Monthly Archives: October 2008

“It’s still a game played on a green surface — grass, in this case — with white lines, and the ball’s still round and the same size. So we’ve got to control our emotions and keep them in check.” Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis needs his side to concentrate on the game and forget […]

“The biggest thing for me is to get sharp. I think we’ve gotten over the fatigue of the crazy stretch that we had. We’ve kind of got our legs back, but the one thing we’re still missing is the sharpness that we had early in the season and in SuperLiga.” Steve Nicol on what the […]

“Traveling is physically tiring. Mentally the guys were sharp all the way through, which is really what carried us. Their attitude was the reason why we were successful during this road trip.” Houston Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear praises his team for achieving three ties and a win in four games over 11 days in four […]

“We are in a very much more volatile position, in which debt is not only a problem in terms of volume, it’s a problem because those who own the debt are themselves now often in serious problems.” English FA Chairman Lord Triesman warns that English clubs are $5.3 billion in debt, and that clubs could […]

“There are so many that I will propose to the executive committee that we shall open the bid for 2018 and 2022 and try to channel the different bidders,” FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who said he wants to avoid the World Cup staying in the Americas after Brazil stages it in 2014, which would mean […]

Seattle Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer is on the short list of candidates to coach the team in its debut Major League Soccer season in 2009 as Sounders FC. Jose Miguel Romero went in search of players who’ve been under his charge over the past few years to see if they think he’s up to the […]

The U.S. national team returns to the nation’s capital and the aging Robert F Kennedy stadium this weekend after a four-year absence for the World Cup qualifier against Cuba. Players and coach alike are pleased to be there, reports Steven Goff. “My main memory is just that it always feels like a real soccer facility,” […]

David Beckham picked up his fifth yellow card of the season at the Columbus Crew Saturday and will be suspended for the team's penultimate game, a road trip to Houston. The midfielder, who has five goals and nine assists in 24 starts this season, will also miss this coming weekend's home game against the Colorado […]

Juergen Klinsmann has been coach of Bayern Munich for 100 days, with decidedly mixed results so far from his California-influenced reforms. But despite the German giant’s mid-standings position and ropey league form (nine points from seven games), including a 5-2 home shellacking by Werder Bremen, Klinsmann’s job has been guaranteed until the end of the […]

It’s fall, which in New Jersey usually means two things: red and golden leaves on the trees, and the Red Bulls are struggling. Despite its habitual failure during this season, writes Frank Giase, the players in the New York locker room after Saturday’s defeat at home to Toronto FC seemed surprisingly stunned, with most of […]