Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has joined the U.S. soccer team for Wednesday night's first-round match against Honduras in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

U.S. team mainstays Cat Whitehill and Leslie Osborne will rejoin the squad for two games later this month.

Angry AC Milan supporters protested the club's sale of Kaka by throwing smoke bombs and fire crackers outside the team's first preseason training.

Cristiano Ronaldo received a rapturous welcome from 80,000 Real Madrid fans Monday, an outpouring so exuberant the soccer star had to be hustled away when spectators leaped barriers and took the field.

Brazilian soccer club Cruzeiro wants to postpone this week's Copa Libertadores match against Estudiantes because of the swine flu outbreak in Argentina.

Luis Miguel Noriega scored his first international goal on a penalty kick in the 45th minute of his national team debut, and Mexico defeated Nicaragua 2-0 on Sunday in the first round of Gold Cup play in Group C.

Loic Loval had a goal and an assist and David Fleurival also scored to lead Guadeloupe past Panama 2-1 on Sunday in the Gold Cup opener for both clubs.

Maxi Moralez scored with six minutes remaining, helping Velez Sarsfield edge Huracan 1-0 Sunday to win the Argentina Clausura championship on the final day of the season.

Recently acquired Alecko Eskandarian scored in the eighth minute to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 1-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday night.

Jeff Cunningham scored twice in a 2-minute span of the first half to lead FC Dallas to a 2-1 victory Saturday night that extended the New York Red Bulls' road winless skid to 23 games.

Kei Kamara scored on Mike Chabala's first career assist, giving the Houston Dynamo a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Wizards on Saturday night.

Marco Pappa and Wilman Conde scored and the Chicago Fire ended a three-game losing streak - and a 10-game skid in Colorado - with a 2-1 victory over the Rapids on Saturday night.

Robbie Rogers scored one goal and set up two more as the United States opened its Gold Cup campaign with a comfortable 4-0 win over Grenada at Qwest Field.

A young U.S. lineup easily beat up on Grenada in the Americans' opener at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Osael Romero scored two goals, including the winner in the 86th minute, to give El Salvador a 2-1 victory over Costa Rica in Group A at the Gold Cup on Friday night.

San Jose kicked in an own-goal in second-half injury time, allowing Real Salt Lake to tie the Earthquakes 1-1 on Friday night.

Ali Gerba scored in the 75th minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in the opening game of the Gold Cup on Friday night.

Next week's first-leg match in the finals of the Copa Libertadores will go ahead in Argentina despite a swine flu outbreak that is blamed in the deaths of at least 44 people in the country.

Midfielder Jermaine Jones could join the U.S. national team later this year, possibly with defender Edgar Castillo.

UEFA President Michel Platini has again spoken out against the escalation of transfer fees after admitting he is "embarrassed" by Cristiano Ronaldo's $131 million move to Real Madrid.

David Beckham has become a bad teammate on the Los Angeles Galaxy, according to Landon Donovan.

Jozy Altidore was among seven players added to the United States' Gold Cup roster, a change allowed by CONCACAF for any team also playing in the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Forward Jozy Altidore, backup goalkeeper Brad Guzan and midfielder Ricardo Clark were among seven players added to the U.S. roster for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

European soccer authorities have approved new guidelines for referees to act against racism in stadiums. The governing body also says games could be called off because of offensive chants.

A former captain of Romania's national soccer team said he was an informer for the country's secret police during the regime of the late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.