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MLS Commissioner Don Garber: Soccer's Steward Sits Down With FanHouse

NEW YORK -- Wednesday was a good day to be at Major League Soccer headquarters. The league unveiled its 2011 playoff format, which will include 10 clubs rather than eight for the first time. It was an eagerly awaited announcement that, like a lot of what's handed down from the midtown Manhattan office, generated plenty of...

Kaka Named FIFA Soccer 11 Cover Athlete

Kaka might be hurt, but that won't stop him from dominating the virtual pitch. The Real Madrid star has been named the cover guy for the oh-so-popular EA FIFA 11 soccer game. No small honor. Kaka, whose real name is Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, talked to EA about the honor. "I've always been a fan of EA SPORTS and...

If World Cup Is Epic, Why Does It Have So Many Issues?

PARIS -- Here in the epicenter of soccer dysfunction, we have yet another ghastly headline involving those chaotic French footballers. Franck Ribery didn't manage a goal during the World Cup, but he was charged with scoring illegally during his 26th birthday party in Berlin, when he had sex with a prostitute who was...

Netherlands Topples Brazil to Advance

Starting defender pulling up lame in the pregame warm-up? Check. Bickering teammates? Check. Players diving to the ground looking for fouls? Check. Trailing at halftime after conceding one of the softest goals of the 2010 World Cup? Check. Any way you want to slice it, the Dutch were down and on their way out...

Say What You Want, Brazil Still Wins

JOHANNESBURG -- We're going to have to get used to this Brazilian national team, because it very well may win the World Cup on July 11. If it does so, it won't be in a style that echoes its famous predecessors. Far from it. At times Dunga's Brazil is downright difficult to watch. But they are also very, very hard to beat,...