Monthly Archives: February 2007

Tiffany Roberts played on the U.S. team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic women's soccer competition in Athens, Ga., and captured the 1999 Women's World Cup championship. Her husband, Tim Sahaydak, was one of the first players to enter MLS's Project-40 program. Roberts and Sahaydak, who met while attending the University of […]

Tim Hankinson is returning to the college ranks where he began his career. The globetrotting coach, who most recently served as the head coach of Guatemala's U-17 national team program, has been named the men's head coach at Division II power Ft. Lewis. Hankinson served as head coach of Alabama A&M during its heyday as […]

n Only seven months after being named Harvard women's coach, Erica Walsh is on the move again. Walsh has been named the women's head coach at Big Ten powerhouse Penn State following the decision of Paula Wilkins to take the vacant Wisconsin job. ''Becoming the head coach at Penn State is an extremely exciting opportunity […]

Soccer America Women's MVPs Christina DiMartino (UCLA), Ali Krieger (Penn State) and Kasey Moore (Texas) and Freshman of the Year Michele Weissenhofer (Notre Dame) are among the 24 players U.S. under-21 women's national team coach Bill Irwin will bring to a training camp at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., running Feb. 17-23. The […]

Liberty's Darryl Roberts is the latest collegian to head to Europe, signing an 18-month contract with Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam. Roberts, the all-time leading scorer in Liberty history (94 career points), recently played for Trinidad & Tobago at the 2007 Digicel Caribbean Cup. The Trincity, Trinidad native was a Soccer America All-Freshman selection in 2002 […]

Washington coach Dean Wurzberger landed Ellis McLoughlin, one of the top forward prospects on the U.S. U-17 national team, for the 2008 season. McLoughlin will join UW in January 2008 due to his academic schedule and his possible participation in the Under-17 World Cup Aug.18-Sept. 9 in South Korea. He is currently in the Under-17 […]

So you think there's no money to be made in soccer? Scottish champion Celtic announced profits of 17.9 million pounds (almost $36 million) for the first six months of its fiscal year. Celtic benefited from its participation in the UEFA Champions League, where it has reached next week's round of 16, and long-term sponsorship deals […]

Surprise Reading faces one of the biggest tests of the season when it travels to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the round of 16 of the English FA Cup on Saturday (TV: PPV-Setanta, delay, noon ET). The Royals are sixth in their first season in the Premier League and gave United a stuff […]

Barcelona and Real Madrid are the only Spanish clubs with player discord. One of the closest La Liga races in years has been overshadowed by problems at Barcelona (where Cameroonian star Samuel Eto'o criticized Coach Frank Rijkaard and teammate Ronaldinho) and Real Madrid (where David Beckham spent a month off the first team). Fourth-place Valencia […]

As expected, Honduras claimed the 12th and final berth in the 2007 Gold Cup with a 9-1 victory over Nicaragua Thursday in the fifth-place game at the UNCAF Digicel Cup. Veteran Wilmer Velasquez had four goals, and former MLS and A-League striker Saul Martinez added three for the Catrachos, who join Digicel Cup  semifinals El […]

By Ridge Mahoney He may be flush with a new contract, yet Revs' striker Taylor Twellman is thinking of how to reward the lowest-paid players in MLS and ratchet up the intensity of league competition. Twellman signed a new four-year contract earlier this week that will pay him more than $300,000 per year. Yet Twellman […]