International Weekend TV Schedule
This weekend’s marquee match is the Manchester United-Arsenal clash, a battle of EPL leaders in the fifth round of the FA Cup. The other big match pits Juventus against Roma in a battle of Italian giants. For all the weekend international action …
[YOUTH] The U.S. Under-20 women’s national team won its second straight game at the Four Nations Tournament in La Serena, Chile, with a 2-1 win over Norway thanks to goals from the University of Portland’s Keelin Winters and high school sensation Teresa Noyola.
English Premier League clubs are making an assault on soccer’s global rich list, accounting for six of the 20 richest clubs in the world, according to the latest annual report from The Deloitte Football Money League. With the exception of Newcastle, which fell from 13th to 14th in the list, Manchester United (2), Chelsea (4), […]
Doctors are optimistic Ronaldo’s career will not be over after the former three-time World Player of the Year severed a tendon in his left knee during a Serie A match against Livorno on Wednesday. Pietro Volpi, Inter Milan’s club doctor between 1995 and 2000, believes Ronaldo can recover from knee surgery just as he did […]
British tabloid The Daily Mirror claims that Liverpool’s American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are poised to hand over the club they bought just one year ago. Despite denials from both Hicks and Gillett, “sources in New York” tell the Mirror that the pair will sell Liverpool to Dubai International Capital in mid-March for […]
The United States’ World Cup plans received a slap in the face Thursday as Concacaf President Jack Warner put his support behind England to host the 2018 tournament. ‘It is England’s time,” Warner told Sky Sports News. “The fact is they invented this sport. There are guys in England who have never seen a World […]
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. national team keeper Tim Howard looks to move into the final 16 of the UEFA Cup after Everton beat Norwegian club SK Brann, Ramiro Corrales‘ former club, 2-0, on Wednesday in Norway in the first leg of their round-of-32 series.
[MLS] A goal by one of many former Quakes, Ricardo Clark, downed the 2008 version, 1-0, as the revived San Jose franchise began its renaissance Wednesday night against two-time defending champion Houston.
[MLS] According to various media reports, MLS’s D.C. United could get the new Washington, D.C., stadium it has been looking for if a plan by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty moves forward. Fenty met with the D.C. Council on Wednesday and reportedly proposed to build a $200 million soccer stadium in the Poplar Point area of D.C. and use public funds to pay for the bonds that would finance the project.
[MLS TEAM PREVIEWS] Less than a week before it departs for the Pan-Pacific Championship in Hawaii, the Galaxy has nearly as many questions as players. And it has a lot of players.
[MAKING A LIST] Real Madrid was the world’s largest revenue-generating club for the third successive season with income of $472 million in 2006-07, but three English Premier League moved up in the top five of the annual Deloitte Football Money League. Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal were 2-4-5 with Barcelona at No. 3. The EPL clubs should close the gap with Real Madrid this season thanks to the new EPL television deal. For the top 20 clubs in terms of 2006-07 income (excluding transfer fees) …
There are fears that Ronaldo, the three-time World Player of the Year and all-time World Cup leading scorer, may have played his last game. He was carried off in tears with a ruptured ligament in his left kneecap during AC Milan’s 1-1 tie against Livorno on Wednesday. Sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport reported that the 31-year-old Ronaldo may be out of action 9-12 months and the injury end his career.
“In an emergency, we’ll find someone to tie his laces for him.”
— Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld on goalie Michael Rensing, who is doubtful for Thursday’s UEFA Cup game at Aberdeen after injuring his back while bending to tie his shoelaces. Starting goalie Oliver Kahn was sent home with the flu, so Bayern’s only other option in goal is 41-year-old Bernd Dreher, who has only played two games in the last three seasons.
“Being a football manager is no fun at all,” L.A. Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit told ESPN in 2001. It’s such a stressful job, he said, that, “it’s not surprising that so many turn gray or have heart attacks.” The then out of work, Gullit said he enjoyed working with the players and implementing a style […]
The debate over an international 39th round of English Premier League matches rages on. The New York Times’ Jeffrey Marcus points out that the measure, introduced and unanimously approved of (in principle) by the league’s 20 teams last week, has thus far received what can only be described as a “cool” reception from Europe, Asia […]
The Evening Chronicle has a story on the experienced John Carver, who assumes the role as Toronto FC coach after several assistant coaching stints with various clubs in England, including Newcastle United of the English Premiership, where he was assistant to Sir Bobby Robson, and Leeds United of the English League Championship (England’s second division). […]
Steve Davis praises MLS clubs for their decision to incorporate technical directors into their managerial structure. As of right now, six of 14 MLS teams — Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, D.C., Kansas City and Columbus — have them, along with Seattle, which doesn’t even begin play until the 2009 MLS season. The Crew’s Brian […]
Major League Soccer is nearing a deal with representatives to bring professional soccer to the Philadelphia region, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Several sources” tell the paper the talks have progressed past the “if” stage on to “how” and “when.” The team would play at a $115 million stadium built beside the Commodore Barry Bridge […]
“He looked like it was an ordinary everyday thing. He just said, ‘Get her some water. She’ll be OK.'”
— An eyewitness telling People about David Beckham‘s reaction when a party-goer at a pre-Grammy bash in Hollywood on Saturday fainted after he kissed her on her cheek. (Access Hollywood)
[EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES] Soccer America provides the latest on employment opportunities for soccer-related positions: college coaching opportunities, positions in the pros, youth soccer, the soccer industry, even television.
Zach Foxhoven scored four goals to lead the Colorado Rush past Washington Premier, 5-2, in U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-15/16 action. The Rush swept all four games in U-17/18 and U-15/16 play on its Pacific Northwest trip. For all the results and goal scorers …
[YOUTH] Dave Sarachan, former Chicago Fire head coach and U.S. World Cup assistant coach, has been named Scouting Manager of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. The appointment, along with the hiring of Tony Lepore and Raul Diaz Arce, is part of U.S. Soccer’s aim to ensure that players on the 64 clubs competing in the Academy league are being closely evaluated for national team selection. Soccer America’s Mike Woitalla spoke with Sarachan …
[WORLD CUP 2018] Barring unforeseen problems with the organization of the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, slated to be held in South Africa and Brazil, respectively, the next chance for the United States to host the World Cup will come in 2018. U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati recently told a media roundtable that U.S. Soccer would make a decision by June about whether to enter the 2018 bid contest that is expected to include such countries as England and Australia. Even in the face of heavyweight competition, the U.S. potential is substantial. “We have 50 stadiums that could host World Cup games two days from now,” boasted Gulati.
[MLS TEAM PREVIEWS] Houston is still seeking replacements for Joseph Ngwenya and Nate Jaqua, who combined for 13 goals last season before jetting off to Austrian clubs. After two games against the new San Jose Earthquakes this week, Houston heads to Hawaii for the Pan-Pacific Challenge, with a first-round match against Australian club Sydney FC, so time is short to find reinforcements.
FC Dallas signed Brazilian Andre Rocha, who becomes the second player loaned to FCD from partner Atletico Paranaense of Brazil’s Serie A. The 23-year-old midfielder joins forward Ricardinho, who is entering his second season with FCD after being loaned by Atletico Paranaense in July 2007. Since joining Atletico Paranaense in 2005, Rocha has played in 47 games in all competitions, including nine appearances in the 2005 Copa Libertadores. For all the team-by-team offseason player moves …
