Monthly Archives: March 2009

"Looking at this current squad, with the teams doing well in the Champions League and across Europe, [we've got] some world class players. Stevie [Gerrard], [Frank] Lampard, Rio [Ferdinand], these kind of players are on fire and bringing that into the England squad. We've got some great young players coming in full of confidence and […]

Having not won a Bundesliga title since all the way back in 1931, and with a history that includes unfortunate ties to the Nazi party, the timing couldn’t be better for Hertha Berlin to win the title in the same year that the capital city will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the […]

With the inaugural weekend of the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer season upon us, Goal.com's Kathryn Knapp previews all seven teams set to compete for the first ever WPS title, highlighting both former WUSA stars while introducing the big international names coming to America. The L.A. Sol looks to lead the way at least on paper, […]

With a 10-10-10 record in the regular season, a 1-1-1 record in the playoffs and an almost identical number of goal scored and goals against (40 and 39, if you must know), for better or worse, Real Salt Lake was the definition of “average” in 2008, writes the Deseret News’ James Edward. Acknowledging last season […]

Colombian newcomer Fredy Montero wasn’t the only player turning heads as an unknown but surprisingly good commodity when the Seattle Sounders ran all over the Red Bulls last week. Osvaldo Alonso also had fans and media alike asking, “Who’s No. 6?” writes MLSnet.com’s Andrew Winner. "Osvaldo is not that big of a guy,” says coach […]

In yet another show of the best fan support within the MLS, more than 2,500 red scarf-wearing Toronto FC fans (an MLS record for away fans?) are expected to make the trip from southern Ontario to central Ohio and invade Crew Stadium for the first leg of the Trillium Cup series on Saturday. “Everyone in […]

"I consider England to be the strongest team in our group, but we also have very good players. We need not be afraid of the names on the back of the English team jerseys. The biggest mistake would be to play defensive soccer. We won't have any chances even for a draw should we make […]

"It really doesn't matter to me what any of you say because nobody who is here has ever played soccer. You are all happy when things aren't going well with the national team. You never support us when the team is doing well. But I'm not the only who says that. And when everyone says […]

"My contract will be done, and I will leave happy because I have great teammates. It's a decision I made. I'm going to look for other options. I want to return to Mexico or see offers (in MLS) from another team, but this is my last year with the Fire. I think I've made an […]

Riding high after Monday's 2-1 win over Bolivia in Buenos Aires, the U.S. under-17 boys national team was brought back down to terra firma with a tough 5-1 loss to a supremely talented Argentina team in which the Americans "struggled to come up with answers to the Latin Americans' trickery and all too often landed […]

What does one do when he inherits the head job at a team that won the league championship last year? For Crew coach Robert Warzycha, the answer appears to be “not much,” which so far seems to suit a team built on a returning cast of contributors that are coming off last November’s convincing 3-1 […]

After a ninth ankle operation left him only able to limp along rather than actually run, somehow D.C. United veteran Ben Olsen staved off retirement and is back wearing his black and white No. 14 jersey for his 12th MLS season. "I think we were all kind of waiting to see what I had to […]

It’s been 10 years since D.C. United solidified itself as the first (and still only?) true dynasty in MLS history, but MLSnet.com’s Jeff Bradley remembers it like it was yesterday, with Jaime Moreno and Marco Etcheverry still in full uniform more than two hours after their 2-0 win over L.A. in the 1999 MLS Cup, […]