Monthly Archives: March 2009

Aston Villa’s appeal of a red card that was given to U.S. goalkeeper Brad Friedel in Saturday’s 5-0 shellacking from Liverpool was successful today, meaning the 37-year-old English Premier League vet will have the chance to be in the nets for the team’s next match, vs. Manchester United on April 5. That means Friedel will […]

Yet another coach is out at Chivas Guadalajara, with Efrain Flores the latest of eight to lose his job since upstart owner Jorge Vergara bought the team in 2002. His crime? Losing three consecutive games in the Mexican First Division. Although Chivas leads Group 6 in the prestigious Copa Libertadores, Flores’ 18-month run at the […]

MLS isn’t the only league operating on optimism despite the economic downturn and the downsizing of practically every other industry in America, as Women’s Professional Soccer strikes out on its own with seven teams set to compete in the 2009 inaugural season that kicks off Sunday. In addition to trying to brave a financial crisis […]

When new players step into a new role or a new team, the transition is rarely easy, but for those given the playmaker tag, expectations are immediate. While fans might just hope new defenders “don’t screw up,” those that are “given the keys to rev the offensive engine” are saddled with the burden of producing […]

World powers from three different countries will come together in the USA this summer for the first “World Football Challenge,” which will see England’s Chelsea, Italy’s AC Milan and Inter Milan, and Mexico’s Club America face off in the six-city round robin tournament set for July 19-26. The four-team competition will take place predominantly on […]

"When I mentioned coaches that lose their own dignity, what I wanted to state is that while I choose the team that goes out on the field, other coaches don't do that, and in the world of soccer it's full of them. If anyone told me what to do with my lineup, the next day […]

"As far as the title chase is concerned, we just have to keep doing our job, we must not be concerned about United's results and how they are playing. If United does make mistakes, we must be ready, and that means carrying on doing what we are doing and winning points. We are playing well, […]

“Once considered the third [best] team in South America behind Argentina and Brazil,” writes Reuters’ Brian Homewood, the Peru national team continues to self-destruct because of the disciplinary problems and bitter grudges that find them languishing at the bottom of the final 10-team Conmebol qualifying group. Homewood points out that while Peru boasts a trio […]

While athletes in the NBA are being told not to engage in the increasingly popular (but let’s face it, incredibly self-indulgent) act of posting personal updates on social networking site Twitter, officials at the WPS are actually encouraging its own, with certain Sol and Freedom players set to to do so during the league’s inaugural […]

Any worries about how Landon Donovan might be affected by another disappointing loan stint in Germany upon his return to MLS were all but put to rest on Sunday, as the league’s leading scorer in 2008 picked up where he left off last season by netting two goals in the last 10 minutes to help […]

The Seattle Sounders aren’t the only ones with smiled on their faces from news of strong season ticket sales, as the Vancouver Whitecaps reported on Saturday that in just three hours of being open to the public, some 4,000 of an available 5,000 had been snapped up by eager fans. "We’re absolutely ecstatic with the […]

Speaking out for one of the first times since being tossed from Mexico's 2-0 loss to the USA in the World Cup final-round qualifying opener on Feb. 11, veteran and captain Rafael Marquez admitted to FIFA.com that the Mexican national team "has a deep-rooted problem and that's the cause of the bad patch we've been […]