English referee Mark Clattenburg, 33, “was widely regarded as the brightest young talent in English football refereeing…who soared through the ranks in record time and looked destined for fame on the greatest stages,” writes Nick Harris. But all that came to an end Wednesday when he was sacked as a Premier League referee following an […]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Gomez For Gallardo Looking Likely At D.C.
The “hunch” that Washington Post reporter Steven Goff nurtured a couple of days ago that Marcelo Gallardo will return to Argentina and be replaced by his compatriot Christian Gomez as D.C. United’s playmaker looks a step closer to realization. Gallardo is trying to negotiate a contract settlement that will free him to join River Plate, […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Injuries, Cash Problems Hit Newcastle
Newcastle United’s already troubled season hit more problems Wednesday when Michael Owen and Joey Barton both suffered serious injuries in the team’s 2-1 defeat at Manchester City, while manager Joe Kinnear said that the club’s owner, Mike Ashley, was suffering hard from the economic downturn and might be struggling to pay the players. Meanwhile, goalkeeper […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Donovan’s Teammates Think Bayern Would Be Best
Some of Landon Donovan‘s L.A. Galaxy teammates are in no doubt about his wishes to extend his loan period at Bayern Munich into a permanent transfer, writes Andrea Canales. “He’s desperate to prove it,” Eddie Lewis told her. “I think not only to himself, but perhaps some of his critics as well, that he can […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“It’s the abductor. We’ll have to see how it is tomorrow. I felt it before the game and then again just before halftime. I got to 20 minutes in the second half and I felt it a little bit more. It’s painful, but hopefully I will be fit for the game at the weekend.”
— David Beckham, who scored in his second straight game for AC Milan, then left the field in the 71st minute of his team’s 1-1 tie with Genoa on Wednesday with a sore groin. (PA Sports Ticker)
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Mexico falls to Sweden
[HEXAGONAL COUNTDOWN] Two weeks before it faces the USA in World Cup qualifying, Mexico fell, 1-0, to Sweden, which the USA had beaten, 3-2, on Saturday. A crowd of 46,550 watched the Mexicans fall in Oakland, Calif.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Quakes to earn millions from shirt sponsor
[MLS] There’s been a bit of belt-tightening in regards to player salaries yet the San Jose ledger sheet has added a major entry on the plus side. Amway Global has signed on as the team’s jersey sponsor and, wasting no time, its placards went on display Wednesday night, a day after the sponsorship deal was announced, at the Mexico-Sweden friendly played at the Oakland Coliseum.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
2009 MLS Schedule
[MLS] The ESPN network of channels, Fox Soccer Channel/Fox Sports en Espanol and TeleFutura will broadcast MLS games in 2009. For the 2009 schedule with TV info …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
International play impacts MLS schedule
[MLS] The MLS 2009 schedule is out. Finally. Just 50 days prior to the March 19 season opener the league unveiled its 225-game schedule by which each of the 15 teams will play 30 games, and from which eight teams will qualify for the playoffs.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
PDL phenom Garcia headed to Houston
[MLS] Felix Garcia, considered the top prospect to come out the amateur Premier Development League, is expected to sign with the Houston Dynamo on Thursday, according to multiple reports. The 18-year-old Garcia, who has impressed in stints with the U.S. under-20 national team, spent the last two seasons with the PDL’s Laredo Heat.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Beckham scores again, then injured
[ITALY] For the second straight game, David Beckham scored for AC Milan, but he had to leave the game with a groin injury that threatened to complicate possible talks of a transfer from the Los Angeles Galaxy to the Rossoneri — or at least put a damper on his hopes for a recall for England’s next international match.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Slumping Liverpool faces critical test
[ENGLAND] Liverpool’s hopes of its first Premier League title look dimmer after its 1-1 tie at Wigan on Wednesday left it two points behind defending champion Manchester United, which has a game in hand. The result left the Reds needing a victory when they host Chelsea on Sunday. Also on Wednesday, U.S. keeper Tim Howard helped Everton tie Arsenal.
Posted inSoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Story
Voodoo Dolls and Hate Talk
Well, well! Such a brilliant idea from a Mexican newspaper — Let’s whip up support for the Mexican national team by giving away voodoo dolls. Suitably dressed up in the colors of the USA, the dolls would then be available for fans to stick pins into or cut limbs off, or set fire to, or possibly blow up with semtex, who knows.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Hampden Park Surface ‘Appalling’
“For a semifinal, a spectacle for our national game, to be played on such an appalling playing field was very disappointing. It wasn’t conducive to the type of football that we try to play.” Falkirk defender Steven Pressley criticizes the playing surface at Scotland’s national stadium, Hampden Park, after his team’s 3-0 loss to Glasgow […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Wigan Boss Slams Man. City’s Palacios Approach
“I have to say Manchester City’s behavior was absolutely disgusting. If they had not come in a week last Friday and unsettled the boy [Wilson Palacios], he would have signed a contract for us. He was wobbling and wasn’t sure about going to London [to Tottenham Hotspur]. We had offered him a contract and he […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Hoeness Rage At Ribery’s ‘Circus’ Penalty
“That’s ‘Cirque du Soleil,’ and I didn’t like it one bit.” Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness was not at all amused by Franck Ribery‘s attempt to chip Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann from the penalty spot during his side’s 5-1 road victory in the German FA Cup round of 16 game Tuesday. With Bayern leading […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Robinho Denies Involvement In Nightclub Assault
“He strenuously denies any allegation of wrongdoing or criminality, and is happy to cooperate with the police if required further.” A spokesman for Manchester City’s Brazilian striker Robinho following his arrest, and release “pending further inquiries,” in connection with an alleged sexual assault in a Leeds nightclub on January 14.
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Keane Could Return To Spurs In Swap Deal
Tottenham Hotspur has offered Liverpool either Aaron Lennon or Jermaine Jenas, plus cash, in exchange for striker Robbie Keane, report Sam Wallace and Ian Herbert. Keane went north from Tottenham to Liverpool just last summer for $29 million. They describe it as potentially “one of the most remarkable transfers in recent history,” but there […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Despite Quakes Shirt Deal, A Bumpy Road Ahead
Ann Killion brings attention to the “six-story-tall Earthquakes jersey” that was visible in front of the Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, on Tuesday. “The Earthquakes,” she writes, “want to make sure no one missed their big news: They have a corporate sponsor. In this economy, for a team in a minor sports league, that’s news worth […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Sounders’ Finalist Hopes To Become First Native American in MLS
Central defender Chase Mikkelsen has made it to the list of 10 finalists for a roster spot on the Seattle Sounders FC roster, and the winner from the team’s talent search, which looked at more than 600 regional players, will be decided this weekend. If he wins, he will become the league’s first Native American […]
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Leiweke Sure That Beckham Will Return
Back on the West Coast, Anschutz Entertainment Group Chief Executive Tim Leiweke insisted that David Beckham “loves” Los Angeles, and that his move to MLS has been a success. He said that the player will be returning to the team, despite MLS Commissioner Don Garber saying Tuesday that the league would talk about a permanent […]
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Beckham: Milan ‘Special’, MLS ‘Frustrating’
L.A. Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has admitted that he’s enjoying his loan spell at AC Milan even more than he’d expected, and has compared European soccer unfavorably with Major League Soccer, whose games he called “a bit frustrating.” Beckham, 33, was quoted in Italian daily Corriere Della Sera as saying: “Playing here [in Milan] […]
Posted inSoccer America Classifieds, Story
Soccer America Classifieds
Welcome to Soccer America Classifieds, Soccer America’s newest email newsletter connecting soccer companies and organizations to Soccer America members each week. Soccer America Classifieds feature soccer classified advertisements on the latest soccer job openings, soccer products and soccer opportunities. Read Soccer America Classifieds each Wednesday.
Posted inSoccer on TV., Story
Soccer on TV
There’s EPL and Spanish Cup action on Wednesday, and the U-20 South American Championship. UNCAF Cup placement games begin on Thursday and conclude on Sunday with the final. Look for Gol TV and more Mexican League updates in Friday’s Soccer on TV e-letter.
Posted inYouth Soccer Reporter, Youth What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“What I’ve found is a lot of women want to coach and they aren’t being invited in, and once they are in they don’t find it a very friendly territory.”
— University of Southern California sociology professor Michael Messner, author of the upcoming book, “It’s All for the Kids: Gender, Families and Youth Sports,” on his eight-year study of youth soccer, finding that men are routinely drafted for coaching duties while women are moved into “team parent” roles. (Vancouver Sun)