Author Archives: Soccer America

On the day when Dallas dismissed Steve Morrow just two months into the season, it was antidotal to read that Steve Coppell would be staying as manager of Reading, despite their relegation from the Premier League earlier this month. According to his agent Athole Still, “he wanted to show the real Steve — and how […]

Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton isn’t the first English national team player to get drunk, end up in jail, and then come out to renew both his career and his life. Former Arsenal and England defender Tony Adams used a jail conviction for drunk driving to recover from alcoholism and continue to play at the […]

The dispute over World Cup bonus money between the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation and the T&T players was settled in London Tuesday, with arbitrator Ian Mills QC ruling in favor of the players. The exact amount of money they will receive from the Federation will be ruled on next month, but it is expected […]

When New York fired Bruce Arena as coach last year, owner Red Bull said its expectation for the team was nothing less than the MLS Cup title. On Tuesday, FC Dallas sprung an early-season surprise by dumping Steve Morrow with the Major League Soccer season just eight games old. Apparently, they don’t feel like championship […]

Just because you’ve won the championship in one of Europe’s stronger leagues doesn’t mean you get to relax for the summer. U.S. and Standard Liege central defender Oguchi Onyewu has only allowed himself a week’s rest after lifting the Belgian title before focusing on his next two priorities — the three national team friendlies, and […]

The size of Bob Bradley’s 33-man roster for the upcoming US men’s team friendlies against England, Spain and Argentina has got Ives Galarcep wondering who will step up for the U.S. on the road to qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. Although he calls the pool “the deepest collection of talent” a U.S. coach has […]

This week’s soccer headlines in Germany have been dominated by the southwestern village of Hoffenheim (population: 3,200), bankrolled by its hometown billionaire Dietmar Hopp, and newly promoted to the Bundesliga after a 5-0 home win over Greuther Fuerth on the last day of the season. Heading the other way are Heath Pearce’s Hansa Rostock, the […]

Is Manchester United really such a thriving company? David Conn lays out the amount of debt that the two English teams will be carrying into Wednesday’s final. He says that the accounts of Chelsea Limited show that the club owes £736 million ($1.472 billion) to its creditors, while United’s recently filed accounts show total creditors […]

Manchester United’s owners, the Glazer family, would still not win any popularity contests in the city, but they are at least “coming to be regarded as the least worst owners of the top four clubs” in England, says Matt Dickinson. Although that might sound like damning them with faint praise, “it is a whole lot […]

Inter Milan may have won its third successive Serie A title Sunday, but for many of its fans this was the first one to truly count. Two years ago, it was awarded the scudetto by default after Juventus was stripped of its title in the wake of the match-fixing scandal. Last year Inter won while […]

While Cardiff and Portsmouth slugged it out at Wembley, and just one week after Manchester United were crowned Premier League champions (again), England’s biggest teams are already splashing out the money in time for next season.   “Chelsea have already acquired £16.1 million [approximately $32 million] of defender in Jose Bosingwa,” writes Nick Townsend. “United […]

Saturday’s English FA Cup Final was probably not a great cup final, but it was an emotional one, writes Paul Wilson. After last year’s “bore-fest” between Chelsea and Manchester United, it was refreshing just to see two sets of fans who actually wanted to be there as the Premier League’s Portsmouth edged second-tier Cardiff City […]

The setting was neutral Canada, and although the game was between Toronto FC and the Columbus Crew, Saturday’s game ended up being all about two old adversaries on the international soccer stage — England and Argentina. It was not so much a Falklands-style war (thankfully), but a cultural difference in approach to the concept of […]

FC Dallas fans on Sunday watched history repeated as farce when, for the second season running, their team fell behind by four first-half goals to the LA Galaxy. Last year in the SuperLiga they turned things around to a face-saving 6-5 defeat, but this time the home side failed to launch a comeback and ended […]