It looks as if last night's 2-2 draw with Chivas USA will be the only game that Cobi Jones gets to be the head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy. It has been confirmed by several sources that former U.S. Men's National Team coach Bruce Arena will take over the reins of the club, and should be on the sidelines for the Galaxy's next game, this coming Thursday against the Chicago Fire. Click to continue reading...

Lake Country Soccer High School Girls Academy
Fall 2008

Lake Country Soccer is pleased to announce, that we will be offering an Academy for high school aged girls this fall 2008.

Purpose: The purpose of the Academy is to provide high school aged girls in the Springfield area including Southwest Missouri, training and development opportunities for the fall season.

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Lake Country Soccer High School Girls Academy
Fall 2008

Lake Country Soccer is pleased to announce, that we will be offering an Academy for high school aged girls this fall 2008.

Purpose: The purpose of the Academy is to provide high school aged girls in the Springfield area including Southwest Missouri, training and development opportunities for the fall season.

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Alexi Lalas was let go yesterday and it reminded me of an email exchange we had when he was first named general manager of the San Jose Earthquakes in 2004.

i offered him some unsolicited advice about running an MLS team, because the front office side of MLS was new to him and we both were under the AEG umbrella. Click to continue reading...

I would like to be the first to welcome everyone to sonsofsoccer.com. Sons of Soccer consists of 7 relatively intelligent and passionate soccer fans. This space will be ours to talk about, share, and bring together our small soccer community. Whether it be international games, top flight leagues or just the recent soccer news in our [. Click to continue reading...

Many RailHawks' supporters showed up at Friday's match stunned, and even a little bewildered, by the news that the RailHawks' leading goal scorer Connally Edozien had been traded away to Miami FC for a young reserve defender. For the merits, it's hard to argue that in a lineup so fully stocked with talented forwards and struggling defensively that a trade switching a striker who saw little playing time and was clearly out of favor in the coach's rotation for a young up-and-coming defender is a bad thing. Click to continue reading...

By DAVE HOLAK(photo by Alex Clark)
Unfortunately, I think MLS has fallen into the same marketing philosophy many businesses, big and small, fall into in regards to David Beckham ... make the big initial "grand opening" push and get the snowball running downhill, and once it starts rolling it will get bigger and bigger. Click to continue reading...

Folks - this may be the year that we discover how important referees are to the three-legged stool of High School Soccer (players, coaches, referees). This request came in over the weekend:

There are 2 new schools that have been added to our assigning schedule (Branson, Logan-Rogersville) which means we need at least 6 new referees just to break even on an already short roster.

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Folks - this may be the year that we discover how important referees are to the three-legged stool of High School Soccer (players, coaches, referees). This request came in over the weekend:

There are 2 new schools that have been added to our assigning schedule (Branson, Logan-Rogersville) which means we need at least 6 new referees just to break even on an already short roster.

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As a warm up to the Beijing Olympics, and to continue developing a local facility where the soccer community can come together to enjoy broadcast games, Coester's and SGFsoccer.com is initiating MSL Thursday's this week with a double-header!

The KC Wizards host Red Bull NY at 7:00 pm, available only on Direct Kick.

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As a warm up to the Beijing Olympics, and to continue developing a local facility where the soccer community can come together to enjoy broadcast games, Coester's and SGFsoccer.com is initiating MSL Thursday's this week with a double-header!

The KC Wizards host Red Bull NY at 7:00 pm, available only on Direct Kick.

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Here are a few notes of interest as the month of June comes to a close:

* FC Indiana and the United States women's soccer teams are both Number 3 in the world. According to womensworldfootball.com, only Frankfurt and the Washington Freedom are better women's soccer teams than the Chicago Red Stars' W-League affiliate and only Germany and Brazil are better than the USWNT. Click to continue reading...

Sorry, this could not wait until later:

Yesterday on Brad Feldman's weekly New England Revolution podcast, In The Net, Frank Dell'apa of the Boston Globe announced that he has been removed from covering the Revs & soccer! WTF? He has been re-assigned by the paper to cover the Celtics. This is a massive loss to the soccer community not just in Boston, but all over America. Click to continue reading...

On Thursday, the USL announced another expansion franchise, one that many in the United States soccer community will recognize on name alone.

That's right, a new version of the Tampa Bay Rowdies will join the USL First Division in 2010. If all holds to plan, this will put the USL-1 at 12 teams in 2010, as the Seattle Sounders will "move" to MLS next season and the Austin Aztex will join the league in their place. Click to continue reading...

I hope you will join us on Thursday for our 4th annual game. This has been a 10 month process, culminating in the final high school game for the Class of 2008. Jeremy, Zack and I have spent a significant amount of time over the past month in final preparations. Your support for the players and the event is an important part of growing the soccer community in the region.

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What a career it's been for Santino Quaranta -- and he's only 23!

Earlier today I finished an MLSnet piece about Quaranta's emotional weekend -- it should be up on the site later today -- and working on it got me thinking about Tino's journey, the last four years of which I have been around for. Click to continue reading...

OK, admit it. How many of you have seen a Euro 2008 game so far? I was in Jeff City on business today, thus the delay in posting. Also the reason I missed this!

The Netherlands ended a 30-year wait for a victory over Italy in emphatic fashion as they began their Group C campaign with a rousing 3-0 win against the world champions in Berne.

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OK, admit it. How many of you have seen a Euro 2008 game so far? I was in Jeff City on business today, thus the delay in posting. Also the reason I missed this!

The Netherlands ended a 30-year wait for a victory over Italy in emphatic fashion as they began their Group C campaign with a rousing 3-0 win against the world champions in Berne.

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MARKHAM - The Pistolas F.C. officially landed their main partner today as famous Main St. Markham pub, THE DUCHESS (http://www.duchessonline.com/), agreed to sponsor the team jerseys.

The agreement cleared the way for PFC to then turnaround and donate the league issued uniforms through the passback program at TFC games, whereby needed children and adults in impoverished and war torn countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America can get uniforms and equipment they would have never had the luxury of having. Click to continue reading...

On Sunday, the first Texas Pro Soccer Fest wrapped up at Steele High School in Cibolo with the Houston Dynamo and D.C. United playing out a 1-1 draw, and Toronto FC defeating Chivas USA 3-2.

Both Houston and D.C. entered the early match with wins in their first two matches, so their matchup was for the tournament trophy.

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On Saturday afternoon, the Texas Pro Soccer Festival took a little time off from serious football for a little fun and fundraising.

In New Braunfels, a host of reality show TV stars and former professional soccer players gathered at New Braunfels High School for a charity match for Grassroot Soccer and Footballers For Peace.

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It's Eddie checking in again, shortly before I head off to catch tonight's TPSF doubleheaders in Cibolo.

This evening, the Texas Pro Soccer Fest kicks off in earnest with the first of three doubleheaders at Steele High School, but if you were out at the Soccer International fields this morning, there was an extremely spirited and intense scrimmage between D.

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Hey all, I'm Eddie Griffin. I regularly write for Soccerlens, but I'll be covering the Texas Pro Soccer Festival for Ziga-Zoga live from the San Antonio area.

The games don't underway on Wednesday night, when two-time defending MLS champion Houston Dynamo take on Toronto FC at 6, and DC United go up against Chivas USA at 8:30.

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Fashioned after the technology focused BarCamp, we're creating a Mash-Up event called Soccer PubCamp. The event will take place Jan. 18-19 alongside the NSCAA convention at The Wharf Rat Pub.

Visit Soccer PubCamp and learn more about how you can get involved.

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I watched the Galaxy v NY match over the weekend, and I was SHOCKED!! ...what an exciting match. I say "exciting" not only because of all the goals, but the action was almost nonstop. That on top of seeing the stadium full and actually hearing the supporters singing and chanting was BRILLIANT!!. THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN RANTING ABOUT BOYS AND GIRLS!

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