Author Archives: Soccer America

Moving to the United States to play professional soccer can be tough, especially if you don't speak the language and have never visited the country before. But Chivas USA's Bojan Stepanovic is finding success both on and off the field. He has grown more accustomed to his new team and his new home in Los […]

USL's Montreal Impact announced that Marc Dos Santos will take over as interim head coach, replacing John Limniatis. Under Limniatis in 2009 the Impact has struggled for results, winless in its first four regular-season games (0-3-1) and shut out 1-0 by Toronto FC, Wednesday, in its first game of the Nutrilite Canadian Championship. According to […]

Defending champion Bayern Munich will welcome striker Miroslav Klose back from injury this weekend as the club prepares for the last two matches of a thrilling Bundesliga title scrap. Bayern (63 points) sits behind leaderr VfL Wolfsburg on goal difference and faces a Hoffenheim club  on Saturday that led the league at the halfway mark […]

Steven Pienaar has called for his Everton teammates to up their performance levels for the final two Premier League fames of the 2008-09 campaign, at home against West Ham and away at Fulham. Everton has won only one of its last six games. Pienaar, a South African international, stated that it is important to turn […]

Seattle Sounders FC will increase seating capacity at Qwest Field to 32,000 starting with the June 28 match against the Colorado Rapids. The team announced the sale of seats in the south end zone. Seattle has sold out its first five home games and averaged 29,025, leading Major League Soccer in attendance. At full capacity, […]

Florentino Perez, the man who turned Real Madrid from an old-fashioned soccer club into a star-studded global marketing project, announced on Thursday that he will again run for president of the club in this summer’s election. Perez led Madrid in 2000-06, when the club won two league titles and one Champions League trophy in the […]

FIFA marketing director Thierry Weil explained, "We currently have two national corporate supporters from South Africa, we are still looking for four more." Currently First National Bank (FNB) and telecommunications company Telkom serve as FIFA's only two South African sponsors. Weil suggested that having more sponsors on board would increase interest and awareness about the […]

On Saturday, Barcelona could be crowned Primera Liga champions for the 19th time. It could do so without kicking a ball if second-place Real Madrid fails to beat Villarreal at the Madrigal. The Champions League finalist, which routed Athletic Bilbao 4-1 to lift the Copa Del Rey (King's Cup) on Wednesday, is on track to […]

Zak Whitbread, Mike Grella and Jemal Johnson are all taking part in the playoffs for promotion from the English third division (League One) to the second division (League Championship). Whitbread with Millwall, Grella with Leeds and Johnson with Milton Keynes Dons. A central defense fixture for Millwall, Whitbread is the one steady starter of this […]

Three weeks after firing Juergen Klinsmann, Bayern Munich has hired Louis van Gaal, of Dutch League champions AZ, as a replacement. According to Dutch TV network NOS, AZ has reached an agreement with Bayern about a transfer fee and van Gaal will be in charge at the German giants starting this summer. Further details about […]

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has been voted Player of the Year by England's Football Writer's Association after the midfielder's efforts helped put the Reds in contention for their first Premier League title since 1990. The 28-year-old has scored 15 league goals to make his team a genuine rival to defending champion Manchester United. "Steven's performances […]

Palmeiras goalkeeper Marcos saved three penalties in a shootout to help send his team into the Libertadores Cup quarterfinals at the expense of fellow Brazilian team Sport Recife. Palmeiras, South American champion in 1999, conceded a late goal to Sport that pushed the match into a shootout, which Palmeiras won 3-1. Palmeiras will face Uruguay's […]

A Unibond League club, FC United, has come up with a novel way of ensuring it does not lose fans during the current recession. As part of a campaign called "Your season ticket, your choice," the club will let fans name their own season-ticket price. Launched in 2005 as a protest at Malcolm Glazer's takeover […]

Uefa has chosen four Polish cities and Ukraine's capital Kiev to host Euro 2012 games but has postponed a final decision on other Ukrainian venues, the organization's president, Michel Platini, said today. "There are still many problems to be resolved in Ukraine," he admitted. "There are huge infrastructure problems." The four Polish cities confirmed as […]

When central midfielder Adam Moffat went down with a hamstring injury two matches ago, Columbus Crew coach Robert Warzycha didn’t have to look far for a replacement. Eddie Gaven, who typically plays on the right wing, impressed Warzycha last season when he played in the middle in a U.S. Open Cup match. Warzycha has played […]