Everton demolish Villa
BIRMINGHAM, England ● Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert suffered a nightmare home debut as his team went down 3-1 against Everton at Villa Park on Saturday. Goals from Steven Pienaar, Marouane Fellaini and Nikica Jelavic made it a 100 percent start to the season for Everton, while Villa, who played most of the second-half with [...]
Chicago Fire can feel the United heat
WASHINGTON, DC ● Jostling for playoff position against the team directly ahead of them in the Eastern Conference standings, D.C. United earned an important a 4-2 victory against the Chicago Fire on Wednesday at RFK Stadium. After D.C.’s forwards struggled to produce over the past two months, both Lionard Pajoy and Long Tan scored for [...]
France eliminates former powerhouse France
GLASGOW, Scotland ● France needed two defenders to give the team an attacking spark — and a place in the Olympic semifinals. Defenders Laura Georges and Wendie Renard provided the goals for France on Friday as it beat Sweden 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the women’s football competition, matching its best campaign in a major [...]
Alonso and Johnson lead Sounders past Rapids
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. ● Eddie Johnson and Osvaldo Alonso are displaying the talent that made them MLS All-Stars. Johnson scored in the opening minute on Saturday night and assisted on Alonso’s goal in the 66th minute to lift the Seattle Sounders to a 2-1 victory over Colorado and send the Rapids to their sixth straight [...]
Stalemate Caps and Red Bulls
VANCOUVER, B.C. ● Despite all the attacking talent on the field, Wednesday night’s 1-1 draw between the Vancouver Whitecaps and the New York Red Bulls was a night for the center backs. Martin Bonjour put Vancouver ahead 15 minutes from time, but Heath Pearce equalized in the 86th minute to give both teams [...]
Czechs stun Poland
WROCLAW, Poland ● Co-hosts Poland crashed out of the European Championship as they lost 1-0 to the Czech Republic at the Municipal Stadium here on Saturday with their opponents winning Group A. Petr Jiracek scored the only goal of the game 18 minutes from time as the Czechs joined Greece – the 2004 champions – [...]
DC United has hand full with Revolution
WASHINGTON, DC ● D.C. United have reached the top. A second-half strike from substitute Maicon Santos nullified the New England Revolution’s furious comeback from a two-goal deficit, and handed United a 3-2 victory at RFK Stadium on Saturday night. The three points puts them in the top spot in the Eastern Conference, and left [...]
The Panama connection and a tie
FRISCO, Texas ● Panamanian countrymen Blas Pérez and Gabriel Gómez both scored their fourth goals of the year on sensational headers as FC Dallas and the Philadelphia Union battled to a 1-1 tie on Saturday night at FC Dallas Stadium. FCD applied the pressure early and often. In the sixth minute, midfielder Andrew Jacobson pulled [...]
Toronto nightmare continues
WASHINGTON, DC ● Reigning league MVP Dwayne De Rosario scored two goals and heaped more misery on Toronto FC as a rampant D.C. United won 3-1 at RFK Stadium on Saturday night. The result represented TFC’s ninth straight loss of the campaign as the nightmare start to the 2012 continues for the Reds. It [...]
