Monthly Archives: April 2007

Manchester United is the most valuable club in the world, according to the latest valuations by Forbes Magazine. United isn’t just the most valuable soccer club, but it’s the most valuable club in any sport, edging the NFL’s Washington Redskins, who were valued at $1.423 billion in 2006. (Other 2006 U.S. sports leaders: MLB’s New […]

By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor There were very few people in Mexican soccer who felt Cuauhtemoc Blanco didn’t deserve to be on Mexico’s 2006 World Cup squad. Unfortunately for Blanco, one of them was Mexico coach Ricardo La Volpe, who took a lot of heat for leaving one of the greatest scorers in Mexican history […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor The MLS Preseason, also known as the Time of Posturing and Prognosticating, is over. Let the real games begin. D.C. and Houston won’t have to wait until next weekend for their liberal doses of reality. They play away to CD Guadalajara (Tuesday) and Pachuca (Thursday), respectively, in the second legs […]

“Over here no one has really heard of my dad, it is great. Some people know the players who are playing in the Premiership now, but older ones like my dad, the people who we would regard as legends, they have never heard of. It is just a totally different life for me. No one […]

Eintracht Frankfurt, the kind of opponent Kasey Keller and Borussia Moenchengladbach really can’t afford to drop points against, tied last-place Gladbach, 1-1. Keller was beaten by an 11th minute header. With seven games left in the season, Gladbach is in last last place, five points deep in the relegation zone. Also in Germany, Steve Cherundolo […]