The Philly Soccer Page

Wigan players to fans: "Our bad."

November 23, 2009 by Adam Cann Comments are Disabled

via i.telegraph.co.uk Wigan Athletic center back Titus Bramble shows where the ball ended up every time Jermain Defoe beat him on Sunday A large contingent of Wigan faithful traveled to White Hart Lane to watch their beloved boys in blue (actually, they wore day-glo orange) deal a blow to Tottenham’s […]

Local Leagues

Casa Soccer League weekend roundup

November 23, 2009 by The Philly Soccer Page Comments are Disabled

Saturday’s matches in the Casa Soccer League‘s Primera division set up a nail-biting final week to the season, with almost every game having playoff or relegation implications. Week 8 saw first place West Philly FC and 2nd place Deportivo Arsenal fail to pick up maximum points. West Philly narrowly fell […]

MLS, Union

MLS expansion draft protection lists due today

November 23, 2009 by Dan Walsh Comments are Disabled

Philadelphia Union will find out today who’s available in Wednesday’s expansion draft. Teams have till 3 p.m. today to provide their protected player lists to league officials. A brief, half-day trade window closes at noon today. Once we have the protected lists – they’ll hopefully be made public today – we’ll […]

Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS, Real Salt Lake

Rimando wins title for RSL

November 22, 2009 by Dan Walsh Comments are Disabled

Nick Rimando did it again. The Real Salt Lake goalkeeper stopped two penalty kicks and benefited from a stunning Landon Donovan PK miss to claim the Major League Soccer title for his squad. I said Monday it might play out like this on PKs, and sure enough, it did. How much […]

English Premier League

EPL Round-up: Cinco Defoe

November 22, 2009 by Adam Cann Comments are Disabled

Welcome to the first EPL Round-up. These will happen weekly or bi-weekly, depending on whether there are midweek games. You won’t get all of the summaries here, but you will get a push in the right direction. Finals (home team first; top four in the table listed in green, 5th […]

High School Soccer, Local

Father Judge PIAA Class AAA Boys Soccer State Co-Champs

November 22, 2009 by Ed Farnsworth 1 comment

After 120 minutes of play at Hersheypark Stadium against the Central Dauphin Rams on Saturday night, the Father Judge Crusaders made local sports history when they became the first high school soccer team from Philadelphia to win a Pennsylvania Interscholatic Athletic Association (PIAA) state championship. But this tremendous achievement was […]