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Robbers use football to cover-up heist
Fan Culture

Robbers use football to cover-up heist

Brazilian police suspect robbers waited until Sunday, the last day of the Brazilian football season, to pull off a daring robbery of a cash delivery firm. It is thought that the robbers rented a nearby house (posing as residents, even putting up a Christmas tree) and tunneled 490 feet to […]

Philly Soccer Page Info

Upgrading this site

Next week, you’ll see some changes on this site. We’ll be moving over to WordPress, which will allow us to do a few things differently. We used Posterous.com to start with because it’s very user-friendly and is good for simply getting straight content onto the web. Now that we see […]

Los Angeles Galaxy / MLS / USMNT

Donovan to Europe — best thing for MLS

A successful Landon Donovan move to Europe would be good for Major League Soccer. Yes, I said it. No, I haven’t spent the day doing bong hits. Picture it: Donovan moves to a mid-table team in Spain, France or England. He gets regular playing time and produces. He doesn’t need to […]

World Cup Draw In Full
World Cup - International

World Cup Draw In Full

via southern-africa.co.uk Here is the full draw for World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Check out Andrew’s awesome breakdown of USA’s Group C below: Group A: South Africa Mexico – Will play the opening game of the Cup against the hosts. Uruguay France – We all knew France would get […]

World Cup - International

World Cup Draw – US finally gets lucky!

The US got almost the best possible draw. Based on the three other pots of teams, the US got the best possible picks from two pots. When looking at the pot containing the African and South American teams, I believe that Algeria was the weakest possible opponent. Likewise, Slovenia seemed […]

Casa Soccer League / Local Leagues

Casa Soccer League — week 9

The Casa Soccer League plays its last round of regular season games this week (weather permitting), with playoff and promotion spots on the line. In the league’s top division, five teams are vying for the final two playoff spots, with West Philly FC and Deportivo Arsenal already having clinched postseason […]

World Cup - International

U.S. draws England in the World Cup

The United States drew England, Algeria and Slovenia in today’s drawing for the 2010 World Cup. A full list of groups can be found here. Check the Philly Soccer Page later for commentary on the eight groups announced today.  Posted via web from The Philly Soccer Page

World Cup - International

Today's World Cup draw live online

Yes, even if you don’t have cable TV access, you can watch the draw live online today at ESPN 360. Coverage starts at noon EST. Expect our contributors to weigh in here at the Philly Soccer Page once the groups are announced.  Posted via web from The Philly Soccer Page

MLS / Union

Union acquire Califf

It’s official: The Union have acquired U.S. international defender Danny Califf, who this week terminated his contract with FC Midtjylland in the Danish league. Big signing. Califf should immediately step in as one of the top defenders in the Eastern Conference and give the Union a solid anchor in the […]

College Soccer

Rutgers loses a soccer giant

There wasn’t a lot of fanfare when Bob Reasso resigned as Rutgers University men’s soccer coach Monday. There should have been.  Reasso took an ordinary soccer program and turned it into a giant of college soccer. Rutgers made three final fours and a national championship game. When the U.S. finally stepped […]