Soccer Insider Archive: Youth soccer
Monday Kickaround
*FIFA to Diego Maradona: Go away, creep. For two months, anyway. *Switzerland -- yes, Switzerland -- wins the Under-17 World Cup, defeating host Nigeria, 1-0. *MLS will unveil the Best XI this afternoon. Based on individual awards finalists, I'm sure we'll see Thornton, Marshall, Cameron, Hurtado, Joseph, Donovan and Cunningham....
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November 16, 2009; 6:08 AM ET |
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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...
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Steve Goff
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November 13, 2009; 9:48 AM ET |
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Thursday Kickaround
*The MLS award announcements continue today with rookie of the year: Los Angeles defender Omar Gonzalez is the favorite ahead of D.C. United forward-midfielder Chris Pontius and Toronto goalkeeper Stefan Frei. Who's your choice? *The BBC catches up with Freddy Adu ... via Twitter. He maintains optimistic about making the...
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Steve Goff
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November 12, 2009; 8:00 AM ET |
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Wednesday Kickaround
*Tom Soehn talks about his departure from D.C. United: *DCU defender Bryan Namoff, who missed the final month of the season after suffering a concussion, tells the Insider that, if all goes well, he should be able to resume workouts in December. Namoff recently visited a specialist in Boston. *New...
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Steve Goff
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November 4, 2009; 8:40 AM ET |
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Monday Kickaround
*With the first legs of the MLS playoffs complete, we look ahead to the finales this week: HOUSTON vs. SEATTLE First Game: 0-0 before 35,807 at Qwest Field. Advantage: Dynamo. Playing at home and with vast postseason experience, Houston should prevail Sunday afternoon at Robertson Stadium. Seattle, though, is a...
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Steve Goff
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November 2, 2009; 9:40 AM ET |
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USA Victories, Wicks Surgery
*Washington Freedom striker Abby Wambach's 35th-minute header led the top-ranked USA women's national team to a 1-0 away victory over No. 2 Germany in a friendly before a sellout crowd of 30,000 in Augsburg. The Americans are now 17-4-4 all-time against Germany and 42-1-4 since the end of the 2007...
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Steve Goff
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October 29, 2009; 3:15 PM ET |
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