For the first time since 1959
Ajax Amsterdam, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord, the traditional
top three in the Dutch championship, kick off their league
campaigns all under the command of a new coach.
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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:02:19 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Cyprus burst into celebration
on Thursday after soccer champions Anorthosis Famagusta became
the first Cypriot team to reach the Champions League group
stage.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:04:19 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Manager Gordon Strachan is hoping to come up against Real Madrid when the draw for the Champions League group stage is made on Thursday. -- read full article
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:39:13 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Spain striker David Villa has
agreed an improved contract with Valencia which ties him to the
club until 2014, the Primera Liga club said on Wednesday.
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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:53:34 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Former England striker Robbie Fowler, a free agent after being let go by Championship side Cardiff City, has refused a week-by-week contract with Blackburn Rovers. -- read full article
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:16:35 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The coach who led Brazil's women's national team to a silver medal in the Olympics was hired to lead the St. Louis team in the new Women's Professional Soccer league. Coach Jorge Barcellos was hired by the WPS on Wednesday. At the Beijing Olympics, the U.S. beat Brazil 1-0 in overtime for the gold. Barcellos also led Brazil to second place at the Women's World Cup in 2007. -- read full article
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:25:36 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Real Madrid target David Villa, the top scorer at Euro 2008, has ended speculation about his future by extending his contract with Valencia until 2014, the Spanish first division club said Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:27:42 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Andriy Shevchenko failed at
Chelsea because he was too used to being treated like a prince
at AC Milan, according to his former coach Jose Mourinho.
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Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:00:13 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Reigning Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg were confident ahead of Friday's glittering European Super Cup clash with English Premier League side Manchester United. -- read full article
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:33:11 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Under-pressure French coach Raymond Domenech on Tuesday scotched rumours that he has been given a points ultimatum for next month's 2010 World Cup qualifiers. -- read full article
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:22:08 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Gregory Richardson and Jamal Gay scored as Trinidad's Joe Public upset the New England Revolution 2-1 Tuesday in the preliminary round of the new CONCACAF Champions League. Richardson got the first goal from about 6 yards in the 51st minute off a cross from Kerry Baptiste. Gay entered in the 69th minute and scored on his first touch, sending a cross from Baptiste past goalkeeper Doug Warren from... -- read full article
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:54:46 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Panama's Tauro defeated Major League Soccer's Chivas USA 2-0 Tuesday night in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League preliminary-round series. Edwin Aguilar scored in the sixth and 68th minutes for Tauro. The second leg of the home-and-home, total-goals series will be played next Tuesday at Carson, Calif. -- read full article
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:40:52 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
