Monthly Archives: January 2007

Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla won in the category of Best Column in the 2006 NSCAA Writing Contest for “Remember, It’s Playtime.” It marks the sixth time Woitalla received an NSCAA Writing Contest Award and the 10th time an article from Soccer America Magazine was among the winners since the contest’s inception in 1995. […]

U.S. women’s national team coach Greg Ryan has named his 20-player roster for the 2007 Four Nations Tournament Jan. 26-30 in Guangzhou, China, against Germany, England and China. Defender Kate Markgraf (153 caps) will captain the U.S. team in the absence of Kristine Lilly. Ryan named six other players who were members of the 2004 […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America Real estate mogul Lewis Wolff, managing partner of the Oakland A’s baseball team, has presented San Jose State University officials a plan to renovate the ancient facility. A year ago, he negotiated a three-year exclusivity agreement with MLS, giving him sole authority to revive the Earthquakes. He has […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Indianapolis How can MLS improve its star power and overall quality as it slowly builds itself into a viable, successful sports enterprise? It tried a few years ago to address both issues by trumpeting the signing of Freddy Adu, who lit up TV screens and newspapers for a time because of […]

Brian McBride scored his team-leading seventh goal (video) of the English Premier League season as his Fulham team earned a come-from-behind 3-3 tie with West Ham, the third-to-last place club that played with a man down for the last 14 minutes. McBride’s headed goal tied the game at 2-2 in the in the 59th minute. […]

"The decision killed Beckham’s aspiration and hope and, in my view, led directly to this week’s announcement that he is off the the United States for a very lucrative semi-retirement. … What has become clear this week is that David no longer has the appetite to challenge at the very highest level." — Former England […]

Ohio Wesleyan men’s coach Jay Martin received the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s Honor Award at the NSCAA’s Awards Banquet held on Friday in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. In his 30 years as coach of the Battling Bishops, Martin has led his teams to seven NCAA semifinals, a pair of […]

Necaxa and Club America won Mexico’s second and third spots in the Libertadores Cup with wins in the final of the InterLiga Saturday night before a sellout crowd of 27,000 at the Home Depot Center. Necaxa won its fourth straight game in the competition with a 1-0 win over Jaguares thanks to Kleber’s first-half goal. […]

Despite all the problems Real Madrid has had, culminating with the David Beckham move, Real finds itself in the thick of the race for the la Liga title. Fielding a front six that included five first-year players, the Merengues beat Real Zaragoza, 1-0, and moved within two points of leader Sevilla, which lost to struggling […]

Eight clubs — four from MLS and four from Mexico’s First Division — will play this summer in the SuperLiga, a new competition that will award $1 million to the winner — the heftiest winner’s purse in North American club soccer history. SuperLiga Schedule The eight entrants are the Houston Dynamo, the reigning MLS champion, […]

Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello has dropped David Beckham, creating the possibility that Beckham/AEG will buy out his contract so he can debut for MLS’s Los Angeles Galaxy at the start of the 2007 season in April, instead of in August as announced last Thursday. “When a player has a contract with a different club, […]