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USA Defeats Canada, Faces England In Bowl Quarterfinals
2008-04-05 17:09:00
The United States would avoid the sweep in Day 1 of the Adelaide Sevens Tournament in Australia . After getting smoked by South Africa to open the day, the Eagles would lose 31-19 to the host nation Australia. However in the final pool match of the day, the U.S. would avenge their loss last week to ...
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Video: Fire-4 Revolution-0
2008-04-05 06:17:00
Relive the shit stomping highlights! GO FIRE!!!
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Springboks Blank Eagles 43-0 In Adelaide
2008-04-05 05:26:00
When you looked at Pool C and saw that the U.S. would have to play South Africa , Australia & Canada today, you knew it would be a tough go for the Eagles . Well just as expected, the U.S. got off to poor start in pool play. The Springboks rolled over the U.S. 43-0 a few minutes ...
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When Does A Draw Equal A Loss?
2008-03-29 19:09:00
When you are mid table or higher, sometimes you feel good about a draw. When you are trying to avoid relegation versus the worst team in the Barclays Premier League, a draw feels like a loss. Fulham needed a road victory today versus Derby County, not only to snap their 18 month road winless streak, but ...
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Hong Kong Sevens: Day 2, Part II
2008-03-29 14:16:00
(Photo Courtesy of: PakisCorner.com) Well I’m back with Part II of my Day 2 Hong Kong Sevens report. I left off with the United States defeating Chinese Taipei 38-17. The Eagles would need to keep their final pool match versus New Zealand very close if they were to have any hope of advancing to the Cup ...
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Hong Kong Sevens: Day 2, Part I
2008-03-29 06:10:00
Since Hong Kong is like 12 hours ahead of us, I’m going to do the Day 2 re-cap in two parts. The USA Eagles are playing right now and by the time I reach the end of this particular post, the match versus Chinese Taipei will be over. So we’ll get to the USA result ...
More About: New Zealand , Kiwis , Rugby

Live From Court Street: 5:30pm Eastern Saturday
2008-03-29 02:04:00
“Live From Court Street ” returns tomorrow with Episode #2. The show will air LIVE at 5:30 pm Eastern and will run 90 minutes. If you would like to interact with the show, the call in number is 646-200-0234. To listen live, visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/livefromcour tstreet. We’ll kick off the show with an interview with former WWF (WWE) ring ...
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USA To Host #1 Argentina In June
2008-03-28 18:23:00
As expected, U.S. Soccer announced today that they have added another June friendly and the team they will be hosting is the #1 ranked team in the world. Argentina will visit Giants Stadium on June 8th to take on the Americans. The match versus Argentina will cap off an intense series of “warm up” matches that includes a visit to Wembley to take on England & a date with 4th ranked Spain. This will be an awesome test for the Americans and a great atmosphere in what is sure to be a nearly sold out Giants Stadium. The two nations last met during the 2007 Copa America, with Argentina defeating USA “B” 4-1. Eddie Johnson scored the lone USA Goal. The match will air live on ESPN Classic & Univision, starting at 7:30 pm Eastern. The Argentina friendly will be the final tune-up prior to taking on that world soccer juggernaut, Barbados, on June 15th in CONCACAF Qualifying.
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Hong Kong Sevens: Clever Leads USA To Victory
2008-03-28 15:05:00
Todd Clever helped the USA Eagles jump out quickly versus Tunisia early today, but rather than coasting to an easy victory, Tunisia rallied before falling to the Americans 26-21 in the closest Day 1 match. The U.S. were pretty heavy favorites against Tunisia and just barely won. This proves that you can’t take anyone lightly when it comes to Sevens Rugby. But, a win is a win, so the U.S. will head into their Day 2 fixtures undefeated. The only “shocker” during Day 1 of the Men’s Tournament was France, who have struggled in the IRB Sevens World Series this year, knocked off Tonga 21-7.  Canada nearly pulled off an upset today, as they got up early on England only for the Brits to stage a comeback and double up Canada 24-12. Hong Kong Sevens: Day 1 Results Australia-24   Hong Kong-12 Kenya-47   China-0 Fiji-42   Korea-7 Samoa-35   Sri Lanka-7 New Zealand-50   Chinese Taipei-5 France-21   Tonga-7 Scotland-26   Portugal-10 Wales-34   Zimbabwe-0 Argentina...
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Hong Kong Sevens: USA Capture Women’s Crown
2008-03-28 14:24:00
The USA Women have won the Hong Kong Sevens Tournament! The U.S. knocked off France in the semifinals and then went on to defeat arch rivals Canada 21-7 to win the Championship. Last year the U.S. earned the plate title, so a much better effort this year. The United States Women have to be the favorites heading into the 2009 Women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens. Congrats to the ladies on a great tournament!
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Hong Kong Sevens: Day 1 Re-Cap
2008-03-28 13:58:00
The 2008 Hong Kong Sevens began yesterday with the Women’s competition and Day 1 of the Men’s Tournament began early this morning. The Lady Eagles were very impressive yesterday, going 3-0 and earning a spot in the semifinals today versus France. The U.S. defeated Netherlands 36-7, Hong Kong 33-7 & Arabian Gulf 45-7. “Day one at the Hong Kong tournament was a success for us. We worked on our game on both offense and defense, which showed well in scores,” USA Women’s Sevens Coach Julie McCoy said. “Tomorrow’s task is convincing the players to continue to play team ball.” Good luck to the ladies today as they hope to advance to the finals. As for the Men, the United States will take to the pitch in the final match of Day 1 later this morning, taking on Tunisia. The Eagles were placed in Pool A New Zealand, Chinese Taipei & of course, Tunisia. The U.S. will take on Chinese Taipei tomorrow and will once again close out the day’s competition, ta...

USA RSL: Week 2 (well 3 technically)
2008-03-27 16:47:00
The Rugby Super League clubs are now preparing for their 2nd match of the season and there are a couple interesting match ups this week. I will be following the Chicago Lions & Chicago Griffins, as both clubs look to improve to 2-0 on the season. Two weeks ago, the Lions cruised to a 40-5 victory ...
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Press Release: USA U-19 Eagles To Tour England
2008-03-27 15:51:00
Earlier this week, USA Rugby announced that their U-17 & U-18 squads would be traveling to England . Now they are being joined by the U-19 National Team. Check out the official press release below: BOULDER, Colo. ? The USA Under-19 Men?s National Team staff has announced the 30 players who will travel to England for a ...
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United States-3 Poland-0
2008-03-27 02:49:00
The United States dominated Poland this afternoon, winning the match 3-0. Fact of the matter is, the score should have been 6-0. The U.S. schooled Poland from start to finish & I must say that I’m a very happy supporter right now. Fulham’s Carlos Bocanegra got the scoring started in the 12th minute as Landon Donovan ...
More About: Soccer , Men

Early Morning Odds & Ends
2008-03-26 05:37:00
Its 12:03 am Wednesday as I type this out. I’m having back issues, so going to bed probably isn’t an option for at least another hour, so I figured I would post a few notes to get you ready for your big day of international soccer. The United States had their final work out in Krakow ...
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My Experience Thus Far As A ?Co-Owner? Of A Football Club
2008-03-25 17:09:00
Move over Hicks, there is another American who co-owns a football club in England. Infact, I co-own the club with many Americans. In fact, I co-own the club with about 53,000 other people all over the world. As many of you probably know, MYFC is an online community group who sought to buy a football club ...
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Site Update: We Are Moving To A New Host
2008-03-24 23:19:00
We are moving to a new web host provider in the next 3 weeks. During this time period, the site may be down. We are not yet sure when the switch will happen other to say it will be in the next 3 weeks. Hopefully our next provider will give us some customer service worth a ...
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Let?s Take A Look At My Other Team?
2008-03-24 19:15:00
As Fulham supporter, this has been a rough season for me. The ups and downs…mostly downs, have taken its toll on me. But there is a glimmer of hope for my soccer sanity. Yes, Fulham still has a shot to “stay up” with like 8 games remaining, but the main reason I have hope in ...
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Bradley Names Squad For Poland Friendly
2008-03-24 16:30:00
USA General Bob Bradley has named his 18 man “army” a head of this Wednesday’s battle in Krakow versus Poland . This will be the first of 3 huge friendlies this spring, with England coming up on May 28th and Spain on June 4th. I can’t think of a better way to get prepared for ...
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The Road Woes Continue?Plus A Quick Rugby Re-Cap
2008-03-23 16:22:00
Well the road losing streak continued yesterday as the Whites fell to Newcastle 2-0. It was King Kev’s first victory since his return to the most over rated club in the history of English football. Yeah I’m bitter. In the grand scheme of things, the loss really didn’t hurt us much but we are now in ...
More About: England , Scotland , Soccer , Wales , Ireland

EDF Energy Cup Semi’s Highlight Great Rugby Weekend
2008-03-21 14:31:00
Millennium Stadium will be rocking tomorrow as rugby fans will be treated to a cracking double header in Cardiff featuring the semi-finals of the EDF Energy Cup. In the opener, Saracens will take on Ospreys, while Leicester will take on my London Wasps in the 2nd semi-final. Both matches will be televised in the U.S. on Setanta Sports, with the opener airing live and the Wasp/Leicester battle will be a tape delayed broadcast. The Wasps are at full strength this weekend as all their international players are back. I believe winning the EDF Energy Cup is important for confidence reasons, so look for the Wasps to play with a lot of passion on Saturday. As for a prediction, I’m going to say Cipriani & Lewsey go nuts and the Wasps cruise to an easy victory. I’m hoping Saracens win the other semi-final so we can have a “derby” finals at Twickenham. If you get Setanta Sports, there is some good rugby being televised this weekend. In fact, if you were up really ...
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Olympic Dreamin’: USA Heading To Beijing
2008-03-21 05:34:00
Freddy Adu’s mastery of the free kick continued to shine tonight in Nashville as the United States U-23 National Team defeated Canada 3-0 to not only move on to the finals on Sunday versus Honduras, but more importantly, qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games. Freddy scored on free kicks in the 27th & 48th minute. The second one was pretty sweet if you ask me. Freddy seems to be hitting his stride, his time in Portugal has served the young man well. Sacha Kjestan added a goal late in the match to seal the deal. Canada will take on Guatemala Sunday with 3rd Place on the line. So the United States & Honduras will represent the CONCACAF region at the Olympic Games. This is great news for U.S. Soccer, as we missed out on the games 4 years ago. Keep in mind that 3 players from the senior national team will be added to the roster and Landon Donovan has already made it known that he would like to be selected. Wonder if we can convince Brian McBride to come out of international re...
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Australian Scott Johnson To Be Named USA Eagle Head Coach
2008-03-21 05:18:00
According to BBC Wales and American Rugby News, USA Rugby CEO Nigel Melville will name former Wales Caretaker Coach Scott Johnson as the new head coach of the USA Eagles this weekend. Most recently, Johnson served as an assistant coach for the Australian National Team. Johnson recently turned down an opportunity to be a skills coach with the Cardiff Blues and was also linked with a similar role with the Ospreys. During his playing days, he captained the U21 Australian team and played for New South Wales. This will be the first head coaching position for the 44 year old. I wish Scott the best of luck. You have a great reputation and I’m excited to see what you will bring to our Eagles. He will get his first taste of international rugby this June during the Churchill Cup.
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Rugby Talk #32
2008-03-20 15:54:00
American Rugby News’ awesome podcast “Rugby Talk ” is back with episode #32. A few days late but well worth the wait for sure. Click on the link to your right to download the latest episode. Below is the show description from the ARN website: We’re loaded for bear this week and invite you to join us for Show #32. Brian, Ray, and Gary review the start of the new Super League season including some surprise results. They take a look at the upcoming North America 4 series, and break down USA Rugby’s elite player squad. Sevens is back on the agenda with the 22-man national squad to be trimmed to 12 for the Hong Kong and Adelaide legs of the IRB World Sevens Series. A truckload of college games come under the microscope and they bring you up to speed on teams that have clinched seeds for the Round of 16. You can also win more sweet swag from Impact Sports just by answering this week’s question correctly. It’s easy to win, just send your answer t...

Becks vs Lando? Well, It Just Might Happen!
2008-03-20 15:21:00
I think its still up for debate whether these two massive ego’s get along in Los Angeles, but what I do know is that these two super stars may get to meet each other on the pitch at Wembley Stadium at the end of May. It was announced this morning that the U.S. Men’s National Team will travel to England to take on the Brits at famed Wembley Stadium. We all knew this would be announced at some point and now it’s official. This will be the first trip for the United States to England since 1994 and their first friendly versus England since 2005, when the English defeated the Americans at Soldier Field. I remember that game well because Clint Dempsey scored. The match is on May 28th at 3pm Eastern. It will air on ESPN Classic & Univision. I know one thing for sure, I’m going home early from work that day. Both sides are tuning up for World Cup Qualifiers, which begin this summer for the U.S. I’m sticking with my early prediction of a USA victory.
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Houston Wins & A Huge Sports Thursday!
2008-03-20 14:39:00
Let the madness begin! Personally, today has to be one of the most jam packed sports days in a long time. I’m going to start and end the day with the NCAA tournament, with some soccer in the middle. And thanks to high speed internet, I’ll not miss a thing even though I’ll be at work for part of it. Before we get to that though, I just wanted to give yall a quick result from last night. The Houston Dynamo moved on to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup by defeating Municipal 3-1 behind 2 goals from Dwayne De Rosario. Now back to today. The NCAA Basketball tournament begins this afternoon and pretty much goes on non-stop for the next 4 days. I watch all the games but being a die-hard Notre Dame fan, I’m really looking forward to the Irish taking the court tonight versus George Mason. I’m a bit nervous because of course, George Mason had that outstanding run to the Final 4 a couple years ago.  I feel ND will pull it out though and unlike past NC...
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DC United Moves On; Houston Hopes To Do The Same
2008-03-20 00:29:00
Devon McTavish continued his stellar play last night, as he helped lead DC United into the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup with a 5-0 (6-1 agg) victory over Harbour View FC. DC United dominated the match, especially in the 2nd half as the Jamaican side seemed like they ran out of steam. Maybe it was the colder weather? Either way, congrats to DC on a great victory and best of luck in the semi’s. Two time defending MLS Champs Houston Dynamo hopes to pull off the same magic tonight as they host CSD Municipal at Robertson Stadium. Kick off is at 8:30 pm Eastern and you can check out all the action on Fox Soccer Channel.
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Churchill Cup Fixtures Announced
2008-03-19 01:15:00
It may only be March, but I’m already looking forward to the month of June. My birthday falls on June 21st, but thats not why I’m excited. I’m excited because Churchill Cup Finals in Chicago will be played on my birthday! That would be one hell of a gift (hint: pay attention wife) on the day I turn 33. The 2008 Churchill Cup schedule has been released. The 6th edition of this tournament features 2007 champs England Saxons, Argentina, Ireland “A”, Scotland “A”, Canada & of course, the USA Eagles. For whoever takes over as USA Head Coach, this will be his first high profile competition. I believe the Churchill Cup will be televised this year on Setanta Sports, so everyone will have a chance to check out the action. Look for the Eagles to perform much better this year than last year. The pool stage will be held in Canada, while the finals will be held at Toyota Park, home of the Chicago Fire. Barclays Churchill Cup Schedule Saturday, June...
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CONCACAF U-23 Semi-Final Fixtures Set
2008-03-18 16:39:00
Well the Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament Semi -Final s are set, including kick off times for this Thursday in Nashville. The opening semi-final match will see Guatemala taking on Honduras. The action begins at 6pm Eastern. Then at 9pm Eastern, the United States U-23’s take to the pitch, hosting Canada. This match has me a little bit worried as the U.S. team has played with very little passion, while Canada had to fight their way into the semi-finals. The Americans will need to “grow up” quickly if they are to avoid an upset. Apparently the boys aren’t getting a long very well in camp. Well tough shit, grow up and get the job done Thursday. Representing your country at the Olympic Games is a dream for most. You have the opportunity to do just that. Both matches can be seen on Fox Soccer Channel, ESPN Deportes & ESPN360.com. The semi-final winners will not only meet this Saturday for the championship, but both would also qualify for the Olympics.
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Rugby Canada Has A New Leader
2008-03-18 15:32:00
Rugby Canada has announced the hiring of former New Zealand All Black Kieran Crowley. Crowley takes over as the head coach of the National Team, replacing Ric Suggitt. Suggitt’s contract was not renewed after the Rugby World Cup and even though he was invited to re-apply, Suggitt declined. Crowley lead the U-19 All Blacks to a World Championship last year and spent 9 years total coaching New Zealand provincial side Taranaki, where he had stints as both assistant & head coach. As for his All Black career, he appeared 35 times between 1983 & 1991. He played over 200 times for Taranaki and retired in 1994. “My impression of them (Canada) at the moment is that they are a very physical team and they have very good set-piece plays,” Crowley said. “There is still work to be done in those areas but they have done well and the area that possibly needs improvement I think is the vision or the ability to change things when things are not as structured as they sh...
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