"We believe we can win every game and yeah, a lot of that does come from the manager. He's just brilliant. Having achieved all he has in the game, he knows what he wants from us and gets that across really well. With the players we've got playing in the Premier League, we should be […]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
‘Team Spirit and Mentality’ Spurred U.S. Comeback
"El Salvador played with a tremendous about of energy, and it was our challenge to match it. When we found ourselves behind it took a great effort from our players to fight back and come away with a point. We prepared for this game knowing that El Salvador would be difficult. We found ourselves behind, […]
Posted inSoccer on TV., Story
Soccer on TV
The U.S. men’s national team hosts Trinidad & Tobago in a World Cup 2010 qualifier on Wednesday. Catch several other qualifiers on various networks. In an MLS Thursday night game, Real Salt Lake hosts Columbus. Look for Mexican league and other updates in Wednesday’s and Friday’s Soccer on TV.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Week 2: Montero provides more Seattle magic [VIDEO]
[MLS NAMES & NUMBERS] The Seattle Sounders drew another big crowd and its young Colombian star struck again. For highlights from Week 2 …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
High marks for subs who sparked comeback
[EL SALVADOR-USA REPORT CARD] Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney grades the U.S. players and comments on their performance in Saturday’s 2-2 tie with El Salvador. …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“What do I think about soccer in America? It takes more than an important player to make a competition equally important. They need people who are not thinking of coming here to take money and then leaving, but people who want to work in this country to insert themselves into American soccer.”
— Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho perhaps referring to David Beckham and his desire to spend time with Inter rival AC Milan instead of the Los Angeles Galaxy. (Goal.com)
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Mexico victory spares Eriksson
[HEXAGONAL] With Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson‘s job on the line, Mexico snapped its four-game winless streak in World Cup qualifying with a 2-0 win over Costa Rica Saturday before 105,000 fans at Azteca Stadium. Trinidad & Tobago, which will face the USA Wednesday in Nashville, was lucky to escape with a 1-1 tie against Honduras in a battle of teams coached by Colombians.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Fans furious after Iran collapse
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING-ASIA] Fans in the crowd of 100,000 at Tehran’s Azadi Football Stadium demanded Coach Ali Daei‘s resignation after Iran blew a 1-0 lead and fell to visiting Saudi Arabia, 2-1, in World Cup 2010 qualifying in the Asian zone.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Stampede kills 22 at Ivory Coast qualifier
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING-AFRICA] At least 22 fans were killed and 132 injured in a stampede before Ivory Coast’s World Cup qualifier against Malawi Sunday at Abidjan’s Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Maradona enjoys perfect homecoming
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING-SOUTH AMERICA] Argentina was outstanding in Diego Maradona‘s home debut as national team coach. He said the welcome he received from fans at the Monumental Stadium was better than he expected, and he watched Argentines go out and crush Venezuela, 4-0, to move into a tie for second place with Chile in the South American qualifying group ahead of Brazil, which was lucky to tie Ecuador, 1-1.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Portugal’s hopes fading fast
[WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING-EUROPE] Spain, Germany and the Netherlands all won to maintain comfortable leads in their World Cup 2010 qualifying groups. Portugal’s troubles continued, though, when it could only tie Sweden, 0-0, in Oporto. Elsewhere, American Neven Subotic debuted for Group 7 leader Serbia in a 3-2 win at Romania.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Falk and Abily shine in opener
[WPS] The Women’s Professional Soccer inaugural game was supposed to spotlight the Los Angeles Sol’s Brazilian star, Marta, but teammates Alison Falk and Camille Abily stole the show with goals to give the Sol a 2-0 victory over the Washington Freedom in front of 14,832 fans Sunday at The Home Depot Center.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
MLS Results
Chivas USA and Seattle are only one MLS teams to win their first two games. For all the MLS results, lineups and standings from Week 2 …
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
Late Surge in El Salvador Earns Point for USA
[HEXAGONAL] The contrast at Estadio Cuscatalan couldn’t have been more stark; fans in near-delirium raining noise and passion on two sets of intense yet focused players. On the faces of one set of players shone the dreams and hopes of a nation, of which just 31,000 had been admitted to the stadium as countless radios and televisions sufficed for the rest. In the other set of players could be detected a firm resolve to get the job done, to take care of business.
Posted inSoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Story
A Triumph for the Snow White Formation
Three years back, in the lead up to the 2006 World Cup, Julio Grondona — that’s Don Julio, the man who runs Argentine soccer — had some scornful things to say about some of his own players. It had been pointed out that the Argentine roster might well include a quartet of highly skilled attacking players — Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Javier Saviola and Sergio Aguero — all of whom were decidedly on the short side, with an average height of around 5-foot-6.
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
Jefferson Cup Girls Champions
Albertson SC Fury won two girls titles in Championship divisions at the Jefferson Cup in Richmond, Va. For all the U-18 to U-14 Championship division winners …
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
Tambi calls in 24 players for U-17 girls camp
U.S. under-17 girls national team head coach Kazbek Tambi has called in 24 players for training April 5-11 at The Home Depot Center.
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
Scholarships awarded to 144 academy players
U.S. Soccer, in conjunction with Nike and the U.S. Soccer Foundation, awarded 144 scholarships for Development Academy players to participate in the 2008-09 season.
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
Bays claim National League title
The Baltimore Casa Mia Bays won the U.S. Youth Soccer National League under-15 boys championship when the Grand Rapids Crew Juniors’ 0-0 tie with Waza FC Black left the Crew two points shy of catching the Bays on the final weekend of play at the Ultimate Soccer Arenas in Pontiac, Mich.
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
Cal South takes double
Cal South claimed two titles (boys and girls 1993) and finished second in a third competition at the 2009 U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Championships played at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. Indiana (boys 1992) was the only team to repeat, while North Texas (girls 1992) also was victorious in the annual competition for state ODP teams. For all the results and award winners …
Posted inStory, Youth Soccer Reporter
U.S. U-17s split in Argentina
After opening with a 2-1 win over Bolivia, the U.S. under-17 boys national team was brought back down to earth two days later when it fell to Argentina, 5-1, in a match played at Italiano Deportivo’s facilities on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
Posted inYouth Soccer Reporter, Youth What They're Saying
What They’re Saying
“We were too naive in our decisions and the way we played today. When you play against Argentina you cannot be soft.”
— U.S. U-17 national team coach Wilmer Cabrera after his team’s 5-1 loss to Argentina on Wednesday. (goal.com)
Posted inSoccer America Confidential, Story
Time already an issue for Quakes and Convey
For better or worse, Quakes coach Frank Yallop is doing something akin to what he tried to do with the Galaxy; i.e., transform a wing midfielder, Bobby Convey, into an effective central player. The same experiment failed miserably with David Beckham for many reasons, and though the situations are hardly similar, since so different are […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Proposed 6+5 Rule Called Xenophobic
"I do struggle where nationalism, jingoism and patriotism stops and where actually some sort of xenophobic rhetoric takes over. And there is a certain amount of that in the football world, when I keep getting told that, 'How can English football be English football when there are not enough English players in a particular team?' […]
Posted inSection 2 Around the Net, Story
Messi: ‘We Want Three Points For Maradona’
"We have a lot of desire to win this game. We want the three points firstly for Argentina, and also for Maradona, who deserves a win on his first official game as our coach. We hope it will be a fiesta. Diego is very calm but he is also excited. He has a lot of […]