Soccer Insider Archive: CONCACAF
FIFA rankings: Spain, Netherlands, Germany
FIFA's world rankings show world champion Spain remaining at the top of the list, followed by Netherlands, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, England, Uruguay, Croatia, Portugal and Greece. While it's fun to scan the full results, they should, as usual, be taken with a pinch of salt. (Croatia and Greece in the...
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Steve Goff
| March 9, 2011; 8:28 AM ET |
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CONCACAF Gold Cup groups, matches set
The United States will play Canada in Detroit, Panama in Tampa and Guadeloupe in Kansas City, Kan., in the group stage of this summer's Gold Cup, CONCACAF announced Tuesday. Should the Americans win their group or finish second, they would play a quarterfinal at Washington's RFK Stadium on June 19....
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| March 8, 2011; 12:00 PM ET |
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CONCACAF, Gold Cup, Mexico, U.S. men's national team
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Tuesday kickaround: D.C. United, CONCACAF Gold Cup, U.S. friendlies, U.S. women, Americans abroad, TV listings
Greetings from South Carolina's Lowcountry, where D.C. United is in the final stage of training camp and competing in the Carolina Challenge Cup on Daniel Island, just outside Charleston. The season opener is just 10 days away? Indeed. United, which defeated the host Battery on Saturday, will play the Chicago...
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| March 8, 2011; 6:00 AM ET |
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Americans Abroad, CONCACAF, D.C. United, Gold Cup, TV, U.S. men's national team, Women
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FIFA makes no major changes to 2014 World Cup bids: CONCACAF again with 3 automatic slots, one playoff entry
CONCACAF, the region encompassing North and Central America and the Caribbean, will receive three automatic berths in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and send an additional team to a qualifying playoff -- no change from recent tournaments. The organization had been lobbying FIFA to eliminate the playoff stage and...
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| March 3, 2011; 10:13 AM ET |
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2014 World Cup, CONCACAF, FIFA, U.S. men's national team
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Video: Goal from 35 yards in USA's 3-0 victory over Canada in CONCACAF under-17 final
Nathan Smith, a defender from Clovis, Calif., scores from 35 yards early in extra time to lead the United States to a 3-0 victory over Canada in the CONCACAF under-17 championship match in Montego Bay, Jamaica:...
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| February 28, 2011; 12:31 AM ET |
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CONCACAF, Youth soccer
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Wednesday kickaround: CONCACAF Champions League, U.S. friendlies, Charlie Davies, U-17 World Cup, Americans abroad, TV listings
*The first competitive match involving MLS clubs of 2011 was a dud: Columbus 0, Real Salt Lake 0 in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal in wintry Ohio. The rebuilt Crew had a man advantage for 37-plus minutes after Tony Beltran's second yellow. Columbus' Emilio Renteria and...
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| February 23, 2011; 6:00 AM ET |
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Americans Abroad, CONCACAF, CONCACAF Champions League, D.C. United, MLS, TV, U.S. men's national team, USSF
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