A great second-half display from Juventus proved too much for a depleted Roma to contend with at the Stadio Olimpico, with Juve winning 4-1 to cut Internazionale Milano’s Serie A lead to four points. Missing the injured Francesco Totti, Simone Perrotta, Juan and Rodrigo Taddei as well as the suspended Daniele De Rossi, Roma fell […]
Second-half goals from Santi Cazorla and Mati Fernández earned UEFA Champions League quarter-finalists Villarreal a 2-0 victory against Athletic Club Bilbao at El Madrigal before Frédéric Kanouté scored a hat-trick to inspire Sevilla to a 4-1 defeat of Real Valladolid. Cazorla (68) fired across Athletic goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz after Giuseppe Rossi’s meandering run across the […]
I was away last week due to a death in the family and I cannot believe all that I missed. To start with Major League Soccer announced two new franchises, in Vancouver and Portland. The Pacific Northwest is the new epicenter of soccer in the U.S., especially after the Seattle Sounders terrific home debut on Thursday. Speaking […]
Fulham blew the Premier League title race wide open by inflicting Manchester United’s second successive defeat on a day when second-placed Chelsea also lost, 1-0 at London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. If United’s defeat by Liverpool last week reignited hopes on Merseyside of a first championship in 19 years, then such optimism will have been heightened […]
Landon Donovan and Michael Bradley headlined a 22-man roster announced Friday for the U.S. World Cup qualifiers at El Salvador on March 28 and against Trinidad and Tobago on April 1 in Nashville, Tenn. All 11 players on the roster started the match against Mexico on Feb. 11, which opened the final round of qualifying […]
Major League Soccer announced on Friday that Portland has been awarded an expansion franchise which will begin play in 2011. The announcement came two days after Vancouver was awarded a new team and one day after the expansion Seattle Sounders opened the 2009 campaign with a 3-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls. “A […]
Liverpool and Chelsea were drawn against each other for the fifth successive season in the Champions League. The teams met in last year’s semi-final, when a John Arne Riise own goal in the last minute of the first leg at Anfield shifted the momentum of the tie in favor of Chelsea, who advanced with a […]
Tonight the Seattle Sounders are on top of the Western Conference in Major League Soccer after a convincing 3-0 win over the New York Red Bulls. Playing before a raucous home crowd, Seattle got two goals and an assist from Colombian Fredy Montero as they kicked off their inaugural game in MLS in style. “There’s […]
Major League Soccer announced today that Vancouver has been awarded a Major League Soccer franchise for the 2011 season. The Vancouver franchise will have natural rivalries with Toronto and Seattle who both have MLS teams. “Having Vancouver in the league helps us create a national sporting landscape for soccer,” said Paul Beirne, Toronto FC’s senior […]