Monthly Archives: March 2007

The German soccer federation’s Kontrollausschuss, its disciplinary committee, handed American Gregg Berhalter a three-game suspension for an incident in 1860 Munich’s 2-0 win over Eintracht Braunschweig on Sunday. Berhalter, who scored the second goal against Braunschweig from the penalty spot, was found to have kneed Braunschweig’s Moldovan striker, Alexandru Golban, in the sixth minute of […]

(Note to Sunday morning TV viewers: Daylight savings time starts on Sunday, so remember to move your clocks forward an hour.) Manchester United and Chelsea, 1-2 in the English Premier League and both through to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, are in action on a third front this weekend when they play in […]

Where do Barcelona and Real Madrid go following their exits this week from the UEFA Champions League? Right into Saturday’s clásico at the Nou Camp (TV: GolTV, live, 4 pm ET). Following their exits from the Champions League, media in both cities are looking for recriminations. The main target at Real Madrid was Italian coach […]

The Columbus Crew won the rights to U.S. U-20 national team forward-midfielder Robbie Rogers Thursday afternoon in a weighted lottery. The 19-year-old Rogers has been signed to a developmental contract and will not occupy one of the Crew’s 18 senior roster spots. Rogers recently secured his release from Heerenveen of the Dutch Eredivisie, with which […]

By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor The New York Red Bulls, whose youth program was considered one of the league’s most advanced as MLS launched its Youth Development Initiative for the 2007 season, have fired their Director of Youth Soccer and Player Development, Giovanni Savarese. Savarese was hired by the club in 2005, two years after […]

Who gets first crack at David Beckham has been debated over the past few weeks, and on Friday, AEG and the Galaxy will announce a match against Chelsea. Both the weekend before and after the All-Star Game (July 19 in Dicks’ Sporting Goods Park) are open dates, and the Galaxy opens play in the SuperLiga […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Discussions between Chicago/AEG and Mexican international Cuauhtemoc Blanco have gone far enough that the two sides are juggling salary terms and length of contract, playing the money against the risk. According to a source who has spoken to people involved in the negotiations, to get Blanco the Fire would have […]

“We didn’t want to be a commissioner. We were Jewish kids. We didn’t want to be an owner. We didn’t want to be broadcasters. I wanted to be Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe. That didn’t happen.” — MLS commissioner Don Garber about his ambitions while growing up in Queens, N.Y. Garber, who was referring to New […]

Fox Soccer Channel and sister network Fox Sports en Espanol have signed a three-year deal for English-language and Spanish-language TV rights for Italy’s Serie A. Kicking off in late August, the networks will showcase up to four matches from Serie A each weekend. In addition, there will be preview and recap shows and some select […]

The USA stretched its unbeaten streak under Coach Greg Ryan to 35 games with a 2-1 victory over China on goals by Kristine Lilly and Carli Lloyd Wednesday in its opening game of the 2007 Algarve Cup in Silves, Portugal. Starting with a 3-4-3 formation that Ryan employed for the first time in their 2-0 […]