Category: Soccer America Daily

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As part of his quest to instill positive team spirit into his squad, England’s new coach Steve McClaren took his players on a comedy club field trip prior to its Euro 2008 qualifiers against Andorra and Macedonia. Said Steven Gerrard, "We went to a comedy place and had a few comedians who were fantastic. They […]

Manchester City, the English Premier league club for which Claudio Reyna has played since 2003, is trying to acquire American winger DaMarcus Beasley, 24, from Dutch club PSV Eindhoven before the transfer window closes at midnight on Thursday.

Houston’s Dwayne De Rosario scored his ninth goal of the season by beating Chicago goalkeeper Zach Thornton with a shot from the halfway line. The incredible strike gave the Dynamo a 2-1 lead, but Chicago came away with a 2-2 tie thanks to Andy Heron‘s 75th minute penalty kick, awarded for a Brad Davis foul […]

“I would like us to score four goals and them to score none.” — Argentina coach Alfio Basile upon being asked what he expects from his team’s friendly against Brazil in London on Sunday (Gol TV 11 am ET; Telemundo 4 pm ET). (Reuters)

MLS suspended Los Angeles Galaxy defender Ugo Ihemelu for two games and fined him $750 for serious foul play after he broke the leg of D.C. United midfielder Domenic Mediate on Saturday. Referee Mark Geiger did not punish Ihemelu, who had already been cautioned for a reckless foul early in the game, for chopping down […]

Hannover 96, for which American Steve Cherundolo starts at right back and serves as vice captain, became the first Bundesliga club to discard its coach in the 2006-07 season. After Hannover lost its first three games by a combined score of 11-2, the club accepted Peter Neururer‘s resignation. Hannover’s next coach will be the Cherundolo’s […]

With the MLS season winding down, playoff hopes remain for all 12 teams, but Columbus’ chances look dim and if it fails to catapult itself into the top four of the East Conference it will miss the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. Also in danger of repeat failure are Kansas City, Real Salt Lake and Chivas […]

"I’ve held my hand up and apologized to everyone. There’s no excuse to what could be described as an overspill of passion." — Bradley Orr, a Bristol City midfielder whose passion led him to head-butt his teammate, Louis Carey, and earn a red card during an English League One game against Northampton. (The Guardian)

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The U.S. U-17s, coached by John Hackworth, face England, Portugal and Turkey at the FA Friendly International Tournament Aug. 26-Sept. 3 in England. The USA’s 18-player roster is: GOALKEEPERS: Josh Lambo (Middleton, Wis.), Zac MacMath (St. Petersburg, Fla.). DEFENDERS: Sheanon Williams (Boston, Mass.), Howard Turk (Fairfax, Va.), Matthew Uy (New Hyde Park, N.Y.), Brandon Lee […]

Players on Romanian First Division club Farul Constanta were fined $2,500 to $16,600 apiece – depending on their lack of effort in the season’s first two games – by club owner Gheorghe Bosanceanu for not trying hard enough. "They did not fight against Urziceni and invited Steaua to attack," Bosanceanu said. Reuters reported the fines, […]

Mexican veteran Ramon Ramirez, 35, has been placed on the season-ending injury list by Chivas USA. Ramirez, who played 31 games for Chivas USA in its inaugural 2005 season, suffered a knee injury in the preseason and has not seen action in 2006… D.C. United midfielder Domenic Mediate underwent season-ending surgery to repair a broken […]

The Sunday Times of London has reported that English soccer players are storing stem cells from the umbilical cord blood of their newborn babies because the cells could potentially be used to treat the players’ cartilage and ligament injuries. "We decided to store our new baby’s stem cells for possible future therapeutic reasons, both for […]

Chivas USA, whose numbers are boosted by a doubleheader with sister club Chivas Guadalajara (vs. Barcelona) that drew 92,650 fans, leads MLS in attendance. Los Angeles, attendance leader the previous three seasons, is second, while New England has drawn the fewest fans this season. 1. Chivas USA 21,174 2. Los Angeles 19,933 3. Houston 19,248 […]

"When I was given the opportunity to be a GM in Major League Soccer, I did what anybody does who has no clue what they’re doing: I went out and bought a ‘Business for Dummies’ book and clearly on the first page it says that when you’re in a public setting and you have the […]

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With American goalkeeper Tim Howard, Everton downed Tottenham 2-0 to remain undefeated after three games in the English Premier League. Howard, who received a 7 out 10 rating by The Sun, has given up two goals in two wins and a tie that has Everton in fourth place. Claudio Reyna did not play in Manchester […]

Jafet Soto, who debuted for Real Salt Lake in its 6-0 loss to the Red Bulls on Saturday, is the 16th Costa Rican to have played in MLS. The 30-year-old Soto is one of Costa Rica’s most experienced players, having spent much of career in Mexico. Tico imports have generally had little impact on MLS. […]

GOALFESTS. This MLS season will likely be the lowest scoring in the league’s 11-year history, but at least on Saturday some teams remembered where to find the goal. … Bruce Arena celebrated his first win as Red Bulls coach with a 6-0 thumping of Real Salt Lake in which halftime sub Edson Buddle scored a […]

"For me, it’s a penalty kick, and I think all of you would agree with me. I’m not going to hide from my displeasure with the performance of the man in the middle. It’s two weeks in a row that we’ve had major decisions going against us, and it’s taking points away from us, and […]

The Richmond Kickers claimed the USL Second Division title with a 2-1 win over the defending champion Charlotte Eagles Saturday before 3,288 fans in Richmond. The Kickers scored on a penalty kick by Robert Ssejjemba in the ninth minute and a goal by Chris Carrieri, the former MLS SuperDraft No. 1 pick, in the 33rd […]

Tim Schulz‘s U-20s produced one of the most emphatic performances by a U.S. women’s team at the international level in recent years when they crushed defending women’s youth world champion Germany, 4-1, in the quarterfinals of the 2006 U-20 Women’s World Championship Sunday in St. Petersburg, Russia. Players from four California schools contributed to all […]

In theory, holding an MLS exhibition in conjunction with the National Soccer Hall of Fame’s induction ceremonies in Oneonta, N.Y., was a great idea. In practice, it doesn’t work. Only four days before this year’s game was scheduled to be, the Hall of Fame announced that the game between MLS clubs New York and Columbus was canceled. […]

The USA captured first place in Group D at the 2006 U-20 Women’s World Championship with a 1-0 win over France Thursday at Moscow’s Dynamo Stadium. Virginia forward Jessica Rostedt scored the game-winner with a dipping shot from 20 yards in the 61st minute to move the Americans into the quarterfinals. They face  Group C second-place finisher […]