Author Archives: Soccer America

“I feel a bit like a child. Today I’m celebrating an event that fills me with pride. Three hundred goals is really a lot. I didn’t have time to prepare any celebrations. I’ve scored five goals in two weeks that I didn’t expect.” Italian mainstay Filippo Inzaghi, after scoring two goals in AC Milan’s 5-1 […]

Both England and Australia submitted their official bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups on Monday, just under the wire of the FIFA deadline and joining individual bids by Indonesia and South Korea that were filed this weekend. With the inclusion of those four nations, there are 11 total bids that FIFA will select […]

In an AP report out of Baghdad, an Iraqi player was apparently shot dead during a soccer match between amateur clubs Buhairat and Sinjar on  Sunday. According to Police Major Muthanna Khalid, a Buhairat striker was on a breakaway with just the keeper to beat in the last minute of a game Sinjar was leading, […]

FIFA handed down a tough four-game suspension and $4,200 fine to Trinidad & Tobago captain Dwight Yorke in response to a red card tirade following his country’s 2-2 draw with El Salvador on Feb. 11. Having already earned a yellow card in the run of play, Yorke was given a second yellow after making an […]

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That was perhaps one of the lessons learned by D.C. United and head coach Tom Soehn in last season’s “nightmare” campaign, where “injuries, underachievement and simple bad luck conspired to produce one of the most trying years in the club’s existence,” writes MLSnet.com’s Charles Boehm. So for 2009, […]

If and when Jose Mourinho is successful in his apparent wish to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at the helm of Manchester United, he might lose his best player in the process, suggests The Daily Mirror. Giving credence to a suggested feud between Cristiano Ronaldo and the current Inter Milan coach, the 2008 World Player of […]

“You’re talking to a 5-foot, 5-inch coach, so I don’t have a lot of bias toward size. But there were a lot of coaches at the combine that I think literally saw a shorter guy out there and crossed him off their list. But with us, we really felt there’s so much soccer in him.” […]

“I’m sure there will be a certain amount of criticism because people won’t understand why I want to stay here, but we will have to see. Real football people will say ‘He’s passionate about playing for his country and knows what he needs to do to have the chance of playing in the World Cup.’” […]

Versatility continues to be key for the success and career longevity of New England defender Jay Heaps, who enters his 10th MLS season (and 7th with the Revolution) as he always has, filling whatever role his team needs. "You can ask him to do anything," says Revs coach Steve Nicol, of the veteran that can […]

"I'm realistic about it and I do not think it can be done. All we can do at the moment is to keep playing the way we are playing and to take each game as it comes along, then see where it takes us." ManU coach Alex Ferguson, on his team's chances of winning a […]

"Is he the best in the world? He might not get the attention of [Lionel] Messi and [Cristiano] Ronaldo but yes, I think he just might be. He has great passing ability, can tackle and scores goals, but most importantly he gives the players around him confidence and belief. You can’t learn that. Players like […]

According to ESPN Soccernet, West Ham United has reportedly agreed to pay some $12 million to Sheffield United over the next five years in order to settle the 2-year-old case of the ineligibility of striker Carlos Tevez. Sheffield had originally claimed that Tevez was not eligible to compete in the last few games of the […]

In yet another example of “don’t bite the hand that feeds,” Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri put striker David Trezeguet in his place, countering the French forward’s complaints about being substituted out of Wednesday’s 2-2 Champions League draw with Chelsea by comparing him to a “spoiled child.” “His declarations really bothered me. We try and always […]

Man U’s helped hype Saturday’s Wayne Rooney EPL crunch game with Liverpool (TV: Setanta USA, 8:40 am ET): “I’m very excited about the game because I grew up as an Everton fan hating Liverpool and that hasn’t changed,” he told MUTV about the rival of his boyhood and first pro team, Everton. But two hours […]