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USMNT 1 - Switzerland 0 USWNT 4 - Mexico 0 A young USMNT squad defeated Switzerland 1-0 yesterday thanks to a goal by Michael Bradley on a play that was started by Maurice Edu and Danny Szetela. Clint Dempsey got the assist on the 86th minute game winner as the US snapped a five game winless streak...

US Soccer.com Preview US Soccer.com USMNT Video Gallery The US takes on Switzerland today in yet another international friendly that will allow US Men's National Team head coach Bob Bradley to take a look at some fresh faces. With European leagues taking last weekend off, Bradley has been able to ge...

For all my loyal readers out there, here is a soccer news round up to end all soccer news round ups.... - The Rhinos announced that Nate Craft (2 yr deal) and Kevin Burns (1 yr deal) will be back in 2008. That means that over a dozen player will return from this year's squad. Will that help quell t...

US Soccer.com The roster is out for the US Women's National Team's three game mini-tour versus Mexico and Hope Solo is one of the three goalkeepers included in the list. The real grist for the conspiracy theorists is the fact that there are no quotes from Head Coach Greg Ryan. When US Soccer usually...

This Is American Soccer.com Sideline Views D&C.com The Hope Solo versus Greg Ryan and the rest of the US Women's National Team got a little more fuel added to the fire when Abby Wambach returned home for a clinic and Jeff got her on the record about the whole debacle. As a goalkeeper, I understand w...

It's been a while since there has been news about the newest MLS franchise, the re-emergence of the San Jose Earthquakes. But now the team has a look and a GM. It will be interesting to see how John Doyle goes about building the Earthquakes. Expansion franchises of late have had a hard time becomin...

- I would love to be a fly on the wall at the Lalas Thanksgiving Dinner after this column by SI.com's Greg Lalas . - Hopefully I can tune in to ESPN2 tonight as Toronto FC hosts the NY Red Bulls. The Red Bulls can clinch a playoff spot and I want to see how the crowd in Toronto is dealing with the...

The Seattle Times The Seattle Sounders may have played their last game in the USL on Saturday night when they defeated the Atlanta Silverbacks 4-0 in the USL 1st Division Final. Former Rhino Greg Howes scored Seattle's first and final goals en route to be named the game's MVP. And after the match,...

48 hours ago, it was all about Abby. Abby was the "Talk of the Cup" according to SI's Mark Bechtel. SI's Grant Wahl said that a US victory in this year's World Cup would elevate Abby to legend status. The US head coach Greg Ryan made a Steve Sampson-ian move when he benched starting goalkeeper Ho...

Kick This! Archive US Soccer.com (Click on the Studio 90: China '07 link) 81 goals in 100 games for the US Women's National Team. Gold Medal winning goal in the Athen's Olympics in 2004 Coming on Kick This! live from China after Saturday's Quarterfinal victory over England. Turning the tables on hos...

US Soccer.com In the "Group of Death" of this Women's World Cup, the US played the Grim Reaper and ended Nigeria's tournament thanks to the second fastest goal in WWC history by Lori Chalupny. Abby Wambach finished group play with 3 goals and an assist. That means that she was in on 80% of the US go...

Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com Another season has come and gone and the Rochester Rhinos glory years are just another fading memory. The 2007 Rhinos season will challenge the 1997 season as the most forgettable season in the team's history. With only Hamed Diallo's goal scoring streak that took him to th...

Rhinos Soccer.com So with Saturday night's 2-0 victory over the Montreal Impact, the Rhinos enter the post-season on a big positive. Plus, they avoid both a trip north of the border and a dreaded East Coast - West Coast trip. What the Rhinos do get is a first round match up against the Atlanta Silve...

USL Soccer.com Leo Gibson scored four goals as the Minnesota Thunder blew out the Carolina RailHawks 5-0 last evening. The loss means that Carolina needs a win on the road in California on Sunday night if they are to overtake Miami FC for the 8th and final playoff spot. The Charleston Battery also h...

Sorry that I've been slacking. But, I need to read this book apparently. So where were we? USL Standings The Rhinos may be in the playoffs, but after getting spanked at home and on the road by Montreal, they are limping in. Right now they are tied with Puerto Rico for 5th place and each team has a...

I don't really want to rehash last Friday night's 2-0 loss to Montreal. But given that there are only two games left in the regular season, I think there does need to be some discussion on what that game meant in the big picture. Both teams have clinched playoff spots. The question now is about seed...

Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com Montreal Impact.com Devo's Direct Kicks USL Soccer.com With a win tonight at home versus Montreal, the Rhinos would leap over the Impact in the USL standings. Both teams have clinched playoff spots and now they are merely playing for playoff seeding. Both teams are on hot...

MLSNet.com Soccer Insider Big Apple Soccer.com Washington Post.com DC United.com While a penalty kick is never the greatest drama when a record is set, the fact that DC United forward scored his 109th career MLS goal against the NY Red Bulls, in DC's 3-1 win no less, is very fitting. Not only is t...

Rhinos Soccer.com USL Soccer.com Johnny Menyongar's game winning goal on Saturday night versus Minnesota landed the Rhinos midfielder on the USL 1st Division Team of the Week. Former Rhino Connally Edozien was the Player of the Week thanks to his hat trick in Carolina's 3-0 midweek win at the Charle...

Big Apple Soccer.com Apparently NY Red Bulls midfielder Dema Kovalenko suffered a broken nose, amongst other injuires, when he was a passenger in a car driven by Red Bulls rookie midfielder Sinisa Ubiparipovic and they were in an accident when another driver cut them off. The vehicle they were ridin...

Rhinos Soccer.com The more things change, the more they stay the same. Another season, another Rhinos playoff berth. Another start by Scott Vallow, another Rhinos clean sheet. By virtue of Saturday night's 1-0 Rhinos victory in Minnesota, thanks to Johnny Menyongar's goal and some stout defense, the...

There is a ton of news in the world of soccer, so let's get to it: - Luis Bueno thinks that DaMarcus Beasley will have a bigger impact than Freddy Adu, but neither player made much of a difference yesterday in Champions League qualifying action. - Connolly Edozien scored a hat trick last night at...

USL Soccer.com Congrats to Scott Vallow and John Ball for being named to the USL 1st Division Team of the Week. However, you've got to be kidding me that a forward with a pair of goals in a pair of wins is more worthy of the Player of the Week award than a goalkeeper who gets two shutout wins when h...

Rhinos Soccer.com - Rhinos 2 RailHawks 0 Rhinos Soccer.com - Rhinos 2 Islanders 0 Scott Vallow's return to the Rhinos lineup went about as well as one could have hoped for with a pair of shutout wins over the weekend against the Carolina RailHawks and the Puerto Rico Islanders. The six point weeken...

Vallow's back and the Carolina RailHawks are in town. Needless to say, I'm amped up and can only focus enough to go an an ADD rampage threw all of the soccer news of the day: - Steven Goff, Michael Wilbon, and the rest of the crew at the Washington Post are all over DC's 1-0 win over the LA Galaxy...

My sons have been told that they should take down their Scott Vallow banner and bring it to the Rhinos-RailHawks game tomorrow night at PAETEC Park. Vallow has missed the Rhinos last 20 USL 1st Division games due to the torn right distal biceps tendon that required surgery 13 weeks ago. Last week, V...

UEFA.com Yahoo.com Fox Soccer.com Soccer Insider Apparently the work that Thierry Henry started with the "Stand Up Speak Up" campaign needs to continue. A segment of fans of FK Zeta were heard making monkey chants directed at DaMarcus Beasley and Jean-Claude Darcheville of Glasgow Rangers in a UEFA...

Carolina RailHawks.com Seattle Sounders.net US Open Cup.com It was a little harder for the USL 1st Division Carolina RailHawks to dismiss the USL 2nd Division Richmond Kickers in the US Open Cup Quarterfinals than it was for the USL 1st Division's Seattle Sounders to advance past the Colorado Rapids...

Rhinos Soccer.com D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks USL Soccer.com Match Report Is there such a thing as a moral victory when the Rhinos headed to Montreal yesterday and once again lost and once again got shut out? Montreal led in shots and had twice as many shots on frame as the Rhinos. So, it's not like...

D&C.com Devo's Direct Kicks It appears that the rumored San Jose franchise that was going to be a part of the re-launch of the WUSA isn't going to happen. And that is leading Women's Soccer Initiative, Inc. to move to Plan B for it's 8th and final franchise. The Rochester Rhinos are kicking the tir...