Author Archives: Soccer America

“Please be aware Toronto FC agents or scouts will never solicit money or fees from prospective players.” Toronto FC releases an official statement after reports that individuals on the Internet are passing themselves off as professional soccer scouts with ties to the MLS team, and are asking for a fee and a deposit in exchange […]

“Sometimes players go out on the pitch and we receive stick from everywhere. That’s football, I love it. I love it when the whole stadium shouts against you but the problem comes afterwards when the match is finished and you are trying to live and enjoy a normal life with your family.” Glasgow Rangers striker […]

“Last year was pretty unsavoury. In fact, I think it was nasty. It is too open for my liking. It should not happen when you build a modern stadium. You need tin helmets.” Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson welcomes increased security around the dugout area for Saturday’s EPL game at Arsenal.

“I am convinced that if we put fines of $64,000 and two or three-game bans for diving in the area then it would make people think.” Experienced Spanish referee Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez calls for tough measures on divers after the controversial late penalty awarded to Liverpool against Atletico Madrid in Champions League play Tuesday.

“David Beckham looks set to be axed for England’s clash with Germany on November 19,” claims Shaun Custis. “The former skipper, one cap short of Bobby Moore’s outfield player record of 108, is about to pay the price for LA Galaxy’s failure to reach the MLS playoffs.” But this is The Sun, so no actual […]

The English FA Cup kicks off this weekend, and it includes a return to the fray for non-league AFC Wimbledon, 20 years after its spiritual predecessor famously beat Liverpool to lift the trophy at Wembley Stadium. AFC Wimbledon was founded in 2002 by disaffected supporters of South London club Wimbledon, which itself had climbed from […]

San Jose’s mid-summer English import Darren Huckerby is back home for the offseason and telling the Brits how much he’s enjoying life in MLS. Just because many things are different, he told a regional newspaper, doesn’t mean they’re not good. “I think they liked the way I play,” Huckerby said of his popularity with Quakes’ […]

Rather than sign the required four-year contract with Major League Soccer at the Superdraft, Notre Dame graduate and 2006 Hermann Trophy winner Joe Lapira opted, like so many young U.S. prospects, to try his luck in Europe instead. He ended up in a log cabin at the top of a Norwegian mountain, but he has […]

Former L.A. Galaxy General Manager Alexi Lalas spoke publicly for the first time Thursday since being fired in August, saying that the team lacked on-field leadership, and that David Beckham’s camp had shown a lack of respect for the club by not informing it in advance about his loan-move negotiations with AC Milan. Co-hosting ESPN’s […]

Losing coaches will always look for the reasons behind their team’s defeat, and often they sound like excuses. But it’s hard to argue with New England Revolution Coach Steve Nicol that the turning point in his team’s Eastern Conference semifinal second-leg game with the Chicago Fire Thursday came when the Fire’s John Thorrington took Jeff […]