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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 […]

MLS, Union

Union closes registration for tryouts

November 21, 2009 by Dan Walsh Comments are Disabled

Sports Union closes registration for tryouts due to demand via delcotimes.com If you planned to try out and hadn’t signed up yet, you missed your chance. With people coming from hundreds of miles away to try out for Philadelphia Union, the space just filled up. We’ve heard some inklings […]

UEFA, World Cup - International

France v Ireland Handball Debacle Demands Instant Replay

November 20, 2009 by Brion Shreffler 1 comment

FIFA’a failure to apply its discretion in a manner befitting the integrity of the game- they were quick to deny a replay between Ireland and France- calls for prudent measures that could not only prevent future blunders, but also any accompanying conspiracy theories (with the French going through, Platini and […]