Monthly Archives: January 2006

A longtime Bundesliga coach, the late Ernst Happel, once told his players, ''If you start thinking, you're out of here.'' Hertha Berlin general manager Dieter Hoeness takes a different apporach. In the wake of a German Cup ouster to a Third Division club and a couple of poor performances in December, he told his players […]

Simon Elliott, a New Zealander who played college ball at Stanford University, has become the latest MLS player to move to the English Premier League. Elliott, 31, joins Fulham after two seasons with Columbus, which he joined after a five-year stint with the Los Angeles Galaxy that included winning the 2002 MLS title. At 14th […]

The rankings of U.S. players abroad for the first half of their 2005-06 seasons take into account players' form and their clubs' success, primarily in league play, and is weighted based on the competitive level of the league in which they play. FIELD PLAYERS: McBride is No. 1 after holiday scoring spree 1. Brian McBride […]

1 San Ramon Valley (Danville, Calif.) 14-1-0 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 12-0-0 3 Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas) 0-0-0 4 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) 7-1-0 5 Catalina Foothills (Tucson, Ariz.) 14-0-0 6 Kingwood (Kingwood, Texas) 0-0-0 7 Satellite (Satellite Beach, Fla.) 18-0-0 8 Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) 13-1-2 9 Plano West (Plano, […]

Canada coach Frank Yallop called up 19 players for the friendly against the USA Jan. 22 in San Diego. Goalkeepers PLAYER AGE CLUB Kenny Stamatopoulos 26 Tromso/NOR Greg Sutton 28 Montreal Impact Defenders PLAYER AGE CLUB Adam Braz 24 Montreal Impact Gabriel Gervais 29 Montreal Impact Andrew Hainault 19 Montreal Impact Atiba Hutchinson 22 Helsingborg/SWE […]

By Mike Woitalla, in Leipzig, Executive EditorSoccer America Magazine A supermodel, a magician, a pantless Lion and soccer-playing cows provided the entertainment at the 2006 World Cup draw in the former East Germany. YOUÆLL FIND 140 STORES and restaurants in EuropeÆs largest train station, LeipzigÆs Hauptbahnhof. They include a McDonaldÆs on each level of the […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior EditorSoccer America Magazine Bruce Arena has less than four months to pick his 23-player squad for the 2006 World Cup. Will new faces burst onto the scene as they did in the lead-up to the 2002 World Cup? U.S. coach Bruce Arena has two objectives before the USA is off to […]

By Mike Woitalla, Executive Editor, Soccer America Magazine Several World Cup-bound Americans play or have played club ball in the Germany. We checked in with a quartet of them for an update on the World Cup host country. Claudio Reyna (Bundesliga 1994-99) Hamburg, the right choice ''I started my career in Germany and to come […]

Following the departure of the U.S. womenÆs national team and U-20 national team, the U.S. U-17 and U-15 girls national teams head to the Home Depot Center for training in January. U.S. Under-17 Girls National Team Roster: GOALKEEPERS: Wendy Balogun (Bowie, Md.), Bianca Henniger (San Jose, Calif.), Jordan Kussman (Lakewood, Wash.) Kira Maker (Potomac, Md.); […]

DisneyÆs Soccer Showcase Dec. 27-Jan. 2 Florida Under 18 Boys Showcase Concorde Fire Elite 3 TSC Texans Red 2 Under 17 Boys Showcase Colorado Rush Nike 1 Solar 0 Under 16 Boys Showcase Dallas Texans Red 2 Westside Metro Gunners 2 (Dallas Texans Red win 4-3 on penalties.) Under 15 Boys Predator DeAnza Force Blue […]