach Richie Williams, was recently interviewed by Mike Woitalla of
Soccer America.
Williams on what good youth players need to develop-
"When I'm working with the U-14s and U-15s, you see a lot of talented players," Williams says.
"Very skillful with good technique on the ball – dribbling, passing.
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America reports that less than a year after he led the Colorado Rapids to
their first MLS championship, Englishman Gary Smith is out as head coach.
Management announced on Monday that it will not renew Smith's contract, making his departure
the second quickest forced exit of an MLS Cup champion coach in league history.
University of New Mexico Jeremy Fishbein has led his Lobos to an undefeated regular season, and it
was accomplished by placing high demands on his team.
Fishbein and his team have a single-minded focus to take it one game at a time and never overlook
its next opponent.
"That's how you have to look at it," he said.
