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Reaction to David Beckham's decision to retire from soccer:___"David Beckham, one of the most iconic figures in global football is retiring from playing. It's the end of a chapter of an amazing story. David grew up as a football-loving child & achieved his dreams, and unquestionably inspired millions of boys & girls to try & do the same." — FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Twitter.___"He is a fantastic footballer and a fantastic person. All over the world you say 'David Beckham' and people know who that is." — former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.___"I met him a few times in Madrid. He's amazing, his attitude on (the field) was amazing — impossible to be better, always fighting for everything." — tennis star Rafael Nadal.___"I wish him well in the future whatever he chooses to do and I personally hope that will be in football." — England coach Roy Hodgson.___"The prime minister's view is that David Beckham has been an outstanding footballer throughout his career, but not only that, h...
Manchester United beat title rival Chelsea 3-1 Sunday for its fifth straight victory in the Premier League, and Manchester City squandered a two-goal lead in a 2-2 t...
This time, it's not just talk: Juergen Klinsmann is the new coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team.The USSF moved quickly Friday in hiring Klinsmann a day afte...
The Los Angeles Galaxy front office has done everything under the sun to bring the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy back to Carson, CA.Los Angeles edged Real Salt Lake 3-1 ...
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Ruud Gullit didn't take long to realize he was the wrong man to coach David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy ."In LA, nobody is talking about...
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — One by one, seven players were getting called in for those dreaded individual talks, short, blunt conversations that are soccer's toughes...
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Juergen Klinsmann broke off talks to become coach of the U.S. soccer team in 2006 because he wasn't guaranteed top players the following summer...
RUSTENBERG, South Africa (AP) — Frank Lampard has a warning for the United States.Lampard says England star Wayne Rooney is no-longer the hotheaded striker whose eje...
IRENE, South Africa (AP) — The clock ticked into the 70th minute, and Tim Howard started to get anxious."I thought, damn, at this point we're going home and I didn't...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — ESPN is keeping broadcaster Martin Tyler for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil ."We have a deal with Martin for 2014," Jed Drake , the executive produ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Soccer players are such nice fellows, they'll give opponents the shirts off their backs.No, really. Watch the end of any World Cup match, and you...
It's already time to brand it like Beckham. Adidas is launching an advertising campaign this week featuring English soccer star David Beckham and New Orleans Saints ...
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Inside the world of soccer: Women’s World Cup, MLS All-Star outcome & future of soccer in the U.S.
Newtown first-grader Katelyn Sullivan has been sleeping in her parents' bed since last month's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school.Katelyn, who attends another ...
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The deadly shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School was personal for pro soccer star Marcus Tracy. He grew up in Newtown, and his mother once taught at the schoo...
Defending champion Spain plays Ireland in Gdansk, Poland, in their second Group C match at the European Championship. Earlier, Italy drew 1-1 with Croatia.Here is a ...
Now that the U.S. Soccer federation's perennial coach-in-waiting finally has the job, Juergen Klinsmann will be expected to kick-start a stagnant men's national team...
For all the talk about the strides soccer has made in the United States, results of late have been stark and disappointing.The Americans were eliminated by Ghana in ...