Soccer Insider Archive: France

Video: Keane on Henry

Irishman Roy Keane takes a contrarian view of the Thierry Henry handball controversy and, in typical feisty and combative style, offers a variety of rants. "They should have cleared it. The ball bounced in the six-yard box. ... Would I call him a cheat? Nah, I wouldn't think so. Did...

By Steve Goff  |  November 20, 2009; 12:19 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (27)
Categories:  France , Ireland Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

Friday Kickaround

*Thierry Henry says a France-Ireland replay would be the right thing to do. "Naturally I feel embarrassed at the way that we won and feel extremely sorry for the Irish who definitely deserve to be in South Africa. There is little more I can do apart from admit that the...

By Steve Goff  |  November 20, 2009; 9:40 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (56)
Categories:  2010 World Cup , College Soccer , France , MLS Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

Friday Kickaround

*Ahead of tonight's MLS Western Conference final (11 p.m., ESPN2), the Los Angeles Times looks at David Beckham's impact since returning from AC Milan and the Houston Chronicle offers a position-by-position breakdown. *Speaking of the Galaxy, I am beginning to get the sense that Landon Donovan has won the MLS...

By Steve Goff  |  November 13, 2009; 9:48 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (27)
Categories:  2010 World Cup , Beckham , College Soccer , France , Youth soccer Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

Monday Kickaround

*MLS playoff calendar..... Eastern Conference final Saturday Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET (Fox Soccer Channel) Previous Meetings: Patrick Nyarko's 76th-minute header lifted the Fire to a 1-0 home win Aug. 1. Six weeks later, the clubs played to a 1-1 draw at RSL on goals by Chris...

By Steve Goff  |  November 9, 2009; 6:49 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (12)
Categories:  College Soccer , France , MLS , U.S. men's national team Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

Saturday Kickaround

*Read my story about D.C. United at the midway point of the MLS season. *Check the Denver weather forecast for tonight's DCU-Colorado match (9:30 p.m. ET, Comcast SportsNet). *The third-place Washington Freedom begins a stretch of three straight road games today at second-place St. Louis. I seem to recall an...

By Steve Goff  |  June 20, 2009; 7:14 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (57)
Categories:  D.C. United , France , Freedom , MLS , TV , USL Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

Wednesday Kickaround

*Read about D.C. United's rookies. *Three days after beating New England by six goals, Real Salt Lake was thumped by Seattle, 4-1, in a U.S. Open Cup preliminary game. The Sounders will face Colorado in the next play-in round. Tonight New York is at San Jose, with the winner advancing...

By Steve Goff  |  April 29, 2009; 8:53 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (26)
Categories:  D.C. United , France , MLS , Mexico , TV , U.S. Open Cup , U.S. men's national team Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

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Youri, Not Yanni, Steve Goff , February 26, 2009
Video: Argentina-France, Steve Goff , February 12, 2009
Tuesday Kickaround, Steve Goff , January 13, 2009
Freddy Fever, Steve Goff , January 6, 2009
Monaco-Bordeaux Video, Steve Goff , December 22, 2008
 
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