Evening Ticker: Cherundolo out four weeks, Brazil wins in WWC and more
photo by ISIphotos.com By FRANCO PANIZO The U.S. men's national team won't be the only team to suffer from Steve Cherundolo's ankle injury. Having picked up the knock in the Gold Cup final against Mexico last Saturday, Cherundolo has been ruled out for four weeks, meaning he will miss all of Hannover 96's preseason preparations....
Evening Ticker: Cherundolo out four weeks, Brazil wins in WWC and more
photo by ISIphotos.com By FRANCO PANIZO The U.S. men's national team won't be the only team to suffer from Steve Cherundolo's ankle injury. Having picked up the knock in the Gold Cup final against Mexico last Saturday, Cherundolo has been ruled out for four weeks, meaning he will miss all of Hannover 96's preseason preparations....
International Ticker: U.S. U-17s draw Germany, Spain U-21s win title and more
Photo by Omar Martinez/ISIphotos.com If the United States Under-17 national team is to progress in the knockout stage of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, it will have to do so at the expense of the most impressive team of the tournament to date. By virtue of its second-place finish in Group D, the U.S. U-17s...
Women’s World Cup: Germany 2 Canada 1
Kriseten Garefekes and Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi score to put Germany up before Canada through Christine Sinclair's brilliant free kick pull one back. The hosts and defending champions get all three points....
SBI’s Women’s World Cup preview
Photo by Brad Smith/ISIphotos.com The United States women's national team kicks off its World Cup campaign on Tuesday in hopes of securing its first World Cup championship since 1999. The U.S. women have never finished worse than third in any of the five Women's World Cups, but after the standard that was set by the...
Mid-Day Ticker: USWNT beats Mexico, Ancelotti to take a year off and more
By FRANCO PANIZO Well, at least one American national team won its friendly this weekend. The U.S. women's national team won its final tune-up before the start of the World Cup, topping Mexico, 1-0, at Red Bull Arena on Sunday. Lauren Cheney scored a splendid goal from distance in second-half stoppage time to give the...
Evening Ticker: Swansea on to promotion final, Friedel transfer buzz and more
By CALEB SONNELAND Welsh side Swansea City booked its place at Wembley after a frantic ending to its 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest in a League Championship playoff semifinal at Liberty Stadium. The two sides entered the second leg of their tie knotted at 0-0 on aggregate and were clashing for a chance to play...
Second time around for Hope Solo
With a name like Hope Solo it is little wonder her brilliant performance against Brazil in the 2008 Olympics finals was perceived as instrumental in the US winning gold. One lost count of the many saves she made. A...
MLS Ticker: Anibaba blast lifts Fire, Nagbe nears Portland debut and more
Photo by Tracy Allen/ISIphotos.com Jalil Anibaba was drafted by Chicago to prevent goals from being scored. As it turns out, he can score some pretty dazzling ones as well. Anibaba's 40-yard blast beat Colorado Rapids backup keeper Ian Joyce and snuck inside the right post to lift the Fire to a 2-1 victory over the...
And the Ballon D’Or goes to …… Xavi
Actually, it went to Leo Messi, who in any circumstance is not an undeserving winner. But when you look at a man commanding a soccer ideology as perfectly as Xavi in Spain's greatest sporting achievement then his claim to...
Real overcome Villareal through Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat trick
Cristiano Ronaldo was the headline grabber with three of the goals but the bigger story was Kaka scoring his first goal after returning from an eight month injury layoff. Jose Mourinho celebrated in his usual over the top style...
