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United States 2, Guatemala 0: Adu and Altidore Lift U.S. to Win
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/sports/soccer/20cup.htmlhttp://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/11/20/sports/soccer/20adu.goal.75.jpgimage7575Freddy Adu scored his first goal for the U.S. senior national team on a 68th minute free kick against Guatemala on Wednesday.David Zalubowski/Associated PressFreddy Adu scored his first goal for the U.S. national team, and Jozy Altidore assisted on Kenny Cooper’s sliding shot, leading to a win in a World Cup qualifier.
Freddy Adu scored his first goal for the U.S. national team, and Jozy Altidore assisted on Kenny Cooper’s sliding shot, leading to a win in a World Cup qualifier.
Argentina took only eight minutes to score the goal that gave Diego Maradona a winning start as coach with a 1-0 victory over Scotland in a friendly on Wednesday.
Squeaking into the playoffs on a 1-4-1 downer and a sub-.500 record, The Red Bulls perservered to advance to M.L.S. Cup final next Sunday against the Columbus Crew.
Dave van den Bergh scored in the 28th minute Saturday night and the Red Bulls defeated Real Salt Lake, 1-0, and reached the M.L.S. Cup for the first time in the club’s history.
Dane Richards, who missed the first month of the M.L.S. season with a knee injury, resurfaced in the starting lineup Sunday to oust the two-time defending champion Houston Dynamo.
The Red Bulls, who qualified for the playoffs as a wild card out of the Eastern Conference, will travel to Real Salt Lake for the Western Conference championship on Saturday.
How a virtually unknown soccer team, Ebbsfleet United, went on to become the object of one of the world’s most unusual sports experiments and ended up with 31,000 owners.
Merritt Paulson, son of Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., wants a Major League Soccer expansion team for Portland and is seeking public financing to do it.
Argentina handed soccer icon Diego Maradona the reins to its national team Tuesday, a move that critics say represents a profound, if not reckless, leap of faith.
Raging Red Bulls fans like Johnny Toro have endured numerous painful defeats over more than a decade watching Major League Soccer’s star-crossed franchise.
A M.L.S. championship could help the Red Bulls establish their niche at a time when affordable entertainment is starting to look like not a half-bad idea.
