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U.S. men to take on powerful Brazil
The nation known for "jogo bonito" — or the beautiful game — poses a unique challenge for the U.S. soccer team. Although not as significant as two World Cup qualifiers next month, it is a test for the Americans on how far they've come since Jurgen Klinsmann took over as coach last summer.
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Lazio captain arrested over match-fixing
ROME (AP) -- Italian authorities swept through the Italy national team training site near Florence Monday and made more than a dozen arrests, including Lazio captain Stefano Mauri, elsewhere as part of a wide-ranging investigation into match-fixing in soccer....
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Beckenbauer against scrapping penalty shootouts
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Franz Beckenbauer says deadlocked matches should continue to be decided with penalty-kick shootouts....
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Kaufmann admits lip synching at Champions League
Jonas Kaufmann says he lip synched his performance of the Champions League theme before last weekend's final in Munich....
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FIFA doctors want safer headscarf designs
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- FIFA's medical advisers say new designs are needed because headscarfs worn by Muslim women players could lead to head and neck injuries....
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CONCACAF nations lash out at disgraced ex-leaders
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- A damning list of alleged financial mismanagement by former CONCACAF leaders Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer was outlined to 40 soccer nations Wednesday, just minutes after they elected Jeffrey Webb as their new president....
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Elephant and pig tapped to predict Euro 2012 games
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Who's going to win the European Championship? Time to ask an elephant - or a pig....
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FIFA prepares to pick anti-corruption officials
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Tackling corruption in football will again top FIFA's agenda when the 208 member nations meet this week for a Congress that will also see the first woman appointed to the governing body's executive committee....
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Chelsea plans for future as European champion
MUNICH (AP) -- Chelsea can plot its future from an unexpected position of strength as champion of Europe following its dramatic upset of Bayern Munich....
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Chelsea, luckiest team in football
MUNICH (AP) -- Lots of money, lots of luck, and players who didn't care about winning ugly - just so long as they won - turned Chelsea into the champions of Europe....
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Column: Champions League gets thinking fan's final
MUNICH (AP) -- The dream Champions League final, in pure soccer terms, would have been Barcelona vs. Real Madrid. But the world's two best players, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, both fluffed penalty kicks in the semifinals, leaving us with the thinking fan's final, instead....
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Chelsea plays for high stakes in Champions League
MUNICH (AP) -- Chelsea is playing for a place in European soccer history as well as next season's competition when it meets Bayern Munich on Saturday in the Champions League final....
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Women's Professional Soccer folds
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Women's Professional Soccer league is folding after three seasons....
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Marcelo Lippi joins Guangzhou Evergrande as coach
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) -- Marcello Lippi has been hired to coach big-spending Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande....
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Brazil dismisses problem with stadium construction
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazil's sports minister is dismissing delays in stadium construction for the 2014 World Cup and says construction work in the northeastern city of Salvador will be completed in time for next year's Confederations Cup....
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Memorable: Man City's win among top comebacks
Try to capture it any way you like (AP) -- exciting, thrilling, stunning, heart-stopping....
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Soccer Roundup
Joe Corona has no mixed emotions and only one thought as the Californian prepares to play El Salvador, his mother's home country.
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U.S. men to play their first World Cup qualifier in Tampa
The road to the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro will begin in Florida.
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U.S. beats Canada, 4-0
Now Abby Wambach only has Mia Hamm to beat.
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Wambach, Sinclair enjoy friendly rivalry
Abby Wambach and Christine Sinclair have spent the past two weeks chasing each other, chasing history and chasing a place in the London Olympics.
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U.S. women will play Costa Rica today for Olympic berth
It doesn't matter that the U.S. women's soccer team is clearly one of the best — if not the best — in the world. It doesn't matter that the Americans have outscored their opponents by a combined score of 31-0 in Olympics qualifying.
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U.S. women move to do-or-die semis
The U.S. women's soccer team was still on the field Tuesday night, having dispatched rival Mexico, when Abby Wambach gathered her teammates for a little speech.
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U.S. has chance to erase memory
Heather Mitts remembers the feeling walking off the field in Cancun, having been a part of the first and only loss the U.S. women's soccer team has ever suffered in a qualifying match for the World Cup or Olympics.
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U.S. crushes Guatemala on way to semifinals
Abby Wambach scored twice in the first half to move into third on the career goals list for women's international soccer, and the United States beat Guatemala 13-0 on Sunday to clinch a berth in the semifinals of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the London Olympics.
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Parkhurst working to make national team
After playing a minor supporting role with the U.S. men's soccer team for nearly five years, Michael Parkhurst believes he is ready for his big break.
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