Monthly Archives: February 2007

By Ridge Mahoney U.S. Soccer will send a team comprised mostly of MLS players to the Copa America, according to federation president Sunil Gulati, partially because European teams will not be obligated to release their players for that tournament. For invited teams Mexico and the United States, the Copa America is not a regional championship. […]

The Houston Dynamo and D.C. United on Wednesday begin their campaign to claim the CONCACAF Champions Cup for the USA for the third time. D.C. United, under then-coach Bruce Arena, won the 1998 crown. The Los Angeles Galaxy, then guided by Coach Sigi Schmid, took the crown in 2000. Club America is the defending champ […]

Winners by Country Mexico 22 Club America (5), Cruz Azul (5), UNAM. (3), Toluca (2), Guadalajara (1), Puebla (1), Pachuca (1), Necaxa (1), UdeG (1), Atlante (1), Espanol (1). Costa Rica 6 Saprissa (3), Alajuelense (2), Cartagines (1). El Salvador 3 Alianza (1), Fas (1), Aguila (1). Suriname 2 Transvaal (2). Honduras 2 Olimpia (2). […]

The U.S. U-15 national team coach Jim Barlow brought 24 players to the Home Depot Center, where they are spending a week training. Among those present at the camp, which runs through Saturday, are Charles Renken, the 13-year-old striker who entered the U.S. U-17 Residency Program in January, and Sebastian Ibeagha, whose older brother Christian […]

French defender Sebastien Sansoni of Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem claims it wasn't his intention to dine on NEC's Roy Beerens, he just wanted to ''scare him off.'' Still, the biting motion earned Sansoni a five-game ban. ''Although it was never my intention to hurt Beerens, it does look offensive,'' admitted Sansoni, who didn't break flesh.

Liverpool's new American owners, George Gillett Jr. and Tom Hicks, were welcomed to the wild side of English soccer with front-page headlines of out-of-control partying during the Reds' stay in Portugal, where Manager Rafael Benitez brought the team to prepare for Wednesday's UEFA Champions League showdown at defending champion Barcelona. With a free weekend — […]

The UEFA Champions League moves into the knockout phase with the first leg of the round of 16 on Tuesday and Wednesday. The good news for American fans is all eight games are available on television, including five live telecasts, and all games are available on a pay-per-view basis via the Internet on espnsoccernet.com. Tuesday's […]

AC Milan veteran Paolo Maldini should become the fifth player, and the first Italian, to make 100 appearances in the Champions League when he takes to the field against Celtic on Tuesday. GP PLAYER (CURRENT CLUB) 106 Raul (Real Madrid) 105 Robert Carlos (Real Madrid) 102 David Beckham (Real Madrid) 100 Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) […]

By Ridge Mahoney DWAYNE'S WORLD. Houston finished its preparation for its CONCACAF Champions Cup series against Puntarenas of Costa Rica by beating Chicago, 3-1, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Saturday. Ryan Cochrane, Alejandro Moreno and Corey Ashe scored the goals for Dynamo, which plays Puntarenas away in the first leg Wednesday. Houston will host the […]

California-born Michael Orozco, 21, has started and played the full 90 minutes in Mexican First Division club San Luis' last two games, a 2-1 loss to Veracruz and a 1-0 win over Atlas. Orozco, who played youth ball for the Irvine Strikers and played on U.S. U-20 national team in 2004, has U.S. and Mexican […]

Former Cuban national team forward Maykel Galindo, 26, who defected to the USA a day after scoring for Cuba in a 3-1 Gold Cup '05 loss to Costa Rica in Seattle, has signed with Chivas USA. Galindo, who was granted political asylum, played a season and a half with USL First Division club Seattle Sounders, […]

Manchester United was the only team to win on the road in Tuesday's UEFA Champions League games, beating French club Lille, 1-0, in an incident-filled game played in the French city of Lens. Lille had had the better play until Ryan Giggs scored on a free kick in the 82nd minute while Lille keeper Tony […]