Author Archives: Soccer America

You can train at altitude and in poor air conditions for weeks on end, you can pump your body full of supplements, and you can pipe in a recreation of the crowd noise to get used to the din, but when you step on the field at Azteca with the sun at its highest point […]

The USA isn’t the only country out there actively and aggressively lobbying for attention to their bid for a World Cup that is almost 13 years away. “Far, far in the western-most corner of Asia, a tiny country is putting its nose up at the football establishment with a bid for the 2022 World Cup […]

When is what’s good for the goose not good for the gander? Apparently, when it comes to the expenditure of putting player-preferred grass down rather than enduring artificial turf at marquee MLS events, suggests Goal.com’s Andrea Canales. For a pair of this Summer’s “meaningless exhibition matches, MLS has ponied up the money to replace the […]

Although there are still changes within the club to be made, it appears today’s official signing of extraordinary Liverpool talent Xabi Alonso has wrappedup Real Madrid’s runaway Summer spending spree. The addition of the Spanish international represents “a change in focus for Los Blancos, who will now turn their attention to trimming the squad rather […]

The tradition at FC Barcelona is “the sort of tale that historians love, the sort that spans centuries and weaves together past, present and future,” dotes the LA Times’ Grahame Jones, as the European champion is midway through its U.S. tour and meets the Seattle Sounders FC tonight at 10:30 pm ET on ESPN. Jones […]

This time last season, the Columbus Crew were just "America's Hardest Working Team," always pretty good but hardly ever great. But after a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Houston on Aug. 2, 2008 left its injured/absent/suspended squad seemingly down for the count and a long shot for the playoffs, "America's Most Resilient Team" rallied […]

There are overbearing sports parents, those who unconditionally criticize and blindly claim that their son/daughter isn't being utilized or valued enough, and there are sports parents who played the sport and might actually know what they're talking about. Whether former FC Dallas striker Kenny Cooper has the former or latter is up for debate after […]

With an almost endless string of incoming and outgoing players in L.A. over the past four years, whether it be signings as big as Beckham or players such as Ante Jazic and Alecko Eskandarian merely being moved down the hall to HDC roommate Chivas, the Galaxy has hardly been what you'd call a solid "team." […]

In a sign of the times and what also a prescient sign of the things to come (although we kind of hope it's not, for the sake of our already over-informed society), a prominent off-the-field figure from a popular sports franchise has taken to Twitter to voice his frustration about the performance of the team. […]

UEFA General Secretary David Taylor has come out to denounce the lavish spending of European clubs such as Manchester City and Real Madrid for fear that they're risking "serious difficulties" if they continue to over-extend themselves by paying huge sums in the transfer market. "I would say in this financial climate, it is surprising, a […]

Now 15 years removed from the first ever World Cup in the USA, we can look back and see that with its massive stadiums full of soldout crowds, USA 1994 changed what the tournament could be from an attendance and financial windfall. But SI.com's Tim Vickery goes one step further regarding the '94 World Cup's […]

Amid all the hype and hysteria surrounding this summer's FC Barcelona tour, amid the countless fans screaming for Lionel Messi, amid the persistent journalists pleading for a few words from new addition Zlatan Ibrahimovic, is a lesser-known story about a certain French forward named Thierry Henry who is quite keen on playing in MLS. And […]