Category: Soccer America Daily

“I think it quite possibly could be the worst to play in, as far as fans, bar none. It’s to the point now that you don’t even want to tell your friends that you have a game, it’s so embarrassing.” — Colorado keeper Joe Cannonon the 76,125-seat Invesco Field, where the Rapids recently faced Chicago […]

The Madrid derby between second-place Real and fifth-place Atletico (TV: Gol TV, Sunday, live, 12 pm ET) takes on new significance this year as both teams are off to strong starts. This weekend’s headline match at Real’s Bernabeu Stadium pits Real coach Fabio Capello and against Atletico’s Javier Aguirre, the former NASL player. Both clubs […]

Field hockey coach Bernhard Peters, who became the symbol of Juergen Klinsmann‘s efforts to remake German soccer, was finally hired by the German federation (DFB) to work as an “external advisor” two weeks after he led Germany to a second straight field hockey World Cup title. Peters, 46, was Klinsman’s choice for the job of […]

The British tabloid The Sun claims newly promoted English Premier league club Reading, which already has the two Americans Bobby Convey and Marcus Hahnemann in its squad, wants to acquire Freddy Adu on a six-month loan starting in January.

In a lively U.S. Open Cup final, the Chicago Fire prevailed over Los Angeles, 3-1, to win the competition for the fourth time. The last four Open Cup finals were settled with 1-0 scores. On Wednesday, Coach Dave Sarachan‘s team took a 2-0 lead after 16 minutes on headed goals Nate Jaqua and Costa Rican […]

"We have four years or so, so I think we have time. Maybe to replay the match if it’s the final, you can’t do that through the tournament because of lack of time. Maybe to take players away and play golden goal." — FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces plans to do away with the penalty-kick […]

Bayern Munich ended an 18-year drought on Italian soil when the German champion beat Inter Milan, 2-0, Wednesday to go on top in Group B of the UEFA Champions League. Late goals by Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro and German international Lukas Podolski gave Bayern its first win in Italy since it beat Inter in the […]

The North Jersey Herald reports that the New York Red Bulls new signing, Austrian midfielder Markus Schopp, who arrived on loan from Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg, is being paid between $1.2 million and $1.5 million to play for New York for the rest of the season and the 2007 season, with $180,000 and $200,000 […]

As we saw at last summer’s World Cup, when English referee Graham Poll showed three yellow cards to Croatian Josip Simunic before sending him off, the guys in the middle sometimes loss track of their bookings. In a Scottish Premier League game last weekend, referee Alan Freeland actually asked Falkirk midfielder Stephen O’Donnell, upon showing […]

Los Angeles Galaxy president Alexi Lalas, on the eve of his team’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final on Wednesday against Chicago (live at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on Fox Soccer Channel), told the Press Enterprise, “I took as much pride winning an Open Cup as an MLS Cup. They’re all championships and they’re […]

"I didn’t get much sleep last night and it has been a long day after hooking up with the team. But I couldn’t be happier right now. I told my wife that I’d score tonight and in the end I got two." — Real Madrid’s Ruud van Nistelrooy, who spent the night before a 5-1 […]

Manchester United gained revenge for last year’s 2-1 loss to Benfica in Lisbon that knocked it out of the UEFA Champions League at the group stage with a 1-0 win at the Estadio da Luz on Tuesday night. United won the match on the second day of group play thanks to a stunning shot by […]

Positives are hard to find on a team that has lost four of its last five games, but New York Red Bulls have at least one bright spot: 16-year-old Josmer Altidore. Born in New Jersey of Haitian parents and raised in Florida, Altidore has played just 70 minutes this season but has scored twice. On […]

With Manchester City, the English Premier League club that includes Americans Claudio Reyna and DaMarcus Beasley, in the midst of a dire slump, its coach somewhat reluctantly accepted a good luck charm from his daughter. “Before the match my daughter said: ‘Beenie the Horse wants to sit next to you by the drinks holder on […]

Beginning in the 2007 season and through 2014, Spanish-language Univision networks will broadcast 25 MLS games per season. MLS had games on Univision in 1996-98 and Univision rival Telemundo the following three years, but the league had no national media reach in the important Hispanic community since. Under the agreement with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), […]

“I don’t like that stuff. Things like that aren’t usually for the guy, but I think it helped me.” — D.C. United forward Jaime Moreno, explaining that accepting his wife’s gift of a day at the spa helped him regain his form; he scored and assisted twice in last weekend’s 4-3 win over the New […]

Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann of Reading was beaten by Cristiano Ronaldo but the newly promoted team, which also had American Bobby Convey in midfield, held Manchester United to a 1-1 tie. Two other Americans in the English Premier League, Carlos Bocanegra and Brian McBride, faced a title favorite, but they went down, 2-0, with Fulham against […]

By Ridge Mahoney Chicago and Dallas are officially in the postseason (joining D.C. United, so far) and Los Angeles is on the brink of elimination at the hands of its local rival, which moved all the way up to second place in the Western Conference by doing what the Gals haven’t been able to do […]

“One thing that was obvious to me when I came in is that we have a very poorly conditioned team. You see at the end of these games they break down. They can’t think because they’re fatigued and that’s something we know we can’t deal with now. It’s something we have to deal with in […]

Vancouver and Rochester will meet in the USL First Division final Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Rhinos’ PAETEC Park (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 7 pm ET). Greg Howes’ goal for the Rhinos in the 52nd minute of the first leg was the only goal in the Rochester-Charleston semifinal series. In the all-Canadian semifinal, Vancouver […]

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Defender Kate Markgraf, veteran of the last two Women’s World Cups and last two Olympic Games, returns to the U.S. nation team camp for the first time since giving birth to her son in July. The 30-year-old Markgraf is part of Coach Greg Ryan‘s roster for the 24-player training camp from which he’ll pick a […]

In Germany, 10th place Borussia Moenchengladbach, with American Kasey Keller in goal, faces fourth place Borussia Dortmund on Friday (2:25 pm ET on Gol TV). Fulham, with Carlos Bocanegra and Brian McBride, faces two-time defending champ Chelsea on Saturday (9:45 am ET on Setanta Sports). English Premier League newcomer Reading, with Americans Marcus Hahnemann and […]

All 12 MLS teams, each with four games left in the regular season, take the field on Saturday. The top four teams in each six-team conference qualifying for the playoffs. Here’s how the six games could affect the playoff race: Saturday, Sept. 23 D.C. UNITED-NEW YORK TV: 7:30 pm ET, Fox Soccer Channel, Direct Kick, […]

"I’ve been confronted by streakers and annoyed supporters before but never a rabbit. I just saw a hole emerge in the six-yard box and there it was peeping at me." — Jon Worsnop, goalkeeper of minor league club Witton Albion, after his goal area was invaded by a baby rabbit during an English FA Cup […]