Soccer Watch
Bob Bradley names 29 players to U.S. men's training-camp rosting
By Nick Barbaro, Fri., Dec. 22, 2006
U.S. men's national team coach Bob Bradley has named 29 players to his first training-camp roster that will begin workouts Jan. 4. It's an extremely young, inexperienced group, with only one player based overseas, 22 with less than five appearances with the national team, and 10 who have never appeared in a game with the senior team.
Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro was voted FIFA Player of the Year Monday, the first defender ever to earn the honor and only the second Italian (Roberto Baggio, 1993). Brazilian midfielder Marta is FIFA Women's Player of the Year.
South American champ Internacional of Brazil got a late goal from Adriano to upset Spanish powerhouse Barcelona 1-0 to win the Club World Cup on Sunday.
The European Champions League round of 16 draw was announced Friday. Highlight matchups include Liverpool-Barcelona, and Real Madrid-Bayern Munich. The full draw, plus a look at the European season at its midpoint, is at austinchronicle.com/soccer.
