John Terry was removed as England’s soccer captain Friday as he awaits trial for racial abuse. The star Chelsea defender remains eligible to play for the national team at the European Championship.

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Carrasco was the Sounders’ top rookie in 2011, but the midfielder knows that doesn’t guarantee anything in Year 2.

The riots that killed 74 people in Egypt were sickeningly familiar for soccer: a rush to the field by fans, fighting, a deadly stampede - scenes replayed over and over at stadiums around the world. This time, however, there were important differences.

If you haven’t read Grant Wahl’s piece today on Steve Zakuani, be sure to do so. In it, Wahl talks to Colorado Rapids midfielder Brian Mullan, who broke Zakuani’s leg last April with a reckless sliding tackle.

A court in northeastern Brazil has ruled workers building a World Cup stadium in Recife must end their strike.

Fourteen players from the Sounders FC’s U-18 youth academy teams have signed national letters of intent to play in college. The signing period opened Wednesday.

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With soccer reeling from the violence in Egypt, players on the other side of the continent at the African Cup of Nations tried to make sense of the “death and sadness” now gripping their sport.

Warning that soccer must not be “abused by those who mean evil,” the president of the sport’s governing body demanded detailed reasons from the Egyptian federation Thursday for the stadium riot that killed at least 74 people.