Monthly Archives: March 2007

By Ridge Mahoney Coach Bob Bradley has 24 players available for a friendly against Ecuador Sunday in Tampa (noon ET on ESPN2 & Galavision). He won’t have all of them at hand for next Wednesday’s match against Guatemala in Dallas, and so will have to weigh the importance of sending out the strongest teams he […]

Phil Wright has been re-elected to a new two-year term as chairman of the U.S. Club Soccer board of directors. In addition, Duke University men’s coach John Rennie has been elected as Vice-Chairman. Rounding out the executive committee are Mike Sweeney and Derek Armstrong, who will also serve two-year terms. Wright, the former president and […]

Qualifying for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland continues with games Saturday and next Wednesday, the first of five double dates in 2007. Here’s a look at Groups 6 and 7: GROUP 6. Spain faces must-win games against Denmark on Saturday and Iceland next Wednesday after falling into fifth place, nine points behind […]

“I think they are very, very good technically. They are very quick. So, the ability to deal with those factors, defensively make sure that we’re on the same page, yet still do a good job when we have the ball. I think we’re looking for balance.” — U.S. coach Bob Bradley on Ecuador, the USA’s […]

The New York Red Bulls have signed a multi-year television rights extension with MSG Network, which has held the television rights to the Red Bulls/MetroStars for the past 12 years. MSG will telecast approximately 20 select Red Bulls games per season as part of this new deal. Color commentator Shep Messing and play-by-play man JP […]

A pair of Portuguese photographers alleged that they were punched and kicked by two members of the Belgian national team delegation as they tried to take photos of the Belgian players at the Lisbon airport, where the Belgian team arrived for Saturday’s European Championship qualifier. The trouble reportedly started when Portuguese journalists tried to approach […]

Norm Jackson helped found AYSO in the mid-1960s and was its Director of Coaching for more than a decade. He became the California Youth Soccer Association-South’s first Director of Coaching in 1976 and held the position through 1993. He continued to volunteer for Cal South afterward. Jackson, a member of the Cal South Hall of […]

Mexico’s Necaxa beat Sao Paulo, 2-1, on Wednesday in Libertadores Cup play to end the Brazilian champion’s 29-game undefeated streak, which included 13 games in last year’s Brazilian league play, 14 in this year’s Paulista championship and two in Libertadores Cup play. Sao Paulo goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni missed a penalty kick in the loss at […]

Mexico’s March 28 friendly in Oakland, Calif., at McAfee Coliseum has already sold out. All 47,416 tickets, priced from $25 to $200, were sold by March 14. "We probably could have sold another 50,000 tickets," David Alioto, executive vice president for Earthquakes Soccer, which is hosting the game, told the Sacramento Bee. "We had to […]

Ecuador’s roster for its friendly against the USA on Sunday (noon ET on ESPN2 & Galavision) includes 11 players from its 2006 World Cup team, which reached the second round with wins over Poland and Costa Rica and lost, 1-0, to England in the round of 16. The USA squad also includes 11 players from […]

"My goal is to help this team qualify for the World Cup and play in the World Cup. That’s four years down the line. What happens in between — I hope that I’m the guy doing the business, but we’ll see." — Goalkeeper Kasey Keller, 37, who’s in the U.S. camp for Sunday’s friendly against […]

Qualifying for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland continues with games Saturday and next Wednesday, the first of five double dates in 2007. Here’s a look at Groups 4 and 5: GROUP 4. Germany travels to Prague for its showdown with the Czech Republic for first place without a full squad. Striker Miroslav […]