Monthly Archives: March 2007

Greg Lalas of SI.com makes a great point: the mainstream English-speaking soccer press tends to ignore the Copa Libertadores, South America’s equivalent to the UEFA Champions League, which is a big shame, actually, because it’s at that competition that many of the world’s future great stars shine. But in general, few pay attention to South […]

These days in La Liga, whenever there’s talk of someone like Real Madrid’s Fabio Capello or Barcelona’s Frank Rijkaard being replaced, the one Spain-based name that consistently surfaces as a possible candidate is Getafe coach Bernd Schuster. You might ask: why, and who is he? Answer: Schuster was a brilliant midfielder and later libero in […]

Soccer New England takes a closer look at the Shalrie Joseph situation in New England, revealing that the former Revs captain (for all of two weeks) expects the club to honor his request to be traded. “We hope they will honor his request,” Joseph’s agent Ron Waxman said. “We are saying that it is not […]

Ives Galarcep at the North Jersey Herald takes a look at the five surprise additions to the U.S. national team squad for its upcoming games against Ecuador and Guatemala. U.S. soccer fans have probably heard of European-based Jay DeMerit, Jonathan Spector, Benny Feilhaber, Michael Bradley and Frank Simek, but with the exception of the two […]

Notwithstanding the $250 million he may earn over five years as a part of Major League Soccer, you could forgive David Beckham (perhaps) for feeling a bit of pressure over his forthcoming move. The former England captain insists he’s not expecting the kind of soccer revolution in America that would make the sport more popular […]

A Man United-Chelsea FA Cup final is still on the cards, after the Premiership No. 1 and 2 won their respective replay quarterfinals on Monday. Man U squeaked passed Middlesbrough 1-0 and Chelsea completed its unlikely quarterfinal comeback by beating Tottenham, 2-1, at White Hart Lane, thanks to fantastic strikes from Andriy Shevchenko and Shaun […]

Major League Soccer simply doesn’t have enough to show for its new designated player rule, says Brian Straus of U.S. Soccer Players. David Beckham and Claudio Reyna are great additions to the league, but each series of “major announcements” by the league since then have had nothing to do with “what we’ll see on the […]

As they say, it’s tough at the top, but for Inter Milan, it’s even tougher at the top when there’s three months left of a season and nearly nothing left to play for, writes Guardian columnist James Richardson. He’s not talking about competition, of course, but rather infighting and rumors-all that’s left to a team […]

If indeed New York Red Bull lost $14 million last season, how does that compare to other MLS teams? Generally speaking, says Steve Davis of ESPN Soccernet, when you start examining MLS financials, “it’s all as foggy as a Westminster morning,” because, as with many companies owned by multi-layered organizations, it’s tough to see just […]

Following Ives Galarcep’s oft-cited columns about the terrible financial situation of the New York Red Bulls, Big Apple Soccer decided to let the Bulls board respond, which they did, vaguely. “We are proud of what we accomplished in the last 12 months,” Red Bull managing director Marc de Grandpre said when asked about the criticism […]