Monthly Archives: March 2007

It’s hard to say who has the tougher task tonight: the Dynamo against Pachuca or D.C. United against Chivas? You could argue in fact that it’s a tossup, since the Mexican teams are the defending champions of both Mexican First Division championships held in 2006. However, the focus may be a little different for the […]

Marketing move or league improvement strategy: David Beckham may not be the only face Japanese soccer fans recognize in MLS next year, says the Japan Times, as former national team players Takashi Hirano and Takuya Yamada recently held trials with the New England Revolution. In the end, the Revs decided not to take either player, […]

Its cancellation Wednesday night has set up an impressive doubleheader Thursday evening for Fox Soccer Channel, as the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal between MLS champ Houston Dynamo and Mexican powerhouse Pachuca will be followed immediately by the other semi between D.C. United and Chivas de Guadalajara. The Houston Chronicle says tonight’s match-up is easily the […]

It’s an American idea that American soccer even abandoned, but various reports indicate that the English Football League board is set to consider doing away with draws altogether, letting matches be decided instead by penalty shoot-outs. The BBC said no timetable was given for implementing the proposal if it was to pass. The idea came […]

Soccer has often been called the sport of communists and socialists, but nowhere is this connection more evident than … the USA? Indeed, Steven Wells of the Guardian says communist soccer clubs and leagues have sprouted up like mushrooms across the suburban U.S., where you can find “uncountable hordes of them” competing in unsuspecting places […]

In a column for the North Jersey Herald on Tuesday, Ives Galarcep said energy drink giant Red Bull had proved to be a bad owner of the MLS New York franchise after losing so much money in its first year. Later, on his blog, Galarcep clarified his position. Last year, Red Bull NY spent $14 […]

Barca’s Ronadinho, Roma’s Francesco Totti and Inter Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic have all made compelling cases this season, but Paul Gardner believes that Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the world’s best player. And many of the English game’s best players agree. Ronaldo’s United teammate, Wayne Rooney, who just 10 months ago was dumped out of […]

Along with Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo moving to Real Madrid, the departure of Barcelona great Ronaldinho for AC Milan, where he would be reunited with Brazil teammates Ronaldo, Cafu and Kaka (presuming he doesn’t leave for Madrid, either), would top the shortlist of big off-season moves in Europe this summer. Those rumors were lent […]

Yanks Abroad spoke with Heerenveen midfielder Michael Bradley about the upcoming 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada this summer. Bradley, 19, is the son of U.S. nen’s national team coach Bob Bradley; he’s expected to be named to the U-20 squad that will be announced on Thursday for an upcoming friendly against a still […]

The New England Revolution has failed to make a big-name signing since Clint Dempsey left for England in January, but that doesn’t seem to bother Revs coach Steve Nicol, who’s turned his focus instead toward blooding some of his first-years. Injuries to forward Pat Noonan and defender Michael Parkhurst have presented rookie Adam Cristman with […]