Author Archives: Soccer America

A Man United-Chelsea FA Cup final is still on the cards, after the Premiership No. 1 and 2 won their respective replay quarterfinals on Monday. Man U squeaked passed Middlesbrough 1-0 and Chelsea completed its unlikely quarterfinal comeback by beating Tottenham, 2-1, at White Hart Lane, thanks to fantastic strikes from Andriy Shevchenko and Shaun […]

Major League Soccer simply doesn’t have enough to show for its new designated player rule, says Brian Straus of U.S. Soccer Players. David Beckham and Claudio Reyna are great additions to the league, but each series of “major announcements” by the league since then have had nothing to do with “what we’ll see on the […]

As they say, it’s tough at the top, but for Inter Milan, it’s even tougher at the top when there’s three months left of a season and nearly nothing left to play for, writes Guardian columnist James Richardson. He’s not talking about competition, of course, but rather infighting and rumors-all that’s left to a team […]

If indeed New York Red Bull lost $14 million last season, how does that compare to other MLS teams? Generally speaking, says Steve Davis of ESPN Soccernet, when you start examining MLS financials, “it’s all as foggy as a Westminster morning,” because, as with many companies owned by multi-layered organizations, it’s tough to see just […]

Following Ives Galarcep’s oft-cited columns about the terrible financial situation of the New York Red Bulls, Big Apple Soccer decided to let the Bulls board respond, which they did, vaguely. “We are proud of what we accomplished in the last 12 months,” Red Bull managing director Marc de Grandpre said when asked about the criticism […]

Goldman Sachs officially walked out of a deal that would have seen the global financial services firm fund 50 percent of the construction cost of Real Salt Lake’s new stadium in Sandy, Utah. On Monday, the Major League Soccer club responded to the potentially devastating news by saying it had already lined up another investor-though […]

A few weeks ago, Shalrie Joseph, who has perennially been linked with a move away from Boston, was named New England Revolution captain. On Saturday, the player said he would give up the honor and seek a trade due to a breakdown in contract negotiations with the club. Last year Joseph, who earns $167,500 annually, […]

If West Ham United somehow manages to stay in the English Premiership next season, it will be thanks in large part to the industry and commitment of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez. Whereas Javier Mascherano, Tevez’s Argentina teammate who also arrived at West Ham last September, had an ineffectual four-month spell at the club before departing […]

He didn’t score for a change, but Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo crafted three of United’s four goals at Old Trafford on Saturday, guiding the Premiership leader to an easy 4-1 win over fifth-place Bolton Wanderers. The 22-year-old Portuguese’s performance was further proof that he, without a doubt, is the difference in Man United’s title challenge […]