Author Archives: Soccer America

David Beckham continues to dominate the headlines in Spain. Last week it was for scoring on a free kick in his return to the Real Madrid starting lineup a month after being banished from the first team. On Saturday, Beckham made news for being sent off in Real Madrid's 0-0 tie with Real Betis. Beckham's […]

Striker Archie Thompson needed only 40 minutes to fulfill his prediction of scoring a hat trick in the Australian A-League grand final and then added two more goals in the second half as Melbourne Victory beat Adelaide United, 6-0, to win its first A-League title in front of a sellout crowd of 55,436, a record […]

Several news outlets including UPI have reported that U.S. immigration authorities have denied visas to the eight-member bodyguard crew for David and Victoria ''Posh Spice'' Beckham, who will be moving to California this summer. The inability to get work permits for the security team is based on U.S. policy not to grant them if U.S. […]

Blackburn's Brad Friedel made spectacular late-game saves on efforts by Arsenal's Tomas Rosicky, Thierry Henry and Justin Hoyte to earn a 0-0 tie for Rovers and set up a replay of the fifth round FA Cup clash. Also earning a replay against an EPL power (Manchester United), was Reading, whose regular starter in goal, Marcus […]

ENGLAND. Premier League leader Manchester United had to settle for a 1-1 tie at home with surprise Reading Saturday in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Old Trafford. Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City, Watford and Plymouth Argyle of the second-level League Championship were the only teams to win berths in the quarterfinals, while Premier […]

Tiffany Roberts played on the U.S. team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic women's soccer competition in Athens, Ga., and captured the 1999 Women's World Cup championship. Her husband, Tim Sahaydak, was one of the first players to enter MLS's Project-40 program. Roberts and Sahaydak, who met while attending the University of […]

Tim Hankinson is returning to the college ranks where he began his career. The globetrotting coach, who most recently served as the head coach of Guatemala's U-17 national team program, has been named the men's head coach at Division II power Ft. Lewis. Hankinson served as head coach of Alabama A&M during its heyday as […]

n Only seven months after being named Harvard women's coach, Erica Walsh is on the move again. Walsh has been named the women's head coach at Big Ten powerhouse Penn State following the decision of Paula Wilkins to take the vacant Wisconsin job. ''Becoming the head coach at Penn State is an extremely exciting opportunity […]

Soccer America Women's MVPs Christina DiMartino (UCLA), Ali Krieger (Penn State) and Kasey Moore (Texas) and Freshman of the Year Michele Weissenhofer (Notre Dame) are among the 24 players U.S. under-21 women's national team coach Bill Irwin will bring to a training camp at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., running Feb. 17-23. The […]

Liberty's Darryl Roberts is the latest collegian to head to Europe, signing an 18-month contract with Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam. Roberts, the all-time leading scorer in Liberty history (94 career points), recently played for Trinidad & Tobago at the 2007 Digicel Caribbean Cup. The Trincity, Trinidad native was a Soccer America All-Freshman selection in 2002 […]

Washington coach Dean Wurzberger landed Ellis McLoughlin, one of the top forward prospects on the U.S. U-17 national team, for the 2008 season. McLoughlin will join UW in January 2008 due to his academic schedule and his possible participation in the Under-17 World Cup Aug.18-Sept. 9 in South Korea. He is currently in the Under-17 […]