SAO PAULO (AP) -Neymar scored two goals in each half as Santos defeated Uniao Barbarense 4-0 in the Sao Paulo state championship Saturday. The 21-year-old Neymar found the net in the seventh and 26th minutes, then added to the lead in the 47th [...]

It only took three minutes for the new National Women’s Soccer League to find its first goal scorer, with FC Kansas City’s Renae Cueller beating Karina LeBlanc in the third minute of Saturday’s opener. For over an hour, the lead held, [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Thierry Henry scored in his first start in a month, and defender Jamison Olave added a goal in the New York Red Bulls’ 2-0 victory over D.C. United on Saturday night. Henry, back at full strength after a knee injury, [...]

We talked earlier this week about strikers who just score Two of the top early examples are Philadelphia’s Jack McInerney and Toronto’s Robert Earnshaw. They may not create a lot for others, and their off the ball movement may not slice [...]

When it became known Jurgen Klinsmann would be in Seattle this weekend, a lot of people asked why. Eddie Johnson was unlikely to play. Brad Evans was out, and there were few other players in the team that looked like good candidates to be call [...]

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Seattle cannot score. Stop us if you’ve heard this before: New England cannot score. And stop us if you’ve heard this one before – although this little bit of negative narrative is far more recent: [...]

The Twitter world got it about right: Two simulations. Two bits of karmic justice. (Twitter mostly said “dive;” I softened it up a bit.) Actually, there was a little something in both PK calls Saturday in Dallas, where the home team pulled [...]

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(CNN) — Arsenal scored three late goals to beat Norwich City 3-1 at the Emirates on Saturday and move up to third in the English Premier League. The Gunners went behind to a Michael Turner header in the 56th minute and looked to be [...]

The prospect of an all-German or all-Spanish Champions League final is alive after today’s semi-final draw pitted Bayern Munich against Barcelona and Real Madrid with Borussia Dortmund. The games will be played on April 23 and 24, with the [...]

READING, England (AP) -Reading ended its club record eight-game losing run with a 0-0 draw against Liverpool in the English Premier League on Saturday that did little to ease its relegation fears. The hosts were indebted to goalkeeper Alex McCarthy, [...]

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -Aston Villa missed the chance to pull clear of the Premier League relegation zone Saturday as Fabian Delph’s own goal in the second half gave Fulham a 1-1 draw. Paul Lambert’s side went ahead through Charles [...]

LONDON (AP) -Arsenal scored three late goals to earn a comeback 3-1 win over Norwich on Saturday and climb into third place in the Premier League. Michael Turner had given Norwich a surprising lead against an inefficient Arsenal when he was [...]

Can FC Dallas count on a Galaxy hangover when the teams meet tonight in North Texas, a little So-Cal sulking from the side that went out with some disappointment in this week’s CONCACAF Champions League? In four words – don’t bet on it. Galaxy [...]

(CNN) — Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund recorded thumping wins in the Bundesliga on Saturday as both teams returned to domestic action following Champions League triumphs in midweek. Bayern, who wrapped up their 23rd Bundesliga [...]

RABAT, Morocco (AP) – Moroccan soccer hooligans rampaged through Casablanca, mugging pedestrians and smashing up carriages of the city’s new tram system, cars and public buses. Nearly 200 people were arrested, the Interior Ministry [...]

As this season’s Player of the Year awards approach at the end of this month, it is a straight battle between Tottenham’s Gareth Bale, Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and Manchester United’s Robin Van Persie. For all the brilliance of Juan Mata, [...]

The prospect of an all-German or all-Spanish Champions League final is alive after today’s semi-final draw pitted Bayern Munich against Barcelona and Real Madrid with Borussia Dortmund. The games will be played on April 23 and 24, with the [...]

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LEEDS, England (AP) -Brian McDermott secured a rapid return to coaching Friday after being hired as the new manager of second-tier Leeds, where he will attempt to revive the glory days of the fallen English power. Fired by English Premier League [...]

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(CNN) — Defending champions Manchester City salvaged a large chunk of pride when beating runaway Premier League leaders — and city rivals — Manchester United 2-1 to register consecutive wins at Old Trafford for the first [...]

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Their nightmare unfolded for 70 minutes, Barcelona fans left ruminate over a Paris Saint-Germain performance that had not only stole an early second half lead but monopolized all the chances on goal. Seventeen times the likes of David Villa [...]

ZURICH (AP) – Five-time World Cup champion Brazil dropped to No. 19 in the FIFA rankings on Thursday, and the United States moved up five places to No. 28. Spain, the defending World Cup and European champion, stayed at the top, followed [...]

LONDON (AP) – The English Premier League is the first major domestic competition to approve a goal-line technology system to help referees with close calls. Hawk-Eye, the camera-based ball-tracking system, will be used next season. Tennis [...]

As this season’s Player of the Year awards approach at the end of this month, it is a straight battle between Tottenham’s Gareth Bale, Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and Manchester United’s Robin Van Persie. For all the brilliance of Juan Mata, [...]