Monthly Archives: January 2007

U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley has called in 26 players to a training camp that will begin on Thursday at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., to prepare for the showdown with archrival Mexico on Feb. 7 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. In addition to the 26 players arriving […]

Thanks to a record-setting 2006 season, the Eclipse Select emerged as the top team in the Soccer America Top 20 girls rankings, taking over the top spot from the Dallas Texans. 2007 Soccer AmericaÆs Top 20 Girls Clubs RANK/TEAM (STATE) 1 Eclipse Select (Ill.) 2 Dallas Texans (Texas) 3 PDA (N.J.) 4 Michigan Hawks (Mich.) […]

xx. RPI: Champion UNC first in women's rankings NCAA Division I women's champion North Carolina and runner-up Notre Dame also finished 1-2 in the NCAA's final Division I women's RPI rankings — the Ratings Percentage Index used as an aid in selecting and seeding of the teams for the NCAA Tournament and taking into account […]

NCAA Division I semifinal Virginia topped the NCAA's final Division I RPI rankings — the Ratings Percentage Index used as an aid in selecting and seeding of the teams for the NCAA Tournament and taking into account a team's winning percentage, its strength of schedule and its opponents' strength of schedule. ACC teams claimed the […]

Since so many cybersoccer columnists dredge up arcane rock references for whatever reason – nostalgia, faux retro-hipness, or brain-synapse degeneration directly related to dubious lifestyle choices – in their prose, this entry is so titled. However, it is not a tribute to the great, unheralded power-blues band of the 60s and 70s fronted by Englishman […]

Watford's American defender Jay DeMerit entered the game in the 34th minute and scored the gamewinner – heading past American keeper Brad Friedel – in the 70th minute for a 2-1 win as the English Premier League's last-place team notched its second win of the season. It was DeMerit's second EPL goal of the season. […]

Claudio Reyna, 33, the former U.S. captain who has played professionally in the top tier leagues of England, Scotland and Germany since 1994, and in three World Cups, has completed his transfer from Manchester City to the New York Red Bulls. 1 Reyna was the first and only American named to the FIFA World Cup […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America SOCCER AMERICA REPORT CARD (1=low; 5=average; 10-high) RATING PLAYER (CLUB CAPS/GOALS) STARTERS: 5 Matt Reis (New England 2/0) 5 Chris Albright (Los Angeles 20/1) 7 Bobby Boswell (D.C. United 2/0) 6 Jim Conrad (Kansas City 18/0) 6 Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA 1/1) 7 Ricardo Clark (Houston 2/0) 5 […]

Clint Dempsey, who joined Fulham on a $4 million transfer fee from the New England Revolution, made his English Premier League debut on Saturday in a 1-1 tie with Tottenham Hotspur. Dempsey came on against Tottenham in the 81st minute, joining fellow Americans Carlos Bocanegra and Brian McBride, who both started and went the full […]

The U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame is seeking a new president and chief operating officer in the wake of the resignation of Will Lunn, who was president the last 10 years and served the Hall of Fame for 16 years. The Hall of Fame is located in Oneonta, N.Y. Candidates should submit a resume […]

Coach Tad Bobak is bringing in 26 players for the U.S. under-15 girls national team's first training camp of the year Jan. 22-28 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. This will be the first national team training camp experience for all of the players in this youngest level of the U.S. women's program.

With the Four Nations Tournament beginning Friday in Guangzhou, the big mystery in China concerns the status of women's national team coach Ma Liangyu. Speculation is rife that Ma will be replaced by a foreign coach, perhaps women's national team technical adviser Eckhard Krautzun, the former NASL and Canada national team coach. Ma has failed […]