Monthly Archives: February 2007

Last Wednesday’s USA-Mexico game was the most-watched U.S. game in the team’s history on ESPN2, outside of the World Cup and World Cup qualifiers. The game earned a 0.7 household rating on ESPN2, which translates to 1.1 million viewers, and averaged a 1.0 rating during the final 15 minutes. On Univision, the match also set […]

“What’s a little disappointing to me, but not unexpected, is that you can be a bad soccer player, OK, and you might not be the fastest or you might not be the most skilled, but don’t show up here and be out of shape. I mean, some of the beer guts that we see and […]

The U.S. U-17 national team will get a taste of what they should expect to see in CONCACAF qualifying this spring when they travel to Jamaica to face an all-star team on Friday. Along with the match, the four-day trip will be beneficial for the U-17s, who will have the chance to practice in Kingston’s […]

Bob Bradley added three players, all collegians last fall, to the U.S. U-23 national team training camp taking place at the Home Depot Center. Goalkeeper Justin Hughes (drafted by MLS’s Colorado Rapids out of North Carolina), defender Sean Franklin (Cal State Northridge) and midfielder Peter Lowry (Santa Clara) bring the roster up to 23 players. […]

The U.S. women’s national team returns to training on Wednesday with 28 players in camp Feb. 14-21 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., to prepare for next month’s Algarve Cup. Following the camp, U.S. head coach Greg Ryan will name 20 players who will travel to the tournament to be played from March […]

“As I said before, the mark of an intelligent person is one who knows how to rectify his mistakes.” — Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello saying he had no need to apologize to David Beckham, who scored for Real in its 2-1 victory Saturday over Real Sociedad in his first game back after Capello banished […]

Tim Howard was the only American who started in the 2-0 victory over Mexico on Wednesday and played in weekend English Premier League action. Howard shut out Blackburn, 1-0, to win the battle of the Yank keepers over Brad Friedel. Marcus Hahnemann also picked up a shutout as Reading beat Aston Villa, 2-0, for its […]

David Beckham‘s storied career took a dramatic turn when he celebrated his return to the Real Madrid lineup with a goal on a free kick to help the Merengues beat Real Sociedad, 2-1, in La Liga on Saturday night. The win probably saved the job of Real coach Fabio Capello, who had banished Beckham from […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Soccer America MLS IN THE DESERT. Next week, the Columbus Crew and FC Dallas play their first preseason games. Dozens will be played by MLS teams leading up to the opening day of the season, April 7. But only a few will take place in Arizona. Grand Canyon College in […]

Play resumed in Italy with four games played behind closed doors and Sunday’s match between AC Milan and Livoro at the famous San Siro stadium restricted to only Milan season-ticket holders. The return came amid tight security measures all across Italy following the death of a policeman in rioting Feb. 2 outside Catania’s Massimino Stadium. […]

Two days after the USA’s 2-0 victory over Mexico, Bob Bradley was back to work — this time with the U.S. under-23 national team. Bradley, the interim national team head coach and under-23 head coach, called 20 players into training camp that began Friday at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., in preparation for […]