Monthly Archives: April 2007

By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor Let's get this straight — the Houston Dynamo is aiming for its fourth MLS crown this season. The record books might not indicate that, because the first two titles, in 2001 and 2003, came when the team was the San Jose Earthquakes, whose feats MLS files away in its ''Fact […]

The first of three new MLS game telecasts begins Saturday when Fox Soccer Channel debuts ''MLS Saturday on FSC,'' MLS's first-ever three-hour programming block, with live coverage of Chivas USA-Toronto FC beginning at 10 pm ET from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. FSC will produce a live 30-minute pre-game, 15-minute halftime, and a […]

Southern California youth powerhouse Arsenal FC's bid to reach the semifinals of the 2007 Dallas Cup's Super Group ended when it fell to English club Chelsea, 5-1, on Wednesday. Arsenal, the three-time US Youth Soccer national champion, had beaten Japanese club Takigawa Dai-Ni, 3-1, and Mexico's Guadalajara, 2-0, to set up a showdown with the […]

Brazilian Pedro Ribeiro Lima, considered the oldest active professional player in the world at the age of 58, scored the first goal of his career when he converted a penalty for Perilima, the club he owns, in its 5-1 loss to Campinese last week in the Paraibano state championship. Perilima, the worst team in the […]

The managers of English clubs Manchester United and Chelsea both remained upbeat after their clubs producing disappointing results in the first legs of their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal series. Goals by Rodrigo Taddei and Mirko Vucinic gave Roma a 2-1 win over Premier League leader Manchester United, which played the last 56 minutes with 10 […]

WEDNESDAY: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals ROMA-MAN. UNITED (TV: ESPN2, live, 2:30 pm ET, ESPN Deportes, delay 4:45 pm ET) After knocking off five-time French champion Lyon in the round of 16, Roma heads into Wednesday's game against Manchester United at the Olympic Stadium brimming with confidence. ''United have shown they are in great form in […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor There are no moral victories at D.C. United. Losses are just that, nothing more, yet at the Estadio Jalisco Tuesday night it attained some semblance of triumph for itself, its fans, and its league. A 2-1 decision sent Mexico's Guadalajara into the CONCACAF Champions Cup final, 3-2, on aggregate and […]

Liverpool all but clinched a berth in the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League with a 3-0 win at PSV Tuesday in the first leg of their quarterfinal series. PSV, which upset Arsenal in the round of 16, was no contest for the visiting Reds, who scored on goals by Steven Gerrard in the 27th […]

Bobby Smith, one of the most outstanding American players of the NASL in the 1970s, has been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame as a Veteran Player. He will be honored at Induction 2007 ceremonies on Aug. 26 in Oneonta, N.Y. Smith started on the 1973 NASL champion Philadelphia Atoms in his rookie […]

The U.S. under-16 national team began a week-long training camp on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla. Kazbek Tambi brought 24 players into the camp as he continues to form a pool from which he will choose a team that will attempt to qualify for the 2008 U-17 Women's World Cup, to be held late next year […]

Americans Jennifer Bennett, Kari Seitz and Sharon Wheeler have been nominated to serve as referees at the 2007 Women's World Cup in China. The FIFA Referees Committee has drawn up a list of 51 women as candidates to referee at China 2007. The list is based on assessments carried out at the 2005, 2006 and […]

WEDNESDAY: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals CHELSEA-VALENCIA (TV: ESPN Deportes, live, 2:30 pm ET; ESPN Classic, delay, 5 pm ET) Chelsea remains alive in its bid for an unprecedented quadruple — it has already won the English League Cup and is still in contention in the English Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League — […]