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LONDON David Beckham will miss England's friendly against Brazil next week after his MLS club Los Angeles Galaxy beat Chivas USA in the Western Conference semifinals.

HOUSTON Brian Ching scored six minutes into overtime and the Houston Dynamo advanced to the Western Conference final for the third time in four years with a 1-0 win over the Seattle Sounders on Sunday.

PROVO, Utah A New Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons.

LONDON David Beckham earned nearly 10 million pounds ($16.5 million) from personal sponsorship deals during his first full season with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

LONDON The chief executive of English soccer club Chelsea says the team is aiming to win the Champions League twice in the next five years and may sell its stadium naming rights to help fund the attempt.

COLUMBUS, Ohio Javier Morales and Robbie Findley scored first-half goals and Real Salt Lake advanced to its second straight conference final with a 3-2 victory over the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew on Thursday night.

LONDON American businessman Stan Kroenke has moved closer to a mandatory takeover bid of Arsenal after buying another 200 shares in the Premier League soccer club.

LONDON Manchester United and Chelsea scored late goals Tuesday to reach the next round of the Champions League with Bordeaux and FC Porto.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee are going through the kind of year that won't look good on their resumes.

FRANKFURT Police used a water cannon to overcome rioting soccer fans after a second-division game and detained 23 people. Twenty-seven officers were slightly hurt.

LONDON American businessman Stan Kroenke has moved within a fraction of launching a mandatory takeover bid for Premier League club Arsenal.

In recent years Arsenal has produced some of the top strikers in the Premiership, with Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and Emmanuel Adebayor terrorizing defenses throughout England.

MILAN David Beckham will return to AC Milan on loan in January after the Italian club reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.

CARSON, Calif. Maykel Galindo scored in the 50th minute and Chivas USA rallied to tie the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-2 on Sunday in the first game of their Western Conference semifinal series.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Shalrie Joseph scored in the 75th minute to lift the New England Revolution to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Sunday in the opening game of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Daniel Tjernstrom scored the game-winner in the 85th minute and AIK Solna edged Goteborg, 2-1, on Sunday to capture its first Swedish Allsvenskan title since 1998.

SANDY, Utah Robbie Findley scored in the 88th minute to give Real Salt Lake a 1-0 win over the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew on Saturday in the first leg of the two-game playoff series.

LONDON Robin van Persie scored twice against a lax Tottenham defense in a 3-0 victory Saturday, helping Arsenal remain unbeaten against its Premier League rival over the last decade.

LONDON World Cup bidders are allowed to provide gifts of "incidental value" to FIFA voters, according to rules of conduct made public for the first time by soccer's governing body.