Monday morning news wrap: Sinclair brace leads WPS all-stars
Riding a two-goal second-half performance from FC Gold Pride’s Christine Sinclair, the WPS All-Stars defeated Umea IK of Sweden 4-2 yesterday in St. Louis. Sinclair scored the game winner in the 47th minute off a cross from the L.A. Sol’s Marta, then followed up with an unassisted tally just a minute later. She missed a chance at a hat-trick when her 69th minute shot rocked the crossbar. You can find match reports in Soccer America, Southern Illinois newspaper The... Read More
Sunday post-game press wrap
Another road game and another loss for San Jose. Let’s cut to the chase and jump right into post-game stories: - You can find match reports in the Mercury News, the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, Goal.com, and MLSnet.com, as well as a minute-by-minute blog in the Globe. - There’s a post-game story on MLSnet.com, too. - Former Earthquake Pablo Campos started for Real Salt Lake last night against Kansas City and bagged the game’s only goal, his second for the... Read More
Frustrated Earthquakes drop a tough match to New England, 2-1
Arturo Alvarez takes a right-footed shot in the first half of San Jose’s 2-1 loss to New England. Photo: Andrew Katsampes, isiphotos.com. In a performance that echoes many of the disappointments suffered so far this season, the San Jose Earthquakes fell 2-1 to the New England Revolution tonight in Foxboro, Mass., thanks to some opportunistic play by the home side to break a late deadlock and, minutes later, a moment of brilliance to seal the result. After a first half that... Read More
Game day press roundup, New England edition
With the Quakes out of town since Thursday, it’s been a relatively quiet week here at the Solar-Powered Soccer Blog, so I’ve been working on a couple new projects. We’ll be unveiling one of them in the next week or so here on CLS; the other is an idea I have for a great new movie. Picture this: a human and alien meet and have a torrid but short-lived affair. My tentative title: District 9 1/2 Weeks. Read More Read More
Yallop leaning towards Corrales to replace Hernandez
Quakes manager Frank Yallop stopped short of saying Ramiro Corrales would definitely start at center back on Saturday against New England, but all signs are pointing in that direction. Read More Read More