Thursday 13 October 2011

Players improving during the season is common, but Sounders FC's Lamar Neagle's development this season is off the charts. In 2010, Neagle was cut from Seattle's preseason camp and later signed with the Charleston Battery, a USL Pro team in the third tier of American soccer

Sounders news, notes for Wednesday. Ticket sales for Saturday's regular-season home finale against San Jose have surpassed 59,100. The entire upper bowl of CenturyLink Field will be open for the game, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday night the Sounders will honor Kasey Keller at the end of the game.

Posturing for a place, The New York Cosmos have responded to Tuesday’s comments from Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, who said at halftime of the United States-Ecuador matchup that the legendary club may not even be an option to become the league's 20th franchise.

18 years as a Pro, a few world cups and having play in some of the most prestigious leagues in the world the LA defender will hang it up at the end of season.

4 spots remain for the Euro 2012 tourney, the playoffs for those spots will be decided in November.


Vancouver Whitecaps 2 – DC United 1 (MLS, October 12, 2011)



Hernandez made a stunning impact after arriving in the Premier League last campaign, scoring 20 goals in all competitions, and United have now rewarded the Mexican with a long-term deal.


Chicago Fire 1 – FC Dallas 2 (MLS, October 12, 2011)



UEFA's Disciplinary and Control Body met on Thursday to discuss the dismissal after Rooney petulantly kicked out at Montenegro's Miodrag Dzudovic. With no more competitive games for England before next summer's finals in Ukraine and Poland, Rooney will miss the first three games of the tournament which means he will not be available until the quarter-finals, should England get that far. Here is a look at 10 Star's who were banned for the start of a major tournament.


America 4 – Ceara 1 (Campeonato Brasileiro, October 12, 2011)



When the US men’s national team took the rain-soaked, Sun Life Stadium field against Honduras for their recent friendly in Florida, there may have been 11 players starting in USA uniforms, but there were 12 who had help from the United States in making their soccer dreams come true.


Gremio 1 – Figueirense 3 (Campeonato Brasileiro, October 12, 2011)



Jurgen Klinsmann was full of praise for his U.S. national team after its 1-0 loss to Ecuador on Tuesday night. He couldn’t say enough positive things, and took the time to point out that while the team lost, it probably deserved something more out of a match that was fairly even for most of the night.


Venezuela 1 – Argentina 0 (South America World Cup Qualifying, October 11, 2011)



Next Wednesday is one of the most important days of the next decade for soccer in the United States. That's when bids are due in Zürich, Switzerland, for the U.S. broadcast rights for World Cups '18 and '22. ESPN, NBC and Fox are expected to bid for the English-language rights, while Univisión and NBC-owned Telemundo are expected to be in competition for the Spanish-language rights. After the bids are submitted on Wednesday -- there will be no formal presentations, as there were for the Olympic rights bids earlier this year -- the FIFA executive committee will meet on Thursday and could reach a decision on the winners as soon as that day.


Chile 4 – Peru 2 (South America World Cup Qualifying, October 11, 2011)



The United Kingdom's English Premier League is the people of Earth's choice for sporting entertainment. An incredible 4.7 billion people, close to 70 percent of the planet's population of 6,775,235,700 , watch the soccer league on television, according to a new study by Sport+Markt consulting firm.


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