Soccer handoff sign of success
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You hang around long enough, you see a kid who had your picture up on the wall, and who thought you were some kind of a goddess, take your
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Foreign coaches and players often appear in a state of shock when first exposed to the conditions of professional soccer in the United States. The higher the level of their previous club, the greater the contrast when they arrive at their new team.
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FOXBOROUGH -- San Jose Earthquakes coach Dominic Kinnear had just finished watching as two of his players, Brian Ching and Landon Donovan, scored for the United States in a 2-0 win over El Salvador in a World Cup qualifying match yesterday.
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FOXBOROUGH -- The Revolution did not want to back into the playoffs. They went on the offensive early in a 3-1 win over the Colorado Rapids last night at Gillette Stadium, scoring on a fourth-minute penalty kick, then converting the clinching goal by Jose Manuel Abundis in his first MLS game.
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Revolution midfielder Clint Dempsey was named Major League Soccer rookie of the year yesterday, a decision that symbolizes the league&#39;s attempt to emphasize offense.
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Residents have taken more pride in their nation's Games as Friday night's kickoff has neared.
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FOXBOROUGH -- The artificial turf at Gillette Stadium has benefited the Revolution's quick passing game. But the Revolution started slowly and struggled to get their game into gear before rallying for a 1-1 tie with Chivas USA last night, the equalizer created by midfielder Steve Ralston's record-tying assist.
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At this rate, sonograms will become a soccer recruiting tool pretty soon.
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Landon Donovan had to pick up his pace. He's not in Major League Soccer anymore.
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OPORTO, Portugal For those who traveled here to see Jose Mourinho&#39;s new team add to his old team&#39;s misery, it did not quite work out as planned.
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The next five days present the US men&#39;s soccer team a pair of chances to reinforce why it is considered the region&#39;s top squad.
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The United States Soccer Federation has struck a profitable vein since it began sending its national teams to the Boston area in 1991. The US men's team has an 11-1-3 record in Norfolk County and even the defeat -- 2-0 to the Netherlands -- prepared the Americans for their greatest series of conquests several days later in the 2002 World ...
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A good team knows how to put its opponent away, and that is exactly what the top-ranked Stoneham boys' soccer team did yesterday in a 4-0 win over visiting Wakefield, although it took a while.
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Jamie Moreno and Christian Gomez both had a goal and two assists last night in Washington to help D.C. United secure home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the New York Red Bulls.
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Clint Dempsey was chosen the U.S. soccer player of the year Tuesday, honored for his scoring prowess on the national team.
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Baseball returned to the nation&#39;s capital Wednesday, but the larger question for Major League Soccer is where will that leave DC United, one of its most successful franchises at the gate.
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The United States national soccer team revealed both its immediate and long-term future in a 6-0 victory over Panama last night.