Soccer

Fred Huebner, Chris Doran, and Sarah Kustok to call Sept. 23, Oct. 21 Dates

09/05/2007 -- Chicago Fire Soccer announced today the My50 Chicago/WPWR-TV broadcast team that will call two Fire home games for the 2007 regular season. Local sports radio personality Fred Huebner will handle the play-by-play duties and long-time Fire broadcast sideline reporter Chris Doran will join him in the booth as color commentator, while local Fox affiliate reporter Sarah Kustok will make her Fire broadcast debut with the sideline call.    » read more »

04 September 2007, Washington (By Jim Stevenson) -- The fifth FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off in China this month and one of the world's most prolific soccer players is about to embark on another World Cup campaign. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on U.S. women's national team veteran Kristine Lilly.

When asked, the first players many women's soccer fans in the United States are likely to name are Americans Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly. Hamm retired after the 2003 Women's World Cup. But Lilly is still making an impact on the field as she prepares for her fifth World Cup appearance.    » read more »

09/04/2007, COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Crew and Colorado Rapids came into Sunday's match at Crew Stadium tied for eighth place overall in the MLS standings, and each looking to gain an advantage over the other heading into the final stretch of the season.

It looked as if Eddie Gaven's goal just before halftime would hold up to give the Crew the upper hand in the battle between the teams, but Conor Casey headed home five minutes before the final whistle and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.    » read more »

September 4, 2007 -- Kansas City Wizards forwards Eddie Johnson and Davy Arnaud have been named to Bob Bradley's squad for an upcoming friendly against international power Brazil September 9 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Johnson has been a key figure in Bradley's team this season, appearing in 10 games and scoring two goals. Should Arnaud appear in the match, it will be his first-career appearance for the senior national team.    » read more »

09/04/2007, Washington, D.C. -- Major League Soccer announced today United's Ben Olsen has been named MLS Player of the Week following his two-goal performance against FC Dallas on Saturday. The midfielder scored two first half goals, as United stormed to a 4-0 victory over its Western Conference foe. It is the second time this year Olsen has earned the weekly honor. He previously won following his first career hat trick in D.C. United's 4-2 win over the New York Red Bulls on June 10.    » read more »

CARSON, Calif. (Tuesday, September 4, 2007) - The Los Angeles Galaxy are looking for Miss LA Galaxy 2008 and her court, presented by COVERGIRL. The Galaxy will be holding Open Call Interviews on Friday, September 7 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel in Torrance, Calif. The interviews are open to all applicants who live in Los Angeles or the surrounding areas and are between the ages of 18 and 27.    » read more »

BRIDGEVIEW, IL (Sept. 4, 2007) - Chicago Fire Soccer announced today that the organization has waived midfielder Thiago, opening a Senior International roster spot on the Chicago Fire's 28-man roster. Colombian defender Wilman Conde, who signed with the Fire on Aug. 16, will fill the Senior International roster spot and be available to play for the "Men in Red" pending approval of his work visa.    » read more »

Reserves: DC 0, FCD 0

09/04/2007, Frisco, TX -- The FC Dallas Reserves and the D.C. United Reserves played to a scoreless draw on Sunday morning on the adidas Field at Pizza Hut Park. The goalkeepers from both teams came up big on both sides of the half, with each denying their opponent a handful of one-on-one scoring opportunities. FCD now stands at 2-4-3 (9 pts) while DC's Reserves move to 3-1-3 (12 pts). United created the better scoring opportunities throughout the first half, but FCD keeper Ray Burse came up with big saves and good positioning to keep the score even.    » read more »

09/02/2007, EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Behind a Mike Magee first half goal, the New York Red Bulls reserves defeated the Chicago Fire reserves, 1-0, at Giants Stadium on Sunday morning. Goalkeeper Danny Cepero helped preserve the shutout, saving a second half stoppage time penalty kick. The Red Bulls reserves improved to 4-2-0 while Chicago is 0-5-2.

The New York Red Bulls had the first scoring chance of the match in the 8th minute when Sinisa Ubiparipovic took a cross field pass on the left wing and raced into the box before putting in a shot that was pushed out of play.    » read more »

09/01/2007, CARSON, Calif. -- Cuban forward Maykel Galindo, currently Chivas USA's leading scorer with 10 goals, will appear this Sunday, Sept. 2 on Univision's 'República Deportiva,' America's most watched Spanish-language television sports program, live from the show's Miami studios.    » read more »

Columbus Crew sign Andrei Pacheco

09/01/2007, COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Crew announced today that it has signed defender Andrei Pacheco to a developmental contract. Per club and league policy, no further terms of the deal were disclosed.    » read more »

30 August 2007, Washington (By Jim Stevenson) -- The United States Women's soccer team is seeking to capture its first World Cup title since 1999. While a handful of veterans remain from the last championship squad, winning the World Cup in China rests with the talents of new players. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on one of the newest additions, U.S. defender Tina Ellertson.    » read more »

30 August 2007 -- English football superstar David Beckham is in serious doubt to play for his national team in next month's Euro 2008 qualifying matches against Israel and Russia after injuring his knee.

David Beckham hurt his right knee Wednesday night playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy Major League Soccer team against Pachuca of Mexico in the Super Liga final. Pachuca won 4-3 on penalty kicks in extra time to take the North American championship, and a one-million dollar prize.    » read more »

Soccer Hall-of-Famer Julie Foudy to lead team as match and studio analyst JP Dellacamera and Tony Dicicco return

August 29 , 2007 -- Former U.S. Women’s Soccer National Team captain Julie Foudy and veteran soccer play-by-play announcer JP Dellacamera will pair as the lead commentator team for ESPN and ESPN2’s live coverage of all FIFA Women’s World Cup 2007 matches in China (Sept. 10-30), it was announced today by Tim Scanlan, ESPN vice president for event production.    » read more »

REDWOOD CITY , Calif. – August 22, 2007 – Electronic Arts Inc. today unveiled plans for a new feature called Be A Pro: Online Team Play that will enable10 people anywhere in the world to connect online to play a single match of FIFA Soccer 08 . The new feature, available for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, will be offered as a free downloadable feature six to eight weeks after the game ships to stores. FIFA Soccer 08 will be available in stores in Europe on September 28 and beginning October 9 in North America .    » read more »