Monthly Archives: September 2006

The New England Revolution won 2-0 at New York on Wednesday despite the absence of midfielder Shalrie Joseph, who is out for the rest of the regular season with a hand injury. According to reports in the Boston Globe and SIcnn.com, Joseph hurt his hand last week during an altercation at a Boston nightclub. He […]

1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

“Am I proud to be a general manager with less-than-stellar results happening on my watch? Absolutely not. Do I take it personally? Yeah. I don’t want to be associated with a team that doesn’t live up to the high standards the Galaxy has over the years.” — Alexi Lalas, who became president and general manager […]

U.S. ABROAD: More woes for Man City

Manchester City, which has won just two of its last 15 English Premier League games dating back to last season, suffered further embarrassment in the second round of the Carling League Cup, going down, 2-1, to third-tier Chesterfield. Claudio Reyna started and played 71 minutes wide left in the midfield for Man City while DaMarcus […]

OFF THE POST: Ant invasion halts youth soccer

Fire ants, who attack and sting when their mounds are disturbed, have infested soccer fields in Chesapeake, Va., disrupting the season for hundreds of children in the Chesapeake United Soccer Club. Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services inspector Mike Tilley is working on an extermination plan.

MLS: Revs tame Bulls without Shalrie Joseph, who was hurt in nightclub fight

GAMES ON TV ( thru 9/25): Your Viewing Guide

(All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) FRIDAY, Sept. 22 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL MenÆs College NORTH CAROLINA-GREENSBORO-COASTAL CAROLINA (live), 8 pm. GOL TV Germany BORUSSIA MÆGLADBACH-BORUSSIA DORTMUND (live), 2:25 pm. SETANTA SPORTS USA England PRESTON NORTH END-BARNSLEY (live), 2:30 pm. SATURDAY, Sept. 23 MLS DIRECT KICK […]

2. SURVEY: Men’s soccer’s foreign influence

Just how big a role do foreign players play at men’s programs? Through the years, many foreigners have starred in the college ranks. Nigerian Andy Atuegbu (San Francisco, 1974-77) and Honduran Armando Betancourt (Indiana, 1979-81) were the dominant players of their generation. In the last decade, foreign players had a major role in the success […]

1. Defending champion Maryland looks exquisite

Defending men’s champion Maryland continues to impress. The No. 5 Terrapins earned their third shutout in a row by defeating Penn State, 2-0, on Wednesday night before 2,323 fans at Ludwig Field. Maryland got goals from sophomore Graham Zusi and freshman Jason Herrick — the team-leading fifth goal of the season for both players. Both […]

3. TV PREVIEW: Heels seek revenge against No. 1 FSU

North Carolina will be out for revenge Thursday night when the Tar Heels host top-ranked Florida State in an ACC women’s match televised live on Fox Soccer Channel (8 pm ET). In 2005, the Tar Heels had assembled one of the best teams in their storied history, but the Seminoles upset them on penalty kicks […]

4. CORRECTION: From yesterday’s College Reporter

Due to an editing error, the Player of the Week whose brother starred at UCLA and now plays for MLS’s Chicago Fire was misidentified. Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week Maxwell Griffin is Leonard Griffin‘s younger brother.

TV PREVIEW: Heels seek revenge against No. 1 FSU

North Carolina will be out for revenge Thursday night when the Tar Heels host top-ranked Florida State in an ACC women's match televised live on Fox Soccer Channel (8 pm ET). In 2005, the Tar Heels had assembled one of the best teams in their storied history, but the Seminoles upset them on penalty kicks […]

COLLEGE MEN: Defending champion Maryland looks exquisite

Defending men's champion Maryland continues to impress. The No. 5 Terrapins earned their third shutout in a row by defeating Penn State, 2-0, on Wednesday night before 2,323 fans at Ludwig Field. Maryland got goals from sophomore Graham Zusi and freshman Jason Herrick — the team-leading fifth goal of the season for both players. Both […]

COLLEGE SURVEY: Men's soccer's foreign influence

Just how big a role do foreign players play at men's programs? Through the years, many foreigners have starred in the college ranks. Nigerian Andy Atuegbu (San Francisco, 1974-77) and Honduran Armando Betancourt (Indiana, 1979-81) were the dominant players of their generation. In the last decade, foreign players had a major role in the success […]

MLS: New York-New England summary

Sept. 20 in East Rutherford, N.J. New York 0 New England 2. Goals: Twellman (Ralston) 16, Dorman 48. New York – Conway, Parke, Wynne, Graham, Stammler, Kovalenko, Djorkaeff, Henderson (Schopp, 46), Guevara (Camp, 77), Buddle (Altidore, 59), Wolyniec. New England – Reis, Heaps, Parkhurst, Franchino, John, Larentowicz, Ralston, Dorman, Riley, Twellman, Dempsey. Yellow Cards: New […]

Soccer America Confidential, Story

‘Hidden revenues’ a key to MLS growth

Any business leader or entrepreneur knows the dangers of “hidden costs,” those troublesome expenses, sometimes unforeseen, that can doom the most promising startup. MLS fans, perhaps perplexed at why operator-investors are sinking their money into facilities and not players, are mostly unaware of what might be called the “hidden revenues” that come with running your […]

Europe to Impose Salary Cap?

Will big European clubs like Chelsea, AC Milan and Real Madrid soon be faced with a spending cap? UEFA, Europe’s governing soccer body, is meeting this week to discuss imposing a new licensing system that would limit how much a club could spend on players and salaries. Sports ministers across Europe have expressed growing outrage […]

Lessons for MLS in NASL’s Demise

Tonight (9 pm ET), ESPN2 will air the documentary “Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos,” which chronicles the spectacular rise and fall of U.S. soccer’s most famous team. For Major League Soccer, there’s an interesting lesson in the film, writes Mark Ziegler of the Union-Tribune: it warns against the […]

Allardyce Defiant in Response to BBC Allegations

Sam Allardyce today shot back at the BBC investigation that quoted three agents as saying the Bolton boss had accepted illegal bribes over the transfer of players to his club. “As a result of their greed, my good name has been tarnished by deceit and innuendo.” Allardyce insisted that neither he nor his son Craig, […]

Big Names Implicated in Panorama Report

With a great deal of hype, a new episode of Panorama, a BBC investigative series, aired in Britain last night with the intent of exposing the seedy world of “bung culture” in British soccer, which is slang for bribery. Several big name managers were implicated in the report, including Bolton manager Sam Allardyce and Portsmouth’s […]

No. 1 Virginia needs overtime to subdue West Virginia

Junior midfielder Nico Colaluca's second goal of the evening 152 seconds into overtime gave Virginia, ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America Men's Top 25, a 2-1 win over No. 8 and previously unbeaten West Virginia Tuesday night in front of 2,171 fans at Klockner Stadium. Colaluca knocked in Yannick Reyering's flick header from just […]

WOMEN'S AWARDS: BU's Erwin honored

Boston University senior Lauren Erwin is the Soccer America Women's Player of the Week. Erwin, a forward from Orange, Conn., scored her first two goals of the season, both game-winning goals, last week. She scored the only goal in the 1-0 victory over Fairfield on Wednesday, then scored the goal that gave the Terriers a […]

5. INTERNATIONAL: Excuses don’t fly at Bayern

Felix Magath, coach of German defending champion Bayern Munich, excused his players for a 2-1 league loss to lowly Arminia Bielefeld last weekend, citing the rigors of having to play German Cup and Champions League games the same week, but Magath’s boss would have none of that. Said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, “It is imperative […]

4. AMERICANS ABROAD: Beasley’s Shoe Biz

When, last weekend, American DaMarcus Bealsey made his debut for Manchester City, a team nicknamed the Blues, he entered the field as a first-half sub wearing shiny red shoes. "Blue boots, you’d better wear blue boots," chanted the City fans. (They call soccer shoes “boots” in Britain.) Beasley came out after halftime wearing white shoes, […]

3. ON THE TUBE: ESPN2 airs Cosmos documentary

WEDNESDAY, ESPN2, 9 pm ET/6 pm PT “Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos” The rise and fall of America’s greatest soccer club is chronicled in a documentary the New York Times described as, “Fielding heroes and villains, gentlemen and rogues, booze and women, it plays like the ‘Dynasty’ of […]

2. BY THE NUMBERS: Red Bull Stadium