Monthly Archives: December 2006

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27 SETANTA SPORTS USA Netherlands FEYENOORD-PSV (delay), 3:30 am. England CHARLTON-FULHAM (live), 2:55 pm. THURSDAY, Dec. 28 No live games. FRIDAY, Dec. 29 SETANTA SPORTS USA England BIRMINGHAM-LUTON TOWN, League Championship (live), 2:30 pm. SATURDAY, Dec. 30 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL England CHELSEA-FULHAM (live), 10 am. England SHEFFIELD UTD.-ARSENAL (live), noon. England EVERTON-NEWCASTLE (delay), […]

COLLEGE WOMEN: VCU's Schilte-Brown named South Florida coach

Denise Schilte-Brown, who led Virginia Commonwealth to the NCAA Tournament in 2004 and 2005, has accepted the womenÆs soccer head coach position at the University of South Florida, replacing Logan Fleck. During her seven years at VCU, Schilte-Brown led the Rams to a 77-51-17 record, including back-to-back CAA championships in 2004 and 2005 and a […]

COLLEGE WOMEN: Rigby named interim DePaul coach

Canadian Brian Rigby has been named interim De Paul women's soccer coach. Rigby has spent the last two seasons as an assistant with the women's soccer program. A veteran of the Chicagoland soccer scene, Rigby was President and Director of Coaching and Training for the Cosmos FC in Roselle, Ill. He played college soccer at […]

COLLEGE MEN: High Point hires Elon assistant Fonder

High Point hired Dustin Fonder as its men's soccer head coach. Fonder joins the High Point staff after having served as the assistant coach at Elon for the past three years. He helped to build Elon program from an RPI of 165 in 2004 to its first ever Top 25 national ranking in the 2006 […]

COLLEGE MEN: Charlotte hires Ft. Lewis coach Gunn

Charlotte has named Ft. Lewis coach Jeremy Gunn as the 49ers new head men's soccer coach. Gunn led the Skyhawks to three NCAA Division II championship games in his eight-year stint, including each of the last two years. Ft. Lewis won the 2005 championship and finished as the runner-up in 2006. Gunn was named Division […]

U.S. SOCCER: Onyewu and Lilly named Players of the Year

Oguchi Onyewu was named 2006 Male Athlete of the Year and U.S. WomenÆs National Team forward Kristine Lilly as the 2006 Female Athlete of the Year, while forwards Josmer Altidore and Danesha Adams won the Young Male and Young Female Awards, respectively. Onyewu is the first defender to win the award since Alexi Lalas was […]

COLLEGE: USC names Fullerton's Khosroshahin its new women's coach

USC has named Ali Khosroshahin, a three-time Big West Coach of the Year at Cal State Fullerton, as its new women's head coach. Khosroshahin led Fullerton to three NCAA Tournament appearances and had winning seasons in each of his 6 years there. ''We are delighted to have someone of AliÆs background and ability join us,ö […]

MLS: D.C. trades Eskandarian to Toronto

D.C. United traded forward Alecko Eskandarian to Toronto for a partial allocation. The 24-year old Eskandarian departed D.C. after four seasons with the team during which he made 81 appearances (47 starts), notching 20 goals and seven assists ''Alecko was a tireless worker on and off the field for this club and it is difficult […]

MAKING A LIST: 2006 CONCACAF Club Champions

NORTH AMERICAN ZONE CANADA: Canadian Soccer League 2006 – Italia Shooters MEXICO: Primera DivisiÃ³n 2006 – CD Guadalajara (Apertura); Pachuca CF (Clausura) USA: Major League Soccer 2006 – Houston Dynamo CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE BELIZE: FFB League 2006 – FC Belize (Opening); New Site Erei FC (Closing) COSTA RICA: Primera DivisiÃ³n 2005-06 – Deportivo Saprissa (Apertura, […]

YOUTH: U-20s down Canada in friendly

The U.S. under-20 national team defeated its Canadian counterpart, 2-0, Wednesday on goals by Rodrigo Hidalgo and Sal Zizzo in its only international match of the final 10-day training camp before Coach Thomas Rongen names his CONCACAF U-20 World Cup qualifying roster. Hidalgo's goal came off a corner kick from Dax McCarty in the 22nd […]

WORLD: Cannavaro isn't infallible

Days after completing a sweep of the major international awards, Italian Fabio Cannavaro proved he isn't infallble, costing Real Madrid two goals in Recreativo Huelva's shock 3-0 win in Madrid on Wednesday night. The Italian defender, named the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year and 2006 European Player of the Year, was robbed of […]

Adu Would Have Gone with or Without Nowak

As it turns out, Peter Nowak had nothing to do with D.C. United’s decision to trade teenager Freddy Adu to Real Salt Lake, despite the departed coach’s strained relationship with the youngster. United President Kevin Payne told the Washington Post that he still would have had Adu traded had Nowak stayed with the club. He […]

EPL, FA Powerless Over Foreign Agents in Bungs Inquiry

For the English Football Association, one of the main problems with the bungs inquiry is that many of the agents in question don’t actually fall under its jurisdiction. Many of the world’s biggest stars have agents who come from places like France and Israel. How do you reign in a problem when you have no […]

$100 Million: Fergie’s ’07 Player Purse

On Jan.1, the Glazers, the American family that owns Manchester United, bestows upon Sir Alex Ferguson the team’s annual spending budget, which reports say will be $49 million plus one superstar of Wayne Rooney or Cristiano Ronaldo stature at a price also believed to be $49 million, subject to the family’s approval. Not bad, you […]

Real Signings Put Pressure on Becks

We are a little more than a week away from the transfer market reopening, and Real Madrid, which lost, 3-0, to Recreativo Huelva on Wednesday, has already made two signings that cast David Beckham’s future at the club in doubt. Thirty-one year-old Becks has struggled to hold down a place in Real Madrid’s first team. […]

Two American Soccer Legends Who Never Wore A Jersey

Grahame L. Jones of the LA Times pays homage to two the greats in American soccer who died a day apart last week: Lamar Hunt, a great champion and patron of the sport for more than 30 years, and Ahmet Ertegun, the music mogul-turned soccer investor who along with his brother Nesuhi and Steve Ross […]

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5. MAKING A LIST: 2006 CONCACAF Club Champions

NORTH AMERICAN ZONE CANADA: Canadian Soccer League 2006 – Italia Shooters MEXICO: Primera División 2006 – CD Guadalajara (Apertura); Pachuca CF (Clausura) USA: Major League Soccer 2006 – Houston Dynamo CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE BELIZE: FFB League 2006 – FC Belize (Opening); New Site Erei FC (Closing) COSTA RICA: Primera División 2005-06 – Deportivo Saprissa (Apertura, […]

4. WORLD: Tie leaves Barca three points behind Sevilla

Atletico Madrid held defending champion Barcelona to a 1-1 tie Thursday in Barcelona, leaving the defending champion three points behind league leader Sevilla going into the two-week Christmas break. Ronaldinho put Barca in front four minutes before halftime with a goal on a free kick. Argentine teenager Sergio Aguero equalized for the visitors in the […]

3. ENGLAND: Holiday fun begins Saturday

Most major leagues take a break at the end of the year, but it’s the height of the season in England, where each Premier League team will play four games in the next 10 days — a pair of Saturday games and the traditional games on Boxing Day (Dec. 26) and New Year’s Day. Chelsea […]

2. USA: Bradley calls up three more players

Bob Bradley has added three players to his roster for his first training camp as U.S. national team coach. Defenders Danny Califf (Aalborg BK, Denmark) and Todd Dunivant (New York Red Bulls) and forward Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards) were called up for the camp that opens Jan. 4 in Carson, Calif. New England Revolution […]

1. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

“I know our keeper is wanted by a number of top clubs, but I am willing to let him go to Jiul if the club’s owner makes a [$200,000] investment in a gas pipeline that my town needs so much.” — Cornel Rasmerita, mayor of Romanian city Lupeni and president of Second Division Minerul, offering […]

Bradley Calls Up Three Dynamo Players

by Soccer AmericaDecember 21, 2006

The Houston Dynamo, Major League Soccer’s 2006 champion, will send three players largely untested at the international to the U.S. training camp. Interim coach Bob Bradley’s initial roster includes Brian Mullan (2 caps), Ricardo Clark (1) and Eddie Robinson (0). Houston coach Dominic Kinnear, himself a former U.S. international, said, “I think it is well-deserved […]

Ferguson, United Thankful for Larsson Addition

by Soccer AmericaDecember 21, 2006

Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United fans are expecting big things from Henrik Larsson, who begins his loan deal at Old Trafford on Jan. 2. United”s tiring front-line consists of Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer-when he’s fit. As Solskjaer returns from injury, Larsson’s arrival could prove to be a crucial addition after […]