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| Sydney FC says Czech-born head coach Vitezslav Lavicka, who led the team to the A-League title in 2009-10, will leave the club at the end of the season and plans to return to Europe. Sydney chief executive Dirk Melton said on Friday that Lavicka's contract will not be renewed by mutual agreement. |
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| Tashkent is about two-thirds of the distance from Sydney to London and if Sunday's Olympic qualifier in the Uzbek capital goes badly for Australia, it could be as close as the Olyroos get to the 2012 games. With three games played in the Asian zone of qualification and three to go, Australia has yet to score and that must change if it is to maintain its record of qualifying for every Olympics... |
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| Abby Wambach has been voted the U.S. Soccer Federation's female athlete of the year for the fifth time, matching Mia Hamm's record. Clint Dempsey has been voted top male athlete for the first time since 2007. The USSF also said Friday that Brek Shea and Sydney Leroux were the top young athletes. |
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| Dempsey is honored for the second time in his career and Wambach for the fifth time, while Brek Shea and Sydney Leroux get the Young Athlete awards. |
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| Brisbane scored twice in less than a minute in stoppage time to beat Sydney FC 2-1 and to keep up its pursuit of leader Central Coast in the A-League on Saturday. Trailing 1-0 from the 39th minute, Brisbane first equalized through a Mohamed Adnan free kick then grabbed the lead when Besart Berisha headed home a Shane Stefanutto cross with seconds remaining. |
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| The Atlanta Beat selected UCLA forward Sydney Leroux with the top pick Friday in the Women's Professional Soccer draft. Sky Blue FC took Notre Dame forward Melissa Henderson with the second pick, and the Boston Breakers selected University of San Diego forward Stephanie Ochs third. Camille Levin, a defenseman who helped Stanford win the NCAA title, went to Sky Blue FC with the fourth pick, and... |
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| Central Coast attacking midfielder Oliver Bozanic scored in the ninth minute to secure a 1-0 win over Sydney on Sunday, increasing the Mariners' lead in Australia's A-League to eight points. In another match Sunday, Josh Mitchell scored three minutes into added time to give the Perth Glory a 1-0 win at Wellington. |
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| Australia's A-League has staged its first "Big Wednesday" -- five matches with start times nine hours apart, across five time zones and involving all 10 clubs. Wellington beat Sydney FC 4-2 to start the marathon in a match that began at 3 p.m. (0200 GMT) in the New Zealand capital, which is two hours ahead of most of Australia's east coast. |
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| Australia's A-League has staged its first "Big Wednesday" -- five matches with start times nine hours apart, across five time zones and involving all 10 clubs. Wellington beat Sydney FC 4-2 to start the marathon in a match that began at 3 p.m. (0200 GMT) in the New Zealand capital, which is two hours ahead of most of Australia's east coast. |
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| The Melbourne Heart won their sixth match in a row, overwhelming Sydney FC 4-0 to pull to within three points of first place in Australia's A-League. Eli Bablj, Mate Dugandzic, Jason Hoffman and Alex Terra scored at Sydney to move the Heart into second place. The leading Central Coast Mariners could only manage a 0-0 draw against the last-place Gold Coast on Saturday, but remain in first with... |
